Food

What to eat

Manzanillo is a seafood town, full stop. The port pulls in fresh catch daily, and the local kitchen leans on it hard.

• Pez vela and marlin. The sailfish and marlin the town is famous for turn up smoked, in tacos, and stuffed into empanadas. Smoked marlin is the signature snack.
• Ceviche and aguachile. Bright, citrusy, and everywhere. Colima-style ceviche is finely chopped, almost a salsa, eaten on tostadas.
• Pescado zarandeado. A whole fish butterflied and grilled over coals with chile and lime, the dish worth planning a beach lunch around.
• Camarones. Shrimp done every way, from al mojo de ajo to a la diabla.

Where to eat it

The palapa restaurants along Miramar and Playa Azul beaches are the honest pick for whole grilled fish and shrimp with your feet in the sand, and they are where locals go. For ceviche and marisco tostadas, the stands and small marisquerías downtown near the mercado and the zócalo beat anything on the hotel strip on both price and freshness.

The fish stalls along the malecón sell the catch straight off the boats if you have a kitchen. Sit-down seafood restaurants cluster on the peninsula and Las Brisas for a more comfortable setting at a markup.

Approximate prices

Street tacos and marlin empanadas run a few dollars. A tostada de ceviche is cheap, a couple of dollars. A full plate of camarones or a shared zarandeado fish at a beach palapa lands in the mid range, more at a peninsula restaurant. Prices are approximate and verified separately.