Our Gastronomy

Tampico has a wide variety of restaurants which have been making history throughout the years. Likewise, other more recent ones have also been able to reach the status of the favorite and best ones in the zone.

Here, we can brag about having gastronomical proposals with national and international character, where the restaurants which specialize in fish and seafood, steak, traditional Mexican cuisine and Nouvelle Cuisine, Argentinean cuisine, Italian and Asian stand out.

The Porvenir stands out among the seafood restaurants, having an 80 year old culinary tradition. Here, original house specialties are served, such as the Frank style Crab, which is crab pulp prepared with a special gravy and The Arrecife, which is a pile of natural crab limbs in a spicy sauce mirror.

Another seafood restaurant which we widely recommend is Arenas del Mar, located in Miramar Beach, where you will be able to eat the most fresh and delicious natural crabs and seasoned seafood from the region. Also in Miramar Beach is the hotel BW Lorencillo’s restaurant, where you will be able to eat the best sea and international cuisine dishes.
     
Among other seafood restaurants in the city are: Marchica, The Pollo Marino, The Mariscos and the Jardín Corona, where you will be able to enjoy the best Argentinean cuisine as well. If you are looking for steaks you should definitely consider The Granero, The Asador and Garufa in Plaza Agua Dulce.
      
Italian food is among the region’s favorites, the most recommended restaurants in this category are The Batutas, the Dolce Vita within its two locations and Venetto.
      
You will find the best Asian food in the Oriental Grill, which offers a Chinese, Mandarin and Hunan style gastronomical. To start out, it offers a wide appetizer variety as well as an extensive wine menu. The dishes prepared here awaken thousands of palette fantasies, recommending the Pineapple Chicken, served in half a pineapple with onion, pineapple, dry chili and soaked in a succulent Asian sauce and the Hunan Fish, which are white fish bits sautéed in Hunan sauce and cambray onion with a hint of sesame. Other good Asian food options are Sai, Tera and Kurai.
      
In order to enjoy typical Mexican cuisine are the following options: The Fonda de Santa Clara and the Callejón de los Milagros. You will find another Mexican cuisine concept or “Nouvelle Cuisine” in the Maeva Miramar Club’s Juana Cata restaurant.

One of the best options to eat well at any given time of the day are the Camino Real and Holiday Inn restaurants, where delicious buffets are served on Sundays and some days during the week. During your Tampico’s Historic Downtown visit we recommend the Elite, a restaurant where you will be able to enjoy the best dishes which will make you feel at home.

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