El poblado
Al Patio
Restaurant and Bar. Overlooks town, great outdoors.
Herbario
Short and Exquisite menu.
La FiambrerÃa
Nice lunch menu for under 10,000 COP. Try the meat in a Bailey's sauce.
Bonuar
Great outdoors. Easy free parking
Bijao
La Provincia
Really good food, well prepared and well served. Closed Sundays.
Milagros
Authentic Mexican food. Basic wine list.
Mystique
Nicely prepared meals with option of 1 to 4 dishes in the Chef's Menu. Nouvelle Cuisine at its best. A short menu with the options changing every 2 months. Mobile: +574 311 8221
El Cielo
Molecular cooking is a complex science, here you can sit down and enjoy it. Ignorance is bliss.
Casa Molina
By appointment only. Seafood and steaks.
HatoViejo
Great food for the last 30 years. Mostly meat, regional dishes. Decorated as an old farm. Also outdoor areas
Anita's
Modern cafe with indoor and outdoor seating. Eggs any style, bacon or French toast. Sandwiches ciabatta or baguette, salads Caesar, tuna, Thai or Italian as well as delicious coffee and fruit juices.
San Jorge de Manila
Lunch menu available at discounted price. Closed Sundays.
El Café de Otraparte
Next door to the museum. Open-air and open-minded café.
Lion's Den Sports Pub
Watch NFL, college football, NBA, baseball, soccer and more international sports. Please call to see if we can get your game. Menu : Black bean nachos, chicken wings, burgers and sandwiches grilled chicken, tuna salad, etc. Multiple plasma/LCD/wide screen TVs.
Las Luisitas
Simple and well done Colombian meals in this tiny place with lots of character. Prices used to be modest, now expensive.
LouCalen
Spacious and elegant.
Multiple locations & online - delivery
Mondongo's
A famous and traditional local restaurant with tow locations in town, and one additional in Miami for the homesick. Offers a local soup made up with tripe. If not adventurous you can go for regular beans and other delicacies. Additional location in El Poblado Calle 10 # 38 -38, phone +57 4 312 2346.
J y C Delicias
Offers typical arepas with a variety of toppings, good for lunch or dinner. a few locations: in laureles neighborhood carrera 76 # 33 a-62, phone +57 4 250 4861. in el poblado calle 4 sur # 43 a-8, phone +57 4 312 6656, and el tesoro shopping mall. $$.
Pasteleria Santa Elena
Great desserts, pastries and the locally famous 'Pastel de Gloria' filled with guava paste and arequipe. Also downtown at Ave. La Playa Carrera 45 # 50-64. Many locations throughout town.
Food and Deliveries
Meat, fish, soups, rices. Nice trays, still hot when the meal arrives to your home/hotel. You can also order via Microsoft Messenger.
El Astor
Traditional cakes, pastries and desserts. Tea house. Metrostation Parque Berrio.
Downtown
Versalles
Restaurant along carrera Junin downtown has basic Argentinean fare at reasonable prices.
Agua Clara
Regional food.
Moli
Downtown location.
In situ restaurante
Reservations recommended. Nice restaurant located in the middle of the Botanical Gardens. The menu offers a combination of local food, some organic choices and all plates are well presented. Outside the restaurant there is a little garden with herbs and aromatic plants.
Laureles
Fenicia
Mainly Lebanese dishes in this unpretentious restaurant. Good food.
Vitto's
Well done Italian food, home-made pasta. Great sauces.
QueAreParaEnamorarte
At 40 km east of MedellÃn, great local food, old fashioned and homemade.
Colombian cuisine is varied and regional. The more typical dishes are referred to as comida criolla.
Some examples are: sancocho de gallina chicken soup, carne en polvo ground beef, arepas de choclo fresh corn tortillas, empanadas meat-filled fried turnovers, ajà hot sauce, ajiaco Bogota's chicken and potato soup, bandeja paisa, natilla, buñuelos fried cheese puffs, hojuelas fried puff squares, rice with coconut, Antioquian beans, sobrebarriga flank steak mantecada bun made with lard, papas chorreadas, pandeyuca yucca bread and carne desmechada shredded meat.
A typical breakfast in MedellÃn consists of baked corn arepas Flat unsweetened corn pancake topped with butter and fresh white cheese, coffee or hot chocolate.
One treat that will leave anyone stuffed is the "Tipico Antioqueño"; arepa con queso small flatbreads with cheese on top, beans, chicken, rice, fried eggs, chicharron salted and fried unsmoked bacon and patacon deep-fried plantain pancakes. Topping that off with a Colombian beer and a cup of "chocolatte" pronounced the Spanish way - it's milky, sweet hot chocolate makes for an excellent meal. An excellent place to eat typical food is Hatoviejo.
There is a large variety of restaurants all throughout Medellin, especially concentrated around the âZona Rosaâ which is in Poblado between Parque Poblado and Parque Lleras. You can find a fine display of places with whatever food you desire, with good quality for comparatively cheap prices compared to the US, although there is a shortage of authentic Greek, Indian and Thai restaurants. Sushi is increasingly popular and may be found at the larger malls or supermarkets that are more "international."
Colombia also has an incredible variety of tasty fruits. A few of these are: guanábana, lulo, zapote, mamoncillo, uchuva, feijoa, granadilla, maracuyá, tomate de árbol, borojó, mamey and tamarindo. Ask for a "Salpicón": a mix of fruits marinaded on orange or watermelon juice.
Colombia is well known for its coffee, and Medellin is no exception. As with any large city, there are the usual chain restaurants, however the American "fast-food culture" has not made a huge splash in the country. Mc Donald's, Burger King, Domino's Pizza and most recently Hooters can be found there.