Must-see nightlife in Bogotá

  • Azahar Café

    Bogotá

    Possibly the finest shrine to coffee in Colombia, the recently amplified Azahar exudes taste, expertise and an undying passion for the country’s second…

  • El Mono Bandido

    Bogotá

    Having commandeered a Quinta Camacho mansion and flipped it into one of Bogotá's most cinematic pubs, El Mono Bandido has atmosphere in spades. Enjoy…

  • Cervecería Gigante

    Bogotá

    American nanobrewer Will Catlett has created what feels like an underground brewer's lair at Bogotá's top craft-beer destination, a simple, unsigned place…

  • Cine Tonalá

    Bogotá

    Bogotá's only independent cinema champions Latin and Colombian films and international cult classics, but this Mexico City import refuses to be…

  • Dos Carreras

    Bogotá

    Run by a Spanish–Colombian couple, this warmly lit bar offers a diverse selection of some of the best locally brewed craft beer, including three by the…

  • Bistro El Bandido

    Bogotá

    Step back in time at this popular high-end bar and brasserie hidden behind residential shrubbery in Nogal. DJ's spin oldies (think Big Band, Elvis)…

  • Chelarte

    Bogotá

    Chelarte – a portmanteau word combining Mexican slang for beer ('chela') and 'artesanal' – helped pioneer craft beer in Bogotá when brewer Camilo Rojas…

  • Tierra Santa Cerveza Artesanal

    Bogotá

    One of Bogotá's newest beer destinations, the folks at downtown's famed Chantonner Delikatessen opened this second location in Quinta Camacho in late 2017…

  • Amor Perfecto

    Bogotá

    Pick your single-origin regional Colombian specialty bean, select your method of preparation (Chemex, Siphon, AeroPress or French press), and let the…

  • Taller de Té

    Bogotá

    This adorable cafe is unique in Bogotá for serious tea. Owner Laura sources more than 70 teas and infusions from plantations around the world and blends…

  • Bogotá Beer Company

    Bogotá

    This upscale pub-style beer chain was once the only game in town for brew-lovers. While it's gone fully corporate now (AB InBev purchased it in 2015), it…

  • El Bembe

    Bogotá

    Cuba and Colombia share a loose cultural alliance, especially when it comes to music, as this little piece of tropicalia ably demonstrates. Head up the…

  • A Seis Manos

    Bogotá

    This cool, contemporary cultural venue and bar lures the artistically inclined, who mingle at communal tables in the industrial, warehouse-like space…

  • Village Café

    Bogotá

    A long-standing Chapinero LGBT staple serving good cocktails (Cop$22,000 to COP$30,000) alongside healthy doses of alternative rock and electronica at…

  • El Recreo de Adàn

    Bogotá

    In the north, El Recreo de Adàn is a classic chill lounge with karaoke and board games.

  • Cada Loco con Su Tema

    Bogotá

    This cultural cafe, hidden within an early 20th-century English-style cluster of red-brick houses, provides a quiet escape from Bogotá’s rowdy streets…

  • Video Club

    Bogotá

    Fortunately for club kids, the unfortunately named Video Club is much cooler than its name (and facade) suggest. The two-floor former warehouse space in…

  • Cervecería Statua Rota

    Bogotá

    It once would have been odd to travel west of Av Caracas, but this Parkway microbrewery and bar attracts a fiercely dedicated army of beer-loving alt…

  • Arte y Pasión Café

    Bogotá

    What began as a way to educate Colombians about the wonders of specialty coffee became a successful, hands-on barista training school plus a chic,…

  • Tap House

    Bogotá

    A partnership between two local craft breweries (the American-Colombian-run Tomahawk and more traditional Tierra Alta), this craft beer haunt is a good…

  • Bourbon Coffee Roasters

    Bogotá

    Even before you enter the softly lit, Victorian-style red-brick house, the quaint surrounding neighborhood lays down high expectations. A haven for…

  • La Negra

    Bogotá

    With its flashy retro logo and a soundtrack that hopscotches between salsa, vallenato, reggaeton, cumbia and rarer Colombian genres, La Negra is an…

  • El Coq

    Bogotá

    This unsigned see-and-be-seen spot evokes a French country greenhouse, complete with basketball goalposts and Spanish moss that's strewn across the…

  • Café Origami

    Bogotá

    Japanese art, Lebanese cuisine and Colombian coffee flawlessly collide to create this charming conceptual cafe where coffee and origami have become best…

  • Café Cultor

    Bogotá

    Fuelled by the motto that life is too short to drink bad coffee, this recycled coffee-container-turned-cafe, complete with a pretty rooftop deck,…

  • Contraste Coffee Lab

    Bogotá

    Hidden away in the Hotel Continental shopping center, you'll find this tiny but serious java joint run by the soft-spoken Manual, an expert Colombian…

  • Mi Tierra

    Bogotá

    Find a space among the busted typewriters, sombreros, moose heads, musical instruments and televisions at this friendly Chapinero bar that resembles a…

  • Andrés D.C.

    Bogotá

    A more sedate location of legendary Andrés Carne de Res steakhouse. If you're in it for the food, the menu here is the same the original location (all 75…

  • Armando Records

    Bogotá

    Still a Bogotá hot spot after several years, this multilevel den of nocturnal delight features the 2nd-floor Armando's All Stars, which skews younger for…

  • Theatron

    Bogotá

    On a small road between Carreras 9 and 13 in the heart of Chapinero, the classic Theatron is carved from a huge film house. It draws a gay and straight…

  • Café Santa María

    Bogotá

    This cozy, historic two-story home with a fireplace by the bar and a softly lit loft sits next to the evocative Plazoleta del Chorro de Quevedo. Sample a…

  • Yumi Yumi

    Bogotá

    Travelers, twenty-something nightlife hounds and cocktail connoisseurs pile in to this Zona Rosa hot spot for excellent, high-value drinking. Cocktails…

  • Juan Valdez

    Bogotá

    One of two big Starbucks-like chains in Bogotá (Oma is the other), Juan Valdez does as reliable a job with a tinto (black coffee), cappuccino or cafe…

  • El Altillo Café

    Bogotá

    El Altillo has two branches – follow the footsteps of in-the-know locals into this one, set in a hidden garden cafe in the historic neighborhood of…

  • El Titicó

    Bogotá

    Half-hidden beneath a small shopping mall and not looking like much from the outside, this feisty bar in Chapinero is inspired by the classic salsatecas …

  • Tostao’ Café & Pan

    Bogotá

    This no-frills cafe offers inexpensive coffee (COP$2700 gets you a large cappuccino) and something extra to munch on, such as pastries, cookies,…

  • El Mozo

    Bogotá

    El Mozo is an upscale hot spot, divided into two musical environments (crossover and electronica); it has a retractable rooftop, and serves good cocktails…

  • Museo del Tequila

    Bogotá

    The raucous Museo del Tequila serves excellent Mexican food, but is more proud of showing off (and pouring from) the 2900 bottles of tequila that grace…

  • El Goce Pagano

    Bogotá

    Forty years in and this divey salsa and reggae bar near Universidad de Los Andes remains a mainstay with DJs and sweat-soaked bodies from all over…