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This large, welcoming, thatched-roof eatery is open to the breezes of Playa Los Muertos and filled with wicker-covered chandeliers, art-glass fixtures, and lazily rotating ceiling fans. The menu meanders among international dishes with modern presentation: roasted stuffed chicken breast, pork loin, seared yellowfin tuna drizzled in cacao sauce. It's pricey, but the beachfront location and, in the evening, the low lights and romantic atmosphere, keep people coming back. Breakfast is popular with locals as well as visitors.
Calle Púlpito 103, 48350, Mexico
Known For
- Puerto Vallarta's original beach restaurant
- Seafood enchilada
- Beach club
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One of the most sophisticated restaurants in Puerto Vallarta and a favorite of meat lovers, Sonora Prime is a renowned chain that serves high-quality steaks, imported directly from the northern Mexican state of Sonora.
Paseo de la Marina 121, 48335, Mexico
Known For
- The best steaks in town
- Impressive international wine list
- Veggie carpaccio
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Trio is simply Puerto Vallarta's best restaurant. Waiters are professional yet unpretentious—either the sommelier or the maître d' can help you with the wine—but the main reason to dine here is the consistently fabulous food, which is also a great value. The grilled oyster from Cabo Corrientes is a great appetizer and then you can treat yourself with the rabbit roasted with aromatic herbs and red wine. The kitchen often stays open until midnight, and during high season the restaurant opens the back patio, second floor, and rooftop terrace.
Calle Guerrero 264, 48300, Mexico
Known For
- German chef-owners
- Warm chocolate cake
- Wide liquor selection
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No lunch
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One of the best all-around restaurants in El Centro, this place offers great food and excellent service. The paella Valenciana has no equal in the Banderas Bay area, and if you come for the tapas then you can't miss the spicy garlic shrimp or the Galician-style octopus. The restaurant is air-conditioned in summer; the rest of the year the windows are taken off to let the breeze in.
Calle Matamoros 906, 48300, Mexico
Known For
- Best tapas in town
- Outstanding view of the bay
- Fresh sangria
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Reservations essential
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Viennese entrées dominate the menu, which is modified each year when the restaurant participates in PV's culinary festival. The adjacent café has sandwiches, excellent desserts, and 20 specialty coffees—all of which are also available at the main restaurant. To avoid the stream of street peddlers off the patio, eat in the charming, European-style dining room.
Av. Olas Altas 380, 48350, Mexico
Known For
- Classic European cuisine
- Apple strudel
- Stylish setting
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun.
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You'll find the best views at a series of open-air patios under a huge palapa roof at Le Kliff, south of PV.
Carretera a Barra, Km 17.5, South of Puerto Vallarta, Yelapa, Jalisco, Mexico
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Owned by a couple of expats, this cute restaurant just half a block from the malecón is a hidden gem in Puerto Vallarta's crowded dining scene. Every dish is unique in its own way and no matter if it's the soup of the day or the Korean bulgogi steak, they all look amazing. Come for lunch and stay all afternoon for the cocktails.
Known For
- Wide variety of stylish cocktails
- Best cream-cheese soufflé in town
- Delicious Mexican red snapper
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon.
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At this classic of Vallarta's dining scene, yachties, locals, and other return visitors attest that everything on the menu here is good. Since there are no lunch specials and the Italian menu is the same at dinner, most folks come in the evening.
Calle Popa s/n, 48335, Mexico
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- Elegant atmosphere
- Gorgeous patio overlooking the marina
- Fusilli with artichokes
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At night, candles flicker at white-skirted tables with comfortable cushioned chairs, and tiny white lights sparkle in palm trees surrounding the multilevel terrace. This riverside restaurant is recommended for breakfast and for the evening ambience. If you're not into a romantic dinner, belly up to the intimate bar for a drink and—on Friday and Saturday evening—live jazz.
Isla Río Cuale, 48380, Mexico
Known For
- Location on a river island
- Gluten-free options
- Wedding venue
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The Blue Shrimp is a beautiful beachfront thatched-roof palapa restaurant right on the heart of the Zona Romántica. This is one of the go-to place for expats living in the area and tourists who want to try the famous Mexican seafood cuisine. The Blue Shrimp serves delicious dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and some of the best cocktails in PV. For lunch, you may want to try the Campechano Cocktail, which comes with a mix of shrimp and octopus, while the lobster enchiladas are a must for dinner.
Av. Olas Altas 366, Mexico
Known For
- Amazing sunset views
- Exotic shrimp chilaquiles
- Famous flavored margaritas
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When chefs Bernhard Güth and Ulf Henriksson, of Trio, needed a challenge, they cooked up this delightful (and quite intimate) seaside bistro. The decor of the open, casual venue is as fresh as the food. It's a nice place for breakfast overlooking the malecón.
Libertad 2, north of Cuale River on the malecón, 48300, Mexico
Known For
- Sunset views
- Spicy shrimp tempura
- Outstanding wine list
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Closed Permanently
By day it offers nifty comida corrida: set-priced, three-course menus that change daily. For about five bucks you get a pitcher of freshly made agua fresca, a starter (usually soup or salad), and a choice of half a dozen main courses. Chef-owner Memo Wulff studied at San Francisco's California Culinary Institute, and although his dishes are Mexican, they are not quite business as usual. Recent dishes included calamari in a spicy red sauce (a la diabla, which means "to the devil"), char-grilled carne asada, and pork shank burritos, most served with rice, a puddle of refried black beans, and your choice of rolls or tortillas. After 7 pm the menu switches to antojitos: tacos, tostadas, flautas, and other snacking dishes. The ambience is casual, the music is lively and Latino, and the walls are decorated with handmade art projects.
Calle Morelos 558, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 48300, Mexico
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun.
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$$$ | El Centro | Mexican
Closed Permanently
Vegetarians can dive into squash-blossom soup, a house salad with goat-cheese croutons, and the tangy coconut-mango-ginger salad. Omnivores feast on grilled goat with cactus, chicken with huitlacoche (corn fungus), beef medallions, or red snapper fillet with mild poblano-pepper cream sauce. Traditional ingredients dominate the individual recipes, but they are produced with a lighter touch as well as attention to detail that makes the dishes almost too pretty to devour. The garden setting, under a spreading arrayán tree at a restored old home, couldn't be more charming or imbue a more authentic ambience. And the danzón music reminiscent of Old Mexico music salons only adds to the New World experience.
Calle Abasolo 233, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, 48300, Mexico
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and May–Oct. No lunch