Most of La Ceiba's nicest restaurants are clustered around the Zona Viva area, which is generally the best place to grab a bite. Many of these restaurants evolve into happening bars after food service ends, so dress appropriately if you want to hang around. Downtown is dominated by Western fast-food joints, though there are a few decent eating options there as well.
O.K. –so you're probably familiar with this chain. But this Pizza Hut gets special mention because it provides free wifi to customers. It's a surprisingly cheap place to stuff yourself as well, provided you're not too hung up on having a typical Honduran dining...
Honduras' answer to Starbucks, this chain can be found throughout the city. It's granitas (an iced-coffee beverage) are a gift from heaven on those scorching Ceiba days. Coffees of all kinds are offered, as well as cookies, biscuits and tasty breakfast croissants. No bathroom on premises...
La Palapa is a popular bar that fills up quickly on weekends with locals as well as Peace Corps workers. The big screen televisions around the place usually broadcast sports, but the place attracts a relatively mixed crowd. Cool and breezy, their enormous thatched roof gives the place a great...
Prestige is a smart looking nightclub that doesn't get busy until quite late. On our visit, the dance floor remained conspicuously empty until nearly one in the morning, when it suddenly filled up. Once the party starts, it keeps up until 6 a.m. if business warrants. Prestige is also the only club...
Situated down the boardwalk, just past the dwarf banana trees and flowering ginger is the restaurant at Pico Bonito Lodge. The spacious dining room has dark mahogany furniture, white table linen and over-sized entry doors.
On the simple menu are five choices for each of the three meals a day and...