Flores has many restaurants for all budgets and tastes: local cuisine, Italian or fast food, make your choice. The local specialties are tepescuintle (agouti, a rabbit-sized jungle rodent), venado (venison), pavo Silvestre (wild turkey) and pescado blanco (white fish). Many restaurants have waterfront terraces, where you can watch the sunset while drinking a beer. Most of the restaurants are along Calle 30 de Junio, Calle Union and Calle 30 de Septiembre.
Opened in 2004 by a German couple passionate about archeology, this restaurant-café is a great place to try tasty traditional Guatemalan dishes. It’s cozy and the walls are decorated with pictures, maps and drawings from different Mayan sites in Petén. There are also books on Mayan culture and...
Popular among travelers, Cool Beans is more than just a restaurant-bar. There is a large selection of DVDs, board games, and free WiFi access, and the terrace and garden have direct views of the lake. Cool Beans serves sandwiches, chicken, pasta, hamburgers and nachos. Open every day 7 a.m. –...
Next to Café Yaxha, Galeria del Zot’z is a colorful restaurant serving pizza, pasta, as well as cheap and delicious seafood–try the shrimp. Galeria also serves salads, sandwiches and meat dishes, or choose one of its typical economical dishes. Painted in yellow and blue, the walls are...
This place has a large dining area with views of the sea and is a popular spot. The food served is simple but pleasant, from barbeque chicken, one of the cheaper options, to the locally caught fish fresh from the lake. Service is a little slow so be prepared to...
This is a great spot to go for happy hour drinks as the sun go down beside the small island overlooked by the outside seating area. It is not the cheapest place in town, even at happy hour, but it knows it has the best view for sunset. Stay for food and you can choose from a wide selection on the...