{"id":31246,"date":"2016-11-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/why-eating-out-in-colombia-is-great-my-top-restaurants-in-bogota\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:12:24","slug":"eating-out-in-bogota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besabine.com\/en\/eating-out-in-bogota\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating out in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia: the best neighborhoods and my top 13 restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you already know that you can eat like the best in Colombia? Travelers who claim you don’t need to go to South America for the food, have still a lot to discover!<\/strong> One of the reasons I love living in Colombia so much is precisely the food. Even as a vegetarian like myself, there are plenty of delicious treats waiting for you in Colombia. In this article, I’ll tell you which neighborhoods in Bogot\u00e1 are the best to eating out. And I give you my top 13 best restaurants in Bogot\u00e1. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why is eating out in Colombia so much fun?<\/h2>\n
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Here in Colombia, just like the Colombians, I have truly learned to enjoy (lots of) food. After living in Colombia for so many years, I now also say, just like the locals, that something is ‘spectacularly delicious’. It is also no coincidence that I go out to eat so often in Bogot\u00e1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Especially in Colombia’s major cities, you will find a wide variety of cuisines and restaurants. Colombian cuisine<\/strong> can be found mostly in the somewhat cheaper neighborhoods, in typical Colombian restaurants. For example, go for ajiaco<\/strong><\/a>, bandeja paisa or sancocho. In La Candelaria<\/strong>, for example, you will find more typical Colombian dishes. <\/p>\n

However, if you want to eat out really well, you will do so in the neighborhoods where you will find the best restaurants in Bogot\u00e1.<\/strong> And for that, you have to get out of the historic center. These neighborhoods tend to be more expensive, and you will find less typically Colombian. <\/p>\n

In general, the service in Colombian restaurants is very good, especially in the larger cities.<\/strong> The food is often incredibly tasty, and for many travelers, it’s not what they expect from Colombia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And did you know that from almost all restaurants you can also order the food from home or from your hotel? You do that with Rappi<\/strong><\/a> (an app on your phone). <\/p>\n

For most tourists, their tour begins in Bogot\u00e1<\/a>. A massive city, where it is not so easy to find good restaurants if you don’t know where to go. <\/strong> And you will read exactly that in this article, so you can enjoy all the good Colombia has to offer during your trip.<\/p>\n\n\t\t