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Places to Eat in Medellín

The best restaurants in Medellín, five picks per category.

Main room at GOAT Sports Bar: a wall of large screens showing football and baseball above the bar, framed jerseys on the right wall and wooden tables in front

GOAT Sports Bar

Eat · El Poblado · $$

The dimly lit dining room at Restaurante Idílico, with wooden tables, table lamps and wine bottles racked on the right-hand wall

Photo: Restaurante Idílico - Cocina de Producto Local

Idílico

Eat · El Poblado · $$$$

La República Brunch Sport Bar seen from above: fans in Colombia shirts at tables and the bar while several screens show a football match

Photo: La República Brunch Sport Bar

La República Brunch Sport Bar

Eat · El Poblado · $$

Grilled chicken breast sliced over a salad of lettuce, cucumber, mango and grated cheese in a black bowl at Vibe Medellín

Photo: Vibe Medellin Gastrobar - Sport bar and Hookah

Vibe Medellín Gastrobar

Eat · El Poblado · $$

The covered terrace at Campesino Café, with black tables, white wire chairs and a screen of potted palms along the street

Campesino Café

Eat · El Poblado · $$

A diner seated at a small metal table against a green wall at Salón Centro, with a plate of food, a glass of water with lime and bottles on the table

Photo: Salón Centro

Salón Centro

Eat · Across the city · $$

The yellow front of Ajiacos y Mondongos, with a maroon sign reading "Ajiacos y Mondongos desde 1991", a maroon awning and barred windows

Photo: Ajiacos y Mondongos

Ajiacos y Mondongos

Eat · El Poblado · $$

Street front of Sport Wings Laureles with its orange shield sign, a planted terrace and diners at tables inside under warm lights

Photo: Juan Franco

Sport Wings - Laureles

Eat · Laureles · $$

The bar at Café Dragón, with shelves of bottles, orange glass pendant lamps, black bar stools and a long wooden table with cane chairs

Photo: CAFÉ DRAGÓN

Café Dragón

Eat · El Poblado · $$

Basket of breaded fried bites with a pot of ranch dip on checkered paper at Medellín Sports Bar

Photo: Scottie “Scot” Weatherup

Medellín Sports Bar

Eat · Laureles · $$