The Best Beach Restaurants in Los Cabos

Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, México.

One of the most popular festive places to hang out and have fun in all of Los Cabos, is Mango Deck. The world famous restaurant beach bar is home to buckets of beer, spring breakers from all over the U.S. and a menu that includes their delicious Nachos with carne asada, chicken or shrimps platter; which both can easily feed two. The non-stop stage show offers everything from beer drinking contests, break dance routines, jello and tequila shots, the Spanish Folkloric dancers, and often times; the Mexican cowboy vaquero rope tricks exhibition. All this non-stop visual activity and alcohol drinking antics and fun, occur every afternoon until sunset and beyond. The Mango Deck menu includes—but is not limited to—a savory breakfast, lunch and dinner. Waffles, French toast, eggs and pancakes start the day, and lunch features shrimp, clams, fajitas, and the Mexican plate which includes a Chile Relleno, flank steak and a chicken enchilada served in green sauce; served with rice, beans and guacamole.

What started in the 1970’s, as the first —and only— Palapa on the beach, owned by a local gringo,  has become one of the most famous beach restaurants in the western hemisphere. With its small kitchen and unpretentious bartender, The Office has greatly expanded its delicious menu which at one time in the 70’s and 80’s consisted of ceviche’, fried fish, burritos and hamburgers. Now The Office, serves a wonderful array of fine dishes that has attracted the likes of George Clooney, Leonado DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston, among the millions of other Cabo visitors. With the possible exception of Mango Deck, The Office, is packed all-day, every day.

The Tabasco Beach Restaurant & Bar, located on Medano Beach next to Cascadas Resort Hotel, is a family owned and operated business providing ocean front dining, for the multitude of daily guests it receives. Originally open 1988, Tabasco Beach, has survived two destructive hurricanes (Juliette in 2001 and Odile in 2014) as well as 2017’s Tropical Storm Lidia. The family wanted to provide vacationers and locals with a beach restaurant experience that catered to families, with affordable, fresh local food, cocktails and beverages in an atmosphere that was both relaxing, and entertaining.Tabasco is open for breakfast at 7:00 AM; with lunch and dinner served until 10:00 PM.

The Milky Way Restaurant and Bar, is a great place to sit back, relax, and watch the attractive activity on the beach. The buckets of beer are reasonably priced, as are the shots of Patron and Fireball. The seafood platter and guacamole are good fresh dining choices. The platter included fish, lobster, shrimp and scallops. Other good tasting choices are their famous fruit plate, and breakfast burrito’s. Built in the 1980’s, La Bahia, was one of the first hotels at Medano Beach. The property on which Bahia was constructed had the been the home of fisherman Oscar Montaño Herrera. Known as Don Yoka, Mr. Herrera was a pioneer of Los Cabos’ fishing industry. When the land became available, developer Juan Esquivel saw an opportunity: built La Bahia.

The Sur Beach House Restaurant at Bahia was designed to make guests feel like they were chillin’ at their own Baja beach house. Located within three-minute walk or 30-second golf-cart ride from Bahia’s front door, The Sur Beach House Restaurant, offers everyone a relaxed atmosphere, with music curated by daily DJ’s. Patrons can expect a chilled bottle of rosé, margaritas, fresh oysters, a bucket of chilled Pacifico’s, or anything tasty from their internationally-inspired menu.

Located in the heart of Playa Medano Beach, at the footsteps of Cabo Villas Resort Hotel, The Cachet Beach Club, is an exclusive haven of relaxation and fun. The beach club features a full-service bar and kitchen, with daily food and drink specials. Enjoy delectable dishes for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner, while sipping cool and refreshing cocktails. Soak up the sun in one of their lounge chair or private cabana, and swim in the Sea of Cortez, while listening to the house music beats of their resident DJ.

The oceanfront terrace of El Rincón Culinario is an outstanding and ideal place for guests of Cabo San Lucas to relax, socialize and drink; all while enjoying the grilled calamari served on a bed of lightly dressed greens, or devour their tasty shrimp Ceviche. A super delicious dessert selection is the brown sugar coated Churros, with their rich ”Cajeta” dipping sauce. El Rincón Culinario also serves specialty selections that include pan fried white fish fillet cooked with vegetables, serrano chili, rice noodles and special oriental sauce. The Teriyaki beef, chicken or fish, red snapper curry, and pan fried lobster accompanied by special curry sauce, and served with vegetables and gohan, is another fantastic dining choice. Their Sushi menu offers both hot and cold selections, which feature spicy special roll, golden house roll, along with the fabulous dynamite and Maguro hot Maki roll.