Must-see restaurants in Puerto Escondido

  • Almoraduz

    Puerto Escondido

    Almoraduz' husband-and-wife culinary alliance creates memorable flavor combinations in one of the Oaxaca's coast's few true gourmet restaurants. It's not…

  • Pascale

    Puerto Escondido

    An unlikely factory of gourmet food amid the grubbier fishing shacks of Playa Principal, Pascale prepares original and creative seafood, meat, homemade…

  • Lychee

    Puerto Escondido

    La Punta resembles in some ways a sybaritic Thai beach and Lychee doesn't have to try hard to meld in with superb Thai dishes – green curries, chicken…

  • Dan's Café Deluxe

    Puerto Escondido

    Dan was one of the founders of local legend El Cafecito and this spot next to his eponymous hotel is great for hearty, surfer-pleasing breakfasts, juices…

  • El Nene

    Puerto Escondido

    El Nene serves enormous tacos and Mexican- and international-style fish, shrimp and chicken mains. Fish of the day prepared Cajun-style is a good choice,…

  • Virginia's Supercafe

    Puerto Escondido

    Hidden away off a quiet stairway, Virginia's cafe is pretty super, particularly if you're judging it by its coffee (among the best in the city and roasted…

  • El Cafecito

    Puerto Escondido

    Cafecito has cornered the market in crossover gringo-Mexican fusion food with large surfer appetites in mind. Herein are some of the best breakfasts on…

  • Mercado Benito Juárez

    Puerto Escondido

    For local flavors and the true PE atmosphere, head to the main market in the upper part of town, where dozens of comedores serve fresh fish and shrimp,…

  • One Love

    Puerto Escondido

    Excellent Euro-Mexican dishes with fresh local ingredients are served in this restaurant run by a Mexican-French couple. You could start with the 'One…

  • Alaburger

    Puerto Escondido

    Talk about simple. Alaburger inhabits a beach garden where its congenial owners have constructed an open kitchen under a thatched roof. But, oh the food!…

  • La Hostería Bananas

    Puerto Escondido

    The Hostería is an Italian labor of love, from its gleaming kitchen (with computerized wood-fired pizza oven) to the Talavera-tiled bathrooms. A broad…

  • Hotel Santa Fe

    Puerto Escondido

    The attractive colonial Hotel Santa Fe's restaurant sits on a covered terrace looking along Zicatela beach and is a pescatarian affair (no meat – just…

  • Pez Gallo

    Puerto Escondido

    Seafood dishes such as the catch of the day encrusted in coconut are popular at this beach club's oceanfront palapa (thatched-roof) restaurant, plus you…

  • Pepe's Tacos

    Puerto Escondido

    Popular with surfers, this hidden sand-floor shack serves large coconut-encrusted shrimp and battered fish tacos topped with a colorful variety of chopped…

  • El Coste

    Puerto Escondido

    Inhabiting a deluxe palapa on Zicatela beach, the highly successful El Coste is all about its grilled fish and seafood (take your pick from snapper, bass,…

  • El Sultán

    Puerto Escondido

    For a puff on a hookah pipe and a dose of falafel served with strong coffee, park yourself on one of the cushions at Sultán, an unlikely oasis of cheap…

  • Restaurante Los Tíos

    Puerto Escondido

    ‘The Uncles,’ right on the sand's edge, serves great licuados (milkshakes) and fresh juices to go with its well-priced egg dishes, antojitos (Mexican…

  • Restaurante Estrella del Mar

    Puerto Escondido

    The pick of the smattering of Mexican restaurants on El Adoquín itself, with good seafood cocktails and antojitos (Mexican snacks) as well as seafood main…