Guide to Food & Restaurants in Ajijic & Lake Chapala, Mexico

Mexican & international cuisine, plus espresso drinks & a bar.

Pizzas, fancy salads & a bar inside a garden that’s across from the malecón in Chapala.

This restaurant next to the Ajijic plaza serves great homecooked-style Mexican food seven days a week.

Buy your fruits & vegetables from one of the dozens of neighborhood fruterías in Ajijic, such as Frutería López.

The crust, sauce, cheese & toppings – everything comes together to make this the best pizza in Ajijic & Lake Chapala.

Exceptional tacos where the specialty is the Puebla-style tacos al pastor, plus other dishes you can’t find locally like alambre.

40 authentic dishes prepared by a Thai chef now living in Ajijic. Pad Thai, curries, soups, spring rolls & much more.

Donuts, coffee, breakfast & brunch at this longstanding donut shop in Ajijic.

This taquería has been serving tacos on the Ajijic plaza at night since the late 1970s.

Delicious sushi, tempura, rice bowls & teriyaki — yes, smack in the heart of Mexico.

This ice cream has been pushed through the streets of Ajijic daily for the past 30 years.

National & international cheeses, cold cuts & fresh-baked bread. Get a sandwich to go & eat on the plaza nearby.

An Arab taco truck on every corner – especially this one, where you can get Middle Eastern-influenced Arabic tacos (originally from Puebla) & the kamello (from Torreón).

Shrimp & fish tacos & tortas, pachola, chilaquiles, eggs & other items make up the menu at this small kitchen on the highway in Ajijic.

This late-night place for tacos, vampiros, campechanas, quesadillas & more uses just-made tortillas & is open until 3 a.m. (5 a.m. on Saturdays).

For 50 years, one family has been making the basic antojitos which define Mexican street food in this dinner-only restaurant, where you can choose from 5 tasty à la carte choices.

For 18 years, Francisco Martínez has been on the Ajijic highway selling coffee beans from his farm in Veracruz.

Mouth-watering tacos, quesadillas, lonches & pelliscadas made by Francisco Ramos.

Pastries, cakes, bread & more at this “little house” of bread.

This restaurant has been serving up hearty American- & Mexican-style breakfasts & lunches 7 days a week for the past 19 years.

Regional varieties of candies from 9 states in Mexico & the finest stone-ground chocolate from Oaxaca.

Delicious tortillas & masa made every morning from yellow, not white, corn.

The best roadside rooster in town.

Located half a block from the malecón in Ajijic, this café & restaurant serves up excellent espresso, as well as breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Tex-Mex. Hot rods. Vroom vroom. Burritos, enchiladas, nachos, chimichangas, shrimp, fish & more.

This sandwich from Jalisco is named for the spicy chile de árbol sauce that it’s “drowned” in.

This restaurant with a backyard garden is a quiet place to eat a great home-cooked breakfast or lunch.

Fresh, authentically delicious & always popular, makes this the top spot for Vietnamese food at Lake Chapala.

Chiles, spices, nuts and grains. For adding the olé to your molé.

Under the palapa tree just you & me (plus a couple hundred weekend visitors from Guadalajara).