Chichicastenango Restaurants

  1. Casa de San Juan

    The San Juan is one of the few eateries in town with style - art on the walls and the tables themselves, jugs of lilies, wrought-iron chairs - and its food is great too, ranging from burgers and tortillas to homemade cakes and more-traditional dishes. There are balcony tables overlooking the market and live music some nights.

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  2. Hotel Santo Tomás

    Chichi's other top-end hotel has a good dining room, but you might find it crowded with tour groups. Try to get one of the courtyard tables, where you can enjoy the sun and the marimba band that plays at market-day lunchtimes and on the evenings before.

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  3. La Parrilla

    A meat lover's dream, La Parrilla serves up every cut imaginable, chargrilled, in a quiet courtyard setting.

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  4. Los Cofrades

    This bright upstairs restaurant (enter from 6a Calle) serves up some excellent set meals and has a decent drinks list. Go for a table out on the balcony - the atmosphere inside is very 'dining hall.'

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  5. Mayan Inn

    The three dining rooms at Chichi's classiest hotel have beamed ceilings, red-tiled floors, colonial-style tables and chairs, and decorations of colorful local cloth. Waiters wear traditional costumes evolved from the dress of Spanish colonial farmers: colorful headdress, sash, black embroidered tunic, half-length trousers and squeaky leather sandals called caïtes . The food may not be as stellar as the costuming, however.

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  6. Tu Café

    The plato vegetariano here is soup, rice, beans, cheese, salad and tortillas, for a reasonable around US$4 . Add lomito (a pork fillet) and it becomes a plato típico .

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  7. Tziguan Tinamit

    For a more down-to-earth dining experience, check out this local eatery, with good pastas (around US$4 ) and hit-and-miss pizzas ( US$5 ).

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