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SANTA MARTA RESTAURANTES

This list of the best restaurants in Santa Marta is a choice that may vary over time. We accept your suggestions and we will listen carefully to your recommendations to include them or even make a new list.

Ombu

 Located five minutes from the Historic Center, this cozy restaurant offers national and imported matured meats. Its gastronomic proposal mixes steakhouse, seafood and pasta, which makes it one of the best restaurants in Santa Marta.
It offers juicy matured cuts of Argentine Angus and selected coastal Brahman breeds, pastas and personal pizzas made with authentic buffalo mozzarella. Don't miss the seafood skewer, it is truly exceptional. All accompanied by a complete carefully selected wine cellar (the largest in Santa Marta

Among the best restaurants in Santa Marta, Tierra Negra has made a commitment to high-quality local ingredients and recipes, with a successful application of contemporary techniques and presentations.
It has a warm and sophisticated decoration, and offers a terrace with a privileged view of the bay and Simón Bolívar Park.
Recommended are the grilled taganguero octopus, the black earth posta in organic panela sauce, the goat fish wrapped in banana leaf and, to finish, the chocolate seinake.
Calle 15 No. 1C-40, second floor

Ouzo

Opened in 2011 in Parque de los Novios, this is a proposal by American chef Mike McMurdo.
In a Mediterranean atmosphere you can enjoy preparations inspired by Greek and Italian cuisine, which are the result of the chef's experience in top-notch restaurants in New York.
Recommended are the eggplant croquette with feta cheese and the seafood croquette with lulo tartar; from the wood-fired pizzas, the ouzo, with serrano ham, salami and chorizo; the fish encrusted in pistachio, and the fine loin in mushroom demiglace, prawns and seafood orzo. Dishes that make it worthy of being among the best restaurants in Santa Marta.
Race 3 No. 19-29

Basel

With the help of its owner, Margarita Estupiñán, this place has preserved a privileged place within the gastronomic scene of Santa Marta.
It uses top quality local products and French and Mediterranean flavors are printed on delicate recipes. Among the best restaurants in Santa Marta are the presidential grouper, the meat symphony, the prawns margarita, the stuffed squid and the lobster tail.
Calle 16 No. 2-58
See also: Guachaca: A paradise near Santa Marta

Where Chucho Gourmet

Added to the traditional El Rodadero restaurant is the gourmet version of this classic of Samaria cuisine, among the best restaurants in Santa Marta.
In a house in Parque de los Novios, with a terrace covered with trees, this proposal offers the traditional salads and fish that have made it famous, but takes risks with more elaborate and sophisticated preparations.
Recommended are the Chucho salad, seafood wallpaper, cayeye prawns and lobster.
19th Street No. 2-17

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?	BELO RESTAURANTE
The young Samarian businessman Jesús Lobelo realized the enormous potential that the historic center of Santa Marta is having in terms of gastronomy; With that desire, Belo Restaurante was born, a place where, due to its decoration, you feel like you are in your living room. Tables made with the base of old Singer sewing machines, the kind where grandmothers used to sew our torn pants, 25 in total were obtained and restored by Jesús to adorn his restaurant. But you can also see typewriters, “old” libraries, and in general appliances from back in the seventies and eighties. It is a place to go with the family, to share with friends or to also have a romantic dinner. In their menu you can see that they combine Mediterranean cuisine with local influence; The person in charge of ideas in the kitchen is his brother Yousef Lobelo, a virtuous young lover of the kitchen and taster of new flavors who has traveled the world tasting dishes, he is the one who helps with ideas in the kitchen and who makes things. interesting in the company of the chef preparing dishes such as the Róbalo Mallorca (sea bass, mashed Creole potatoes, mixed vegetable skewer, asparagus in house sauce, garlic base, butter, parsley, white wine and cream), the Sobrebarriga Santorini ( grilled belly with blue cheese sauce and fresh mushrooms, accompanied by truffled cassava puree with crispy bacon and house salad), the Posta Mediterránea (slow-cooked beef boy, panela sauce from the Sierra Nevada with red wine ,sesame oil and accompanied by truffled cassava puree and Mediterranean salad) and the Eggplant Moussaka (eggplant-based lasagna, meat ragout, mozzarella cheese, feta cheese and caramelized onion, accompanied by homemade focaccia) are part of the good ones dishes served in the restaurant.
Good atmosphere, excellent signature cocktails such as the “Mediterranean breeze” (vodka, cranberry juro, Quatro and lemon juice) and the “barracuda” (amber Zacapa, pineapple juice, lemon juice and semi sec sparkling wine), music in I live for the weekends and options for good desserts to end the evening.
Address: Calle 18 No 4-08 Historic Center
Instagram: @belo.smr
?	SUBLIME RESTAURANT
Its name says it all, in this place you can live a sublime gastronomic experience; They really achieve delicious things by fusing international cuisine with the richness of local ingredients, and when I talk about local I don't just mean the coast. They use in their menu, for example, hearts of palm from Putumayo, sour guava from Cordoba, pumpkin from the interior, catch of the day with what the Samario sea gives (amberjack, bonito and sometimes cojinoa), chocolate grown in the Sierra Nevada, and of course all the riches that gives the banana zone.
The chef is a proud cachaco graduated from SENA, who was working in Medellín and who did not hesitate for a single second when they suggested coming to work in Santa Marta, with the additional motivation that until that moment he had not known the sea. Maybe that inspires you and leads you to prepare delicious things like the “fresh white fish ceviche” (catch of the day, coconut tiger milk, passion fruit and miso sorbet, tatemado avocado and cilantro oil), the “fried rice ” which is sautéed with vegetables, pork belly, shrimp, grilled octopus, ripe banana and a spicy soy emulsion. I also recommend, as part of the appetizers on the menu, the Pork Belly, a creamy boronía (a typical dish from the region of Andalusian ancestry that is normally prepared by mashing cooked eggplant and cooked ripe banana forming a cream; onion and sautéed garlic are added. and seasoned with salt and vinegar), pork belly, hogao, melted brie and mozarella cheese. They can top it off with dessert, some enyucado churros, corozo gel, chocolate sauce from the Sierra Nevada and dulce de leche ice cream.
Sublime is one of those places where you say, “I have to come back to bring my wife, my mother or my grandmother.” Unbeatable table service, sober and modern facilities, perfect for large events such as weddings or New Year's Eve farewells.
Address: 1c street No 24 -04 local 3 Santa Marta
Instagram: @sublime.smr

?	MESTIZO BY ORIGO
The renowned chef Orlando Trejo, who created the menu for the Mestizo restaurant, talentedly manages to create a fusion of Mexican cuisine with Colombian cuisine, with products of local origin. Large and fresh gardens, high ceilings, extensive facilities on several levels, make Mestizo a very pleasant visit when looking for gastronomic options in the Historic Center of Santa Marta.
Their menu includes unique dishes such as “zapota tartar” (mamey, not costeño) which is a dessert of roasted sapote, cottage cheese, Tumaco ice cream and pixtle sauce. You can also find pozole (traditional Mexican soup) but in a Caribbean version; In this case it goes with lobster broth, coconut, black mussels, clams, cilantro, lemongrass, corn and of course, fresh lobster. Birria empanadas, cochinita pibil panucho, ahuyama hummus, coconut ceviche and other geniuses such as the “Tasajera ceviche” (shrimp, lemon, cucumber, serrano chili, green apple, avocado and red onion) are also part of the genius of the chef of the house. Cocktails are also an important part of the experience at Mestizo; Mexi Bunny (white tequila, carrot elixir, jalapeño syrup, lemon drops and corn tortilla crust), Gavilán Pollero (white tequila, honey mixture and lemon drops, cherry bitters and grapefruit foam) or the Malinchista ( mezcal, lulo spiced tropical shrub with rocoto chili and lemon drops).
Make a reservation in advance because despite the size of the place, it fills up, especially on weekends, and even more so considering that the high season is approaching.
Address: Calle 18 No 3-40 historic center
Instagram: @mestizobyorigo
4.  SEVEN MARES RESTAURANT BAR

 
Some stories have several beginnings, the Seven Seas story too. They started with four or five recipes in a very small place; They wanted a place that privileged what was local and what was fresh, an open space to try something new, a place for pleasure at the table and conscience in the heart. A place where local farmers could be luxury suppliers of their artisanal, organic and sustainable products. After 7 years of travel, they arrive with a renewed gastronomic proposal, this new 2023 menu developed and executed by chef Carolina Asmar, who tells me, is the result of gastronomic research in the Colombian Caribbean. Carolina wanted to highlight the native flavors with two great influences: Arabic and Asian.
Of Guajiro origin then, but with forcefulness when arriving in Santa Marta, the Seven Seas restaurant bar is located in a privileged place in front of the Santa Marta Marina and in the middle of the bay, allowing you to live a pleasant experience while enjoying its generous menu based mainly in seafood with some options of meats and other ingredients of the highest quality. Entrées such as “rising sun” (whisker and avocado tartar with tropical tuna bathed in homemade ponzu sauce), “save the sea” which is something that very few are doing and is encouraging lionfish fishing in the seas of the Caribbean, a feared invading adversary but an exquisite opponent (lionfish raw with Arabic pepper, toasted sesame and mint made in the Lebanese kibbe style). The most requested appetizer is the “Caribe Caribe”, some cassava caribañolas with blue fish and pickles. Speaking of the main dishes, and that's what I tried, there's the "inshore", a fillet of sea bass on a creamy roasted ripe banana with cheese and whey, Caribbean gremolata with cashews in green sauce and lemon zest, accompanied by some delicious crispy beans breaded in fine herbs.
Other options (I'm not going to tell you everything to leave something to the readers' imagination) are the mote de camarón (traditional mote de queso from the Colombian Caribbean savanna based on yams, whey and coastal cheese, with a sofrito of machucao de vegetables, achiote, sautéed shrimp and which is accompanied by coconut rice and patacones, likewise another dish that stands out on the menu is the “morrillo al cacao” (beef morrillo stewed at low temperature with roasted vegetable sauce and cocoa over rustic green banana puree (caba e gato) with sautéed caramelized garlic and onion, pickled onions and cubed avocado. You can finish the experience by perhaps trying a dessert called “La Magdalena”, which is a spongy and sweet dipped banana cake. in salted caramel and white chocolate sauce.
I hope to soon go to Palomino, visit the restaurant there and be able to continue enjoying its dishes and its innovative flavors, it is without a doubt a must-visit restaurant if you are in or visit Santa Marta.
Address: Carrera 1c No 22-93 second floor in front of the Santa Marta Marina
Instagram: @sie7emares.restaurante
5. SERENA TROPICAL BISTRO
 
What a great restaurant Chef Mike McMurdo set up! Everyone had told me about Serena Tropical Bistro, and now that I'm back I was fortunately able to check it out. With an unbeatable location in front of the Santa Marta Marina, this place offers the perfect atmosphere for an unforgettable evening. It couldn't be any other way with the experience provided by an emblem of the city such as Ouzo and Little Ouzo, which we have already talked about extensively on other occasions (see the best pizzas in Santa Marta). They are defined as “calm, fire and flavor”, but I would add “excellence” for its fine details, its wonderful facilities, the personal presentation of its employees, the dedicated attention to the diners and obviously for its menu full of delicious and delicious things. surprising. The menu is divided into drinks and cocktails, wines and spirits, breakfast and brunch, snacks, main courses and finally desserts and coffee. In the breakfast part there are dishes such as avocado toast with salmon, spicy chicken toast, croque madame (sandwich with brioche bread, artisan ham and Swiss cheese covered with cheesy bechamel, fried egg and bacon), shakshuka for two people ( casserole of 4 poached eggs in a tomato-based sauce, paprika, garlic and chili, accompanied by rustic potatoes, spinach, peasant cheese, avocado and fresh herbs, sourdough bread toast and fresh fruit).
The main dishes include soupy rice, spicy shrimp, roasted octopus, coconut croaker with mussels, smoked shrimp tortellini, glazed chicken, grilled tongue, lamb ribs, posta costeña and a couple of vegetarian options such as vegan toast, serena asparagus or garden mushrooms. As you can see, it is not just a seafood restaurant, because it has wide and varied options for all tastes. I will surely return soon with my wife to surprise her and watch the sunset while appreciating the parked yachts that conveniently adorn the landscape that stands like a window in the place.
Address: Extension of the bay median, Carrera 1 No 22-93 Santa Marta
Instagram: @serenabistro

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