Celebrity Favorite Spots in Cabo: Where the Famous Go and Why It Works

Here is the truth about celebrity spots in Cabo: the good places do not talk. That is the whole product. Famous people come to Los Cabos because the staff do not point, the tables are far apart, and the food holds up. So we are not going to tell you who sat where last month. What we can do is show you the rooms built for that kind of guest, with the hours, price level and ratings from our own listings, so you can eat where the quiet money eats.

The dinner rooms people fly in for

Sunset Monalisa

At km 6 on the Corridor, Sunset Monalisa is Mediterranean fine dining, open 4pm to 10:30pm every day. It is $$$$, holds a 4.5 from over 2,100 reviews, and doubles as a wedding venue, which tells you about the setting. Romantic, upmarket, with live music and a serious wine list. Book well ahead from November through April.

Edith's Restaurante

On Av. del Pescador, Edith's is old Cabo: a historic, romantic room doing Mexican plates, seafood and steak with live music, open 5pm to 10pm. $$$$, a 4.5 from close to 1,200 reviews. This is the one for the guest who wants tradition and a corner table.

Our guide to celebrity chef restaurants also points to El Farallon and Don Sanchez, plus the dining rooms inside resorts like Montage and One&Only Palmilla. Its advice holds for every room on this page: ask your server about the catch of the day, and look at the Baja wines on the list.

The farm tables

Flora Farms

Out at Las Ánimas Bajas in San José del Cabo, Flora Farms is a restaurant, a cooking school and a farm shop in one. It is closed Monday, and dinner runs 5:30pm to 9pm Tuesday through Saturday, and Sunday is a 10am to 2pm service only. $$$, a 4.7 from about 3,400 reviews. Organic dishes, a fireplace, live music. It is the least showy famous table in Los Cabos, which is exactly why people who get photographed for a living like it.

Acre Restaurant

The other farm estate, on Rincón de las Animas in San José, open 11:30am to 10pm on weekdays, with a 10am to 2pm brunch and a 5pm to 10pm dinner on the weekend. $$$, a 4.6 from around 1,600 reviews. Upmarket and romantic, with rooftop seating, great cocktails and vegan and organic dishes on the menu.

The Italian table everyone asks about

Salvatore G's

Downtown on Vicente Guerrero, open 11am to 10:30pm, from 4pm on Sunday. $$$, and the highest rating in this group, a 4.8 from nearly 2,000 reviews. It is cosy and busy, so it is not where you go to be invisible. You go because the food is that good.

Where the low-key nights happen

La Lupita Taco & Mezcal

On José María Morelos in San José del Cabo, open noon to 10:30pm, closed Monday. $$, a 4.6 from around 2,200 reviews. Rooftop seating, live music and a long mezcal list. Casual enough that nobody looks twice.

Oystera

In Todos Santos, Oystera is an oyster bar and seafood room, quiet and upmarket, open 10am to 9pm, noon to 8pm on Monday. $$$, a 4.6 from about 1,500 reviews. Todos Santos is the peaceful escape from the main Cabo bustle, and this is the table to book there.

Romeo & Julieta

Italian on Blvd. Paseo de la Marina, open 4pm to 11pm, 2pm to 10pm on Sunday. $$, a 4.6 from about 1,390 reviews, with rooftop seating and a good wine list. Romantic without the $$$$ bill.

The famous loud ones

Cabo Wabo Cantina

On Vicente Guerrero downtown, open 9am to 11pm, $$, with live performances and dancing. A 4.3 from more than 6,200 reviews. It is the most famous bar in town and the opposite of private. Go for the show.

The Office

On the sand at Playa El Medano, open 7am to 10pm, $$$, a 4.3 from over 5,300 reviews. Everybody ends up here once. It is the last place anyone hides, and that is the fun of it.

How to eat like the quiet money

• Reserve early. November through April is the busy season and reservations are crucial for the fine-dining rooms.
• Ask for the catch of the day. Chefs here work with local fishermen and farms, and the best plate is often off the menu.
• Do not ask staff who came in. They will not say. That is why the famous guests come back.
• Summer works too. Many rooms have air conditioning or shaded tables, and a booking is easier to get.

The privacy is the point. Eat well, look at nobody, and come back. More of where we eat is on our Cabo restaurants page.