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Cuisine
Location
 
La Porteña
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Restaurants are a hard sell in all-inclusive-dominated Nuevo Vallarta...
$$-$$$
Argentine
Nuevo Vallarta
 
Archie's Wok
Member Rating: 4.3
This extremely popular South Side restaurant has a variety of...
$$-$$$
Asian
Col. E. Zapata
 
Mark's Bar & Grill
Member Rating: 3.7
You can dine alone at the polished black-granite bar without...
$$-$$$
Bistro
Bucerías
 
Vitea
Member Rating: 5.0
When chefs Bernhard Güth and Ulf Henriksson, of Trio, needed...
$$-$$$
Bistro
Centro
 
La Bodeguita del Medio
Member Rating: 4.3
Near the malecón's north end, this restaurant with a fun-loving...
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Caribbean
Centro
 
Amber Sur Mer
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A French woman from Provence brings a welcome addition to Barra's...
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Continental
Barra de Navidad
 
Don Pedro's
Member Rating: 5.0
Sayulita institution Don Pedro's has pizzas baked in a wood-fire...
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Continental
Sayulita
 
Cafe del Mar
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Chefs Eugene of Singapore and Amandine, a Belgian-Mexican, collaborate...
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Eclectic
San Francisco
 
Café des Artistes
Member Rating: 4.3
Several sleek dining spaces make up Café des Artistes...
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Eclectic
Centro
 
Chez Elena
Member Rating: 3.6
Frequented in its heyday by Hollywood luminaries and the who's...
$$-$$$
Eclectic
Centro
 
Daiquiri Dick's
Member Rating: 3.6
Locals come for the reasonably priced breakfasts (the homemade...
$$-$$$
Eclectic
Col. E. Zapata
 
El Repollo Rojo
Member Rating: 4.0
Better known as the Red Cabbage (its English name), this restaurant...
$-$$
Eclectic
Col. Remance
 
La Casita del Gallo
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If a hole in the wall could be out of doors, this would be it...
$-$$
Eclectic
San Francisco
 
La Ola Rica
Member Rating: 4.8
Oh. My. God. The food is good. Really good. Somehow chef and...
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Eclectic
San Francisco
 
La Palapa
Member Rating: 4.0
This large, welcoming, thatch-roof place is open to the breezes...
$$-$$$
Eclectic
Col. E. Zapata
 
La Playita de Lindo Mar
Member Rating: 4.8
A favorite breakfast spot any day, or for Sunday brunch, this...
$-$$
Eclectic
Playa Conchas Chinas
 
Le Bistro
Member Rating: 3.5
Start off with a soup of Mexican or Cuban origin and then on...
$-$$
Eclectic
Centro
 
Maya
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Two Canadian women have teamed up to bring sophistication to...
$-$$
Eclectic
San Patricio-Melaque
 
River Cafe
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At night, candles flicker at white-skirted tables with comfortable...
$$-$$$
Eclectic
Centro
 
Tapas del Mundo
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Here, worldly recipes of this and that are served in small plates...
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Eclectic
Bucerías
 
Boca Bento
Member Rating: 4.5
This comely restaurant in the heart of the Romantic Zone represents...
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Fusion
Col. E. Zapata
 
La Piazzeta
Member Rating: 4.0
Locals come for the delicious Naples-style pizza (the crust not...
$-$$
Italian
Col. E. Zapata
 
La Terraza di Roma
Member Rating: 2.0
The small dining room is nondescript, although most evenings...
$$-$$$
Italian
Marina Vallarta
 
Porto Bello
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Yachties, locals, and other return visitors attest that everything...
$$-$$$
Italian
Marina Vallarta
 
Sandrina's
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Canadian owner Sandy is as colorful as her wonderful art, which...
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Mediterranean
Bucerías
 
Agave Grill
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Mexico City chef Oscar Galván successfully concocts dishes...
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Mexican
Centro
 
Café de Olla
Member Rating: 3.8
This earthy restaurant fills up as soon as it reopens for the...
$-$$
Mexican
Col. E. Zapata
 
El Andariego
Member Rating: 4.6
A few blocks past the north end of the malecón is this...
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Mexican
Col. 5 de Diciembre
 
El Arrayán
Member Rating: 3.6
The oilcloth table covers, enameled tin plates, exposed rafters...
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Mexican
Centro
 
El Brujo
Member Rating: 3.9
The street corner on which the small restaurant is tucked means...
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Mexican
Col. Remance
 
Famar
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This unassuming restaurant gets the vote of just about everyone...
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Mexican
Bucerías
 
Las Carmelitas
Member Rating: 3.3
Hawks soar on updrafts above lumpy, jungle-draped hills. The...
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Mexican
Fracc. Lomas de Terra Noble
 
Los Alcatraces
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For a breakfast of chilaquiles that are crisp, not soggy, come...
$$-$$$
Mexican
Col. Olímpica
 
Martin's
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This second-floor, palapa-roof restaurant is the most reliable...
$-$$
Mexican
La Manzanilla
 
Vista Guayabitos
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Portions are large but the cooking is predictable at best. This...
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Mexican
Rincón de Guayabitos
 
Brasil Steakhouse
Member Rating: 3.3
Vallarta's most popular venue for grilled meat is this all-you-can-eat...
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Spanish, Seafood
Col. E. Zapata
 
Cueto's
Member Rating: 4.2
Teams of engaging waiters, all family members, nudge aside mariachi...
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Seafood
Col. 5 de Diciembre
 
Dugarel Plays
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Do they mean "Dugarel's Place"? No matter, of Bucerías's...
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Seafood
Bucerías
 
El Edén
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The location, a jungly riverside place where the movie Predator...
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Seafood
Mismaloya
 
Langostino's
Member Rating: 5.0
Right on the beach just north of the pier at Playa Los Muertos...
$-$$$
Seafood
Col. E. Zapata
 
Mariscos 8 Tostadas
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Extremely popular with locals, this large restaurant hums with...
$-$$
Seafood
Marina Vallarta
 
Seamaster's
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Although most of the ocean-facing restaurants in Barra have a...
$-$$
Seafood
Barra de Navidad
 
Tino's
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Vine-covered trees poke through the roof of the breeze-blessed...
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Seafood
Las Jarretaderas
 
Barcelona Tapas Bar
Member Rating: 4.4
One of the few places in town with both great food and an excellent...
$$-$$$
Spanish
Centro
 
Brasil Steakhouse
Member Rating: 3.3
Vallarta's most popular venue for grilled meat is this all-you-can-eat...
$$
Spanish, Seafood
Col. E. Zapata
 
Brasil Nuevo Vallarta
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Although the food and presentation is the same as the steak house...
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Steak
Nuevo Vallarta


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