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Best Restaurants in Puerto Vallarta

177 restaurants analyzed out of 2546 identified · Mexico

Puerto Vallarta has a restaurant scene that has grown well beyond its resort origins, with Mexican and Latin American cooking leading a diverse landscape that includes strong Mediterranean, Italian, and European representation. The city has an above-average share of top-rated restaurants and prices lean toward the higher end. Seafood and Mexican seafood preparations are the standout categories, and the Zona Romántica concentrates the most interesting independent dining.

Puerto Vallarta has 177 analyzed restaurants. Some of the strongest areas for dining are Centro, Zona Romántica, Puerto Vallarta Centro. Top cuisines include Mexican, Seafood, Latin American.

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Puerto Vallarta


Pacific-caught seafood and serious Mexican cooking make special occasions here genuinely worth the splurge

Mezcales


Mezcales draws diners out of the city for destination-worthy Italian and European cooking.

Las Jarretaderas


A local Nayarit town where the seafood is fresh, the prices are honest, and the menus are in Spanish first

Nuevo Vallarta


Pacific-fresh seafood and rooted Mexican cooking, with enough polish for a proper celebration dinner

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