Food · Medellín

Al Alma Café

Café and restaurant for breakfast, brunch and lunch at Calle 8 #43B-136, Astorga, El Poblado. Open Monday to Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Hours: Monday to Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sundays from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (checked 2026-10-13).
Duration: 0 to 2 hours
Address: Calle 8 #43B-136, Astorga, El Poblado, Medellín

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Al Alma is a Medellín café chain that's been around for about 12 years. The Astorga location, on Calle 8, is the one travel guides mention most: an inner patio with a colorful tiled floor, a glass roof, plants everywhere and a bar at the back with pink walls.

It's a breakfast and brunch place. The menu has French toast, eggs, avocado toast, croissant with jamón serrano, sandwiches, salads, bowls, burgers and lomo saltado. There's a pastry case, and you can order the pasta gluten-free for a little extra.

For coffee they do espresso, lattes with latte art and siphon coffee, a glass brewing method worth watching. There's wifi, and plenty of people stay and work in the patio.

If another one is closer to you, there are more locations in Medellín: Provenza (Calle 8 #35-37), Laureles (Avenida 74B #39B-143), the El Tesoro and Viva Envigado malls, and Carrera 25 #7-224 in El Poblado.

What to see

The colorful tiled patio with its glass roof.
The siphon coffee.
The pastry case.

Getting there

Metro: Poblado station (Line A), then about a 10-minute walk east along Calle 8.
On foot from Parque El Poblado: walk one block down Calle 8.
Taxi: ask for Calle 8 with Carrera 43B, Astorga.

Tips

It's one of the few places in the area that opens at 6:00 a.m., so it works for an early breakfast before a tour.
Order the siphon coffee if you've never seen it made.
It closes mid-afternoon, so it's not a dinner spot.