The town around Condominiums El Anclote has numerous restaurants and some small “mini-supers” where you can buy groceries and supplies. The restaurants range from yummy, inexpensive street food to higher end (and a little pricey) fancier places. Many of the restaurants are located between the condo and the beach (restaurant row) but other are scattered around town off the beach. The following is not meant to be an exhaustive list and just because one isn’t mentioned doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try it. The trend has been for some of the original beach-strip restaurants to be bought out and converted to more expensive type places. We have been seeing more and more “golf carters” coming out of the Four Seasons complex and frequenting the Town establishments. For example, our favorite for many years, El Dorado, is gone and is now a fancier and more expensive place (Lobster Paradise).
Groceries
There are several stores along Ave. Redes between the condo and the rotary. The newest and biggest is Olin Market. But there is also the ever prevelent Oxxo on the corner and several smaller mini-supers. There are also more mini-supers down some of the side streets. If you want full size supermarkets, you will have to get down to Bucerias where there are three: The Mega, La Comer, and Chedraui. Back in Nuevo Vallarta there is a Walmart. Near the airport, there is a Home Depot, and in the PV Fluvial District, there is a Costco.
Restaurants
Tacos Y Papas
Tacos y Papas reopened in a new location in December 2021. It is now next to Mita Pizza. To get there, walk West down the first side street from Ave Redes. It’s the first right after the traffic circle if you are heading towards the beach or the second left if you are coming up from El Anclote. View of the side street below. The street has a name but there is no sign.
Tacos y Papas, owned and operated by our friend and ex-Olympic swimmer Ricardo, is one of the great off-beach restaurants in Punta Mita. Current price for a quesadilla is 51 pesos. They have a bar and serve drinks.
La Cabana
La Cabana is on the beach-front restaurant row to the left of the sky bridge. It is one of the original and lower priced beach-side restaurants. It is now the only one with an upper level area that has (we think) the best views in town despite some assertions made by another place. We call this place Yellow/Green. Eat here and you will see why 🙂
El Coral
El Coral is our other current favorite restaurant along the beach. It is similar to La Cabana in both price and menu. Our good friend Robbie and his band, The Time Bandits play on Friday nights during the high season. It is near the end of town to the West (right side facing the water).
Ice Cream
There a several places in town to get ice cream. Some of them come and go. You can always get ice cream bars at the OXXO. Our favorite spot is at the entrance to El Coral. Give it a try after dinner.
Pizza
Yes there is Pizza in Punta Mita. Mita Pizza is down side street closest to the traffic circle from Ave. Redes. You can eat there but probably most do take out. We suggest you call and order in advance to either eat there or take out.
There is also Pizza at La Rustica along the beach and Mad Max Pizza over in Emilio Zappata (which is the next town East of Coral de Riso (town where the condo is located.
Tacos La Picara
Tacos La Picara is (was) clearly one of the best and most popular street food places in Punta Mita. It is next to the Oxxo and literally at the town bus stop. It is only open at night and I think it opens at 8PM but sometimes it just isn’t open. I have never seen a written menu so it is a l ittle hard to know what to order unless you ask one of the locals. Tacos and quesadillas for sure but it’s like In and Out. There are other things you can order Like Tacos Volcanis and El Hombre. On nights they are open, they get going around 7:30 to 8PM but it is a little hard to tell if they are going to be open. Try this number by cell or WhatsApp +52 322 350 4079 to see if they are going to be open.
Hamburguesas Truck
Again, not really sure which nights they are open but they park on the street on the side of the Oxxo. Super yummy and inexpensive.
Tacos on the Street
Not in Punta Mita but back down the road in La Cruz. Similar to Tacos y Papas. We’ll let you have the adventure of finding it.
Litibu Grill (now Litibu Sunset)
Litibu Grill is now Litibu Sunsets. It is near the town of Higuera Blanca which is on the road to Sayulita. You have drive through the town of HB to get there. There are signs but it is still a bit of an adventure. Litibu Sunsets is on a wild section coast. We went there for lunch but it is clearly a great spot for romantic sunset dinners. No current website so Google or find on Facebook
