Tegucigalpa Restaurants

  1. La Terraza de Don Pepe

    A popular second-floor eatery, La Terraza has good platos del día (daily specials) and has live crooning most evenings. Tables on the small terrace, or just inside, overlook the busy street and catch nice natural light. While you're here, take a look at the unusual shrine to the Virgin of Suyapa, whose statue was once abducted from the Basilica de Suyapa; it turned up in the men's restroom.

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  2. Merendero El Buen Gusto

    A true Honduran greasy spoon behind the Cathedral, packed with workers of all stripes. Counter-seating only, with quick unceremonious service; food ranges from fried chicken to beef stew and not much further.

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  3. Restaurant Aiwa

    Another recommendable Chinese restaurant with a completely different look. A huge marquee-like sign and swinging glass doors make it easy to mistake Aiwa for a movie theatre; inside, the air-cooled dining room has gleaming tables and floors, and waiters zipping around with huge plates of chop suey, chow mein and more. As usual, portions are enormous - a regular plate serves two, a family plate four or more. Take-out available.

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  4. Restaurante Lai-Lai

    This Chinese restaurant is housed somewhat improbably in a beautiful converted colonial mansion, with azulejo (painted tile) floors and an inner courtyard with filtered sunlight from above. The food is a step up from similar restaurants - not exactly refined, but quite tasty. The 'personal menus' come with three different items and a tall glass of soda, and there are of course the mongo 'family' plates typical of many Chinese restaurants.

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  5. Todo de Pollo

    Todo de Pollo - Everything Made of Chicken - is right. This colorful eatery serves up chicken in every way, shape and form. Eggs are chickens, right? Located next to - and with a side entrance to - the Hotel Plaza Real.

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