La Octava Bar — Restaurant in Medellín

If you’re super ugly like me, the dark lighting of this place helps tremendously. After a couple drinks, my date treated me like I was J Balvin. It’s got that dive-bar feel, but it’s large. Don’t let the modest outside appearance fool you. Once you walk in you realize you are in different world. The place is a lot spacious than I thought, with different rooms to hang and chill. Theres also a small terrace outside where you can sit. But the real fun happens downstairs where there’s a giant pit ball. Take a dive if you want and try the White Russian shots. We got a 5 for 4...

Ooo I wanted to like this place, it had the Philly funk and cool features. Unfortunately it has the Philly funk which means trouble and attitude. I brought friends 3 times and each time there was a bartender issue and a creepy crowd. They warned me and I didn’t listen. The neighborhood is also a little more questionable then other spots with cool bars. It’s a weird place that sounds rock but it’s Colombians being weird to foreigners while jamming to...

It is a cool bar to check out once but I would never go there twice. The vibe is hippie with a mixture of tourists. The ball dive in the back looked fun but I wouldn’t dare dive in. It is a mixed crowd of everything—gay and straight, attractive and not so attractive men and women, hippie and clean cut, arrogant and easygoing, young and old, black and white...the bartender at the window is slow as molasses. Thank god she doesn’t...