# The best restaurants in Cartagena, Colombia

Colombian Caribbean cooking, award-winning cocktails and terraces in the walled city: the Cartagena restaurants recommended by the guides.

- 37 votes · 12 items
- Sep 7, 2026 · Camila Restrepo
- https://even.best/en/l/1490/the-best-restaurants-in-cartagena-colombia

## Top 10

1. **La Vitrola** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Classic restaurant with live Cuban music.
2. **Celele** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Research into Colombian Caribbean biodiversity, in Getsemaní.
3. **Carmen** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Creative cooking in the historic centre.
4. **Restaurante 1621** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fine dining at the Sofitel Legend Santa Clara.
5. **Alquímico** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Cocktail bar ranked among the world's best by The World's 50 Best.
6. **Alma** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Caribbean cooking at the Casa San Agustín hotel.
7. **El Gobernador by Rausch** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Rausch brothers' cooking.
8. **La Cocina de Pepina** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Home-style coastal cooking in Getsemaní.
9. **La Mulata** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Simple, tasty Caribbean food.
10. **Harry Sasson Cartagena** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Bogotá chef's Cartagena restaurant.
11. **Café del Mar** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Bar on the city walls for sunset.
12. **Candé** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Traditional Cartagena cooking with a show.

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