Location: Manizales
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Where to Eat in Manizales: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Manizales (Spanish pronunciation: [maniˈsales]) is a city and municipality in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.
Things to do in Manizales
1. Il Forno Manizales
Overall Ratings
4 based on 182 reviews
OUR COMMITMENT With our warm attention, fair prices, generous portions, cozy spaces and excellent quality in our products, we hope to always offer the best Italian gastronomy, in an informal atmosphere, in addition to an excellent service, being the perfect combination to satisfy the needs of our customers.
Reviewed By giraldojuand - Manizales, Colombia
Great italian food at a great price!, check out the combinados! they have different choices with a perfect balance including salad, meat, pork or fish and a delicious pasta and the sauce of your choice.
One of them will fit your hunger and taste for sure!
2. Spago Bistronomia Italiana
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 131 reviews
Great italian restaurant, we offer pasta, salads, steaks, pizza, wine list and much more...
3. Los Geranios
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 46 reviews
Reviewed By williamgray - Manizales, Colombia
Los Geranios is across from the fort (Battilon sp?) near Milan in Manizales. They have typical Colombia dishes all done very well. The service is great. The owners are almost always there making sure you have a pleasant meal. Not fancy but clean and comfortable.
4. Vino y Pimienta
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 144 reviews
Reviewed By Thelastdodo2 - London, United Kingdom
My boyfriend and I came to this restaurant based on the excellent reviews. When we first came in we asked to see the menu as we had no idea what prices were like. Quite expensive, but we decided to go with it for a treat. Our waiter, the one who we asked to see the menu to start with and who served us for the rest of our visit, was rude, unfriendly, inattentive and frankly made us feel uncomfortable and unwanted all evening. He brought us some water and bread, then asked if we wanted to order drinks. We asked to see the menu again - we'd obviously only glanced before so had no idea what drinks we wanted. This seemed to annoy him a great deal, and after bringing us the menus he ignored us for a good 20 minutes. Despite the (very professional, nice and friendly, by the way) chef coming and taking our food orders, and telling us our waiter would be back to take our drink orders shortly we ended up getting so fed up waiting we waved down a different waiter. It was our original waiter who brought us the wine in the end and he told us that the wine we had ordered was not available. He said he'd replace it with a different bottle. I asked him directly if it was the same price, and he said yes.
When it came to pay the bill though, said wine cost around 20% more than the other bottle. We complained about this and he refused to mark it down to the price of the one we ordered. So we decided screw it, we'd just take it out of his tip. But when we paid, he automatically included the whole (suggested) service charge. We had to complain again and say we did NOT want to leave the tip. When we said this, he called some manager lady over who wanted to know why we were unhappy and we had to explain everything again. The whole thing was embarrassing and stressful.
To be fair, the chef, the other waiter who served us once, and the lady at the end, were all extremely professional and nice people. And both food and wine were excellent. The exception was our waiter. His attitude completely ruined our evening, so we won't be back and would NOT recommend. There are plenty of other decent restaurants in Manizales where you don't have to deal with this crap.
5. Restaurante EDNIA, Alta Gastronomia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 83 reviews
Reviewed By Tom H - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Fantastic restaurant in Manizales. Great Spanish influenced menu, with excellent choices. The husband-wife chef combo make this small restaurant thrive. They are hands on and have obvious pride in their food. Great atmosphere, great service and excellent food. We were a group of 9 and we all enjoyed the evening. Excellent choice.
Excellent fish, meat and vegetable dishes.
6. BFFL Serrano
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 130 reviews
Reviewed By ceebee27 - London, United Kingdom
We had an amazing meal here. The food was tasty and the steaks we cooked to perfection. Our waiter was very attentive and had good english where our spanish was not good enough! The wine was also delicious. We would have gone back had we haf another night.
7. L' atelier des saveurs
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By A TripAdvisor Member
I love the great atmosphere of this restaurant, pleasant staff, well served, good food at good value. The service is very welcoming and professional. The decor is trapped in a time of elegant French country from the 90s.
Everything is seasoned perfectly. Everyone at our table was really happy with their meal.The fillet steak is one of the best I have eaten anywhere in the world. well done chef. first class very french and nice menu.
We all look forward to coming here again. And I hope to pronounce the name of this restaurant properly. Lol
8. La Luna De Valencia
Overall Ratings
4 based on 86 reviews
Reviewed By NoApprovalBlog - Lake Zurich, Illinois
We lucked out and were only a 5 minute walk from this restaurant. A little tough to find but I think that you can do it. They have indoor and outdoor Seating, we sat outdoor and it got a little chilly, so if you do want to sit outside I recommend bringing a light jacket. The grill station where they were cooking all of their burgers is located on the outside front patio as well - and it smells so good (but thankfully you don't leave smelling like the bbq grill). It's a Spanish-influenced restaurant but I'm telling you - order the burger. Everyone else had burgers coming to their table so I thought well there must be something going on here and I was right. They are big, tasty and only cost 10,000 COP (about $4 usd). My wife had their shrimp ceviche. It had great flavor but came out at room temp, I like mine colder. She also had the grilled veggie salad. Yum. You cannot go wrong there either. It's a mountain of freshly grilled veggies seasoned to perfection! Bon Appetite!
9. Don Juaco Snaks
Overall Ratings
4 based on 124 reviews
10. Restaurante L'AngeVin
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 115 reviews
Welcome to the Restaurant L'AngeVin. <br>You'll discover a contemporary French cuisine using local products of the coffee region. The chef Alexandre Burgy and his team will give you a French dining experience. <br>The menu with prices it's available on our website: www.restaurante-langevin.com
Reviewed By Bridget-Gary F
Yum! My favorite food in Colombia while visiting Manizales! I don't speak Spanish so can't give the appropriate name but I had the pork dish, my husband shimp, my nephew filet and niece the lamb. All were exceptional. We also had several appetizers to sample; all seafood and amazing! The wait time was great. We even purchased some of the homemade preserves that I personally can't wait to try!
