Ben & Josep´s bar & restaurant
Carrera 1 # 18-67. dutch owner on the beach road in front of the park hotel. the very best steak filet mignonin santa marta. fine dining for a reasonable price.
Restaurante y PescaderÃa Manuel
Carrera 1a # 26-167, santa marta. 5-4231449. very nice seafood.
La Tasca - Tapas Bar
Calle 18 no 2- 72. run by a spaniard, this small and cosy restaurant offers an excellent selection of typical spanish tapas at a fair price. it is a real experience for the palate of both locals and tourists.
Agave Azul - Sabores de Mexico
Calle 14 no 3-74 phone 431 6121. very good mexican food prepared by fabulous new york trained chef michael mcmurdo. with a range from burritos to steaks to seafood this very elegant food will blow your mind but not break the bank. with lunch menu for $4.00 and dinner menu from $8.00 to $13.00. open tuesday to friday for lunch and dinner and saturday for dinner only. happy hour margaritas 2x1 from 5-7 everyday.
Merkabar / Welcome Restaurant
Calle 10 no 2-11. good combination of local and gringo food. good breakfasts, cheap filling lunches, and their famous "sopa del mar", soup overflowing with seafood. their fruit juices are excellent. gilberto, one of the brothers that owns and runs merkabar, speaks english and is friendly and helpful with tourist needs.
Restaurante El Escorial
A good restaurant is in the middle of the block behind the beach on 11th street
Tim's Owls Den Pub open until 10pm weekdays. 2am Friday & Saturday. 2 X 1 cocktails.
Street Food:
Excellent seafood soup from a man at the corner of 13th st. and 4th Carr diagonally opposite the small church.. next to sunglasses vendors. You'll see huge pots of soup. Very cheap and delicious, but only in mornings. Sells out by noon.
There is a man who has been sitting on 14th street between 3rd and 4th carrera behind the beach selling shrimp cocktail at a reasonable price for 23 years.
There is another man who has been sitting on 22th street on 1st carrera in front of the beach selling a delicious shrimp cocktail at a reasonable price and he is very reliable and well known in the city.