Acapulco + the Coast

Though it's been around a few years, the cliff-top Baikal has a continually hip vibe, as well as a consistently excellent menu. Just getting to the dining room...more

This exuberant Latin-Asian restaurant (can we just call it "Lasian"?) feels a little like Buddha Bar set under a palapa. Owners Stewart and Monika Haverlack...more

Chef Thierry Blouet's multiroomed fantasia is the fanciest restaurant in town, with some fancy prices to match. From the rooftop garden to the exclusive Cocina...more

Ask around: Everyone in Zihua will tell you to come to this restaurant. It's housed in the city's oldest building, the Inguaran family's 1865 hacienda, which...more

The name is tacky, but the lobster tacos are transcendent at this palapa restaurant right on Los Muertos beach. Tissue-thin tortillas envelop chunks of juicy...more

Owner Carmen Porras relied on memories of her grandmother's kitchen to create her café's clever style. Votives flicker beneath religious pictures, tin...more

Sandy feet and wet swimsuits are de rigueur at the Alvarez family's restaurant on jam-packed Playa Caleta. This is old, old Acapulco, where Mexican families...more

A jolly fat mermaid (sirena gorda) watches over barefoot beer drinkers from paintings decorating the walls at this casual café—on Zihua's seaside...more

Arrive for lunch by noon or you'll be waiting for a seat in this bare-bones dining room where families, office workers, and fishermen crowd every available...more

The Aztecs considered chocolate to be an aphrodisiac, and if the sensory intensity of Trio's molten chocolate cake is any indication, this dish may just prove...more