San Pedro Sula
So the food is just OK (the Honduran plates for two or more people are your best bet), but the setting here in a lush garden at the edge of a mountain…
Must-see restaurants in Western Honduras
Copán Ruinas
Inspired by trips the owners have taken around the world, you'll find homemade, healthy and fresh delights here from tamales to perfectly spiced curries…
Copán Ruinas
Set on farmland overlooking Copán Ruinas, this wonderful place – worth the effort to get here and the price – has some of the best food in the region. The…
Western Honduras
Flying the flag for contemporary aesthetics in the rustic Lencan hills, Kandil is a beautifully designed place where modish decor juxtaposes with colonial…
Copán Ruinas
This smart cafe serves organic coffee grown at its finca (ranch), though it's mostly known for its delicious cheeses (platters L150 to L700). Breakfasts …
Western Honduras
This hip and friendly second-story coffee joint overlooking the main plaza offers you great, hot or cold organic coffee from nearby Marcala, inspirational…
Copán Ruinas
There's a friendly welcome at this serious coffee-lover's place, where locally grown Casa Ixchel Arabica coffee is the fuel of choice and the espresso…
Western Honduras
Besides offering craft beers brewed right on the premises, this restaurant also offers excellent food – try the blueberry pancakes, burgers or sumptuous…
Copán Ruinas
This charming space comprises a garden for alfresco dining and a dining room full of dark wood furniture where excellent pupusas (L12 to L25 each) are…
Western Honduras
An unbelievable find in sleepy Peña Blanca, this smart and cool place has fused local coffee-growing expertise with the needs of the cosmopolitan city…
Western Honduras
A five-minute walk southwest of the Parque Central, this atmospheric restaurant has tables scattered around a colonial-style courtyard. The menu includes…
Copán Ruinas
Set upstairs, with views over Parque Central and beyond, lively Tanya's serves up some good versions of Italian, other European and Asian-influenced…
Western Honduras
A wonderful terrace restaurant at the Hotel Guancascos, from where you can gaze over Gracias' terra-cotta-tiled rooftops and the Lencan highlands. Great…
Western Honduras
Right on the Parque Central, this classy restaurant offers the best view in town from its tables on the plaza and its myriad atmospheric dining rooms…
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula's breakfast favorite is this diner-style restaurant that pumps out deep-fried pastelitos – half-moon shaped pies filled with all sorts of…
Western Honduras
A block east of Parque Central, this cavernous, upscale-feeling place is full of heavy wood furniture and has a few dining areas including a patio. The…
Western Honduras
An attractive colonial-style place that offers buffet dining – pollo asada (grilled chicken), bistek (steak) and some veggie options – during the day and…
Copán Ruinas
This terrific restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in a hip, convivial atmosphere, with tables next to a garden courtyard or overlooking the…
Western Honduras
This hip and cozy place has some of the best food in town. As the name suggests it's cafe-style with tables in a main room, out in a garden patio or up on…
Copán Ruinas
Two blocks south of the plaza, this open-air restaurant has a beautiful view toward the mountains over corn and tobacco fields. It's a relaxing place with…
Western Honduras
Located in the ornate bandstand in the heart of the central plaza, this cafe offers the best views in town from its upper-floor balcony. It's great for a…
Western Honduras
Famous for its burgers – the king of which is La Big Daddy (made with 450g of beef) – La Casa Vieja also does chicken wings and breaded shrimp, veggie…
San Pedro Sula
The antidote to fried food, here you'll find soups, salads, sandwiches, hearty breakfasts and light meals all made with health-conscious, organic…
Western Honduras
This Southwestern-themed steakhouse doubles as a surprisingly good boho bar Thursday to Saturday nights, with live music from 9pm. The food is definitely…
Copán Ruinas
With one of the best settings in town, this large, open-air steakhouse is popular with tourists and locals alike. The menu's simple but effective – a…
San Pedro Sula
You're literally caged in at this family-run, semi-open-air place that takes its security very seriously. Another quirk is that you're given an order form…
San Pedro Sula
An absolute institution in the city center, this classic 1950s-style cafe looks like it's been transplanted from an ocean liner with its marine-blue color…
Western Honduras
On the main road 3km before you enter Peña Blanca from La Guama, this place specializes in fish caught from the lake. Simply choose how you'd like it…
Copán Ruinas
A meat-lover’s haven one block south of Parque Central, Momo’s serves beef in four basic styles, including pincho (kebab), churrasco (Argentinean-style…
Cafetería Artesenías El Jarrón
Western Honduras
A bustling, atmospheric place that does a lot of lunchtime trade: the buffet (L120) is a great deal, with lots of veggie dishes. You sit at polished log…
San Pedro Sula
Just north of the Parque Central, this open-sided food court is your best bet for an inexpensive daytime meal. There are around 25 stands rustling up…
San Pedro Sula
An enjoyable cafe where you'll find bull-running photos on the walls and groups of earnest intellectuals discussing national politics in the corner. Good…
