PaloSanto Restaurante | Cartagena de Indias — Restaurant in Cartagena

If a restaurant is empty I tend to pass it by but in this case, I am glad I didn’t. During my entire meal from 6:30-7:30 on a Thursday evening, I was their only customer. I can only assume it is because of the lack of foot traffic in their location. The food was excellent! The atmosphere is somewhat upscale but still chill. I started with a fish ceviche. It was a delicately flavored traditional preparation but perfectly executed. It had crunchy corn- something I developed a love for in Peruvian ceviche. My second dish was described as Cartagena’s traditional cheese soup. I have never had anything quite like it but I would describe it as a potato and cheese soup. That really doesn’t do it justice because I don’t even know if potatoes are in it and like the ceviche, the flavors were delicate. I would say this is a perfect spot for just after...

Our tour guide took us there for our good bye dinner . The food was absolutely horrible. Bad quality & bad cooking . The fish was a grey looking color , overcooked, it looked old . . The rice had a bad taste , the desert was slimy . The chicken was dry / over cooked, tasteless . The pork was mostly fat & also overcooked . The plantain chips were dry / old & the dip was tasteless. I think they had the food cooked & reheated . In 2 weeks in Colombia every place we ate was great , this was such a disappointment. The live music...

We ordered the paella, lobster thermadore, sea bass, pork. The food all around was just ok. The fish in the paella and the sea bass was clearly not fresh - and overcooked. The portion of the pork was small and the flavor was okay. Could not tell on the lobster due to abundance of sauce. We ordered Manhattan martinis which were ok. Our server was attentive and best experience of our visit to the restaurant. The server was out host and our...