40 Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico - Includes the best recommended restaurants and cenadurias known for their wood-fired grills, Mexican seafood, Sinaloan steaks, tacos, tortillas, tamales, burritos, quesadillas, carne asada, carne al pastor, barbecue, and traditional Mexican-food meals
Mexican Restaurants in Mazatlan Mexico Arre Lulu|Casa Loma|Cenaduria Chayito|Cenaduria El Tunel|Cilantro's|Copa de Leche El Aljibe de San Pedro|El Bambu|El Mil Amores|Gus Gus|Juanita's|Karnes en su Jugo La Callecita Cenaduria|La Casa Country|La Cocina de Ana|La Cueva del Leon La Fonda at Villas El Rancho|La Fonda Chalio|La Hacienda de la Flor|La Palapa del Mar La Tramoya|Los Reales|Los Zarapes|Machado Fish Taco|Mi Terraza|Mr. Lionso Mucho Antojo|Ocho Octavos 8/8|Pedro y Lola|Pancho's|Q Cotorro|Restaurant Playa Norte Sefe's|Senor Frog's|Super Cocina D'Paulina|Tacos Luna|Taqueria Playa Sur The Place, El Paraje|Tomates Verdes|Topolo Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan are as good as it gets -- anywhere in Mexico. With a solid culinary underpinning that is based upon fresh Mar de Cortez seafood, great Sinaloan meats and fresh produce, Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan deliver consistently superior Mexican cuisine. Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan are a particular treat for Americans and Canadians more familiar with inland cuisine from the interior of Mexico and far from the coasts -- which has very little seafood -- and are delighted by Mazatlan's version of a Mexican meal!
Mazatlan Mexican restaurants also often feature unusual Sinaloan Mexican foods such as Chilorio, which is shredded pork seasoned with vinegar and chiles. Listed below are Mazatlan's best Mexican restaurants -- enjoy delicious Mexican dining in Mazatlan! Arre Lulu Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Arre Lulu is an excellent inexpensive Mexican restaurant located in the Golden Zone. Their menu offers a very wide range of traditional Mexican dishes, as well as a few north-of-the-border favorites like hamburgers and onion soup. Their chili rellenos are especially good, and their seafood -- including shrimp and lobster -- is delicious.
Family run, Arre Lulu is open for breakfast (try the shrimp omlette!), lunch and dinner. This largely open-air restaurant has covered seating at ground level, as well as tables on the second floor under a palapa roof. This colorful and fun Mexican restaurant begins serving alcohol as soon as they open!
Telephone 669 916 7131 Avenida De Las Garzas 18 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Casa Loma Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Casa Loma Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is truly an unique. Casa Loma's interior, finished in dark woods and beautiful red velvet upholstery, offers an atmosphere of relaxed elegance to those who enjoy fine European style dining. For dining al fresco, Casa Loma's Mexican / Spanish style patio offers fine dining in a relaxed, casual atmosphere.
Enjoy a sophisticated meal at Casa Loma like roast duck à l'Orange or the Mazatlan favorite poached fish blanca rosa in the lovely Casa Loma dining room or outdoors by the burbling patio fountain! One of our most consistently recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan, Casa Loma was founded 29 years ago by Don Pancho Urrea, and is currently run by his sons, Ramon, Eduardo and Francisco. Casa Loma's chef, Chayito, creates exquisite Mazatlan dining experiences every day! Casa Loma is open from 1:30pm to 10:30pm. Video of dining at Casa Loma restaurant in Mazatlan
Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, restaurantcasaloma.com
Telephone 669 913 5398
Avenida Gaviotas 104 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada restaurantcasaloma.com Cenaduria Chayito Recommended Mazatlan Mexico Cenaduria in El Centro Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Cenadurias in Mazatlan They say that when a restaurant stays in business for a long time that it usually serves really good food, and Cenaduria Chayito -- located in El Centro -- has been a favorite of Mazatlecos for over 50 years!
Cenaduria Chayito serves all of the delicious and filling traditional inexpensive Mexican meals that you would expect.
What isn't necessarily expected is Chayito's gorgeous Bouganvilla-shaded courtyard, which provides cool (or "cooler", in the Summer months!) open air dining.
Cenaduria Chayitos pozole and carne asada are particularly highly recommended.
Telephone 669 982 6723
Teniente Azueta 2407 / Centro Cenaduria El Tunel Recommended Mazatlan Mexico Cenaduria in the Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Cenadurias in Mazatlan Cenaduria El Tunel restaurant in Mazatlan's Centro Historico was started by owner Gabino Urritia's grandmother 65 years ago. Gabino Urritia continues Cenaduria El Tunel's tradition of delicious inexpensive Mexican food. This atmospheric traditional Mazatlan Mexican restaurant has been serving local favorites like pozole (shredded pork in broth) and smoked marlin enchiladas for 65 years!
Cenadurias in Sinaloa are traditional restaurants serving simple and delicious Sinaloan cuisine that usually open in the afternoon and close well after dark, often as late as midnight. Cenadurias began in in the foothill mining towns of Sinaloa, and food preparation was originally done in homes with the nearly finished meals taken to the central plaza where the finish cooking was completed.
Even though Cenaduria El Tunel does not open until late afternoon, employees wake up before dawn to shop the local markets to ensure the freshest ingredients every day. Voted the Best Restaurant in Mazatlan by American Express a few years ago, Cenaduria El Tunel has received many distiguished honors and guests. Every item on the Cenaduria El Tunel menu comes highly recommended by regulars.
The service at Cenaduria El Tunel is excellent but be aware: this is not fast food. Each item is prepared individually per order, and it is best to relax into the comfortable, soothing dining room and enjoy the lovely collection of books, photographs and artwork -- as well as the ongoing show that is the open kitchen!
One of our most highly recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan, Cenaduria El Tunel is open from late afternoon to midnight every day. Very reasonably priced, Cenaduria El Tunel is located on Avenue Carnaval at the Plazuela Machado, directly across from the Teatro Angela Peralta.
Carnaval 720 / Centro Historico Cilantro's Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Cilantro's restaurant in Mazatlan features quality Mexican seafood and steaks. Cilantro's Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is located on the beach at the Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay, one of Mazatlan's finest resorts. Cilantro's thatched hut palapa style dining room has a warm casual elegant feel as you watch the waves roll onto the beach below.
Cilantro's serves a popular grilled Mexican seafood platter for two that includes lobster, shrimp, calamari, octopus and grilled catch of the day, and has a nice wine list and excellent drinks. Cilantro's is a romantic place for a sunset Mexican seafood dinner. Service is excellent.
Telephone 669 914 3700 Pueblo Bonito Emerald Bay / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Copa de Leche Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico on the Malecon Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Copa de Leche in Mazatlan is a long-established restaurant prized by residents and tourists alike for its authentic Mexican cuisine and ambiance. Located right on the Malecon at Olas Altas beach, Copa de Leche offers a beautiful ocean view from their shaded sidewalk cafe, and an economical comida corrida which is is served all day.
The Copa de Leche menu includes Pechugas en Nogada (chicken breast in pomegranate-pecan sauce); Alambre Barbecue (a traditional BBQ beef dish cooked with onions, peppers, mushrooms, ham, and bacon); Tamirind Shrimp; and a truly delicious and hearty Sopa de Mariscos -- fresh squid, shrimp and fish in a tangy broth flavored with lime.
Copa de Leche also offers indoor seating -- and a bar made out of an old wooden fishing boat!
Copa de Leche is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, and accepts credit cards.
Telephone 669 982 5753 Olas Altas 122 / On the Malecon El Aljibe de San Pedro Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food El Aljibe de S. Pedro is located on Constitucion in one of the most spectacular spaces in the Mazatlan Centro Historico. Housed within a massively vaulted 150 year old cistern, this restaurant is a mesmerizing combination of ecclectic art gallery and dining establishment.
Owner Jose Perez -- who is Spanish, not Mexican -- has filled this cavernous space with a stunning collection of antique objects of all types: sewing machines; signs; crosses and milagros; dolls (and doll parts); old books; candles; model airplanes and musical instruments suspended from the ceiling; free-standing antique doors; a red leather barber’s chair -- and contemporary paintings that are primarily the work of Mazatlan art students.
The menu at El Aljibe, while mostly Mexican (usually with a twist, like smoked marlin gorditas), is equally ecclectic and includes non-Mexican food like traditional steaks; spaghetti Bolognese; portobello mushrooms a la Provencal and Caesar salads.
As befits a restaurant space that could just as well be used as a massive wine cellar, El Aljibe de S. Pedro offers a substantial selection of Spanish, Chilean and Argentinian wines by the bottle, as well as house wine by the glass.
Large golden antique letters on one wall of the vault spell out "Que Onda" which translate as the question "What's happening?"
The answer: El Aljibe de San Pedro!
El Aljibe de San Pedro is open from 5 pm to 11 pm Tuesday - Saturday, and presently only accepts payment in pesos.
Telephone 669 982 6518 Constitucion 710 / Centro Historico El Bambu Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food For excellent grilled Mexican food try Restaurante El Bambu next to La Gran Plaza. One of our recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan, El Bambu is only slightly outside the Golden Zone, conveniently located next to Grand Plaza shopping center and near the intersection of Camaron Sabalo and Rafael Buelna.
Restaurante El Bambu was founded in 1992 and has grown to substantial dining space that can seat 200 comfortably. Primarily patronized by Mazatlecos, El Bambu's Arrachera is highly recommended and especially good.
The restaurant serves beer, mixed drinks and spirits and provides free WiFi. El Bambu delivers to most parts of Mazatlan. Telephone 669 984 2778 Avenida El reforma 2148, Fracc Almeda / Next to La Gran Plaza Shopping Mall El Mil Amores Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food El Mil Amores in Mazatlan's Centro Historico is a sophisticated addition to the Centro Historico restaurant scene. Located on Ninos Heroes near the corner of Constitucion in the heart of the Centro Historico, El Mil Amores provides delicious Mexican food in a casual environment decorated with colorized suntils from classic movies.
Set in a traditional Mazatlan historic building with high ceilings, El Mil Amores has the wonderful smell of smokey cooking. The menu offers a wide range of traditional Mexican dishes and the environment -- including the secluded upper lounge with its couches and televisions -- couldn't be better.
Telephone 669 985 1789 Ninos Heroes 1500 / Centro Historico Gus Gus Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Gus Gus Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is located in the Golden Zone - Zona Dorada, across from the Costa de Oro Hotel. Gus Gus has a sidewalk cafe feel to it, although it is mostly covered. Gus Gus serves many delicious Mexican dishes, snacks, and reasonably priced beer. Many evenings Gus Gus offers live music. Video of a band rehersing at Gus Gus restaurant in Mazatlan
Long a Golden Zone party favorite, Gus y Gus in Mazatlan has opened a second location at the Marina.
Information about this fun Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, gusygus.com
Avenida Camaron Sabalo 1730 / Golden Zone / Telephone 669 914 4501
Boulevard Marina / Marina Mazatlan / Telephone 669 913 4181 gusygus.com Juanita's Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food This delicious outdoor traditional Mexican restaurant has been a favorite in the north Golden Zone for many years. Very inexpensive, Juanita's in Mazatlan offers simple and perfectly prepared Mexican dishes daily from early morning til after dark.
Beyond traditional breakfast favorites like yummy spicy Huevos Rancheros, Juanita's makes all sorts of fish, chicken and beef tacos, larger fish entrees, and mouth-watering quesadillas. Juanita's does not serve alcohol, but does deliver.
Telephone 669 916 3676 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 10 / Golden Zone / Across from the Oceano Palace Hotel Karnes en su Jugo Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico on the Malecon Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Karnes en su Jugo in Mazatlan serves a wide variety of traditional Mexican foods, and is one of the longer-established restaurants in Mazatlan Mexico. Carne en su jugo is a form of slow cooking that yields a delicious bowl of a meal that is something between a soup and a stew. Originally from Guadalajara, these hearty meals are small pieces of flank steak cooked in their own juices with tomauntilos, garlic, chile, cilantro, and whole beans and crispy crumbled bacon. Try one heaping spoon full and it will make you a fan for life.
Telephone 669 982 1322 Avenida Del Mar 550 / On the Malecon La Callecita Cenaduria Recommended Cenaduria in the Mazatlan Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Callecita Cenaduria is located in El Centro just a short walk south from Plaza Machado. As with many traditional Cenaduria's (the word literally means "eating house"), La Callecita is only open in the evenings. The restaurant serves excellent modestly priced traditional Mexican food that is prepared in an open kitchen. The roof of the restaurant is a open-air dining terrace that is truly delightful -- if you can navigate the stairs. This Cenaduria does not have a liquor license, but guests are welcome to bring their own! Avenida Romanita de la Pena between Venus and Ninos Heroes / Centro Historico La Casa Country Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Casa Country Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan offers Mexican country-style cuisine and many dishes that aren't available elsewhere. La Casa Country serves charro beans, homemade tortillas, and great steaks, from hefty fillets to thin, marinated skirt steak. Video of homemade guacamole being prepared tableside at La Casa Country restaurant in Mazatlan
The "cabreria" steak, in particular, consistently gets great reviews. It's flavorful and tender, slow roasted over a mesquite charcoal fire and served with a wonderful sauce on the side. Also from the Mexican countryside: goat, marinated and tender, served with an Argentinean-style sauce.
Chicken is another good choice at La Casa Country in Mazatlan, and La Casa Country has some of the best shrimp in Mazatlan. La Casa Country's staff pride themselves on their service, and have succeeded in making La Casa Country one of the most consistently recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan Mexico.
Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, lacasacountry.com
Telephone 669 916 5300 Avenida Camaron Sabalo / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada lacasacountry.com La Cocina de Ana Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Centro Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Cocina de Ana Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is worth finding -- it can be a bit difficult, your Pulmonia driver can help! Once you've found La Cocina de Ana you will go back many times -- this unpretentious restaurant is one of the best places in Mazatlan for a good home cooked meal.
La Cocina de Ana is set up buffet style, and the large bowls of soup and specials are wonderful. La Cocina de Ana offers many different freshly prepared Mexican dishes daily. You can eat there in Ana's sunny kitchen or let them pack it up for takeout. You are charged by the weight. La Cocina de Ana is a lunch spot only, and is open Monday - Saturday, 12pm - 4pm. La Cocina de Ana in Mazatlan is very inexpensive. Cash only.
Telephone 669 916 3119 Laguna 49 / El Centro La Cueva del Leon Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico on the Malecon Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Cueva del Leon (The Cave of the Lion) Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is located at the center of Olas Atlas beach in Mazatlan, on the Malecon. La Cueva del Leon has both interior (air conditioned when it needs to be) and ocean view Malecon seating. This Mazatlan Mexican restaurant offers great food ranging from traditional Mexican dishes like Arrachera Steak to Salmon Bagels and Nouvelle Mexican creations of chef-owner Manolo Cardona.
Vegetarians note: La Cueva del Leon serves a number of delicious salads.
La Cueva del Leon is open from 8am til 10pm daily. Additional information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, lacuevamaz.com
Telephone 669 981 4470
Olas Altas 166 / On the Malecon lacuevamaz.com La Fonda at Villas El Rancho Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico La Fonda at Villas El Rancho Beach Resort is located just north of the marina in Nuevo Mazatlan within the El Rancho Green Resort -- enjoy great Mexican
food in a relaxed atmosphere!
La Fonda at Villas El Rancho serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Specialties at La Fonda include seafood and traditional mexican dishes. Their Parrillada -- an exquisite combination of lobster, shrimp, and fish -- is a feast for two that's to die for!
Located on Cerritos Beach, La Fonda at Villas El Rancho has a spectacular beach and ocean view from its slightly elevated location, parking is available, credit cards are accepted and the restaurant is open from 8am until 9pm, daily.
Telephone 669 988 0090 Avenida Sabalos Cerritos 3147 / Cerritos Beach / Nuevo Mazatlan La Fonda Chalio Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico on the Malecon Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Fonda Santa Clara in Mazatlan was located right on the Malecon overlooking Olas Altas beach, and was a mainstay of Mazatlan dining since it was founded in 1963. Remodeled and re-opened as La Fonda Chalio, this very popular Mazatlan restaurant -- especially for breakfast -- continues to draw a nicely mixed clientèle, usually a blend of Mexican professionals, toursits and ex-pats.
Beyond great -- modestly priced -- breakfasts, La Fonda is known for superb chiles rellenos and two great Mole dishes, Mole Poblana and Enchiladas en Mole. Both of the latter dishes are served with truly delicious home made mole sauce using many ingredients imported from Puebla -- half way across Mexico -- the birthplace of Mole. La Fonda Chalio has both inside and outdoor seating on the Malecon. In the evenings La Fonda often has live music from very good Mexican Greatest Hits bands that do remarkable renditions of popular songs from the 60's, 70's, and 80's.
Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, La Fonda Chalio is one of the more frequently recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan, and contunues -- like its' predecessor -- to thrive without a telephone!
Overlooking Olas Altas beach, on the Malecon La Hacienda de la Flor Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Hacienda de la Flor Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan has a large and loyal clientèle. Located in the Mazatlan Golden Zone - Zona Dorada within the Royal Villas Resort, the aroma of exquisite Mexican spices will greet you as you enter Hacienda de la Flor.
Experience the complex flavors of the La Hacienda de la Flor mole sauce that is made from 35 spices and takes two days to cook. For breakfast, try the scrambled eggs with chopped cactus or a breakfast tamale, and for lunch or dinner, consider a La Hacienda de la Flor prime fillet stuffed with sauteed potatoes in avocado sauce or mushroom-stuffed crepes!
La Hacienda de la Flor is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and provides free WiFi. Telephone 669 916 6161 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 500 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada La Palapa del Mar Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food La Palapa del Mar Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is a huge restaurant inside a gigantic palapa, located on the beach side of Torres Mazatlan Resort -- about five miles north of El Cid Marina on Avenida Sabalo Cerritos. La Palapa del Mar Mexican restaurant has windows that can be closed when the weather cools, and white tablecloths and fresh flowers that provide a colorful and relaxing atmosphere. La Palapa del Mar that has both indoor and outdoor seating.
The La Palapa del Mar menu is an excellent mixture of Mexican and American dishes. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily. There is a dinner special every evening at La Palapa del Mar. La Palapa del Mar in Mazatlan also has diet dishes. One hallmark of La Palapa del Mar restaurant is the service, which is consistently excellent.
Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, lapalapa.mx Telephone 669 989 8624 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 6000 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada lapalapa.mx La Tramoya Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food The original La Tramoya Mexican restaurant on the Plaza Machado in Mazatlan's Centro Historico offers hearty Mexican dishes and offers both indoor and outdoor seating on spacious sidewalk tables.
Ravenous? Try the La Tramoya carne azteca -- a steak stuffed with huitlacoche (corn fungus) and served on a bed of nopales (prickly pear cactus): a truly spectacular traditional Mexican combination of flavors.
Owners Helena Tirado and Marcela Gonzalez de Rico ensure that the service at La Tramoya is always excellent, and this Centro Historico Mexican restaurant favorite is one of our most consistently highly recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan Mexico.
2010 brought a special treat for those who live in North Mazatlan: La Tramoya opened a modern new location on the marina behind the Costa Veleros Condos on Avenida Sabalo-Cerritos with the same menu as the original location.
Both La Tramoya locatios have full bars and are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Telephone 669 985 5033
Constitucion 509 / Plaza Machado / Centro Historico
Avenida Sabalo-Cerritos / Nuevo Mazatlan Los Reales Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Los Reales in Mazatlan is a small Mexican restaurant with an extensive menu of delicious traditional Mexican dishes. Known for its great service, Los Reales serves truly outstanding seafood pasta. Pollo Reales -- chicken breast stuffed with chilis, mushrooms and onions -- is served covered with a light cream sauce and is another favorite.
Los Reales has both indoor and outdoor patio seating, a full bar and is located right next to Sr. Frogs in the Golden Zone - Zona Dorada. The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Telephone 669 994 8179 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 1101 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Los Zarapes Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Los Zarapes is a perennial Golden Zone Mexican restaurant favorite. Indoors, Los Zarapes has traditional Mexican decor -- with the addition of televisions -- and its' second floor location (accessible by elevator) also offers ample outdoor seating overlooking the beach. The large menu is mostly traditional Mexican, and the portions are large as well!
Las Zapapes is open for lunch and dinner, and often stays open til very late. The restaurant has a full bar, and accepts major credit cards. There is often music and entertainment later in the day. Telephone 669 913 1400 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 2601 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Machado Fish Taco Recommended taco restaurant in Mazatlan Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local tacos Located on the Plaza Machado in Mazatlan's Centro Historico, Machado Fish Taco Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan offers a wide variety of modestly priced seafood. Machado Fish Taco is known for its great Baja style fish and shrimp tacos, and is a great place to enjoy ice cold Pacifico's as well! Machado Fish Taco provides free WiFi. Telephone 669 981 1375 Sixto Osuna 34 / Plaza Machado - Centro Historico Mi Terraza Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Mi Terraza offers excellent inexpensive traditional Mexican dishes in the heart of the Golden Zone. Located just behind Bancomer, this wheel chair accessible Mexican restaurant has both indoor and outdoor seating. Mi Terraza is open from 8am til 10pm and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The menu is classic Mexican: breakfast eggs and omlettes with cheese, chorizo or machaca (or all of them!); lunch entrees of lobster, fish, shrimp, beef and pork prepared and presented traditional Mexican-style; and dinners that can include non-Mexican offerings such as spaghetti or fettuccine, or BBQ ribs. A wide variety of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages are available, and are also reasonably priced.
The owners and waiters at Mi Terraza speak very good English. The restaurant is also available for private parties. Telephone 669 668 7102 Calle Boca Del Mar 28 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Mr. Lionso Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico at Playa Bruja Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Located overlooking Playa Bruja at the northern tip of Nuevo Mazatlan, Mr. Lionso is a great place to eat delicious Mexican food in a relaxing palapa setting overlooking the ocean. Mr. Lionso serves a wide range of well-prepared traditional Mexican dishes. The view of Playa Bruja is spectacular, and particularly fun when Surf's Up as this is a favorite surfing location.
Take your pick of Mexican favorites: Lobster, shrimp (or the lobster and shrimp combo!), garlic scallops, amazing grilled steaks or spicy chicken dishes.
The restaurant often has live music and -- music or not -- the service is consistently good. The well-stocked full bar has everything you could possibly want to drink.
Mr. Lionso in Mazatlan is owned by Leonso Aramburo, and has been a mainstay of the Playa Bruja scene for years. Sit in the cool shade, enjoy a great margarita, and dream the afternoon away. Mr. Lionso provides free WiFi.
Getting to Mr. Lionso is a breeze even if you don't have a car and / or don't want to take a taxi: Just take the Cerritos Juarez bus north from the Golden Zone - Zona Dorada and get off at the last stop. Telephone 669 988 0425 Playa Bruja / Nuevo Mazatlan Mucho Antojo Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food This clean air conditioned Mexican restaurant is located beside the Pemex across the street from the Mega supermarket. Specializing in large delicious burritos, Mucho Antojo has rapidly developed a loyal following who appreciate the wide range of meats offered -- including barbacoa, pollo adobo, pork Al Pastor and chilorio -- and the always-fresh guacamole, sour cream, beans and salsa stuffings. Both large and inexpensive, Mucho Antojo's burritos are guaranteed to satisfy!
This excellent Mexican restaurant also offers tortas, tostadas, fresh fruit plates, a limited number of vegetarian entree options, and a wide range of smoothies, licuados, flavored aguas, blended fruit drinks, juices and sodas. Mucho Antojo is open every day from 8am til late afternoon, or later. Great Mexican dining on a budget! Telephone 669 985 5555 Rafael Buelna, across from Mega Ocho Octavos 8/8 Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Ocho Octavos is a modern Mexican restaurant located on Avenida Rafael Buelna near the Home Depot. Sleek and stylish, Ocho Octavos greets you with an intimate lounge area that leads to the nicely decorated dining room.
Mexican with an Italian spin, the extensive menu offers a range of pastas, pizzas, calzones, and inventive salads. Ocho Octavos is open from 8am til 11pm and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The breakfast menu has all the standard items, as well as unusual omlettes that you can build yourself by choosing the ingredients.
Ocho Octavos has a strong Mexican clientèle. This lovely restarant has parking in the rear and is wheel chair accessible. Its' location makes it perfect for before or after movie theater dining, with the cinema essentially just across the street!
Ocho Octavos is a consistently recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan. Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, ochooctavos.com Telephone 669 112 1210 Avenida Rafael Buelna 886 / Between Home Depot and the Polimedica Building ochooctavos.com Pancho's Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Located in the Golden Zone on on the beach, Pancho’s Restaurant opened in 1985. The owner, Francisco Lizarrago -- affectionately nicknamed "Pancho" -- had been a waiter at the Costa d’Oro Hotel and started his establishment with just a few tables.
Now, over 25 years later, the restaurant has grown into a two story Golden Zone Mexican food mainstay, and operates in two other locations as well, the second being in the northern Golden Zone, and the third being an outlet in the Gran Plaza Mall.
Pancho’s offers an extensive menu of Mexican food and a substantial wine list made up of mostly Mexican, Chilean and Spanish wines. There are many seafood specialties including Camarones Pancho -- a delicious taste treat where fresh jumbo shrimp are wrapped in bacon and fried, topped with cheddar cheese, and drizzled with a mouth watering shrimp sauce.
Pancho’s is also famous for their Pescado Zarandeado -- red snapper combined with tomatoes, green peppers and onions and cooked to perfection in its own natural juices!
Pancho's is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7am - 11pm daily, and accepts credit cards including -- unusually -- American Express.
Pancho's is one of the most consistently recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan. Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, restoranpanchos.com
Telephone 669 914 0911 Avenida Playa Gaviotas 408 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada restoranpanchos.com Pedro y Lola Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Pedro y Lola Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is located in the Mazatlan Centro Historico and is named after the beloved Mexican singers Pedro Infante and Lola Beltran. Housed in a 130-year-old Neoclassical building -- a former social club which hosted dance performances in the 1800s -- Pedro y Lola in Mazatlan serves regional dishes such as molcajete (chunks of arrachera beef with grilled nopales, onions, and fresh panela cheese) in a wood-beamed dining room. This very popular sidewalk restaurant also serves delicious Mexican seafood dishes like garlic octopus and fish papillote (fish wrapped in parchment and steamed in white wine).
Pedro y Lola is one of the most consistently recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan. Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, restaurantpedroylola.com
Telephone 669 982 2589 Constitucion & Carnaval / Centro Historico restaurantpedroylola.com Q Cotorro Tacos Recommended taco restaurant in Mazatlan Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local tacos Many customers believe that Q Cotorro Tacos restaurant in Mazatlan makes the best tacos they've ever had! Q Cotorro Tacos Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is simple -- an open-air building with plastic chairs and no liquor license -- but the crowds that pack Q Cotorro Tacos are here for the tacos!
Q Cotorro Tacos is especially known for their Caramelo taco made with cheese and sirloin, on a corn tortilla, the meat so moist and tender it will make you weep. Save a bit of room for the coyotas -- big, tasty sugar cookies! Q Cotorro Tacos provides free WiFi. Telephone 669 990 3099 Avenida Rafael Buelna 208 Restaurant Playa Norte Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Restaurant Playa Norte in Mazatlan is located just south of the Fisherman's Monument, on the Malecon. A long-established Mazatlan eatery, Restaurant Playa Norte serves a wide range of Mexican food, with an emphasis on seafood. The food at Restaurant Playa Norte is good, but the real draw is the view, which is fantastic!
Telephone 669 985 1329
Paseo Claussen at the Fisherman's Monument, on the Malecon Sefe's Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Sefe's -- sometimes referred to as Torta Sefe's -- is a Centro Historico Mazatlan Mexican restaurant jewel! Founded in 1989 Sefe's has a devoted clientèle who love their simple well-prepared inexpensive Mexican food. Intimate and very clean, Sefe's offers diners a full view of the kitchen and the preparation of your meal. Beyond Mexican food, Sefe's serves really great hamburgers and outstanding french fries. Sefe's is open from 7:00am til late afternoon Monday - Saturday, and opens at 10:00am on Sundays. They also have a very active take-out and delivery business.
More information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, tortassefes.com
Telephone 669 985 4985 Romanita de la Pena 204 / Centro Historico tortassefes.com Senor Frog's Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food The ultimate good-time restaurant, Senor Frog's restaurant in Mazatlan is an institution. Senor Frog's restaurant is a fun place for good, oversized dishes of American and Mexican food and fishbowl-sized Margaritas, Pina Coladas, and Daiquiris. Senor Frog's waiters set the tone by wandering around the room with shot glasses and bottles of tequila in hip holsters, pouring out slammers to anyone who looks like they're not having enough fun. After dinner Senor Frog's in Mazatlan tabletops turn into dance floors.
Senor Frog's provides free WiFi. Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, senorfrogs.com Telephone 669 982 1925 Avenida Camaron Sabalo / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada senorfrogs.com Super Cocina D'Paulina Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Re-located to Calle Sixto Osuna 61 in the Centro Historico, Super Cocina D'Paulina is both an inexpensive delicious Mexican restaurant and a cyber cafe.
Paulina and her chef-husband Francisco have run a cyber cafe in the Centro Historico for years, and their addition of a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu several years ago was a real bonus for hungry web surfers!
The new, much bigger, Super Cocina D'Paulina on Sixto Osuna is airy, has three kitchens, and offers seating for over 75 people -- which will be a real surprise for loyal returning ex-pat customers who packed the previous small dining room. This new space even offers outside seating!
This physical expansion of the restaurant has been accompanied by an expansion of the menu, including the addition of vegetarian dishes. As always, the menu features a wide selection of well-prepared traditional Mexican food.
Additional good news is that Super Cocina D'Paulina has remained inexpensive, with few items on the menu over 6 USD, many far less. There are suntil public computers and, of course, a wireless signal. Super Cocina D'Paulina in Mazatlan is open from 8am until 10pm every day except Sunday, provides free delivery locally and, of course, free WiFi! Telephone 669 668 2392 Calle Sixto Osuna 61 / Centro Historico Tacos Luna Recommended taco restaurant in Mazatlan Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local tacos Very inexpensive tacos in the heart of the Golden Zone. And don't forget to wash your authentic Sinaloa tacos down with an authentic vanilla-flavored Sinaloa soft drink, Toni Col!
Telephone 669 914 0408 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 400 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Taqueria Playa Sur Recommended taco restaurant in Mazatlan at Playa Sur Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local tacos Taqueria Playa Sur in Mazatlan is an excellent Mazatlan Taqueria. If you want juicy carne asada and a multitude of trimmings and salsas, this is the place! Video of Taqueria Playa Sur in Mazatlan
. Very clean and close to the Plaza Machado, this is what tacos are supposed to be.
Carnaval and Playa Chametla / Playa Sur The Place, El Paraje Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food The Place, El Paraje Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is not only a very inexpensive, popular place for tourists, but is the home of the American Legion post in Mazatlan Mexico. The Place, El Paraje specializes in Mexican food at dinner, with wonderful American-type offerings for breakfast and lunch.
The restaurant is located on Camaron Sabalo just north of Oceana Palace Hotel in the Golden Zone - Zona Dorada. The Place, El Paraje has a large area in the rear, with dance floor, bar, and pool table.
Telephone 669 916 1301 Avenida Camaron Sabalo 5504 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Tomates Verdes Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Golden Zone Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food Tomates Verdes Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan is comfortable and casual, and serves traditional Mexican food like Pechuga Rellena (stuffed chicken breast) and flavorful authentic Sinaloa soups like Nopales con Chipotle (spicy cactus). The menu isn't particularly extensive, but everything is delicious and modestly priced. Tomates Verdes is located in Mazatlan's Golden Zone - Zona Dorada. The restaurant is open Monday to Saturday From 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Telephone 669 913 2136 Laguna 42 / Golden Zone - Zona Dorada Topolo Recommended Mexican restaurant in Mazatlan Mexico Centro Historico Restaurant reviews and information about the best traditional local Sinaloa Mexican food One of the most elegant restaurants in Mazatlan, Topolo restaurant delivers excellent food and great wines. Topolo restaurant and bar is about the beauty of a garden setting and the delicious flavors of old and contemporary Mexico.
Since its' 2005 opening, Topolo in Mazatlan has delighted diners with its beautiful garden, complex and robust dishes and seductively intimate atmosphere. Topolo is set in a classic Centro Historico home, and brings together the contemporary and ancient flavors of Mexico in beautifully presented seafood, poultry and beef dishes that celebrate Mexican cuisine and feature the freshest and most seasonal ingredients. One of the more highly recommended Mexican restaurants in Mazatlan!
Topolo is also home to Habanero's Wine Bar, one of the most sensual and elegant drinking spots in Mazatlan.
Information about this delicious Mazatlan Restaurant Guide recommended Mexican restaurant can be found at the restaurants' website, topolomaz.com
Telephone 669 136 0660 Constitucion 629 at Benito Juarez / Centro Historico topolomaz.com
Mexican Restaurants in Mazatlan Mexico
