Café Journal is a street art installation in Viña del Mar. This place has 1516 reviews and an average rating of 4.2 of 5. This is a good rating.
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Pretty nice and comphy spot, two story building and a patio, good selection of authentic Chilean sandwiches and a full bar. Prices are ok. Music is good too. Lots of room for big groups. Restrooms are NOT that great tho.
Simply beautiful. Historical and artsy. Kinda latino hipster but amazing. Try to see the second floor and not falling in love of the city.
Great music, pizza and atmosphere
Like myself, this place is old, eccentric, asymmetric, crooked, beaten up, and just plain weird....but I love it. The rooftop terrace is perfect for sharing drinks and conversation with friends and lovers. This is the type of place that takes center stage in a classic novel by a worldly author. I only put 4 stars because I haven't tried any of the food here yet. To be continued.
I remember this bar since my times as student and it was always a nice place to stop at. I went on a Wednesday and there was not much people which was fine for the day and the time (around 8:30pm) but my friend and I asked to one of the waiters for music, and then the problem started. He was so rude, he couldn't care less about us and just said: it will play soon! We asked for the menu as we wanted to eat something. He brought the menu and just left it over the table. He never welcome us, and introducing himself is not a habbit here, you have no idea about his name. We asked for a typical chilean sandwich called "chacarero" and 2 draft local beer. We tried to interact whit him as we were placing the order, to make it more relaxing, enjoyable... but he seemed careless all the time, never smiled, very unfriendly young dude; didn't bother to make suggestions. I asked to removed the chili from my sandwich and he kind of roll his eyes on me and said: ok! And left. The beer was a well known brand in Chile, I had it before. However, it didn't taste nothing like the one he said he brought. And the sandwich was awful really bad, cold, tasteless, the beef had a weird taste. Nevertheless, we ate it as we were so hungry and decided not to complain. With that rude and angry dude he could it spit on my food! We decided to try something else that we thought we couldn't go wrong. A pizza!!! Yaaaaay everybody loves pizza... just dont go to this place for it! It was worst than the sandwich. Undercooked! You can taste the dough... no crispy crust, you couldn't cut a slice and hold it in your hand coz it was soft. You gotta eat it with fork and knife. The chorizo topping was also uncooked... I can bake my own pizza at home and it will taste better. Really bad. The waiter never came back to ask how the food was, he came back couple of times only to try to offer us a 'not free' refill for the beer. At the end of the service he tried to be nicer and smile when we asked for the bill. Of course, he wanted to get the tips for his horrible service. We finally left the place. Nobody bother to appreciated we were there, or invites to come back. Above and beyond bad!
Cafe Journal brings back so many memories to me, that I left with a bittersweet feeling from there. My advice would be... for you guys planning to visit Cafe Journal... DO NOT eat there, no way! The food is really bad and overpriced. You can get the exactly the same sandwich in a close by restaurant for better quality and better price. Not even to mention the pizza. Beer... hmm maybe by bottle could be a bettet choice. If you go on weekend or summer time I am pretty sure you can find still a nice atmosphere over here. Hopefully!!!. But just go for drinks, do no eat. And don't expect a quality service. That doesn't exist over here. Rudeness is the key word for waiter staff. Bad! We just donated some money here last night, is a better way to say a "waste of money"
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