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Venezuela
This oasis of air-con and beer may be your salvation if you get stuck in Punto Fijo. Good solid food, especially the chivo (goat), and a big-screen TV and…
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Caracas
The greenery-enclosed deck at this modish bakery is perhaps the area’s trendiest meeting place. Aside from amazing pastries, there are well-stuffed…
Caracas
This classic pollería in a popular restaurant corridor is often packed with locals chowing down on lusciously seasoned roasted chicken and yucca within a…
Venezuela
Italian comfort food that hits the spot, with warm and attentive waiters fussing over you like an honored guest. Pizzas are only available on Thursday and…
Venezuela
This simple eight-table place offers filling breakfasts and gets completely packed with patrons at lunchtime – and deservedly so. The solomo criollo is a…
Venezuela
Early risers and caffeine junkies will appreciate the 6am opening time. Everyone else comes for down-to-earth arepas, empanadas, grilled meats and pasta…
North Coast & Lowlands
This charming little spot in Las Palmas is a local favorite for its home cooking. Enjoy daily lunch specials (fish soup, plus chicken, beef or pork dishes…
Venezuela
With a mock Renaissance fountain in front of the restaurant, Da Vinci is, predictably, an Italian affair and is consistently popular with locals for its…
Venezuela
Open more regularly than most other restaurants, La Casona de los Abuelos is a large, colonial-style mansion that serves typical local fare, including…
Venezuela
Open later than most places in town, this popular restaurant serves tasty arepas, pizza and fruit juices in a pleasant plant-filled patio or in the air…
Venezuela
For vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike, the best budget option in the center is this healthy spot. It serves up hearty meat-free set meals, delicious…
Venezuela
Right on the beach, this relaxed and friendly bar-restaurant has good service and pleasant wooden fittings. There’s a large menu of seafood, grills and…
Venezuela
Mix and match with a dozen types of fresh pasta and 15 yummy sauces at this friendly family-run Italian restaurant. Self-caterers can also take delicious…
Venezuela
Throbbing music, muraled ceilings and a minimalist modular wood decor set the stage for tasty stir frys and sushi. Proceed to the adjoining rooftop bar…
Venezuela
A large and busy eatery on the main drag offering a large selection of good value pizzas, cachapas (corn pancakes), arepas and parrillas (mixed grills)
Venezuela
This atmospheric colonial mansion serves quality salads, meats and pastas. It has a cocktail bar in a basement catacomb, plus several intimate indoor and…
Venezuela
For good ol’ down-home creole cookin’, look no further than this affordable restaurant. There’s even a respectable paella to share, if you have the…
Venezuela
Founded in the early 1960s, Mi Vaquita is arguably the best known steak house in town and it does a great job. It has a warm timber-decked interior and a…
Venezuela
This mountaintop restaurant isn't just about the view, but attracts local visitors for its wonderful French-leaning cuisine and excellent house band…
Venezuela
One of two good Chinese restaurants on the main square (the other, Young Hua, is also recommended), Ying Ping does fantastic homemade rice noodles and has…
Venezuela
Mind your matches, the local firemen eat here. You can see why – it serves solid, stick-to-your-ribs food in an unpretentious cafeteria atmosphere, and…
Venezuela
A tranquil spot for frothy cappuccinos, excellent pastries and a morning newspaper, Vivaldi’s bakery has a pleasant little terrace or air-con interior…
Venezuela
This simple place, popular with city workers, covers the bases for a simple lunch or breakfast of dishes such as fried chicken, grilled fish, empanadas…
Venezuela
Cured hams hang behind the large bar in this tasca-style restaurant that does solid, stick-to-your-ribs food. Ignore the menu and ask for the special of…
Venezuela
Crisply dressed waiters shuttle Middle Eastern specialties like shawarma and (so-so) falafel to your table, although its long menu also includes pasta,…
Venezuela
This mammoth bakery packs them in at all times of the day, and no wonder – they crank out yummy breakfasts, lunches and snacks. It also has good pastries…
Venezuela
This salad-lover’s delight is a welcome refuge from the usual Venezuelan deep-fried yumminess. Wholemeal (baked) empanadas, natural juices, good bread and…
Caracas
This arepa restaurant, serving healthy-sized, inexpensive portions to beer-drinking locals, makes a casual introduction to the basics of Venezuelan…
Caracas
Run by a corps of kinetic young women, this spiffy little Middle Eastern joint has some of the finest falafels and tabaquitos (stuffed grape leaves)…
Venezuela
One of Tucupita’s best eateries, with a varied menu, good prices, generous portions and friendly service. Try the lau lau (catfish) – it’s delicious.
Venezuela
A reliable mainstay in the center of town, this new Chinese restaurant has a huge menu and great-value set meals that keeps it busy with locals throughout…
Venezuela
The restaurant of Hotel Parilla Barí looks extremely basic, yet the food is OK, portions are generous and almost none of its 40-plus dishes cost more than…
Venezuela
This superb restaurant reinterprets classic dishes with a contemporary twist and serves them up in an unforgettable mountain setting. Reservations are…
Venezuela
If you’re on a strict budget, settle in at this food shack by the lagoon. Breakfast is empanadas, and hamburgers and meat grills are available in the…
Venezuela
This popular place has a surprisingly large and impressive dining room where the flamboyant platos calientes send fireballs leaping to the chandeliers.
Restaurant Rancho Típico Mandinga
Venezuela
A large, barn-like eatery on the beach, Mandinga is fun when it’s busy, but can feel like an aircraft hanger when it’s not. Seafood is the speciality here.
Venezuela
Far from the palm-thatched jungle hut the name suggests, this trendy steak house combines delicious food with enjoyable decor. There’s also an adjacent…
Venezuela
Just outside town, on the road to Maturín, is this small joint dishing out tasty cups of strawberries and cream. It’s worth the 20-minute walk from center.
Venezuela
For a cheap meal in a fun atmosphere head to this ‘boulevard of food’ with dozens of different outlets serving everything from arepas to noodles.
Venezuela
For an inexpensive meal or a quick empanada fix, duck into this maze of food stalls, or try one of the basic criollo eateries nearby on Av Amazonas.
