First, the correction every other guide still needs: Prima is not in Providencia anymore. The original General Flores basement, the one The World's 50 Best Discovery wrote up as an elegant room obsessed with Chilean raw materials, closed around 2024 and the team moved to CV Galeria in Vitacura. La Tercera covered the new room as Chile's first listening bar, vinyl and cocktails, and that is the bar you are actually visiting in 2026.
The obsession survived the move. Everything possible is made in house from raw ingredients: the charcuterie, the vermouth, the ferments lining the shelves, reportedly even the ice program. Cocktails run around CLP 8,500 to 9,000, roughly nine US dollars, which for this level of production is Santiago's quietest bargain.
Where Chipe Libre argues for Chilean identity through pisco, Prima argues through fermentation jars and a record collection. Trade magazine Bar & Drinks rated the ambience 8 out of 10 and the service 5, so order at the bar and be patient.
CV Galeria is an upscale, semi open gallery mall, and Prima sits inside it next to chef Kurt Schmidt's 18 seat 99 Restaurante. Shelves of ferment jars do the decorating, turntables do the programming, and nightly vinyl sessions set the room's pace. Nobody shouts here.
The crowd is Vitacura at its most relaxed: music lovers, restaurant industry on their night off, and diners drifting over from 99. Thursday through Saturday evenings during the vinyl sets are the peak, and the reservation page earns its keep.
The honest caveats: service reviews are mixed, per Bar & Drinks, and the address change means many map listings and old reviews point at a bar that no longer exists. Trust the official site over aggregators.
What to order
- 01
Petricor, CLP 8,600
- 02
Bipolar, CLP 8,600
- 03
Tabla Charcutera, CLP 8,600
- 04
Jardin en Flor Spritz, CLP 8,500