Must-see restaurants in Nicaragua

  • Soda El Tucán

    Centrally located and easy to find, this cheery wooden diner will do just fine. The menu is simple: chicken or fish, grilled or fried, but it's one of the…

  • Mercado

    For super-cheap eats, hit the market, where local mothers bring home cooking to the masses. Come for full chicken meals (grilled and fried) served with…

  • Comedor Chevy

    Jinotega's favorite cheap eats are found at this unpretentious steam-table buffet. Pounce on a vacant table and take your pick from beef, chicken and pork…

  • Sport Pizza Martinuzzi

    Eaten too much seafood? This is not really an enticing choice, but it does offer a selection of passable pizzas and surprisingly good quesadillas and…

  • Mercado Municipal

    Estelí’s municipal market is always stocked with amazingly fresh produce and plenty of street-food stands if you want the cheapest possible meal in town.

  • Maxi Palí

    This branch of the budget supermarket chain has an extensive selection of groceries; a good place to stock up if you're heading to the remote beaches.

  • Palí

    A grocery store with basic stock, good prices and a tiny bakery, in front of Mercado Municipal.

  • Palí

    A supermarket stop for the basics.