Puerto Vallarta, Mexico City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Travel Guide has been your connection to Puerto Vallarta's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Restaurants
 The main downtown area is divided by the Cuale River with an island at this mouth, which has become home to a modest museum, shops and various bars and restaurants. To the south lies the once down-market side of Vallarta, where chic restaurants are invading streets. Modest hotels and restaurants make it the best place for budget travelers and those looking for Mexico flavors.
Take delight in the great variety of Puerto Vallarta restaurants, they are mainly distributed along the sea walk and downtown streets. Dining in Puerto Vallarta is a real pleasure, since this beautiful port is worldwide ranked among the best gastronomic destinations. Here you will find more than the Mexican culinary diversity, but you’ll be surprised to run into sophisticated and avant-garde dishes.
Puerto Vallarta hosts an International Gourmet Festival each year, where acclaimed local and International chefs participate. It also plays an important role as exchange forum giving Vallarta food offering special character.
Ambiances are just as varied, from the beach restaurant “de rigeur” under a fresh thatched roof, to restored colonial buildings, with a picturesque frame given by the narrow cobblestone streets or sophisticated restaurants at the interior of the resort hotels.
Dining in Puerto Vallarta is all a luxurious experience. Café des Artistes, the finest Mexican culinary restaurant possesses a very avant-garde space and personalized attention. A wholesome “bon vivant” experience. Chef Roger with strong European ambiance and haute cuisine is a favorite for locals and repeat visitors who appreciate the attention and devotion to detail. Fine Californian, Chilean, Italian, German, Mexican and Spanish wines are complemented by fresh dates and terrine. Chez Elena is a romantic garden restaurant on the hillside overlooking the bay is the ideal venue for a special evening. The rich regional diversity of Mexican dishes is prominently featured and expertly prepared. Every day a new dish is featured from a different Mexican State.
Even though cakes, ice cream and coffee are the highlights you can not miss fine Austrian tastes of Cafe Maximilian, where dishes include Mexican ingredients for a surprise effect. The European ambiance is complemented with a romantic terrace overlooking the street. Beach and palm trees are the ideal scenery for La Palapa Restaurant, a thatched roof restaurant where warm service and good food complement a casually elegant ambiance.
It is not casualty that this is a favorite in Puerto Vallarta dine around. The Vista Grill with its beautiful terrace is becoming one of the preferred places for Puerto Vallarta locals and visitors looking for an extraordinary culinary experience. The chef raises cuisine to new heights offering creative dishes honoring the beautiful view. La Petite France, renowned gourmet Nacho Cadena, pays meticulously attention to detail that makes any dinner happening for the senses. Menu changes regularly, always in search of classical French haute-cuisine. |
