Restaurante LamArt — Restaurant in Santa Marta

This place deserves a much lower rating. It was our most disappointing meal in Santa Marta by far.

The salad was awful. The ceviche was not a ceviche. The black pasta with seafood was very salty and otherwise lacking in flavor. The róbalo maracuya was not particularly good either.

Worst of all, we believe the waiter tried to lie to us that their credit card machine wasn't working so that we would pay cash instead. Eventually, after noticing that we didn't have cash he gave in and brought over the machine.

The ambience is also awful - uncomfortable cheap metal chairs in a side street with very loud street performers including wannabe rappers who make rounds obnoxiously blasting themselves pathetically attempting to "freestyle" lyrics about the visibly annoyed...

Had one of the best meals of my life here. We came back a second time before leaving Colombia, it was that good. The Cayeye sea bass dish is hands down one of the best dishes I've had... Ever. The coconut prawns were amazing. I don't eat pork or beef, but my partner really liked the pork belly Cayeye. Passionfruit sea bass was quite good, but the Cayeye was... just insanely good. And the prices are so cheap compared to what we'd have paid in the US for a meal like that. We paid under $50 US and that included a piña colada and 3 beers.

It's in the main strip in Santa Marta by the gelato shops and the few bars, but you seat yourself and pay at the front. I believe it is dinner only.

If you're in Santa Marta and you like seafood, do not...

This restaurants food was exceptional, we had the sea food soup and the pasta mix. The food came really quick and was absolutely fabulous - super tasty and really fresh!! The service was 10/10, really attentive, wiped our table, replaced the napkin holder with new napkins and just really lovely staff overall. The atmosphere was also 10/10. We sat outside and had live music our entire stay. It was an incredible opportunity to be within the culture and everyone was super friendly. The entire street started dancing along to the live music and over all just an amazing experience and would definitely come...