The Best Sunset Dinner Spots in Cabo: Tables That Face the Right Way

A sunset dinner in Cabo is easy to get wrong. You book the famous room for 8pm and the show ended two hours earlier. Or you pick a great restaurant that faces the wrong way. So here is how we do it: choose the spot for its view, check the sunset time for your dates, and book the table for about 45 minutes before. Every place below has a reason to be on a sunset list, and the hours, price levels and ratings come from our own listings.

The Corridor: the classic view

Sunset Monalisa

The name is not an accident. Sunset Monalisa sits at km 6 on the Corridor, a cliffside setting our sunset guide calls the top pick in Cabo. Mediterranean fine dining, open 4pm to 10:30pm every day, $$$$, with a 4.5 from over 2,100 reviews. Take the early seating, dress a little, and arrive before the light goes. In peak season tables book up weeks in advance.

El Farallon

At Cam. del Mar 1, El Farallon is open 3pm to 11pm. $$$$, a 4.5 from close to a thousand reviews, romantic and upmarket. It opens early enough that you can sit down with a drink in daylight and stay through dark, and it serves late-night food, which is rare at this level.

Medano Beach: sand under the table

Medano is the swimmable beach with the sunset view of the Arch at Land's End. These are the tables on it.

The Office

On Playa El Medano, open 7am to 10pm. $$$, a 4.3 from more than 5,300 reviews, with live music. Ask for a front table in the late afternoon and do not move.

SUR Beach Club

The calmer option, open 8:30am to 10:30pm. $$, a 4.6 from around 1,070 reviews. Live music, great cocktails and a real wine list. Arrive in the afternoon and let it turn into dinner.

Mango Deck

Open 8am to 10pm on Playa El Medano, $$, a 4.4 from roughly 6,200 reviews. It is a party, not a candlelit dinner. The sky is the same one the expensive rooms sell.

Edith's Restaurante

On Av. del Pescador, open 5pm to 10pm. $$$$, a 4.5 from about 1,170 reviews, historic and romantic with live music. Watch the sunset on the beach first, then walk here. It is our favorite dinner for after the sun is down.

Rooftops in town

Metate Cabo

Up in El Tezal on Av. Crispin Ceseña, with rooftop seating, open 2pm to 10pm. $$$, a 4.5 from just under a thousand reviews. Quiet and romantic. Our pick when you want the sky without the beach crowd.

Outpost

On Blvd. Paseo de la Marina, with rooftop seating, open 8am to 1am. $$, a 4.6 from around 1,140 reviews. It is more cocktail and wine bar than dinner house, so use it for the sunset drink before dinner, or the late one after.

Romeo & Julieta

Italian and pizza on Paseo de la Marina, with rooftop seating, open 4pm to 11pm and 2pm to 10pm on Sunday. $$, a 4.6 from about 1,390 reviews. A romantic room at a price that leaves space for a second bottle.

San José del Cabo: the garden version

Flora Farms

Dinner runs 5:30pm to 9pm Tuesday through Saturday at Las Ánimas Bajas. Closed Monday, and Sunday is a 10am to 2pm service only. $$$, a 4.7 from about 3,400 reviews. There is no ocean here. The light drops over the farm while the fireplace comes on. Different sunset, same effect.

Acre Restaurant

On Rincón de las Animas, with rooftop seating and dinner until 10pm. $$$, a 4.6 from around 1,600 reviews. Great cocktails, and a setting that is best in the last hour of light.

Todos Santos, if you make the day trip

Oystera

An oyster bar and seafood room, quiet and upmarket, with rooftop seating. Open 10am to 9pm, noon to 8pm on Monday. $$$, a 4.6 from about 1,500 reviews.

Jazamango

Farm-to-table on Los Naranjos, open 1pm to 9pm, closed Tuesday. $$, a 4.5 from around 1,140 reviews. Casual, quiet, and a good early dinner before the drive back.

How to plan it

• Check the sunset time. It shifts through the year, and summer sunsets are later. Book about 45 minutes before.
• Reserve early in peak season. November through April is the busy stretch, and the sunset tables book up weeks ahead. Summer is easier.
• Summer has its own reward. Evenings are warmer and more humid, and the sunsets are often the most colorful of the year.
• Try a two-stop night. Sunset drink at Outpost or The Office, then dinner at Edith's or Metate Cabo.

Cliffs for the drama, Medano for the sand, rooftops for the sky. See the rest of where we eat on our Cabo restaurants page.