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El Acontista

Restaurant Cafe Coffee shop Book store

👍👍 A great place to hang out. Small little cafe full of atmosphere. Live jazz on Mondays starting at 8pm People often mention jazz, good, Monday, night,


Address

Cl. 53 #43-81, La Candelaria, Medellín, La Candelaria, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Website

www.elacontista.com

Contact

+57 304 6163527

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (2.4K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 9 pm
  • Friday: 12 to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 12 to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 9 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: jazz (10) good (10) Monday (7) night (6)
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  • 5/5 Haven J. 7 years ago on Google
    A great place to hang out. Small little cafe full of atmosphere. Live jazz on Mondays starting at 8pm
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Michael G. 4 years ago on Google
    I went for the Monday night jazz and had a pizza while I waited for the music to start. Must say I was very pleasantly surprised by the very hip atmosphere and the decent food. It is a great night out just a block from Parque Periodista.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sarah L. 6 years ago on Google
    Cool cafe/bar atmosphere and tasty food. We came here for lunch, and enjoyed some chicken, french fries and soup from the menu of the day. The food was delicious and the place was bustling with the local lunch crowd, so it makes for good people watching. They have live jazz on Monday nights that I have yet to check out. I would definitely come back for that! This is also a fun area to walk around during the day and take in the local hustle and bustle of downtown Medellín life. For lunch, they had no menus - only a verbal description of the daily lunch menu, so if your'e Spanish is rocky it's good to be prepared ahead of time!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Monica V. 5 months ago on Google
    Wow Delicious food! Chef Haider has combined flavors in dishes that's really hitting home runs.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Keren Amaya S. 8 months ago on Google
    Great place to enjoy some jazz night and have pizza. Super affordable prices for all and a great setting. They have a library and cafe on site as well. Good service too. I had the acontista pizza and some others had other pizza too, good crust. Highly recommend this place for all
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Malik 1 year ago on Google
    Barely decent food (nothing special), no WiFi available, terrible service, someone off the street comes into the restaurant every 5 minutes to sell you something or beg and the staff completely allows it. I told the waitress that I didn't want to include service on the bill and she put it on there anyway. I refused to pay it. Horrible experience and I'm never going back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Daniel C. 1 year ago on Google
    It's a very cosy place, with a delicious local food menu. The service is very quickly and they are very nice. The cheesecake is the best dessert you can eat, and it is ASTONISHING. There's a very comfortable library upstairs, it has a very good background music and it's cold...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Santiago Diaz Z. 2 years ago on Google
    went to have dinner, i like getting to know places in downtown to have something to eat… my experience was quite average, but i’m sure it could be better next time. there was a big birthday table that didn’t let us listen to any jazz or music, and, as a personal comment, no christmas decoration is better than half christmas decoration. food and service were normal good, not great. but it’s a good place and option for a jazz night, romantic dinner or even i hear they have a reading club

  • 3/5 Gene W. 1 year ago on Google
    The place is very nice. Great place to go to to get rid of the noise. Good lattes. But no wi fi. That’s the only reason I ding it

  • 5/5 Alan A. 1 year ago on Google
    Cool place with a pretty good food menu. You can also listen to live jazz on Monday nights.

  • 5/5 Johanna Carolina Vega S. 3 years ago on Google
    I drank one of the best coffee ever

  • 5/5 Ken C. 4 years ago on Google
    Great cozy restaurant! Limited, but excellent menu. Live music on Monday nights. Busy little eclectic spot!

  • 5/5 Expat M. 2 years ago on Google
    Has a jazz club atmosphere, and actually had Monday night jazz bands before Covid. The food is good. Highly recommend.

  • 5/5 Betty S. 1 year ago on Google
    I just got a beer there. Nice price, nice place, I'll be back for sure.

  • 4/5 Charlrs C. 11 months ago on Google
    This place has live Jazz on Monday nights. Good clean crowds very good and reasonable food.

  • 5/5 Sonia N. 10 months ago on Google
    Went for the jazz nights. The pizza marggerita and sangria are great, especially at that price. Highly recommend one Monday evening spent here. You'll need to make reservations in advance.

  • 5/5 Felipe S. 9 months ago on Google
    Great ambiance and food with the owner's bookstore on the second floor. Coctails, coffee an spirits.

  • 5/5 Alejandra V. 3 years ago on Google
    A perfect place. Loved it

  • 4/5 Jorn K. 3 years ago on Google
    Live Jazz on monday night. Free entrance, if you order some drinks

  • 5/5 Glenn N. 3 years ago on Google
    Ate lunch there today food was good and the beer was cold the way I like it sometimes it's hard to get ice cold beer in Colombia. A guy was playing the accordion nice place for a beer and conversation


Call +57 304 6163527 Open on Google Maps

Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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