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1. Carmen

Contemporary Colombian$$$$El Poblado

The El Poblado restaurant opened in 2009 by Carmen Ángel and Rob Pevitts, serving contemporary dishes built on Colombia's biodiversity, with a tasting menu and a creative bar.

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2. Celele

Contemporary Caribbean cuisine$$$$Getsemaní

Chef Jaime Rodríguez's acclaimed Getsemaní restaurant, reinterpreting the produce and traditions of Colombia's Caribbean region; No. 48 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025.

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3. Carmen

Contemporary Colombian cuisine$$$$Ciudad Amurallada

A refined restaurant in a historic house on Calle del Santísimo, serving contemporary cooking inspired by Colombia's biodiversity and Caribbean produce, with craft cocktails.

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4. Elcielo Medellín

Colombian tasting menu$$$$El Poblado

Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos's flagship in his home city, serving multi-course tasting menus inspired by Colombian biodiversity inside the Michelin Key-rated Elcielo Hotel in El Poblado.

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5. Ocio (Oci.Mde)

Contemporary Colombian sharing plates$$$El Poblado

Chef Laura Londoño's El Poblado restaurant, known for slow-cooked sharing plates that blend Asian techniques with Colombian produce, and one of the most-booked tables in the area.

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6. Restaurante 1621

Fine dining, tasting menus$$$$San Diego

The Sofitel Legend Santa Clara's signature restaurant, serving six- and ten-course tasting menus of Colombian ingredients within the walls of a 1621 convent.

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7. La Cevichería

Ceviche and seafood$$San Diego

A popular seafood restaurant beside the Plaza de San Diego, known for its many ceviches, squid-ink black rice and Caribbean seafood dishes, open daily.

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8. Sambombi Bistró Local

Farm-to-table bistro$$$Provenza (El Poblado)

Chef Jhon Zárate's Provenza bistro, ranked in the extended Latin America's 50 Best list in 2025, cooking a weekly changing menu from local farms and its own garden.

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9. La Cocina de Pepina

Traditional Caribbean home cooking$$Getsemaní

A small Getsemaní restaurant founded by culinary researcher María Josefina Yances, serving traditional dishes of Colombia's Caribbean coast and Córdoba.

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10. Mondongo’s

Traditional Antioquian$$El Poblado

A family-run Medellín institution since 1976, famous for its mondongo tripe soup, ajiaco and Antioquian platters, with branches on Calle 10 in El Poblado and Carrera 70 in Laureles.

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11. Harry’s Cartagena

Colombian and international$$$Ciudad Amurallada

Bogotá chef Harry Sasson's restaurant inside the Charleston Santa Teresa hotel, serving breakfast to late dinner with Colombian ingredients and Caribbean classics.

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12. Salón Versalles

Argentine-Colombian café, bakery and restaurant$La Candelaria (Centro)

A downtown restaurant and bakery on the Junín passage, founded in 1961 by Argentine Leonardo Nieto and still serving empanadas, milanesas and pastries at budget prices.

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13. Candé

Traditional Cartagena cuisine with live shows$$$Ciudad Amurallada

A colonial-house restaurant in the historic centre devoted to traditional Cartagena cooking, served with live music, dance and shows recalling the colonial era.

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14. XO Medellín

Colombian tasting menu$$$$El Poblado

Grupo Carmen's tasting-menu restaurant in El Poblado, opened in 2020, which takes diners on a culinary route through Colombia's regions and ranked 27th in Latin America in 2023.

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15. Hatoviejo Centro

Traditional Antioquian$$La Candelaria (Centro)

A traditional Antioquian restaurant group founded in 1982, known for bandeja paisa, ajiaco and sancocho, with a classic downtown branch near the Coltejer building.

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16. Salón Tropical

Caribbean seafood$$$Getsemaní

The Getsemaní branch of Bogotá's Salón Tropical, serving ceviche, grilled seafood and tropical fruit in a garden with a mango tree and live Caribbean music.

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17. In Situ

Contemporary international, garden setting$$$Zona Norte (Jardín Botánico)

The restaurant of Medellín's Botanical Garden, a bright dining room designed by Santiago Caicedo with doors opening onto the garden's lagoon and palms.

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18. Juan del Mar

Seafood and gourmet pizza$$$San Diego

A long-running restaurant and pizzeria on the Plaza de San Diego, serving seafood, Cartagena-style dishes and thin-crust pizzas in a restored Republican-era house.

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19. Café Zorba

Vegetarian pizzeria and bar$$El Poblado

A long-running El Poblado pizzeria serving one-size vegetarian pizzas from a brick oven, with craft beer, botanical cocktails and live music on Wednesday nights.

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20. Restaurante Fuerte del Pastelillo (Club de Pesca)

Seafood restaurant in a colonial fort$$$Manga

A waterfront restaurant inside the 18th-century San Sebastián del Pastelillo fort on Manga, owned by the Club de Pesca, with outdoor tables facing the bay.

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