Top Restaurants on Isla Margarita

During your visit to Caracola Beach and Spa Resort, be sure to visit at least one of these fantastic restaurants during your stay.

Casa Caranta

Housed in a beautifully restored colonial-era house in downtown Pampatar, this creative restaurant is a must stop on any visit to Isla Margarita. Italy, Asia, and America are the principal inspirations for the regularly changing menu, which is handwritten on a few large chalkboards and brought to your table. Options range from homemade pasta with shrimp and porcini mushrooms to fresh grouper in a green curry sauce. With live entertainment most nights, this restaurant really gets going after around 10pm each evening.
Location: Pampatar Cuisine: Seafood Main Courses: ($8.85-$20)

El Pacífico

This is the best beachside joint of all the restaurants that line the strip of Playa El Agua. Get a table near the large windows overlooking the sea, or live dangerously and dine at a table under one of the tall coconut palms. Start things off with the plato de pescado ahumado (plate of smoked fish) and follow it with the fresh grilled red snapper or langostinos al parchita (jumbo shrimp in passion-fruit sauce).
Location: Playa El Agau Cuisine: South American Main Courses: ($5.00-$15.00)

Nikkei

This stylish restaurant serves up a wide range of traditional and fusion creations from the cuisines of Peru, Japan and a few of other Asian countries. The second-floor dining room is actually a large loft, with walls of solid glass on all sides. You may want to start with a Salad Nikkei, a small bowl of fresh mixed greens and seaweed in a ginger, honey-mustard vinaigrette, where bits of fried salmon skin take the place of croutons. It is recommended that you try to mix and match dishes for a Pan-Asian/Peruvian feast. Don't let the small sushi bar fool you; the sushi here is excellent.
Location: Porlamar Cuisine: Japanese and Peruvian Main Courses: ($6.00-$13.00)