shopping

My favorite restaurant is Mito / Entre Zankas. It is actually two restaurants. Mito is fine dining and Entre Zankas is a fine dining vegan restaurant. Mito is at the higher end of restaurant pricing in Xihua but well worth it. Entre Zankas is very reasonable. Both menus are available at all times.

For some reason, there are numerous pasta and pizza joints in Zihua. I can't understand why someone would travel all the way to Southern Mexico for Italian food but some are very well reviewed. Of course, there are seafood restaurants aplenty with all price ranges.

Here is at list of just some of my personal favorites:
Carmelita's
Adelita's
El Arrayán
Casa Vieja
La Terracita
Margarita's
El Gula (closed until end of October)

Don't miss the Saturday morning Farmer's Market next to the elementary school downtown. There are a few stalls with dynamite vegan offerings.

Right next to this spot is the open air Mercado Zankas at night with many food kiosks.

On the weekends, there are kiosks with popular Mexican and U.S. offerings right by the Cancha Municipal in El Centro. Very popular. (Very greasy.)

This is just scratching the surface. We are not even mentioning all the many places on the water and in Ixtapa. Personally, I find the offerings at the water locations to be just okay and a bit overpriced.

Explore and enjoy! Don't forget to report back.