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Roberto's

  • July 5, 2008
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Andariega from Boca de Tomatlan, Mexico
Roberto's

Roberto’s is located on Restaurant Row in Puerto Vallarta’s Romantic Zone and has been serving great seafood for about thirty years. Because I usually get my fish fix on the beach I rarely come here, but when I have, the food never disappoints. The service, the décor, the menu, even the location vary, but the food is always fantastic.

The last time I ate here I was meeting my mother and Sails for an early lunch. We all arrived promptly at noon, just as the doors were opening. Naturally, we were the only customers in the place. Roberto’s usually has a mixed clientele of old, young, national, foreign, tourist and local. It used to always be full but over the last few years, since the restaurant moved directly across the street to its present location; things appear to have slowed down.

We were greeted and seated by a very formal and proper waiter. The menu offered mostly seafood but also plenty for fishyphobics . Everything sounded good. I had a difficult time deciding. There was a long list of appetizers ranging from the usual, like fried calamari, to the unusual, chocolate clams. There were various salads, mostly seafood based, and a few soups, including gazpacho, which I have been told they do a great job of. The seafood section is long with twenty dishes and their variants to choose from. The specialties of the house offers even more with the fish fillet Florentine being one of my favorites. The "fresh from the farm" section offers steaks, a couple of chicken dishes and Mexican food like burritos and enchiladas. There is also a children’s menu and a vegetarian section which had a few interesting items like potato enchiladas and parsley pasta. There was even a vegetarian Mexican combo platter. Prices seemed about average compared to neighboring establishments with most seafood dishes running between one hundred and two hundred pesos.

The waiter kept our water glasses full and our ashtrays empty during the short wait for our lunch. He was pleasant and attentive. The first thing served was a basket of bread with a wonderful herb butter spread. Lunch was delivered shortly after. My mother had the chile rellenos stuffed with cheese (there had also been offered a seafood stuffing). They were covered in a tasty tomato sauce, drizzled with sour cream and served with beans, rice and pickled onions. Sails had the spaghetti Bolognese and I had the Mahi-Mahi Monterrey - a fillet of dorado, wrapped in a banana leaf and cooked with white wine and hoja santa. I don’t know what hoja santa is, but it gave the fish a lovely flavor. It came with steamed vegetables, cooked just right, and rice. The spaghetti was pretty good, the chile rellenos were good and the fish was spectacular. Roberto’s is a seafood restaurant and that is what they do best.

Although it has only been a week since we ate at Roberto’s I seem to be drawing a blank on the physical description. I remember the tables were nicely set, there were some interesting paintings on the walls and there was a bar, but no stools.
I would highly recommend Roberto’s to any seafood lover. The service, on this most recent visit, was great.


Sails said, "Great seafood and good service, but for some reason I don't find the place comfortable."

sample menu
Smoked Marlin............73 pesos/US$7.00
sauteed with chipotle and Mixteca herbs
Jaibas al Ajillo............146 pesos/US$13.90
crab sauteed with pimento, spices, olive oil and cascabel chiles
Spaghetti Marinera............152 pesos/US$14.50
a creamy tomato souce with shrimp, octopus, mussels and fish
Camaron Rebosado............230 pesos/US$21.90
shrimp covered with a creamy lobster and white wine sauce
Langosta Rockefeller............market price
lobster with spinach, white wine and cheese
Rib Eye Steak............175 pesos/US$16.70

Roberto's is open daily from noon until 11:30 pm. There is Cuban music on Saturdays from 8:30 pm until midnight. Credit cards are not accepted.

Directions - Roberto's is on Basilio Badillo between Ignacio Vallarta and Constitucion. From the southwest corner of parking/plaza Lazaro Cardenas (the ocean is to the west) head south along Olas Altas for one block, go left on Basilio Badillo two and a half blocks. The restaurant is on the left.

From journal Romantic Seafood

Roberto's Lobster House

Located on Basillo Badillo. This is not the place to go if you are looking for atmosphere. They have good lobster and reasonably priced. My only complaint is that if you sit outside, you get the PV children interrupting dinner trying to sell you anything from Chiclets to roses...not just once or twice...throughout the entire meal.

From journal Our Puerto Vallarta Reviews (7 trips)

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Roberto's Puerto Nuevo

  • September 2, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by bzychild from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ahhh....Food Heaven!

Although Roberto's is known for seafood, the filet mignon makes my toes curl in pleasure. I love their calamari appetizer and the smoked marlin is out of this world.

I always go for the special, your choice of two items from the big giant platter-(prawns, bacon and cheese wrapped grilled prawns, filet mignon, lobster, fillet of fresh fish, whole red snapper... and sometimes a few other choices if in season.)Prices higher if lobster is a choice.

I am telling you, food for a king/queen! I love the whole snapper grilled with garlic and lime, and prawns, or filet mignon... so hard to decide. I have yet to have dessert as my stomach would burst and I would never be in Food Heaven again.

Winter months, dine on the street and be serenaded by a strolling musician. The indoor dining is wonderful for the hotter, more humid months.

A quick update, Roberto's Puerto Nuevo and The Charisma Cafe have switched locations with each other. I am happy to see the change since the Puerto Nuevo is the better of the two, and now has the better dining location. The prices have gone up, but the food is still as grand as ever, and a few new items also.

From journal VIVA Vallarta!

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