2 Best Restaurants in Mazatlan, Mexico

The excellent seafood, reasonable prices, and tremendous beachfront view keep this family-owned spot thriving year-round with a clientele that's equal parts visitors and locals. Try the Sinaloa specialty pescado zarandeado, in which an entire fish is smothered with vegetables and spices, wrapped, and cooked slowly over a fire until you can strip the meat with a touch of your fork. Request a song and maybe buy a CD from the singing waiter. Turn away the time-share sales pitch with a smile.

You can dine upstairs or down, inside or out, and sometimes even at tables on the sand at this bustling waterfront restaurant. Seafood is the specialty, and portions are as delicious as they are large. But the savvy come here for breakfast, when prices are lower, crowds are thinner, and the combination of coffee, chilaquiles verdes con huevos (tortilla chips sautéed with spices and served with green tomatillo sauce and eggs), and the crashing surf is an unbeatable way to start a day.