La Palapa

La Palapa is a Puerto Vallarta icon, the first beachfront restaurant on Playa Los Muertos, family-owned since the late 1950s and right in the heart of the Zona Romántica gayborhood by the Los Muertos Pier. Set under a huge thatched palapa and out on the soft sand, torch-lit come evening, it's one of the city's most romantic tables, with unobstructed sunset views and a nightly Latin-jazz combo at the bar. The award-winning kitchen serves tropical Mexican cuisine with Asian and French accents, from eggs Benedict at breakfast to seafood enchiladas, aguachile and pepper-crusted tuna at dinner, with craft cocktails and a good wine list. A stone's throw from the Blue Chairs and Mantamar gay beach, it's a barefoot-elegant spot for a special meal in gay-friendly Puerto Vallarta.