ENSENADA RESTAURANTS, NIGHT LIFE AND SHOPPING
Ensenada, the international port city, is a tranquil city with a cruise ship port. Ensenada is the perfect spot to enjoy all kinds of water sports, fishing, scuba diving, and much more. Visit Todos Santos Island and Todos Santos Bay which are teeming with wildlife.
Ensenada with its solid tourist infrastructure has prestigious hotels, gourmet restaurants, two 18-hole golf courses, tennis clubs, and a well equipped fleet of fishing boats. The city is also the host to several important events along the year like the Baja 1000, the Baja 500, the New Port-Ensenada Regatta, and the Rosarito-Ensenada bike race. In the winter, the bay provides a truly amazing spectacle, the gray whale watching.
Points of interest include: La Bufadora, the remarkable sea geyser that spouts sea water more than 60 feet into the air. Santos Tomas Winery, Baja California’s oldest winery which gives tours all week except Sunday. El Mirador (The View Site), also known as Black Market where you can see the entire bay including La Bufadora. Visit Ensenada and stay at one of the fine hotels and resorts or come for a day of shopping and excitement. If you are in need of any medical attention, Ensenada also features some fine medical centers, plastic surgery centers, hospitals, and medical facilities.
*ALL OF BAJA IS A DUTY-FREE ZONE, SO SHOPPING IS POPULAR WITH TOURISTS, STORES OFFER SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS UNDER U.S. PRICES ON SUCH IMPORTED MERCHANDISE AS PERFUMES, JEWELRY, ART OBJECTS, POTTERY, TEXTILES, LEATHER, SILVER, COSMETICS, BLANKETS, CERAMICS, SWEATERS, BLOWN GLASS, ETC. U.S. RESIDENTS MAY BRING BACK DUTY FREE ARTICLES NOT EXCEEDING $400.00 IN RETAIL VALUE PROVIDED THEY ARE FOR PERSONAL USE AND ACCOMPANY THE INDIVIDUAL.
SOME INCREDIBLE RESTAURANTS
EL REY SOL - French food at it’s best, since 1950
Lopez Mateos and Blancarte
PHONE: 01152-61-781733
Open Daily from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
House Specialty: Lobster
LA EMBOTELLADORA VIEJA
666 Miramar Street
PHONE: 011520-61-781660
PUNTA MORRO
Km. 106 Carretrera Tijuana-Ensenada
PHONE: 01162-61-783507
1-800-526-6676
CASINO ROYAL
118 Las Dunas Blvd.
PHONE: 01152-61-771480
Open Daily from 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM
CASAMAR
987 Lazaro Cardenas
PHONE: 01152-61-740417
Open Daily from 12:00 PM to 10:45 PM
House Specialty: Lobster
LAS CAZUELAS
6 Sangines Blvd.
PHONE: 01152-61-761044
Open Daily from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM
House Specialty: Cazuela Shrimp
LA HACIENDA DEL CHARRO
454 Lopez Mateos
PHONE: 01152-61-782114
Open Daily from 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM
LAS CAZUELAS DE KIKI
1890 Paseo Todos Santos
PHONE: 01152-61-770203
Open Daily from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM
LA COCHINITA
Ruiz Avenue and Virgilio Uribe
PHONE: 01152-61 783443
Open Daily from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM
House Specialty: Teriyaki
CLOSER TO THE HOUSE
Juniors for hamburgers
Patty's at La Jolla for breakfast burritos
Celia's at La Bufadora for Mexican fare
Taco Plaza at La Jolla for taco
Estero Beach Resort for a decent full meal
Tacos Poblano – the best tacos al pastor
Turn right at the highway 1, go up the hill, ¼ of a mile past the hill, on the left
GREAT NIGHT LIFE
CAFÉ CAFÉ
Acid jazz and poetry. Weekends. The surrealistic music-and-art scene at Ensenada’s Café Café covers the spectrum from Latino rock and experimental performance art to avant-garde cinema, often in the same evening. 5 PM to 1 AM. Av. Castillo at First Street, Ensenada. 01152-61-740145 evenings.
CAFÉ HUSSONG
Live mariachis and a "lotta people" in this lively, 104-year old Baja landmark cantina. Find the famous downtown tavern in Hussong’s Plaza, Av. Ruiz and First Street. 01152-61-740720.
PAPAS AND BEER
More day and NIGHT action. Av. Ruiz and First Street, across the street from Hussong’s Plaza. 01152-61-740145.
LAS ROSAS BY THE SEA
Quiet and elegant seaside resort, three miles north of Ensenada on Highway 1. 01152-61-744310.
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
The bar above Casamar Restaurant. Have a great calamar steak dinner at Casamar, and finish up with live entertainment at the bar above.
In the back of the biblioteca (the library – prominent Spanish style building right across the street from the port), a great old bar for a drink.
The bar at the San Nicolas Hotel.