Restaurante Celele

Let me just start by telling you all, this is not a restaurant this is a whole experience in itself. I never write reviews for anything but my mind was blown by this place. The mixture of all the flavors in all the dishes was amazing. I don’t even know what they menu has the server suggested a surprise and the new menu and we agreed. We were not disappointed. I would highly recommend this place we want to come back to Cartagena just to come back and eat here at Celele. Alex and Elkin were so sweet and amazing. They explained what each dish had and the story behind it. I recommend 10/10. Just come you won’t be disappointed!

Words can’t explain how much I enjoyed my dinner at Celele. Every single dish was a unique experience and an explosion of my taste buds. 🤯🤤 Come here if you’re looking for something different. Don’t come here if you’re looking for a traditional Colombian restaurant. I don’t even think it matters what you order. It’s hard to be disappointed here! The service was also fantastic. Big shout out to Juan David and Alex for making our dinner extra special. ❤️ They take the time to explain everything single dish to you. And it’s absolutely worth listening. I almost cried when I took a bite out of the crunchy banana peal desert. 🍌😭 I would come here 1000 times! We paid 83$ for a 2-person dinner. This included 3 starters, 1 main, 1 desert and 2 juices. Fair prices for what you get! PS. This restaurant is in the top 50 restaurants of Latin America. Not in the world, like 1 person mistakenly said below.

Amazing very high standing food. Generous portions (a bit too much for us 😅). The service is good but in general they're missing a bit of attention on details. But a very nice experience. Also really really good cocktails. Vegan friendly 😁

One in a lifetime dinning experience. They nail the Caribbean and Colombian flavors and make it something even more special. I usually find the 50 best list to be mostly political and not a great reflection of what a great dinning experience should be. Not the case here. Celele is simply perfection. The somked trout tiradito blew my mind and the Celele pork and beans is a must try. I also enjoyed a lot the lobster but I wish I had tried something else as I feel like there was much going on there. The drinks are fantastic and I had no space for dessert but I can’t wait to come back to try them all! Service is also great and reservation is needed .

A true food experience where the waiters take the time to explain the dishes and the food is part theater (in an upscale, not over the top way). We loved our evening at Restaurant Celele. The wait staff was professional and knowledgeable and the food was delicious. Make sure you book in advance. I believe we booked 2 months before. There were many well dressed customers who tried to get in on the night we were there and it was fully booked. They have two seatings.

I really don’t understand the hype. Our crab dish was way too salty, the flower salad was bland, the lobster actually had good flavors but was way over done to the point of being tough, the beef tongue tasted like groceries store ham with leaves on it. Unsure why this is one of the best restaurants in LA. The lemonade and service were great and everything was undeniably beautiful. But in case you’re expecting the best food of your life - we had better street tacos.

We stumbled across this restaurant and could not have been happier. It is one of our favorite restaurants of all time. We absolutely loved the crab and the pomelo dessert. Only to recommend!

One star for the service, one star for the drinks…. But the food was laughably bad. It was all about presentation instead of taste. If you’ve seen the movie The Menu, you get it. We found everything we ordered to be WAY too salty. The restaurant’s namesake pork dish was ok, but we could hardly touch our second entree. The waitress suggested we box it up and give it to someone on the street, which in good conscience, we just couldn’t do. Overall, our experience at one of the “50 best restaurants in the world” made for a great story. Our only regret was that we went!

Let me just start by telling you all, this is not a restaurant this is a whole experience in itself. I never write reviews for anything but my mind was blown by this place. The mixture of all the flavors in all the dishes was amazing. I don’t even know what they menu has the server suggested a surprise and the new menu and we agreed. We were not disappointed. I would highly recommend this place we want to come back to Cartagena just to come back and eat here at Celele. Alex and Elkin were so sweet and amazing. They explained what each dish had and the story behind it. I recommend 10/10. Just come you won’t be disappointed!

Words can’t explain how much I enjoyed my dinner at Celele. Every single dish was a unique experience and an explosion of my taste buds. 🤯🤤 Come here if you’re looking for something different. Don’t come here if you’re looking for a traditional Colombian restaurant. I don’t even think it matters what you order. It’s hard to be disappointed here! The service was also fantastic. Big shout out to Juan David and Alex for making our dinner extra special. ❤️ They take the time to explain everything single dish to you. And it’s absolutely worth listening. I almost cried when I took a bite out of the crunchy banana peal desert. 🍌😭 I would come here 1000 times! We paid 83$ for a 2-person dinner. This included 3 starters, 1 main, 1 desert and 2 juices. Fair prices for what you get! PS. This restaurant is in the top 50 restaurants of Latin America. Not in the world, like 1 person mistakenly said below.

Amazing very high standing food. Generous portions (a bit too much for us 😅). The service is good but in general they're missing a bit of attention on details. But a very nice experience. Also really really good cocktails. Vegan friendly 😁

One in a lifetime dinning experience. They nail the Caribbean and Colombian flavors and make it something even more special. I usually find the 50 best list to be mostly political and not a great reflection of what a great dinning experience should be. Not the case here. Celele is simply perfection. The somked trout tiradito blew my mind and the Celele pork and beans is a must try. I also enjoyed a lot the lobster but I wish I had tried something else as I feel like there was much going on there. The drinks are fantastic and I had no space for dessert but I can’t wait to come back to try them all! Service is also great and reservation is needed .

A true food experience where the waiters take the time to explain the dishes and the food is part theater (in an upscale, not over the top way). We loved our evening at Restaurant Celele. The wait staff was professional and knowledgeable and the food was delicious. Make sure you book in advance. I believe we booked 2 months before. There were many well dressed customers who tried to get in on the night we were there and it was fully booked. They have two seatings.

I really don’t understand the hype. Our crab dish was way too salty, the flower salad was bland, the lobster actually had good flavors but was way over done to the point of being tough, the beef tongue tasted like groceries store ham with leaves on it. Unsure why this is one of the best restaurants in LA. The lemonade and service were great and everything was undeniably beautiful. But in case you’re expecting the best food of your life - we had better street tacos.

We stumbled across this restaurant and could not have been happier. It is one of our favorite restaurants of all time. We absolutely loved the crab and the pomelo dessert. Only to recommend!

One star for the service, one star for the drinks…. But the food was laughably bad. It was all about presentation instead of taste. If you’ve seen the movie The Menu, you get it. We found everything we ordered to be WAY too salty. The restaurant’s namesake pork dish was ok, but we could hardly touch our second entree. The waitress suggested we box it up and give it to someone on the street, which in good conscience, we just couldn’t do. Overall, our experience at one of the “50 best restaurants in the world” made for a great story. Our only regret was that we went!