Baños Restaurants

  1. Buon Giorno

    This warm little Italian restaurant serves delicious dishes from the mother country including pastas (of course), lasagna, risotto and numerous fish, chicken and meat dishes. Candles and good music make for a romantic evening.

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  2. Café Blah Blah

    This tiny café serves big breakfasts (omelets, pancakes and fruit plates).

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  3. Café Good

    Café Good serves vegetarian food, curries, pastas and chicken dishes. Both the veggies with peanut sauce and veggies in coconut curry are tasty and wholesome.

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  4. Café Hood

    Of all the Hoods and Goods in Baños, this might just be the best. Some of the dishes, such as the soft tacos or the chickpeas and spinach in curry sauce with yogurt and cucumbers, are simply excellent. The menu is mostly Tex-Mex with a splash of Thai, Greek and Indian thrown in.

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  5. Café Mariane

    This colorful restaurant serves excellent French-Mediterranean cuisine at reasonable prices.

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  7. Casa Hood

    It just doesn't get much cozier than Casa Hood, where a giant hearth warms the dining room, and funky art hangs everywhere. The book exchange is probably the best in town, and the food - Mexican dishes, lasagna, blackened sea bass, pad Thai, veggie plates, falafel and a long list of cocktails - is delicious.

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  8. El Jardín

    Deservedly popular for it's leafy garden and good food, El Jardín is a great hangout with a variety of meat and fish dishes and sandwiches that can be enjoyed al fresco.

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  9. El Paisano

    Despite the bright florescent lighting and faint smell of paint (it doubles as the owner's art studio), El Paisano serves up some of the most nurturing veggie food in town. Try the wholesome veggie surprise known as 'Concierto en A major from Belegum de su Secreto,' one of several oddly named dishes.

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  10. La Abuela Café

    When it comes to atmosphere, La Abuela's the best on the strip. (How can you beat the swinging saloon doors and balcony tables?) Plus, it's friendly, the food's good and the almuerzos are cheap and wholesome. Pastas, chicken dishes, steaks, Mexican plates and veggie options make for a varied menu.

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  11. La Bella Italia

    Little and friendly Bella Italia serves delicious Italian food, but the 9-year-old girl who often runs the front of the house is the real star of the show.

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  13. La Closerie de Lilas

    A great little family-run place (kids included) serving steaks, delicious trout dishes and pastas. Some dishes have a French flair.

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  14. Pancho Villa

    Mexican food fanatics will find these tacos, enchiladas and burritos a very loose interpretation of the real thing, but it's the perfect spot when you're jonesin' for tortillas and mariachi music.

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  15. Quilombo

    With a hilarious menu and a decor as eccentric as its owner, Quilombo (which means 'mess' or 'insanity' in Argentine slang) is an excellent Argentine barbecue with outstanding grilled chicken and plenty of huge steak dishes.

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  16. Rico Pan

    This is the place to go if you need an early breakfast, plus it sells some of the best bread in town.

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  17. Taj Mahal

    Hooka pipes and maroon vinyl booths complement cheap shawarmas (spiced lamb in pita) and falafel.

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