Right on Parque Lleras, where El Poblado's nightlife begins, Patrick's has outlasted a decade of openings and closings to remain the answer locals give when a visitor asks where to watch the match.
Published June 11, 2026 · By Daniel Okafor
Patrick's Irish Pub sits at Carrera 37A 8A-43, on the edge of Parque Lleras in El Poblado. It is one of the longest-running sports bars in the city, a two-floor room that the guide site Medellín Guru describes as a large pub very popular with expats and tourists and a good place to watch sport. Its reach goes further than most: Patrick's is listed as an official Medellín home for New England Patriots fans on the NFL team's own fan-club registry, the kind of credential a casual bar does not pick up by accident.
The two floors do the heavy lifting. Screens cover both levels so the room can run several fixtures at once, which is why it fills for Premier League mornings, Champions League nights, NFL Sundays, NBA playoff runs and the big UFC cards. On a marquee night the upstairs becomes its own arena, with the crowd reacting as one to a fixture half a world away.
Eat and drink the way a pub intends. The kitchen runs familiar pub plates alongside a solid beer list, with the bar pouring through every major broadcast. None of it is precious; it is built to keep a table fed and watered across a full ninety minutes plus stoppage, and to do it fast when the room is at capacity.
As a Medellín sports bar, Patrick's owns the veteran, expat-anchored corner of Parque Lleras. You come for an early Premier League kickoff, an NFL fan-club Sunday, or a UFC main card that keeps the upstairs full past midnight. For how the city's watching crowd divides across neighbourhoods, our roundup of the best sports bars in Medellín lays out the field.
It sits among El Poblado's other screen rooms with the longest history of the lot. For a Mexican-grill take on the sports bar, Ay Wey Bar & Grill is a few minutes away on Calle 10; The London Pub brings the English-pub register; and Medellín Beer Factory stacks its screens above a craft-beer bar. For the wider city, see our guide to the best bars in Medellín.
Time it to the fixture and the floor. Patrick's opens mid-afternoon on weekdays and earlier at weekends, running to 3am on Friday and Saturday when Lleras peaks. A big match is best reached early enough to claim an upstairs table with a clear screen before the kickoff crowd packs the stairs.
The crowd is international and loyal. Expats, travellers and visiting fans fill the room, with the NFL Sundays drawing the most committed regulars, and the welcome is warm enough that a newcomer is folded into the chants by the second quarter. English moves easily across the bar, which makes it a soft landing for anyone fresh off a flight.
Service has the rhythm of a room that has done this for years, keeping drinks moving across two busy floors on the nights the screens are full. That practised pace is the quiet reason Patrick's holds its regulars while flashier rooms around the park come and go.
What makes Patrick's worth the climb upstairs is its staying power. In a nightlife district that reinvents itself every season, it has stayed the constant, the room that always has your game and a crowd that cares, year after year. Judged on Medellín's own terms, it is Parque Lleras's veteran sports bar and still its surest bet for a big night.
Sources: Medellín Guru, Patrick's Irish Pub profile; New England Patriots official fan-club and bar registry, Patrick's Irish Pub; Tripadvisor, Patrick's Irish Sports Pub, Medellín (2026).