FOUR WORLD CLASS RESTAURANTS IN PUERTO VALLARTA YOU SHOULD KNOW

January, 2023

In addition to being one of the best beach destinations in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta offers its visitors extraordinary gastronomical experiences in world-class restaurants. Here are four of the best restaurants to visit in Puerto Vallarta.

1. Barcelona Tapas
This Spanish haute cuisine restaurant is located in a beautiful area facing the bay of Puerto Vallarta. It offers a tapas menu with fresh produce and homemade flavors, including excellent bread. The menu is created and personally supervised by chef William Carballo — among his specialties are the shrimp cream, Andalusian gazpacho, the traditional Valencian paella, a lot of seafood recipes and, of course, a wide variety of tapas, including serrano ham and shredded fresh tomatoes, among others.

Barcelona Tapas also offers lessons on how to cook paella with chef Juan Pablo Valencia. It includes two tapas, paella, dessert, and a glass of white wine. In addition, the restaurant offers special events such as romantic dinners, catering, paella and tapas for parties, cooking classes, and special and private events.

2. Café des Artistes
This has been the emblematic restaurant of Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas for over three decades. Its menu blends the flavors of French cuisine with Mexican inspiration — chef Thierry Blouet offers a sophisticated menu in an elegant atmosphere, as well as service of the highest standard.

Café des Artistes has several spaces where guests enjoy the creations of Chef Blouet, such as The Ballroom, which represents the original design of the first Café des Artistes, the P’yote Lounge, designed by Huichol artisans and the famous designer Cristina Covalin, and the chef's table, also known as the House of Ghosts, among others.

3. La Cappella
Located in the heart of Puerto Vallarta, facing the bay and the city's beautiful cathedral, this gourmet restaurant offers a sophisticated menu including Italian and international specialties, set in an elegant atmosphere, ideal for dinner with friends or family. La Capella's world-class menu includes salmon filet, slow-cooked pork leg, chicken escalopes with a caper sauce, Angus rib eye, baked lobster tail, lamb ribs, and grilled octopus, among others. In addition, guests can choose from a wide range of national and international wines and signature cocktails made with European liqueurs, mezcal, tequila, gin, vodka, and excellent quality wines. La Cappella's desserts are extraordinary, ranging from gluten-free cocoa mousse and coffee tiramisu to a traditional pavlova with passionfruit sauce, among many other house specialties.

4. La Leche
This exceptional restaurant offers a minimalist menu and decor, which seeks to awaken each diner's senses with stimulating dishes based mainly on American cuisine. The specialties are diverse and constantly changing, and its interpretations of traditional Mexican dishes are full of aromas, textures, and flavors that are presented aesthetically to stimulate the guests' senses.

Among the many wonders of its menu, standouts at La Leche include the roast duck, various moles, carpaccio, and crab, to mention just a few — all accompanied by the best national and international wines and liqueurs.

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