Restaurant Finds?

[ggunn]

We've been there in the day like around 2pm. I think it's the indoor restaurant that's only open at night.

Yes, the information I found is that Buccanos is open 10AM - 6PM and Buccanos at Night is open 6PM - 11PM.

 

[ReefHound]

Sounds like Snowman got there right at the shift change. They probably wouldn't let anyone into the beach after 5pm if they close at 6pm and if no one happened to be there they might have locked up and left. When we went we left around 5 and were one of the last people there.

 

[ggunn]

Sounds like Snowman got there right at the shift change. They probably wouldn't let anyone into the beach after 5pm if they close at 6pm and if no one happened to be there they might have locked up and left. When we went we left around 5 and were one of the last people there.

Yeah, I think that's more likely than Buccanos at Night being closed on a Saturday.

 

[Augustus]

I think they had a private event that day.

 

[Dan G]

I used this thread to add to my list of places to try out. I can report on a few that were new to us:

Conchita del Caribe was very good. Had ceviche and grilled fish (one garlic and one Vera Cruz). All very tasty. Massive portions (wish the ceviche came in a small). Similar in style to El Moro with a seafood focus.
Ruta 25 was very good. Pastor off the spit. Excellent salsas to go with the tacos.
Tzalam was also very good. (we had tacos only)
Rusti.co was very good. Had enmoladas and tlayuda. Both were great. If you like mole and enjoy tasting different styles, I highly recommend the enmoladas. They close at 5:00, so we stopped for lunch on our way to the airport. Excellent prices.
Noventa y Tres, I did not see mentioned here. This place is 50 meters south of Blue Angel and convenient. Very good food. Enmoladas (their version is a spicier mole) and a quesadilla which had good flavors and had some heat to it. I do not usually think of a quesadilla as having good/interesting flavors and this was a nice surprise. The service may have been the worst I have ever had on the island. Hopefully not indicative of their usual and maybe just a bad night for our waiter who seemed inexperienced.

Happy taco and mole hunting to all!

 

[Rob9876]

It may not classify as a "restaurant find" to mention that Lobster Shack on 5th Avenue has good lobster rolls (very good, I'd say), but last month we tried their Coconut Margarita for the first time -- if you like coconut & margaritas, it's definitely worth a stop just to try. Their regular margarita is great too, not excessively sweet. Be warned, they don't skimp on the tequila -- good stuff! EDIT: Don't recall the exact price, but it was really reasonable for the quality and the amount of tequila.

 

[Coral-Reefer]

Neither haute cuisine nor traditional Mexican, but Smash Box Burger right next to Hotel Barracuda makes a pretty darn good burger and fries if you are looking for something quick before or after an afternoon or night dive -- they are open late and take credit cards.

Also near Hotel Barracuda, Del Norte Tacos & Grill has good basic Mexican food at reaonable prices. They are also open late and are cash only.

I enjoyed Smash Box. When we ordered the owner kept suggesting the "double" but we got the single. Next time I will get the double

 

[Coral-Reefer]

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. But there's also something to be said for eating authentic food, even though the facility may be pretty plebeian. You eat at your spiffy restaurant, I'll find a street cart where workers are lining up.

Hope you like tripe

 

[Coral-Reefer]

Looking forward to Mingo's. As for Cielito Lindo, they are very stingy with the alcohol so we order beer to avoid said issue. I'm also planning on trying breakfast at Kooben Lab, we go for dinner and maybe pick up a coffee and salad after diving (while hitting up the pollo place next door) but brekkie looks GOOD.

Love that pollo place. So good.