Some Dining Options for Restaurant Week in Riviera Nayarit Tere - LivePuntaMita
go to original May 12, 2015

From New York to London, Restaurant Week is a spectacular event where participating restaurants offer a special, fixed price menu during a week or two, encouraging visitors and locals to experience exquisite dining offerings at very affordable prices.

Since 2005, Restaurant Week has taken place in Puerto Vallarta, and more recently has been extended to Riviera Nayarit. From May 15th to 31st, Banderas Bay will enjoy a two-week festival featuring the best restaurants in the region. The event with the tagline “The Restaurant Event That Pampers Your Palate” will feature 35 regional restaurants, six of which are joining this splendid food festival for the first time.

Participating establishments will offer a special three-course menu, with three options available for each course. Prices during the event are often discounted up to 50%, allowing you to visit more places. This year, participating restaurants might choose a menu at 199 or 299 pesos per person (tips and beverages are not included).

The number of restaurants participating is large, from Puerto Vallarta downtown to San Pancho, here we are sharing with you the options in the North Shore, nearest to Punta de Mita, but we also recommend taking the time to make a quick visit to Puerto Vallarta and enjoy a wonderful culinary experience:

Punta de Mita

Tuna Blanca

Appetizers & Salads
• Mixed Green Salad — With vegetables, cheese and citrus vinaigrette
• or Suckling Pig Taco — With beans, avocado cream, pork rind, parsley, jocoque and fresh cheese
• or Smoked Tomato Soup

Main Courses
• Grilled Octopus — With avocado custard, tomato-pork rind sauce, potato cloud, jerky crumble and haricot beans
• or Dried Fruit-stuffed Chicken — With green pea cloud and vegetables
• or Barbacoa-style Lamb Shoulder — With corn custard, christophine root, corn, peas and onion

Desserts
• Piña Colada Parfait — Pineapple-lemon sorbet with coconut and rum
• or Red Prickly Pear Cup — Red prickly pear sorbet, raspberry sorbet, fritters, amaranth candy and marshmallow
• or The Mango — Surprises and textures
 
San Pancho

Bistro Orgánico at Hotel Cielo Rojo 

Appetizers & Salads
• Seafood Soup — Octopus, bay scallops and hibiscus on blue corn crust
• or Kale Salad — With croutons, goat cheese, seaweed and millet
• or Long Green Beans — Sautéed with coconut oil and almond cheese

Main Courses
• Hoja Santa Cannelloni — Filled with carrot confit, sheep milk cheese and quinoa, with mushroom sauce
• or Seared Mahi-Mahi — With tomato-olive-caper sauce and sautéed chickpeas
• or Shrimp and Tamarind Mole — With green rice

Desserts
• Chia Pudding — With coconut cream and raspberries
• or Vegan Passion Fruit Cheesecake
• or Chocolate Cake — With guava cream and spirulina ice cream

Sayulita

The River Café 

Appetizers & Salads
• Smoked Salmon Blini
• or Grilled Plantain Salad
• or Cream of Asparagus Soup

Main Courses
• Roasted Catch of the Day — Oven sautéed spinach and broccoli with lemon-garlic butter and gremolata sauce
• or Lamb Lasagna al Forno — With wild mushrooms, goat and mozzarella cheeses and tomato-basil sauce
• or Portobello Chicken — Grilled chicken breast with Portobello mushrooms, spinach and Reggiano cream sauce

Desserts
• Molten Chocolate Cake
• or Crème Brûlée — With a hint of rosemary
• or Vanilla Ice Cream — With Kahlua
 
For restaurant owners it’s a great opportunity to be creative in the preparation of their menus, not to mention attract new customers. For locals and visitors alike it’s a one-of-a-kind opportunity in the region to “pamper their palate” and save money at the same time. Visit Virtual Vallarta to view the entire catalogue of restaurants participating and their menus.

Bon appetit!