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…
Must-see restaurants in Oaxaca Coast
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Zipolite
Zipolite’s outstanding dining option, on a road behind the beach's western end, combines exquisite flavors, artful presentation and relaxed ambience. You…
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Mazunte
On Oaxaca’s coast you’re never far from an expat Italian chef who’s generously imported his/her culinary know-how and opened a restaurant. Few are as good…
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San Agustinillo
Tucked onto a sheltered slice of beach, there's something of the old posada about La Mora. You can park yourself in the tavern-like interior or feel the…
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Bahías de Huatulco
If you can't make it out to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, don't miss this intimate restaurant for some outstanding regional cuisine. You might start with…
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Oaxaca Coast
This ranch-style restaurant with long tables in a large, open-sided barn is worth an expedition from anywhere on the coast for its superb grilled meats…
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Bahías de Huatulco
One of Crucecita's classiest restaurants is affiliated with the equally classy Misión de los Arcos and inhabits a refined air-conditioned dining room and…
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Puerto Escondido
An unlikely factory of gourmet food amid the grubbier fishing shacks of Playa Principal, Pascale prepares original and creative seafood, meat, homemade…
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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…
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Bahías de Huatulco
The talented Italian chef here makes almost everything herself, including the pasta. Options include ravioli with a choice of five fillings and nine…
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Zipolite
This shady tropical-garden cafe feels like a rough clearing in the jungle and its food tastes pretty good too, especially if you order their branded…
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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…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Artfully prepared tostadas come piled high with fresh tuna, octopus, shrimp and ceviche at this local fave. The seared tuna tostada (not on the menu) is a…
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Zipolite
The Alchemist is delightfully sited alfresco in a quiet sandy cove, and atmospherically lit by oil lamps and candles at night, conjuring up an…
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San Agustinillo
A slightly more refined palapa than is standard in these parts, La Ola (the wave) is right on the beach and delivers fine fish concoctions to its wooden…
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Mazunte
Under-the-radar Maralto makes its own marmalades, freshly baked bread and pastries, bagels, pizzas, sandwiches and more. The Reuben, a corned-beef…
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Zipolite
So close to the ocean you barely need to get off your surfboard, the ‘Salt & Pepper’ serves unsophisticated but delicious comida from plastic tables set…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Huge portions of fish (try the mahi-mahi if it’s available) served in a no-nonsense family-run restaurant that has most locals sighing with affection…
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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,…
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San Agustinillo
A Catalan chef whips up innovative fish and seafood dishes at this intimate sand-floor restaurant perched above the main strip. Mains include lobster in…
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Zipolite
If you came to Zipolite to eat Mexican rather than Italian food, this is your bag with generous servings of fresh fish fillet or shrimp, accompanied by…
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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…
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Bahías de Huatulco
The beauty of Crucecita is that is looks, feels and is Mexican despite its actual youth. Indeed, if you grab a cafeteria-style table in this very simple…
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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…
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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,…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Sit amid the sound of roosting birds and whirring fans and let friendly servers bring you classic Oaxacan food. Lots of local specialties are on show here…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Bivouacked beneath bohemian La Crema, this open-air spot can claim to be equally arty (a mural by noted Zapotec graffiti artist Irving Cano beautifies one…
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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…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Hometown favorite. This inexpensive plastic-bottle-on-the-table spot, a block from the Plaza Principal, proves that simple is sometimes best for fish,…
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Mazunte
A classic beach-bum-meets-backpacker place where you can wander in half-dressed from the beach and no one will bat an eyelid. The menu is an all-over-the…
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San Agustinillo
The restaurant on the sands at Un Sueño serves up good breakfasts and, for lunch, sabores del Pacífico (flavors of the Pacific) with a touch of French…
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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!…
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Zipolite
An apparition by the dusty roadside heading west out of Zipolite, this cafe with four alfresco tables, and usually as many dogs, lures people out of…
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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…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Unusual for an all-inclusive, the Camino Real Zaashila allows nonguests into its best restaurant, a romantic candlelit affair aside the ocean, to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Mazunte
An immediate success when it opened in 2015, La Cuisine has a menu that changes daily according to the market-fresh ingredients that the dedicated French…
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Bahías de Huatulco
Prepares good French, Mexican and Mediterranean dishes with specialties including snails, osso buco and fish of the day in a creamy leek sauce. The…
