Lonely Planet

"This year-round classic has an extensive menu of underwhelming seafood, but it's really all about the curanto, Chiloé's gastronomic bombshell. This hearty stew of mussels, clams, chicken, pork and three types of potatoes is a meal fit for hibernation."

DK Eyewitness Travel

"In Ancud, restaurant Kuranton faces the sea and serves an inspired curanto, first rate and very cheap."

H.D. Miller

"It was served with a bowl of the broth in which the meal was prepared, very tasty, and a plate heaped high with clams, mussels, meat and potatoes. The bread was good and the white wine, a decent sauvignon blanc, went down like fresh water. It was one of the most satisfying meals I’d had in Chile."

15 Summers Left

"Curanto is a mix of shellfish, ham, chicken and beef, cooked in a clay pot for hours. The mussels were the biggest Leslie had ever seen. Good tasty dish."