Restaurants in Cali
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Restaurante Vegetariano Salud Vibrante
Your best bet for a cheap veggie meal in Cali. Staff makes its own soy milk and wholemeal bread. Also sells good veggie empanadas.
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Cali Viejo
Set in the lush grounds of the Bosque Municipal, the city park adjoining the zoo, Cali Viejo shows off Cali’s Pacific roots. Seafood is the star here – try the cazuela de mariscos (seafood stew, COP$41,000) or lobster (COP$58,000) – but it also does a great sancocho (COP$20,000). Wash it down with a champú or lulada, or a shot of the homemade aguardiente. The dining room has no walls, letting a breeze blow through. If you’re coming here from the zoo, take a taxi or flag down a passing bus; the area is a bit isolated and, hence, a bit sketchy.
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Platillos Voladores
The food at Platillos Voladores (literally 'flying saucers') is out of this world, combining spicy, sweet, sour and savory in novel ways. A mecca for the city's foodies, the chef takes fusion to new heights, borrowing inspiration from Asian, European and indigenous Colombian cuisines. The decor, too, is both colorful and eclectic.
There's also a small store on the premises that sells bottled versions of the restaurant's complex sauces and chutneys, many of which feature exotic produce from the surrounding Cauca valley.
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Paladar
It looks like a cafeteria, but wait till you see what it serves – homemade lasagna, casseroles of every sort, even the occasional stewed rabbit. The dessert selection is divine – cakes, pies, mousses; it makes us drool just thinking about it. The pastel Paladar (the house specialty, a multilayered chocolate and mocha cake) is orgasmic, and if you like lemon meringue pie, get in before noon – it goes quickly.
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Baharoque
This new San Antonio restaurant serves a great set meal for COP$6000. Sample amazing salads garnished with tropical fruit, plus good steaks and chicken for you carnivores. Sundays see old-fashioned Cali dishes served, such as arroz atollado, a kind of risotto, and of course sancocho and ajiaco, both types of Colombian stew.
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LA 14 Supermarket
The best cheap eats in town are in the LA 14 supermarket. It has half-a-dozen small eateries, including its own bakery, which does excellent meat pies (pastel de carne), pizza by the slice, buñuelos (deep-fried doughy balls of curd cheese and flour), pan de bono (bagel-shaped bun with a tart flavor), etc.
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Kaiserhaus
This German restaurant prepares its own authentic sausage and sauerkraut. The breezy 2nd-floor balcony is a great spot for a bratwurst and imported German beer. Also does picadas (COP$37,000 to COP$67,000) – mounds of toothpickable sliced sausage, enough for four to six. The pretzels (COP$500) with mustard make a great snack.
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Barra de Mayolo
This Spanish tapas bar has some of the best food in Granada. Tapas selection includes fried calamari, Spanish ham and chorizo, as well as sample platters big enough for groups to share. Try the paella (COP$26,500 to COP$35,000), or whole suckling pig (COP$210,000), prepared specially if you give advance notice.
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El Solar
The waiters can be forgiven for being pretentious; the food really is that good. On the menu you’ll find top quality Italian food – risottos, pastas, seafood and steak. Also worth trying is the authentic Peruvian ceviche (raw fish marinated in lime) and lobster (COP$45,000).
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San Antonio Pizza
At the top of the park on your left as you walk uphill, it serves pizza by the slice (COP$4400 to COP$6600) and also delivers. The menu boasts a vegetarian pizza, and other creative variations, including pesto pizza and fruit pizza with pineapple, peach and cherry.
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Crêpes y Waffles
What’s Cali without an afternoon sitting on the outdoor patio at Crêpes with a monster ice-cream sundae and some friends? It does excellent salads, and the salad bar is good value. Also serves sweet and savory crepes and, wait for it, waffles.
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Av 8N Corridor
The are plenty of places in Cali to get a solid meal of beans, rice and grilled meats for US$2 to US$4. If you have cash to spare, there are some excellent restaurants in the city's gourmet ghetto along the Av 8N Corridor.
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Chipichape
The best cheap eats in town are in the Chipichape shopping mall. The restaurants offer sincere attempts at Chinese and Mexican food, as well as more upscale choices such as grill restaurant Leños y Carbon.
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Restaurante Comfandi
For a cheap, filling lunch, try this self-service restaurant. It's a downtown institution. Upstairs there is an exhibition space for contemporary art that is free to the public
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Restaurante M
Set inside a small but stately home, this all-white extravaganza serves up fine Asian fusion cuisine, from classic beef teriyaki to salmon stuffed with plantains.
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Restaurante Carambolo
This chic bar-restaurant attracts the city's movers and shakers with its nouvelle Mediterranean cuisine, upscale Bohemian dining area, and slick bar.
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Restaurante Balocco
This small, family-run restaurant serves up hearty, if basic, set meals right in the heart of the action on Av Sexta.
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Archie's
Gourmet pizzas and salads are made with the freshest ingredients at this casual, upscale option.
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