Guidebook for San Miguel de Allende

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Guidebook for San Miguel de Allende

Food Scene

We love this place for wood fired pizza and pastas on Sunday. Generally the menu is very good Italian and they often have a nice band playing. Band starts at 8pm.
19 locals recommend
Mi Vida Restaurant
97 Calle del Dr Ignacio Hernandez Macias
19 locals recommend
We love this place for wood fired pizza and pastas on Sunday. Generally the menu is very good Italian and they often have a nice band playing. Band starts at 8pm.
Great place for pastries.
97 locals recommend
Cumpanio
29 Correo
97 locals recommend
Great place for pastries.
Good place, good Mexican food and other things like lentil soup, nice red wine (tempranillo) by the glass, long tequila menu (I love 7 Leagues). Live music every night. We usually go there the first night of every trip. Kind of has a Rick's Place vibe to it. BEST BET WHEN YOU GET IN FOR DINNER AFTER A LATE FLIGHT. Tio Lucas has a great jazz trio, but they don't start until 9pm.
61 locals recommend
Tío Lucas Restaurante Bar
103 Mesones
61 locals recommend
Good place, good Mexican food and other things like lentil soup, nice red wine (tempranillo) by the glass, long tequila menu (I love 7 Leagues). Live music every night. We usually go there the first night of every trip. Kind of has a Rick's Place vibe to it. BEST BET WHEN YOU GET IN FOR DINNER AFTER A LATE FLIGHT. Tio Lucas has a great jazz trio, but they don't start until 9pm.
Hip, Mexico City stylish. Great views with the right seat. A little disco feel.
97 locals recommend
QUINCE
15 Cuna de Allende
97 locals recommend
Hip, Mexico City stylish. Great views with the right seat. A little disco feel.
Best view of church in San Miguel. Beautiful setting.
72 locals recommend
Atrio Restaurant
3 Cuna de Allende
72 locals recommend
Best view of church in San Miguel. Beautiful setting.
Rooftop bar very near the Jardin. Duck tacos and salads are good. Go for lunch not dinner.
Restaurante Cielo
9 Correo
Rooftop bar very near the Jardin. Duck tacos and salads are good. Go for lunch not dinner.
Very good food. Nice ambiance. Owned by a chef who came from San Francisco. Very close to the Jardin and good for lunch or dinner. Favorite dish there is the pork. Excellent dish.
116 locals recommend
The Restaurant
16 Diez de Sollano y Dávalos
116 locals recommend
Very good food. Nice ambiance. Owned by a chef who came from San Francisco. Very close to the Jardin and good for lunch or dinner. Favorite dish there is the pork. Excellent dish.
Super stylish decor. I usually get the ribeye.
58 locals recommend
Cafe Rama
#7 Nemesio Diez
58 locals recommend
Super stylish decor. I usually get the ribeye.
Expensive by San Miguel standards but cool experience. You are essentially having dinner at a guy’s house. It can feel slightly stuffy until you’ve drank a couple carafes of his special red wine, which is great. It's expensive by San Miguel standards. Spanish food.
La Cartuja
107 Calle del Dr Ignacio Hernandez Macias
Expensive by San Miguel standards but cool experience. You are essentially having dinner at a guy’s house. It can feel slightly stuffy until you’ve drank a couple carafes of his special red wine, which is great. It's expensive by San Miguel standards. Spanish food.
Our kids want to go here every night for the pizza. The spaghetti and meatballs are good, too. Good place to be if you can get table upstairs. Cheap, cozy, fun.
21 locals recommend
Restaurante-Bar La Grotta
14 Jesús
21 locals recommend
Our kids want to go here every night for the pizza. The spaghetti and meatballs are good, too. Good place to be if you can get table upstairs. Cheap, cozy, fun.
Pretty good food, short menu, you can sample mezcal.
32 locals recommend
La Mezcalería
47 Correo
32 locals recommend
Pretty good food, short menu, you can sample mezcal.
Hhighest rate restaurant in San Miguel on TripAdvisor. Peruvian food. I don’t love it, but most people love it.
110 locals recommend
La Parada
94 Recreo
110 locals recommend
Hhighest rate restaurant in San Miguel on TripAdvisor. Peruvian food. I don’t love it, but most people love it.
I don't love the food here, but it is one of the prettiest bars in San Miguel.
37 locals recommend
La Única San Miguel de Allende
14 Diez de Sollano y Dávalos
37 locals recommend
I don't love the food here, but it is one of the prettiest bars in San Miguel.
Moroccan restaurant with a nice wine list, great tea, and an amazing chocolate cake big enough for four people to share.
8 locals recommend
Casa Blanca
7 Juárez
8 locals recommend
Moroccan restaurant with a nice wine list, great tea, and an amazing chocolate cake big enough for four people to share.
If you love dark chocolate, you will love this place. Try the honey chocolate with 80% chocolate and 20% honey. Delicious!
Mente Cacao
S/n Zacateros
If you love dark chocolate, you will love this place. Try the honey chocolate with 80% chocolate and 20% honey. Delicious!
Small cute, restaurant with great service and good steaks. Feels like a date night place. We love it and probably go there more than any other restaurant in San Miguel. We love the inside of the restaurant rather than the patio.
BUENOS AIRES BISTRO
62 Mesones
Small cute, restaurant with great service and good steaks. Feels like a date night place. We love it and probably go there more than any other restaurant in San Miguel. We love the inside of the restaurant rather than the patio.
At sunset, or really any time. American pricing. Solid food & drinks.
59 locals recommend
Luna Tapas Bar
11 Nemesio Diez
59 locals recommend
At sunset, or really any time. American pricing. Solid food & drinks.
Collection of shops and super upscale food court. There is a Champagne bar we like where you can get nice Champagne by the glass. They have a non-big brand sparkling rose that is fairly inexpensive and quite good. The hamburger place in the food court is good, too. Dragones tasting room on the other side opposite of the Champagne bar.
34 locals recommend
Dôce 18 Concept House
18 Relox
34 locals recommend
Collection of shops and super upscale food court. There is a Champagne bar we like where you can get nice Champagne by the glass. They have a non-big brand sparkling rose that is fairly inexpensive and quite good. The hamburger place in the food court is good, too. Dragones tasting room on the other side opposite of the Champagne bar.

Parks & Nature

I love this place so much. I hike here almost every day when in San Miguel. You can visit this beautiful place 1000 times and always discover something new. Try to find the ladders down into the waterfall area and boulder hop past waterfalls.
289 locals recommend
Charco Del Ingenio
S/N Paloma
289 locals recommend
I love this place so much. I hike here almost every day when in San Miguel. You can visit this beautiful place 1000 times and always discover something new. Try to find the ladders down into the waterfall area and boulder hop past waterfalls.
Stroll through Juarez Park, or play soccer or basketball there. This is the Central Park of San Miguel.
208 locals recommend
Juárez Park
75 Cañadita de los Aguacates
208 locals recommend
Stroll through Juarez Park, or play soccer or basketball there. This is the Central Park of San Miguel.

Drinks & Nightlife

f you want to do an amazing tequila tasting in a beautiful home in town, ping them via email. It cost about $100 per person and books up. Only hard alcohol Oprah will drink is their tequila. They also have a tiny tasting room in town.
Casa Cohen
18 Relox
f you want to do an amazing tequila tasting in a beautiful home in town, ping them via email. It cost about $100 per person and books up. Only hard alcohol Oprah will drink is their tequila. They also have a tiny tasting room in town.
Nice little bar here with great snack food.
19 locals recommend
Hotel Matilda
53 Aldama
19 locals recommend
Nice little bar here with great snack food.
175 locals recommend
Restaurante Bar MAMA MIA
#91 Calle del Dr Ignacio Hernandez Macias
175 locals recommend

Essentials

Great little wine shop.
12 locals recommend
La Europea
13 Canal
12 locals recommend
Great little wine shop.

Sightseeing

295 locals recommend
Parish of San Miguel Arcangel
S/N Principal
295 locals recommend
40 locals recommend
Allende Garden
18 Principal
40 locals recommend

Shopping

Old factory converted to art galleries. Easy walk from town and interesting things to see on the way. I love this place.
23 locals recommend
La Aurora
La Aurora
23 locals recommend
Old factory converted to art galleries. Easy walk from town and interesting things to see on the way. I love this place.
Cool, modern home furnishings.
25 locals recommend
NAMUH
Km 2.2 Cam. a Alcocer
25 locals recommend
Cool, modern home furnishings.
Fun to walk through. Open every day. Very near our house. Just walk straight down the street and you hit it. Great place to buy fruits, vegetables and flowers.
191 locals recommend
Crafts Market
S/N Lucas Balderas
191 locals recommend
Fun to walk through. Open every day. Very near our house. Just walk straight down the street and you hit it. Great place to buy fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Entertainment & Activities

Water park, water slides. Our kids beg to go here. Requires taking a tax or uber. About a half hour outside of town.
23 locals recommend
Xote Holidome
23 locals recommend
Water park, water slides. Our kids beg to go here. Requires taking a tax or uber. About a half hour outside of town.