Restaurant in Santiago De Cali, Colombia
Pacific Afro-Colombian ceviche, locally rooted.
Sevichería Guapi brings Pacific Colombian coastal cooking to central Cali, with a casual format that suits solo diners and pairs looking for regional seafood without fuss. Booking is easy and no advance reservation is typically needed. A practical stop for anyone tracking Afro-Colombian Pacific Coast cuisine through the city.
Cali's ceviche scene is smaller than you might expect for a city of this size, which makes Sevichería Guapi — located at Cra. 24 #13-26 in Comuna 10 — worth knowing about if Pacific Coast seafood is what you're after. With no confirmed wait times and booking reported as easy, this is one of the lower-friction seafood stops in the city. Book it without stress; the difficulty is not the reservation, it's knowing whether it suits your occasion.
Sevichería Guapi takes its name from Guapi, a coastal municipality in the Cauca department on Colombia's Pacific Coast , a region whose culinary identity is built around fresh fish, plantain, and coconut. That geography matters for how you read the menu. This is not a Peruvian-inflected ceviche bar; expect Pacific Colombian preparations, which are earthier, less citrus-forward, and more closely tied to Afro-Colombian coastal cooking traditions than the lime-heavy styles common in Lima-derivative spots.
For solo diners or pairs, counter or bar seating , if available , is the format that makes most sense here. Sevichería-style venues in this price tier typically work leading when you can eat quickly and watch the kitchen move. The address in Comuna 10 puts it in a central, accessible part of Cali, which makes it a reasonable stop before or after exploring the city. For context on what else the neighbourhood and city offer, see our full Santiago De Cali restaurants guide.
If you are in Cali specifically to eat Colombian Pacific Coast seafood in a casual, direct format, Sevichería Guapi is a practical choice. It is not the right call for a formal occasion or a long group dinner , the sevichería format favours quick, focused eating. Explorers who want depth and regional specificity over presentation polish will find the concept more rewarding than those expecting a polished tasting experience. Compare it against Domingo in Cali, which skews toward a more considered dining format, before deciding which suits your evening.
For Colombian seafood in other cities, El Boliche Ceviche in Cartagena offers a Caribbean-coast counterpoint , brighter, more tourist-oriented , while Donde Mama in Barranquilla gives you a sense of how coastal Colombian cooking reads further north. If you want to understand the broader Colombian fine-dining context, Debora Restaurante in Bogota and Harry Sasson in Bogotá show what the country's higher-end operators are doing with similar ingredients.
Booking difficulty is rated easy. No advance reservation window is required , walk-in or same-day contact should work for most visits. Phone and website details are not confirmed in our database; the safest approach is to visit directly or ask your hotel to confirm hours before heading over. Given the casual format, this is not a venue where missing a reservation slot will derail your evening. See the practical box below for what we know.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevichería Guapi | Easy | — | ||
| El Chato | Modern Colombian | World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Leo | Modern Colombian | World's 50 Best | Unknown | — |
| Harry Sasson | Colombian | Unknown | — | |
| Celele | Modern Colombian | Unknown | — | |
| Andres Carne de Res | Colombian | Unknown | — |
Comparing your options in Santiago De Cali for this tier.
Sevichería Guapi is a focused venue in Cali's Comuna 10 built around Pacific Afro-Colombian coastal cooking — specifically ceviche as a regional craft, not a generic offering. The address at Cra. 24 #13-26 puts you in a locally-rooted commercial corridor, so this is not a tourist-facing dining room. Come knowing what you want: this is a specialist venue, not a broad menu situation.
For high-end Colombian cooking with national recognition, Leo in Bogotá is the benchmark comparison — though it operates in a different city and price tier entirely. Within Cali's own scene, Sevichería Guapi sits on the locally-rooted, regional specialist end of the spectrum rather than the chef-driven fine dining end. If you want Pacific Colombian flavours in a more widely known format, Celele in Cartagena covers similar coastal territory with more editorial visibility.
That depends on what kind of occasion you have in mind. Sevichería Guapi works well for a meal that means something because of its regional specificity — eating Pacific Afro-Colombian cooking in Cali is a considered choice. It is not the venue to book if you need formal service, a wine list, or a private room setting; for that kind of occasion in Colombia, Harry Sasson or El Chato would be more appropriate.
No group booking details are confirmed for Sevichería Guapi. Venues of this type in Colombian urban corridors typically run compact operations — assume limited capacity and check the venue's official channels before arriving with a party larger than four. The Comuna 10 address suggests a neighbourhood-scale format rather than a high-volume event space.
The venue's menu is built around seafood and Pacific coastal cooking, so protein flexibility is limited by the format itself. No specific dietary accommodation policy is confirmed. If you have shellfish allergies or are avoiding seafood entirely, this is not the right venue — the cuisine type is the product here, not a broad menu with substitutions.
Yes — a ceviche-focused counter-style venue in a locally-rooted commercial corridor is a good solo dining call. You are there to eat a specific thing done well, not to navigate a long tasting menu or manage group dynamics. Comuna 10 is an active corridor, so arriving alone is entirely normal in this context.
Counter or bar seating is common in venues of this format across Colombia's Pacific-influenced restaurant scene, and Sevichería Guapi fits that type. Specific seating configuration is not confirmed in available data, but a compact counter setup is consistent with the venue's style and location. Arriving without a reservation and sitting at the counter is likely the default experience here.
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