La Frida at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach

This Mexican restaurant located at the Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is the best Mexican restaurant I have ever been to. The all inclusive resort we stayed at; Pueblo Bonito Pacifica had an extensive list of  restaurants where we could dine with a few exceptions wherein we would have to pay an additional $35/person. This was well worth it! We ended up going twice on our 4 night stay. The restaurant has earned AAA Four Diamond Award for excellence in cuisine.

La Frida is named after Frida Khalo. You see paintings and memorabilia of the great painter all around the restaurant including beautiful characters from Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead).  The dining room is elegant and you have a choice of indoor or outdoor seating. It was too hot outside so we opted for the indoor. As soon as we sat down, we were handed the menu and a mobile bar came rolling in explaining their special drinks. The special Margarita sounded good as the tequila they had were all high end and since I have had the worst margaritas at our hotel, I thought it would be good and at $14, it better be great! It was great. They then served us some Mexican beer on the house. I am not a beer drinker so I can't really comment on that. Our amuse-bouche was a delicious chicken mole. I was happy sitting next to someone that did not like mole so I ended up with her share.

We all varied on our choices of appetizers. My husband had the Mushroom Soup 2 nights in a row. It had lemongrass and a lamb meatball. I had the best Tortilla Soup; smoky-tomato chicken broth and avocado ravioli with cream, cheese and a crisp tortilla nest. I too had it both nights. A Shellfish Chowder made it's way to our table; rich with shrimps, clams, fish and smoked tomatoes and poblano peppers. The grand prize winner had to go to the trio of  Crab Tostadas; cooked crab tostadas with tomato, olive & caper sauce on a crispy corn tortilla and an onion salad and jalapeno to give it some kick. Alma, Raymond and I could have eaten 6 of those! Another appetizer that was ordered was the Don Guillermo's Crepe that had cream of shrimps with arugula and homemade bacon and truffles. Someone had the Chicali Roll; crispy shrimp fingers with grilled flank steak wrapped in soy paper with a spicy peanut sauce. I had a bite of that and it was delicious. We ordered the Trio of Gordas; corn tamale with mole, pressed pork rind empanada and codfish and potato gordita; also delicious. Before our entrees came, we were served a Hibiscus sorbet to cleanse our palate. It was refreshing.

For our entrees, Raymond and Alma had the Crispy Red Snapper seared in garlic butter served with fingerling potatoes, mushroom ragu, smoked oysters and celery root with basil and lemon salad. Alma had that same entree the night before. I had the Traditional Mole Sea Bass the night before. This was pan seared with the traditional mole sauce. Their fish were all fresh and delicious. On our last night, I had the Rib Eye Strip with the black truffle butter. Otto had the "Impossible" Double Pork Chop; grilled sealed pan and finished in the oven with vegetables. Someone else had the Grilled Prime N.Y. Strip served with mushrooms and mashed cauliflower and a veal glacee. Joma had the Don Augustino's Empanadas; pressed pork rind with green sauce and our cream gelee.

Dessert had to be the the Banana Split. This was not your typical banana split. This was fried plantain nestled between a puff pastry with sweetened strawberries, cream and 3 flavors of ice cream. Most of us had that since we previously had the pleasure of having it the night before. Someone ordered something else which I do not recall since all my attention was on the banana split.

If I ever go back to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, I know that La Frida will be in my itinerary. We loved this restaurant.