Restaurants in Puerto Escondido
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Guadua
There’s nothing quite like Guadua on the Oaxaca coast. A solid wooden deck sits about halfway along Zicatela beach, its thick palapa roof supported by bamboo poles. The delicious and attractively presented food is a Pacific-Mediterranean-Asian–Middle Eastern fusion with dishes like shrimp coconut curry, cashew couscous and seared tuna with teriyaki sauce. Guadua is also a hip beach lounge, with a good bar, music from bossa nova to dub to electronica (live Wednesday to Saturday evenings), and quirkily constructed loungers out on the sands in front. And it recycles waste water and trash.
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Restaurante El Jardín
This palapa restaurant serves very good vegetarian dishes, from gado-gado (vegetables in peanut sauce) and many salad varieties to tempeh and tofu offerings. The menu also includes plenty of seafood, pizzas and pasta, and a good, long juice list.
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Pascal
Right under the palms on the Playa Principal sands, Pascal from France prepares original and delicious seafood, meat and homemade pasta dishes with rare flair. You might go for the ravioli with ham, peanuts and ricotta, or the shrimp with orange and tequila. There’s a choice of tasty sauces for all pasta dishes, and the seafood is fresh as can be. Your visit might coincide with the occasional live-music or trapeze entertainment.
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El Cafecito
It sometimes seems as if the whole town is here for breakfast, and with good reason, as the combinations (Mexican and international) are tasty and filling, the Zicatela view great and the coffee cups bottomless. The Cafecito also serves up great cinnamon rolls, carrot cake and juices, and tasty lunch and dinner dishes from vegetarian lasagne to Mexican antojitos. The other branch across town is just as good.
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Seis Palmas
The fantastic ocean sunsets from this Carrizalillo clifftop perch are the perfect backdrop for the inventive and delicious Californian-Oaxacan dishes arriving at your table. You might start with green-bean tempura with mustard, and follow it with a grilled whole snapper with grilled veggies and caramelized onions.
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La Galería
At the west end of El Adoquín, La Galería is one of Puerto’s best Italian spots, with art on the walls and tasty fare on the tables. The pizza and homemade pasta dishes are original and flavorsome, and the jumbo mixed-greens salad (M$49) is a treat.
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La Galera
This breezy upstairs restaurant at Hotel Arcoiris is always a good place to eat, with tasty mixed Mexican and international fare. Main dishes focus on fish and meat, but the three-course menú del día has vegetarian options.
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Mangos
Palm-roofed Mangos might have the best breakfast combinations in town (M$25 to M$45), and its seafood dishes – like a whole fresh red snapper – are well prepared. There are often two-for-one drinks, and the service is friendly.
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Cabo Blanco
A great Zicatela spot for prawns, fish steak or arrachera, cooked in the open, streetside kitchen – or burgers or tlayudas for tighter budgets. It has light and dark beers on tap, too.
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Restaurante Bar Los Tíos
Right on Zicatela beach, ‘the Uncles’ serves great licuados and fresh juices to go with its tasty egg dishes, antojitos and seafood. It’s popular with locals and very relaxed.
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Trattoria Vasco Escondido
Enjoy a friendly welcome and terrific Italian and Mexican fare prepared by your Italian host Vasco at this little spot in front of Hotel Papaya Surf Beach.
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Restaurante Estrella del Mar
The pick of the smattering of Mexican restaurants on El Adoquín itself, with good seafood cocktails and antojitos as well as seafood main dishes.
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Hostal A La Casa
The best meals at Punta Zicatela are found at this hostel right next door to Hostal Buena Onda. The fare is a well priced Italian-Mexican mix.
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Sabor a Mar
Tucked under the rocks at the southeast end of Playa Marinero, this little al fresco spot serves probably the best seafood in town.
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El Cafecito, Carrizalillo
The Cafecito's Carrizalillo branch has the same great menu as the Zicatela one, even if it can't match the ambience.
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