Restaurants

Puerto Vallarta is loaded with many restaurants from the elegant expensive ones to the casual ones with more reasonable prices....but then again this is a resort town in Mexico and all prices are higher than you would find in the countryside. I have several favorite ones than seemed to be more reasonably priced:

El Coleguita-Marina-(located on the same entrance to the Marina with the large whales sculpture)
his is the best price value restaurant in Puerto Vallarta because for 109 pesos you get the following: at least 1 shot of house tequila, tostadas with salsa, your entree of fish and shrimp (30) including salad, rice, bread, and dessert of baked plantain with vanilla syrup. If that is not enough you get an after dinner drink of kahlua & cream. (Revisited in March 2011 and all the items are the same as mentioned above)  NOW THIS IS THE DEAL OF CENTURY!!

Barcelona Tapas-Downtown Malecon-(located on the block between 31 Octobre & Jesus Langarica and straight up either street to Matamoros)
Tapas is alive and well in Puerto Vallarta at this great restaurant owned by an American with Mexican wife! The menu is extensive and complete with medium to high prices, but the portions are large for tapas and the Sangria is excellent offered in red or white. The best part is the fantastic sunsets here in the downtown area...make sure you sit in the upper level of the restaurant with the breezes of the ocean it is a comfortable place even in the summer.  But just in case they also will close the windows and turn on the the AC! http://www.barcelonatapas.net/  (Updated in March 2011 and everything remains the same!)


Cafe Bohemia-Zona Romantica(127 Rodolfo Gomez-next to Los Arcos Hotel) Another fantastic restaurant with great value for the money owned by Sol Rosen a former New York Broadway star. The menu has a great selection of Mexican & American comfort food dishes with a daily special starting at 129 pesos. All meals include homemade tortilla chips(the light & airy kind) & salsa, soup of the day and your entree. Sol is known for his special Jewish holiday feasts including his homemade Matzo Ball soup that has been known to be the soup of the day too! When things are really busy (which they usually are because of the limited seating), Sol will burst out in song to the delight of everyone enjoying their fantastic meals!  Updated in March 2011 and the experience remains the same, eventhough Sol was out town the staff seems to have kept up the quality of the food.  I enjoyed the daily special at 139 pesos which was Mahi Mahi topped with shrimp and oyster sauce.  Very tasty and well presented.