Restaurants in Western Honduras
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Jim’s Pizza Copán
This thatch-roof restaurant serves some of the best pizza around. Choose from a variety of ingredients – pepperoni, ham, sausage, bell peppers, onion, mushrooms, olives – and it’s baked before your eyes in the open-air kitchen. A steady stream of clients keeps the place going late.
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La Llama del Bosque
From the outside, this place looks forgettable. But eat one meal here and you’re likely to remember it for a long time. The menu is extensive and varied with dishes that are delicious, beautifully presented, abundant and cheap.
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Carnitas Nia Lola
An American bar-and-grill planted firmly on the Honduran mainland, this restaurant feels a bit more upscale than other spots in town and draws an older – we mean ‘more mature’ – crowd.
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ViaVia Café
A hip boho atmosphere with outdoor and indoor seating; the daily specials are the way to go at this place. Each day the chef takes a crack at various world-food dishes and often pulls them off with flair.
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Churrasqueria Momo’s
A meat-lover’s haven, Momo’s, one block south of Parque Central, serves beef in four basic styles: pincho (kebab), churrasco (Argentinean-style beef), puya so (a choice cut of steak), and parrillada (a sampler, including sausage, beans and tortillas). There are a few chicken, pork, and shrimp dishes, but you might as well go somewhere else for those. Meals are served in an open-air dining area overlooking the Valle de Copán.
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Rinconcito Graciano
This artsy place with Lencan art on the walls, handmade menus and rustic clay dishes, has a menu rife with traditional Lencan food – ticucos (cornmeal patties, stuffed with beans), anafres (bean fondue with tortilla chips), mulitas (corn tortilla filled with beans, eggs, avocado and cheese) and chilate (a sweet drink). Opening hours can be very irregular.
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Restaurante Boc-Ga
This is a classy Korean restaurant whose name means ‘house of blessing’. Go for Western tables with chairs and table legs, or normal ones, which in here means low to the floor with cushions to sit on. Either way, you’ve got a grill in the middle for do-it-yourself dishes like Boc-ga teriyaki or tukpegi bulgogi (spicy beef), a house favorite.
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Nelly's Pizza
A leafy courtyard with potted trees, gurgling fountain and the requisite red and white checkered tablecloths make this is a great place for a drink or early evening meal. As darkness falls, holiday lights blink on, adding to the ambiance. The food (so-so) and service (slow) don't quite live up to the setting, but if you stick with the pizza you should go home happy.
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Opalaca’s Restaurant
Ask for the best restaurant in town and most people will point to this one. It certainly looks the part, housed in a colonial-era building with high wood-beamed ceilings, and offering cloth napkins and real water glasses. All of which makes the menu that much more surprising, with grilled beef, grilled pork chops, Honduran barbecue, plus hamburgers and sandwiches.
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Tunkul Restaurant & Bar
You wouldn't expect it from the outside, but the dining area in this longtime restaurant and bar is quite large and, with a leafy interior courtyard, stone floors and wood tables, downright outdoorsy. (Well, almost.) The food is tasty and the portions large, and there are a number of vegetarian options. Drink specials and a lively crowd make this a good bar, too.
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Café Skandia
In Gran Hotel Sula, Skandia is surprisingly pleasant for a hotel restaurant; you can sit in the air-conditioned dining area or at shaded tables by the pool. The menu includes Honduran standbys – eggs, fried fish, roast chicken – plus a bunch of items you rarely see, like waffles, onion rings, apple pie and milkshakes.
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El Rodeo
This cavernous steakhouse doubles as a boho bar Thursday through Saturday nights. Meals are well prepared and portions are hefty; they always come with a complimentary anafras (bean fondue) for the table too. The menu has a few options if meat isn’t your thing, but if it is, definitely go for it – you’ll leave satisfied.
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Terraza Restaurant
Don’t be put off by the location – inside a budget hotel of the same name, this restaurant is one of the best downtown. Honduran classics like coconut shrimp and chicken tacos are served alongside international faves like BLTs and veggie pasta. Save some lemps with the plato del día (daily special).
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Pizza Pizza
This popular pizzeria that serves brick-oven pizza made with hand-tossed dough, homemade sauce and any number of toppings is one of our faves in Honduras. It’s owned by Warren Post, a friendly American who is a great source of information if you can catch him. Also has decent book exchange of mostly English-language books.
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El Recreo
A favorite among young volunteers, El Recreo has a friendly owner who serves a fixed menu for breakfast, mostly baleadas for lunch, and dishes like coconut chicken or a barbecue sampler for dinner. There’s music and dancing Friday and Saturday. It’s a block south and a block west of Parque Central.
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Tun Club Restaurant & Bar
You wouldn’t expect it from the outside, but the dining area in this longtime restaurant and bar is quite large and, with a leafy interior courtyard, stone floors and wood tables, downright outdoorsy. (Well, almost.) The food is tasty and the portions large, and the menu includes a number of vegetarian options.
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Café Jardín Colonial
This great little cafe, three blocks from Parque Central, will assuage the pain of anyone missing their favorite coffee spot back home. The menu also includes fresh sandwiches and a long list of crepes, from chicken and ham to jam, banana or melacatón (passion fruit), served with a scoop of ice cream.
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Fuente de Salud y Juventud
Mainly a natural goods store (vitamins, supplements etc), the Fount of Health & Youth also prepares a modest vegetarian buffet. The food is pretty underwhelming, but for vegetarians surviving on rice, beans and licuados (smoothies), it’s a welcome change. Spa treatments are offered here, too.
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Restaurante Plaza Colonial
This cute little cafe-bistro has metal tables and chairs right on Parque Central. The menu includes golosinas (traditional snacks), a hefty club sandwich, as well as beef, chicken and seafood dishes. Even if you’re not hungry, it’s a nice spot for coffee, postcards or evening beers.
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Casa Castillo
The Casa Castillo has two dining areas: a courtyard at the back and a high-ceilinged foyer that looks onto the park. The pasta is bland but the seafood and other dishes – like sweet-and-sour chicken with tartar sauce – are reasonably tasty. Head to the ice-cream shop next door for dessert.
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Restaurante Típico Chef Mariano
Ask around for a place to get Garífuna food and this is the restaurant most people will recommend. Warm coconut bread is served with excellent main dishes, most of which are seafood based and have intriguing names like lluvia de róbalo (bass). Service is top-notch.
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Glifo’s
A bit stuffy but still considered one of the classiest places to eat in town, this restaurant in Hotel Marina Copán offers a wide selection of fine international dishes. The Honduran specialties with a traditional Maya twist, however, are the way to go. Service is excellent.
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Vamos a Ver
This cozy little patio restaurant dishes up good food: tasty soups, fruit or vegetable salads, homemade breads, a variety of international cheeses, and lots of teas. Plus, every evening, pretend that you’re back at camp and make your own s’mores over an open fire.
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Cafetería Pamplona
A good honest restaurant serving good honest meals. There’s nothing spectacular about the menu – club sandwiches, chicken and rice, garlic fillet of fish, and a few daily specials – but the food is always good and service always friendly.
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El Grill
One of the town's most popular restaurants, El Grill is an open-air eatery serving up Honduran and Mexican dishes. Grilled meats are the focus of the menu; on weekends, consider ordering the lechón asado (grilled piglet) for a change of pace.
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