Alma

Alma is in a colonial house on Calle de la Universidad, inside a hotel. There's a dining room with a wooden ceiling and tables in the courtyard, around a pool with arches and stone walls.

Chef Heberto Eljach runs the kitchen, cooking the Caribbean with local produce. The dish everyone orders is the ceviche Eljach: fish, shrimp, suero atollabuey, regional chilies and pork crackling, with cassava bread (COP 87,000).

The June 2026 menu has Cartagena-style seafood casserole (COP 123,000), surf-and-turf rice with braised oxtail (COP 123,000), catch of the day steamed in plantain leaf (COP 104,000) and a 300-gram Angus New York Strip (COP 225,000). There are vegan dishes.

What to see

• The ceviche Eljach, the house dish.
• The Cartagena-style seafood casserole in coconut milk.
• The colonial courtyard with the pool and arches.
• Alma Bar, with house cocktails.

Getting there

• On foot inside the walled city, at Calle de la Universidad #36-44.
• By taxi to Calle de la Universidad, near the San Agustín cloister.

Tips

• If you want to eat in the courtyard, ask for it when booking.
• There are vegan options, like the chickpea encocado bowl and the grilled cauliflower.
• You can pair it with Aurum Spa, in the same house: one ritual includes lunch here.