Cocktail Bars in Medellín
This list includes two on The 50 Best Bars and four Spirited Awards nominees.
50 BESTRooftop BarMamba Negra
Mamba Negra is a rooftop bar and restaurant on the twenty-second floor in El Poblado, Medellin, built on what it calls the fusion of embers, fire and mystery. The bar is led by Juan David Zapata, whose signature menu, Culebrero, draws on the history of the city, and Mamba Lab runs tasting experiences using only Colombian ingredients.
Calle 2 #20-50, El Poblado, MedellínDaily 18:00-00:00Full profile
50 BESTCocktail BarBar Carmen
Located within the celebrated Carmen restaurant in Medellín's El Poblado neighborhood, Bar Carmen offers a vibrant cocktail experience inspired by Colombia's culinary traditions. The bar holds No. 39 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, up from No. 100 on the 51-100 list in 2025.
Cra. 36 #10a-27, El Poblado, MedellínFull profile- NáufragoRooftop Bar
Náufrago
Náufrago is the ninth-floor rooftop bar of The Click Clack Hotel Medellín, run with the Breakfast Club team, and the hotel describes it as a space born from curiosity and inspired by the mysteries of Colombia's biodiversity: a selection of native and overlooked ingredients gathered on journeys through the country and put to work behind the bar. It was one of the eighteen Medellín host bars of Medellín Cocktail Week in June 2026.
Carrera 37 #10A-29, El Poblado, MedellínFull profile - Quema Que QuemaCocktail Bar
Quema Que Quema
Set inside one of the few remaining historic buildings in El Poblado, Quema Que Quema opened in 2025 as a Caribbean bar where salsa music and international cocktail classics share equal billing. The bar works through a menu of roughly one hundred classics while the kitchen sends out coastal Colombian cooking, from jerk chicken to ceviche caribeño, and on Friday and Saturday nights a full salsa orchestra takes over the upper floor. The house signature is El Arriero, built on Aguardiente Antioqueño, cacao, and Colombian coffee, a drink the team is positioning as a national cocktail for Colombia. Run by operator Juan David Zapata, the bar was among the host venues of Medellín Cocktail Week 2026, part of a wave that has turned the city into one of Latin America's most exciting emerging bar scenes.
Cl 10A #36-40, El Poblado, MedellínLunes a Miercoles: 16:00-23:00 Jueves: 12:00-00:00 Viernes y Sábado: 12:00-02:00 Domingo: CerradosFull profile - Calante Cocktail HouseCocktail Bar
Calante Cocktail House
Calante calls itself a cocktail house and the house of rhythm, on Carrera 35 in Provenza, open every day and all night from six. It was one of the eighteen Medellín bars that hosted a visiting bartender during Medellín Cocktail Week in June 2026.
Carrera 35 #8A-24, Provenza, El Poblado, MedellínDaily 18:00-lateFull profile
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