El Bistro del Mar - ZIHUATANEJO

I loved the food and service. We had the mahi-mahi sashimi, tuna sashimi, octopus carpaccio and they were really fresh and good. The fried parsley is one of my favorite dishes and there you can have the best! We asked for one dish that is not on the menu but if you go there please try it, the dish is mahi-mahi served on a bed of chile pasilla sauce, lentils and it is topped with hutlacoche and fried plantains. It sounds weird but the combination is awesome!!The coffee is really good after a nice lunch!

This place is superb! We ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner here during our week stay. The dinner especially was exceptional. They have off menu items that were delicious. We tried the Parrillada with lobster tails, sea bass, and shrimp, so good. The shrimp with tequila flambé we had it twice! The oh so fresh tiradito with dorado that can compete anywhere. The service is extremely attentive. A not to miss when in Zihua. It's right on madera beach and it is also a great place to catch the sunset.

Fresh, fresh, fresh - the fish was caught a few hours before we ate it, the views are lovely, the staff is friendly & courteous. We wound up eating here 75% of our time in Zihua! I'm an obnoxious foodie, and this place was incredible.

We recently ate the El Bistro del Mar twice in one week. The food was good and the atmosphere was fantastic. The egg plant and goat cheese appetizer was delicious.

We went during low season and were one of two couples visiting for dinner.We stayed at Hotel Aura del Mar which is attached to the restaurant. The restaurant has great views of the surrounding bay. We had margaritas for drinks, the mango one was fantastic, the strawberry one less so. For starters we were offered grissini and bread with some sort of avocado-based mayo - very very tasty! I had grilled robalo steak (fish) with grilled vegetables, very high quality. The fish was juicy, perfectly seasoned and grilled medium rare. The vegetables were crunchy, well tasting and their taste combined perfectly with the fish an each other. 5/5! My girlfriend had garlic shrimp. She found the serving small, good taste but nothing out of the ordinary. The service was rather slow but friendly.The food was of high quality but other restaurants in the area offer the same quality for a lower price. 1000 pesos for just mains and two drinks each did not feel like it was worth it. What you pay extra is for being right on the beach, basically.