Eating & Sleeping in Puerto Natales

There is no shortage of places to eat and sleep in Puerto Natales. It seems every street has either a restaurant or lodging on offer. We chose to stay at Keoken B&B which is conveniently situated just over 2 blocks away from the central square, and 1 block up the hill from the waterfront. It's a small B&B with only 5 bedrooms, all on the first floor. Our room was a good size, modern, light, half panelled in wood, with a large comfortable bed and an en-suite bathroom with shower. There are 2 guest lounges, one next to ground floor reception, with a good range of books and DVD's of local interest. The other on the first floor, with views down the street to the waterfront. This was a good place to watch the sunset across the bay behind the distant mountains. A pair of binoculars had been thoughtfully provided.

Breakfasts are simple but adequate. There is a range of fruit juices, cereal, and yoghurt, small cakes, ham and cheese, bread and toast, as well as fruit, tea and coffee. Rodrigo, the owner, will offer to make eggs as well.
Rodrigo will arrange your bookings with tour companies and give useful advice on the various tours on offer. He will also book your bus tickets but charges a hefty commission, and as our bus station for onwards travel, Bus Fernandez, was just around the corner, it was easier to do it ourselves. He will also happily recommend restaurants and make the reservations if necessary.
We found a very good restaurant literally around the corner from Keoken, called Aldea. The menu is written up in Spanish on a blackboard, but the waitress will happily talk you through it. The choice is not extensive but all the food is home cooked and there was enough variety for us to eat here on two nights. We particularly enjoyed the slow cooked beef, plateau al horno, and the hake. It is also reasonably priced.
We ate lunch one day at El Living on the main square. This is English run and a popular place to hang out over coffee whilst reading from their good selection of magazines, or catching up on wi-fi. I recommend the spicy sweet potato soup. Next door is another restaurant where I ate an exceptionally good BBQ lamb, cooked in traditional butterfly style on a open wood fire in the corner of the restaurant. It far surpassed the BBQ lamb we ate at an Estancia on our full day boat trip to Balmaceda Glacier.