Guidebook for Medellin

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Guidebook for Medellin

Food Scene

Great Arabic Food
46 locals recommend
Tabún
7-99 Cra 33
46 locals recommend
Great Arabic Food
One of the top rated restaurants in Medellin. Perfect for business dinners, often visited by top government officials and their entourage.
20 locals recommend
Restaurante Mistura Provenza
7-55 Cra 33
20 locals recommend
One of the top rated restaurants in Medellin. Perfect for business dinners, often visited by top government officials and their entourage.
Great little restaurant serving Creole food.
Okra
Great little restaurant serving Creole food.
Every gringo's favorite cafe in Medellin.
104 locals recommend
Pergamino Cafe
8A-37 Cra. 37
104 locals recommend
Every gringo's favorite cafe in Medellin.
These guys do the best home delivery in Medellin.
Bonnavent GOURMET
Carrera 33
These guys do the best home delivery in Medellin.
Some of the freshest and mouth watering food in town. Specialty is pizza, casseroles and antipasto plates. Very reasonably priced. Great date location. BOOK in advance.
22 locals recommend
Romero Cocina Artesanal LA 10
Calle 10
22 locals recommend
Some of the freshest and mouth watering food in town. Specialty is pizza, casseroles and antipasto plates. Very reasonably priced. Great date location. BOOK in advance.
Traditional Colombian Restaurant
149 locals recommend
Restaurante Mondongo's El Poblado
38-38 Cl 10
149 locals recommend
Traditional Colombian Restaurant
For chocolate lovers. Great date spot.
Me Late Chocolate
7-100 Cra. 34
For chocolate lovers. Great date spot.
Some of the best ribs in town. Owned by an English guy. Only open Thurs to Sat evenings, go early to avoid the queue. The only thing on the menu is ribs and fries. Both well cooked.
20 locals recommend
Restaurante Justo
10a-58 Carrera 37
20 locals recommend
Some of the best ribs in town. Owned by an English guy. Only open Thurs to Sat evenings, go early to avoid the queue. The only thing on the menu is ribs and fries. Both well cooked.
Americans seem to love this place, mostly for the staff who spontaneously break out into song and dance.
11 locals recommend
Hooters Medellín
##8-44 Cra. 37a
11 locals recommend
Americans seem to love this place, mostly for the staff who spontaneously break out into song and dance.
Cocktails and good music
tropical BBQ
8-12 Cra. 39
Cocktails and good music
Best Pizzas in town, vegetarian but you'd never know
78 locals recommend
Café Zorba
42-33 Cl. 8
78 locals recommend
Best Pizzas in town, vegetarian but you'd never know
Great meat oriented restuarant
18 locals recommend
RESTAURANTE BARCAL
43A - 70 Cl. 7D
18 locals recommend
Great meat oriented restuarant
Shopping mall with a lot of restaurants.
28 locals recommend
McDonald's
N° - 67 Cq. 73B
28 locals recommend
Shopping mall with a lot of restaurants.
Overrated and overpriced Mexican food.
34 locals recommend
Milagros
39-73 Av. 74B
34 locals recommend
Overrated and overpriced Mexican food.
Colombia's national coffee chain.
26 locals recommend
Juan Valdez
8a-74 Cra. 37
26 locals recommend
Colombia's national coffee chain.
Vegetarian restaurant.
35 locals recommend
Verdeo
8A-3 Cra. 35
35 locals recommend
Vegetarian restaurant.
Hamburger joint, popular with the locals
10 locals recommend
Hamburguesas El Corral - Calle 10
9 - 92 Cra. 32d
10 locals recommend
Hamburger joint, popular with the locals
Best Burgers in Medellin
23 locals recommend
Chef Burger Poblado
##34-43 Cl 10
23 locals recommend
Best Burgers in Medellin
Colombias most famous chain restaurant.
170 locals recommend
Crepes & Waffles
##19a-100 Cra. 44
170 locals recommend
Colombias most famous chain restaurant.

Drinks & Nightlife

The hippest restaurant in town serving tapas style sharing dishes.
157 locals recommend
OCI.mde
7-21 Cra 33
157 locals recommend
The hippest restaurant in town serving tapas style sharing dishes.
Serving the best meat orientated dishes in town. Try the duck.
humo Bar
8A-41 Cra. 35
Serving the best meat orientated dishes in town. Try the duck.
Great Pizzeria, Colombian style
City PIZZA
22-234 Cra. 34
Great Pizzeria, Colombian style
Great American style cafe, hangout spot. Good for advice about Medellin. Or to meet other gringos.
The Flip Flop Sanswich Shop
8A Cra. 36
Great American style cafe, hangout spot. Good for advice about Medellin. Or to meet other gringos.
Best beers in Medellin. Great location.
25 locals recommend
BBC Provenza
7-165 Cra. 34
25 locals recommend
Best beers in Medellin. Great location.
Local gay bar
Donde Aquellos Bar
9A-26 Cra. 38
Local gay bar
Often rated as the best restaurant in town
140 locals recommend
Baren
1013 Cra. 38
140 locals recommend
Often rated as the best restaurant in town
Cocktails and salsa
Mojito Salsa Guaracha y Son.
8 A - 38 Cra. 35
Cocktails and salsa
Local bar attracting an early crowd of locals
88 locals recommend
El Social Tienda Mixta desde 1969
8A - 8 Cra. 35
88 locals recommend
Local bar attracting an early crowd of locals
Medellin Beers
9 locals recommend
Medellín Beer Factory
36-16 Cl 10
9 locals recommend
Medellin Beers
Go get your pin or tshirt NOW
77 locals recommend
Hard Rock Cafe
3 Sur 130 Cra. 43A
77 locals recommend
Go get your pin or tshirt NOW

Everything Else

One of the best cafe / cake shops in town.
6 locals recommend
Like a fish in water Desserts Workshop
6 locals recommend
One of the best cafe / cake shops in town.
The is the centre of all nightlife in Medellin.
226 locals recommend
Lleras Park
25-18 Cl 10
226 locals recommend
The is the centre of all nightlife in Medellin.
Large Supermarket
124 locals recommend
Exito
43E-135 Cl 10
124 locals recommend
Large Supermarket
Shopping Mall. Serving the rich and famous of Medellin. Ok perhaps just the rich.
65 locals recommend
El Tesoro
65 locals recommend
Shopping Mall. Serving the rich and famous of Medellin. Ok perhaps just the rich.
Shopping Mall
424 locals recommend
Oviedo
6s-15 Cl. 6 Sur
424 locals recommend
Shopping Mall
Shopping Mall
424 locals recommend
Oviedo
6s-15 Cl. 6 Sur
424 locals recommend
Shopping Mall
Best Spanish lessons in Medellin.
55 locals recommend
EAFIT
50 Cl. 7 Sur
55 locals recommend
Best Spanish lessons in Medellin.
Great Spanish School
Toucan Spanish School
42 - 28 Cra. 41a
Great Spanish School
Great little park which hosts an organic market on Sunday mornings
La Presidenta Linear Park
42-25 Calle 8
Great little park which hosts an organic market on Sunday mornings
Organic supermarket.
Ceres Organic Market
10a-58 Cra. 37
Organic supermarket.
Thursdays is gringo night. All you can drink.
22 locals recommend
Babylon
9 - 22 Cra. 41
22 locals recommend
Thursdays is gringo night. All you can drink.
Shopping Mall, nothing special except the cinema is cheap.
87 locals recommend
Vizcaya Business Center
#32-115 Cl 10
87 locals recommend
Shopping Mall, nothing special except the cinema is cheap.