On Calle 10 in El Poblado, where Medellín's nightlife gathers tightest, Ay Wey has spent years answering one expat question better than anyone: where can I watch the game tonight?
Published June 11, 2026 · By Daniel Okafor
Ay Wey Bar & Grill sits at Calle 10 35-33, in the heart of El Poblado a few minutes from Parque Lleras. It opened in early 2018 and quickly became a fixture of the foreign-visitor crowd, a Mexican-grill-meets-sports-bar that the guide site Medellín Guru singles out as one of the city's most reliable rooms for watching sports. The mix is the point: American-style screens and game-day energy crossed with a kitchen rooted in Mexican plates.
The room is built for the broadcast. Screens cover the angles so the night can carry several fixtures at once, from Liga BetPlay weekends to Champions League midweeks and the American football and basketball that the expat regulars come for. It reads as familiar to anyone who has watched a game abroad, which is exactly why travellers find their way here within a day of landing.
Order off the grill and keep it casual. The menu leans on Mexican staples such as tacos and nachos alongside crowd-pleasing BBQ sandwiches, the kind of food built to soak up a long session rather than steal the show. Cold beer and cocktails round it out, and the prices keep a table going through extra time without flinching.
As a Medellín sports bar, Ay Wey owns the expat-and-traveller end of El Poblado. You come for an early-evening Premier League kickoff, an NFL Sunday far from home, or a fight night that runs into the small hours on a weekend. For how the city's watching scene is split between Poblado and Laureles, our roundup of the best sports bars in Medellín sets out where each crowd lands.
It plays alongside the neighbourhood's other screen rooms rather than against them. For an English-pub register, The London Pub brings the football and the ale; The Pub Poblado keeps it casual and central; and for a craft-beer angle on the game, Medellín Beer Factory stacks the TVs above its own taps. For the wider city, see our guide to the best bars in Medellín.
Time it to the fixture and the night. Ay Wey opens around midday most days and runs late, stretching to 4am Thursday through Saturday when El Poblado is at full tilt. A big weekend match is best started early to claim a table with a clear line to a screen before the Lleras crowd arrives.
The crowd is international and easy to join. Expats, digital nomads and travellers fill most of the room, with locals mixed through, and the welcome is the kind that makes a solo visitor feel like a regular by the final whistle. English moves freely across the bar, which lowers the barrier for anyone new in town.
Service keeps pace with a busy, screen-heavy floor, moving food and drinks while several games run at once. That steadiness is part of why Ay Wey has held its place near the top of the El Poblado sports-bar list for years rather than fading after the opening rush.
What makes Ay Wey worth seeking out is how cleanly it solves the traveller's problem. It is the room that always has your game, your language and a plate of tacos to go with it, in the one neighbourhood where you are most likely to be looking. Judged on Medellín's own terms, it is El Poblado's most dependable sports bar for the visiting crowd.
Sources: Medellín Guru, Ay Wey Bar & Grill profile; Ay Wey Sports Bar official site (ayweysportsbar.com); Tripadvisor, AyWey Sports Bar & Mexican Grill, Medellín (2026).