Porto Bello Restaurant
PORTO BELLO – - Italian. In the Marina Vallarta.
We have had a great meal here, everything fresh and great service, so good that we had to go back again. The second visit was later in the evening and it was cold, the breeze off the water made the food cold.
I would try this place again, it has a great reputation.
09 UPDATE – dined once again at Porto Bello, good food and good service but not outstanding enough to put it on a top five list, maybe a top ten ?
Ambiance C+ Food B+ $$$ under $40 with one drink
Review by Paul Gousset
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Five star French in the Grand Velas Resort. This restaurant is located in the Grand Velas resort in Nuevo Vallarta. Reservation required and one of the few restaurants that require a dress code. The Service is exquisite, white table cloth’s. The escargot may be the best in the world. The meal and evening were just beautiful. This is a place to take someone to impress them. All meals were memorable. A Top Five !
$$$$$- over 50$ – might as well have two drinks 
Ambiance A Food A
Review provided by one of our owners – Paul Gousset
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located in Old Town, this restaurant quickly became one of our favorites. Great variety, owner is the cook, and the price can’t be beat! They make a five pepper steak for about 120 pesos that you would not mind paying $35.00 for in the states. The girls love his fish and chips and the burgers are huge and delicious. May be close to my top five for food, pricing and over-all quality. Dined there 10 times.
09 update – about four more meals there, try the whole fish or garlic shrimp !
2011 update: Last time we were there they had 2 for 1 mojitos in the afternoon, including their unique ginger mojitos.
Ambiance C+ Food A
$$- under $30 with one drink
Review provided by one of our owners – Paul Gousset
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I have been happily publishing Paul Gousset’s restaurant reviews and realized there were too many to be useful AND there were several where the conclusion was “give it a miss”
So…. at some personal risk , here is a simple list of restaurants you can avoid in favor of all the good ones we have reviewed. (More to come !! )
CAFÉ DE OLLA – $$ Bucerias
EL BRUJO – $$
El ARRAYAN- $$
LAS PALOMAS DORADAS – $$ – Authentic Mexican in the Marina.
MEZZOGIORNO – Italian – $$$ – In Bucerias. beautiful setting, not beautiful food
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Mexican contemporary This is the most beautiful Luxury Boutique Hotel and restaurant that I have ever seen. It is a culmination of five old Mexican Villas combined. The owner, Janice Chatterton, a transplant from San Francisco has been building this beautiful resort for the last 15 years. If ever there was a five star resort/restaurant in Mexico, this is it. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor once owned two of the Villas that now make up a part of this resort. The food and service are excellent. Can’t say enough, see for yourself. www.haciendasanangel.com/index.html
09 update, once again Excellence !
Ambiance A+ Food A-
$$$$ – Under $50 with one drink
Fajita Banana
In the Marina Vallarta. Lunch here three times, great BBQ ribs and the BEST FRIES !! Third time our ribs were not enjoyable, overcooked and dry but we ate them anyway, good flavor.
09 update – Ribs still hit and miss – order them only when they’re being grilled in the front of the place. Excellent MIXED MOLCAJETE served in hot lava pot.
Ambiance C Food B-
$- under $20 with one drink
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Traditional Mexican in the Marina. This place is right on the docks in the Marina. To the left as you enter the Marina, past six other almost empty restaurants you will find one with about 30 tables that are all full. Take a number, order a margarita and wait for your table. The special there for 10 pesos is shrimp served four ways, or fish served four ways. You will also fine an open bottle of Tequila on your table for your consumption, all you want. Dessert is complimentary as is a glass of Kahlua and Cream. Liked it so much that we went back twice in one week.
09 update – after four more trips everything is still great
Ambiance C Food B+
$- under $20 with one drink
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Authentic Mexican in Bucerias on the Bay. Beautiful location looking out onto the Bay of Banderas. The drinks were nothing to talk about but the food needs a lot to be said about – TERRIBLE. I was served a Mixed Molcajete in a Lava Pot that should be steaming hot. I could pick it up with both hands, and should have !! If any one else at the table would have been comfortable with waiting, I would have complained. Enough time and words wasted on this one,
nothing there to go back for.
$$ – under $20 with one drink
Ambiance A- Food C-
This review is provided by timeshare owner Paul Gousset
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Mexican – In Bucerias on the beach. Old restaurant right on the beach in the far North end of Bucerias. Great shrimp, good food, very reasonable. A fun place to eat when you have to have a break from all of the four and five star restaurants. You won’t be disappointed. Check out the $ sign. Great place to watch the sun go down.
Ambiance B+ Food B+
09 update – They have put money into decorating and are still a great place to dine.
$ – under $20 with one drink
Review by one of our timeshare owners-Paul Gousset
Cafe de Artiste
– $$$$$ – Four blocks from the Malecon, next door to Si Senior, downtown Puerto Vallarta. This restaurant has probably the best reputation as a Gourmet Restaurant in town. The reputation is well deserved, if you can get beyond the dollar signs this is a “don’t miss” place. Great food and great service in a beautifull restaurant. We will definitely go again. (and again) Has to be in my top five ! Ambiance A Food A
Review by one of our timeshare owners-Paul Gousset