Eating à la carte at La Makha costs between COP $45,000 and COP $275,000 per dish, depending on what you order. The tasting menu has a fixed price of COP $330,000 per person without wine pairing, or COP $420,000 with pairing included. On top of that come drinks, dessert, and a voluntary 10% tip that isn’t added to the bill automatically.
If you’re trying to figure out how much to budget for dinner in El Poblado, here’s the full breakdown: real prices from the à la carte menu, the tasting menu, and the bar, straight from the restaurant’s current menu. La Makha only serves dinner, Monday to Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday until 10:30 p.m., so every price in this article applies to that service.
How much à la carte dining costs at La Makha
The à la carte menu is split into starters, mains, and desserts, and prices swing quite a bit depending on the main ingredient.
Starters range from COP $45,000 to COP $135,000:
- Corn Crisp (tuna tartare, oyster mushroom emulsion): COP $45,000
- Buffalo Stracciatella (smoked peas, fennel mousse): COP $55,000
- White Fish Ceviche (chontaduro tiger’s milk, pickled watermelon): COP $50,000
- Oyster Mushrooms (corn cake, pickled guatila): COP $58,000
- Octopus (corn purée, aged almojábana garlic): COP $135,000
- Catch of the Day as a starter, with prawn stew and mandarin lemon meunière: COP $112,900
The Corn Crisp is the cheapest starter and the Octopus the priciest, with almost COP $90,000 separating the two.
Mains have the widest range on the whole menu, from COP $58,000 to COP $275,000:
- Chicken with Popayán peanut-potato pipián and bok choy: COP $58,000
- Pork Belly, cooked three ways: COP $68,000
- Rice and Beef, with braised morrillo and cured egg yolk: COP $62,000
- Creamy Rice with Pacific and Caribbean seafood: COP $95,000
- Lamb, stuffed pasta with goat yogurt foam: COP $75,000
- Grilled Rib Eye, Certified Angus Beef with truffle fries: COP $275,000
The Rib Eye is by far the most expensive dish in the house. The rest of the mains sit in a much tighter range, between COP $58,000 and COP $95,000, which makes it easier to build a dinner without one single plate blowing up the bill.
Desserts are the most predictable part of the menu: all three options (Chocolate Cake and Pork Salt, Coconut and Coffee Flan, Red Berry Symphony and Brown Butter) cost COP $35,000 each, no exceptions.
If it’s your first time and you’re not sure where to start, it’s worth checking what to order from La Makha’s menu, where we put together combinations based on the kind of dinner you’re after. And if you already picked a date, you can book a table at La Makha directly.
Tasting menu price
La Makha’s tasting menu has two fixed prices per person: COP $330,000 without pairing and COP $420,000 with pairing. It’s built for one person, so if two people are dining, the math doubles.
It’s seven courses, and each one comes with its own suggested pairing if you go with the paired option:
- Corn Crisp, paired with a Basil Smash
- Watermelon Ceviche, paired with Doña Dominga Chardonnay
- Oyster Mushrooms, paired with Doña Dominga Sauvignon Blanc
- Catch of the Day, paired with a Tom Collins
- Pork Belly, paired with Cool Coast Pinot Noir 2022
- Lamb, paired with Doña Dominga Carmenere
- Coconut and Coffee Flan, paired with a Carajillo
The difference between the two versions is COP $90,000, which covers six pairings (the dessert gets the same Carajillo either way) split between cocktails and glasses of wine.
Compared to ordering individual dishes à la carte, the tasting menu works out cheaper if your plan is to try a bit of everything. Seven starters and mains at à la carte prices would easily clear COP $330,000 on their own, before dessert or pairing even enter the picture. You can see the full course-by-course breakdown on the La Makha tasting menu page.
Cocktail, wine, and other drink prices
Signature cocktails cost between COP $38,000 and COP $60,000. The Esfumado and Silencio are the most affordable at COP $38,000, while the Niebla, made with mezcal aged eight years, tops out at COP $60,000. Classic cocktails (Negroni, Old Fashioned, Margarita, Mojito) sit in a similar range, from COP $40,000 to COP $61,000.
Beer runs from COP $14,000 (Club Colombia) to COP $35,000 (Liefmans 330 ml). Wine has the biggest spread on the whole list: Chilean red and rosé bottles start at COP $180,000, and labels like the Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon go past COP $2,400,000. If you’re working with a tighter budget, bottles like the Beronia Crianza (COP $262,000) or the Doña Dominga Chardonnay (COP $180,000) stay in a middle range that’s easy to split between two or three people.
For anyone celebrating something specific, the list also has spirits by the glass ranging from COP $19,000 (Absolut vodka) to COP $238,000 (Johnnie Walker Blue), and sparkling wine by the bottle from COP $144,000 (Lambrusco Rosato) up to COP $3,305,000 (Dom Pérignon). None of that is typical for a weeknight dinner, but it’s worth keeping in mind if you’re planning something like an anniversary or a business dinner.
What’s included in the price, and what isn’t
All menu prices already include tax, so the number next to each dish is exactly what you’ll pay for that item, no surprises when the bill comes. What’s not included is the tip: it’s voluntary, and La Makha suggests 10% of the total bill. If you’re working out your full budget for the night, add that percentage at the end rather than assuming it’s already baked in.
One clarification worth making: these prices reflect the menu as it stood when this article was written. Restaurant menus change over time, so if you’re planning a tight budget around a specific date, confirm the numbers directly when you book.
How much to bring depending on your dinner
For a simple dinner of one main, one drink, and dessert, a realistic range is COP $140,000 to COP $200,000 per person. Add a starter, main, dessert, and cocktail, and that climbs to COP $190,000 to COP $260,000. And if you’re going for the full tasting menu with pairing, plan on COP $420,000 per person before the tip.
A concrete example: two people each order Buffalo Stracciatella (COP $55,000), Pork Belly (COP $68,000), and Coconut and Coffee Flan (COP $35,000), and share a bottle of Doña Dominga Chardonnay (COP $180,000). The subtotal comes to COP $496,000. With the suggested 10% tip, the total for the table lands around COP $545,600.
That covers most visits to La Makha. The rest comes down to whether the Rib Eye or the Octopus tempts you, since those are what push the bill up the most. And if you’re going as a large group, the restaurant holds up to 80 seated guests or 150 for a cocktail-style event, so it’s worth booking ahead and asking whether there’s a set menu for events.
Ready to decide what to order? Book your table at La Makha.
