Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Cali from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Cali
These are the venues where wine sits closest to the dining idea, from a single exceptional program to wine lists built around specific kitchens.
An Italian trattoria in Granada with the only exceptional wine program in our guide, plus an extensive wine list. It serves à la carte in a format built around Italian cooking.
A San Antonio restaurant built around modern Pacific Colombian cooking, with a wine list and craft cocktails. It offers a tasting menu, à la carte service, and small plates.
A Peñón restaurant focused on authentic Spanish tapas and paella, with an extensive wine list. It serves à la carte and small plates in a Spanish format.
These picks show how Cali’s dining scene is anchored in Granada, El Peñón, and Ciudad Jardín, with distinct styles in each pocket.
Pizzeria Carpaneto Granada Cali is a restaurant in the Granada neighbourhood in our guide. Its cuisine is Authentic Neapolitan Pizza. It serves à la carte and has a wine list.
An El Peñón pasta house built around handmade tortelli and Italian tradition, with local ingredients in the mix. It brings handmade pasta to one of Cali’s older dining neighbourhoods with an à la carte format.
Cantina la 15 Ciudad Jardín Cali Sur is a Ciudad Jardín restaurant for modern Mexican cantina cooking, with live mariachi music and entertainment. It serves à la carte, pours craft cocktails, and has a standard wine program.
Granada has 6 venues in our guide. El Peñón adds 2 more, and San Antonio, Centenario, Barrio Granada, and the southern neighbourhoods are also part of the city’s dining map.
Cali has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Domingo in San Antonio serves modern Pacific Colombian cuisine and holds The Best Chef One Knife (2025) award, with a wine list, a tasting menu and craft cocktails.
Storia D'Amore Granada has the only exceptional wine program in our guide, and it also has an extensive wine list. Domingo in San Antonio and Casa Ibérica in Peñón both have wine lists.
Domingo in San Antonio combines a tasting menu with a wine list. It also serves à la carte dishes and small plates, and the drinks side includes craft cocktails. That is the only venue in our guide with a tasting menu and a wine list together.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Domingo brings Catalina Vélez's Colombian culinary perspective to Cali's Comuna 4, positioning the restaurant within the broader wave of serious Colombian cooking that has drawn international attention over the past decade. The address places it on Carrera 5, away from the city's more established dining corridors, making it a reference point for how Cali's food scene is extending beyond its traditional geography.
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Siamo nel quartiere El Peñón a Cali, per questo locale che è stato fondato da due italiani, che avevano voglia di portare le tradizioni del Bel Paese in Colombia. Il locale è curato, con il bel forno che domina la scena. L’impasto è quello a lunga lievitazione, con il cornicione leggermente pronunciato. Atmosfera informale e cordiale in questo locale, invece nel menu, oltre alle pizze, troverete antipasti, paste ed ovviamente la parte dolce. Tra le pizze da provare la Salamino con salsa di pomodoro, fior di latte e chorizo spagnolo, tra quelle speciali la Bellissima con mascarpone, pomodoro, fior di latte, guanciale croccante, burrata, riduzione al balsamico e olio piccante, un complesso mix di sapori che ben si sposano insieme. Tra le paste le fettuccine alla bolognese, con un ragù leggero e delicato è una vera sorpresa. Buona la selezione del bere con una piccola lista di vini italiani e una bella selezione di cocktails. Plus per un menu dedicato interamente ai più piccoli. Imperdibile se avete voglia di una pizza eccellente a Cali. We are in the El Peñón neighborhood in Cali, for this restaurant that was founded by two Italians, who wanted to bring the traditions of the Bel Paese to Colombia. The restaurant is well-kept, with a beautiful oven that dominates the scene. The dough is the long leavening type, with a slightly pronounced crust. Informal and friendly atmosphere in this restaurant, while in the menu, in addition to pizzas, you will find appetizers, pastas and of course the dessert section. Among the pizzas to try is the Salamino with tomato sauce, fior di latte and Spanish chorizo, while among the specials is the Bellissima with mascarpone, tomato, fior di latte, crispy guanciale, burrata, balsamic reduction and spicy oil, a complex mix of flavors that blend well together. Among the pastas, the fettuccine alla bolognese, with a light and delicate ragu, is a true surprise. Good selection of drinks with a small list of Italian wines and a nice selection of cocktails. Plus points for a menu dedicated entirely to children. A priority stop if you are craving excellent pizza in Cali.
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Café Valparaiso Pance sits in Cali's southern Pance district, where the city trades urban density for greener, slower rhythms. The café draws on the agricultural depth of Valle del Cauca, a region that produces some of Colombia's most consistent coffee, plantains, and fresh produce. It is the kind of address that rewards repeat visits over first impressions.
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Cantina la 15 Ciudad Jardín Cali Sur sits in the Cañasgordas district on the southern edge of Cali, operating within the cantina format that has anchored working-class Colombian social life for generations. The address on Calle 18 places it at a remove from the tourist-facing dining corridors of Granada and El Peñón, making it a reference point for the neighbourhood's own residents rather than the city's visiting crowd.
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Cantina La 15 Granada Cali Norte sits on Calle 15 Norte in Granada, one of Cali's most active dining and nightlife districts. The cantina format places it within a broader Colombian tradition of convivial, ritual-paced eating, shared plates, unhurried rounds, and the kind of table rhythm that defines the city's social culture. It operates as a neighbourhood anchor in a barrio where serious eating and late-night energy coexist.
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Casa Ibérica occupies a quiet address in Barrio Peñon, one of Cali's most historically layered residential neighbourhoods. Where much of the city's dining scene leans into Pacific coast tradition or pan-Colombian formats, this address signals a different reference point, Iberian. For travellers working through Cali's restaurant circuit, it represents a distinct counterpoint to the prevailing local registers.
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Miyabi sits on Avenida 9A in Granada, Cali's most concentrated block of international dining, bringing Japanese culinary tradition into a city far more associated with Pacific Coast seafood and Afro-Colombian cooking. The address alone signals intent: this is a neighbourhood where Cali's professional class tests the range of the city's international table. Booking ahead is advisable, particularly on weekends.
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Located in Cali's Santa Monica Residential neighbourhood, Monchis by Coky occupies a corner of the city's quieter north-side dining scene. The restaurant draws a local following in a city where neighbourhood tables often outperform their more prominent counterparts. For visitors willing to move beyond Cali's established dining corridors, it represents a considered stop on the residential circuit.
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Odiseo Bistro: Modern Mediterranean Bistro with terrace seating and a leisurely, conversational pace on Av. 9 Nte. #10-107 in Granada, Cali, with beef bourguignon, seafood risotto, and Peruvian ceviche.
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In the Santa Mónica residential quarter of Cali's Granada district, Pizzeria Carpaneto occupies a street address that puts it squarely inside one of the city's most active dining corridors. The pizzeria operates in a neighbourhood where international formats compete alongside Colombian staples, and its presence on Avenida 9 Norte signals a particular kind of casual-serious dining that Granada has come to support.
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Platillos Voladores occupies a corner of Granada, Cali's most active dining neighbourhood, where the name, literally 'flying saucers', signals a menu that moves between registers rather than committing to a single culinary flag. The restaurant sits in a tier of Cali addresses where the ambition is format-led rather than tradition-bound, making it a useful reference point for understanding how the city's contemporary dining scene is positioning itself.
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Storia D'Amore Granada sits on Avenida 9 Norte in Cali's Granada neighbourhood, one of the city's most concentrated dining corridors. The name signals Italian romance, placing it inside a Cali dining scene that has grown increasingly comfortable mixing European references with local sensibility. For visitors exploring Granada's evening options, it represents a distinct register within a street where competition is immediate and visible.
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Tortelli El Peñón sits in one of Cali's most characterful older districts, bringing Italian-inflected pasta to a city better known for Pacific seafood and grilled meats. The address on Calle 3 Oeste places it within walking distance of El Peñón's tree-lined streets and neighbourhood restaurants. For visitors piecing together a Cali dining itinerary, it reads as a counterpoint to the valley's dominant culinary registers.
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Movich Casa del Alférez occupies a historic Granada address in Cali, where a grand façade gives way to a lobby of dark wood, marble floors, and modern art set against white walls. The property sits close to the neighbourhood's dining and cultural circuit, placing it inside the smaller, character-led tier of Colombian urban hotels rather than the large international-footprint category.
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Hotel Spiwak holds dual award recognition as both a Regional Winner for Luxury Hotel and Conference Centre and a Continent Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel, placing it among Colombia's most decorated properties in the corporate travel tier. Located within Cali's Chipichape district, it addresses a market that expects conference infrastructure and hotel comfort to coexist at a serious level.
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Spirito by Spiwak holds two international design accolades, Regional Winner for Luxury Lifestyle Hotel and Continent Winner for Luxury Design Hotel, positioning it among Colombia's most architecturally considered properties. Located on Avenida 6D Norte in Cali, it occupies a niche where design discipline and personalised service intersect, drawing travellers who treat the stay itself as a primary reason to visit the city.
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