Guadalajara Restaurants

21. La Moresca

Twentysomething Tapatíos flock to this modern Italian restaurant for delicious pasta and pizza dinners and stick around for the hip martini bar scene that follows. This is Guadalajara at its trendiest.

22. La Moresca

23. Little India Restaurant

This highly acclaimed Indian restaurant is not to be missed. What it lacks in character it makes up for in cuisine.

24. Mom's Deli and Restaurant

This fantastic stop for breakfast and lunch serves fresh, delicious food in a pleasant environment. Try the eggs Benedict and homemade muffins.

25. Restaurant Cazadores

This grandly turreted brick building was once the summer home of the Braniff family, former owners of the defunct airline. The house specialty is chamorro, pork shank wrapped in banana leaves. A patio overlooks the boardwalk and is inviting in the evening.

26. Restaurant Montecarlo

This outdoor restaurant is one of a handful of eateries along the lakeside in Teuchitlán. While not fancy, it offers a variety of Mexican dishes, including fish, molcajetes dishes of mixed meats, cheese, and vegetables in a stone bowl), and fajitas, and provides a grand view of the lake teeming with fish and birds including herons and pelicans. There's also a fish pond where kids can borrow a homemade rod for some catch and release. As you turn into the street, don't feel pressured by the parking attendants at the other restaurants who will make attempts to get you into their locales.

27. Sacromonte

If you're into trying local favorites, this is the place to order lengua—beef tongue—or chicken mole, which has a sweet twist. The pork loin and barbecue ribs are also worth a taste. For dessert, order the flan with cajeta (a local soft caramel sauce); it's homemade—literally made in someone's house and delivered nightly to the restaurant.

28. Santo Coyote

One of the most sophisticated restaurants in Guadalajara, Santo Coyote offers top-notch Mexican-fusion cuisine, like delicious tacos el negro with lobster and traditional Mexican sopa de tortilla. Set in a wide indoor/outdoor space, the atmosphere couldn’t be more spectacular with outstanding lighting, a huge palapa, and a beautiful garden. This is the place you would take that date you are trying to impress.

29. Tacos Las Palmas

For a quick bite Tacos Las Palmas offers a lot more than what the name suggests. Marlin, tuna, shrimp, and other staple items are served with local fruits and vegetables to produce mouthwatering dishes. The burritos are big and tasty, too.

30. Tacos Providencia

A true Tapatío (Guadalajara native) will tell you that these are the best tacos in town. Don’t expect anything fancy; it’s just a clean and functional taqueria where everything is about those exquisite tacos.

31. Tortas Toño

One of Guadalajara's most famous dishes is the torta ahogada, literally a "drowned sandwich," and Tortas Toño serves the best in town. It’s a baguette filled with pork meat served in a bowl with lots (and we are talking lots!) of hot tomato sauce on top.