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Living Cantina: Tradition, Flavor & Joy. Taste tequila, mezcal, and raicilla, craft your own cocktails and dishes with Chef Rodrigo Villar and Isabel Cenil Madero. With music, games, and cantina stories, you’ll enjoy an authentic experience blending tradition and haute cuisine.
This experience is a 6‑course tasting dinner. The sample menu of 10 dishes represents the variety of options available, but each session includes 6 different courses that change depending on the day and the chef’s inspiration.
Example Menu
Starter
Caldo de camaron cantinero
Shrimp soup with guajillo chili, carrots, potatoes, and shrimp. A traditional cantina dish.
Starter
Pork Ribs in Coffee Barbecue Sauce
Chef's creation: oven-baked ribs topped with a coffee BBQ sauce and toasted sesame seeds
Starter
Guacamole with grasshoppers
Traditional guacamole: avocado, onion, cilantro, tomato, lime. With grasshoppers sautéed with habanero pepper.
Starter
Tuna Ceviche With Mango and a Touch of Habanero
Chopped tuna and mango, marinated with lemon, soy sauce, sesame oil, and habanero pepper.
Main
Seafood Paella
Main
Chile En Nogada
Poblano pepper stuffed with ground beef and pork, raisins, apple, walnuts, cream cheese, topped with creamy walnut sauce
Main
Pork Shank in Adobo
Grandma's recipe, pork shank marinated for 24 hours in adobo and baked for 4 hours over low heat
Main
MIXED TACO PLATE
You can enjoy Mexico's most iconic tacos: suadero, longaniza, pastor, crispy tripe, and carne asada. All served with onions, cilantro.
Dessert
Flambéed Caramel Crepes
Dessert
AVOCADO ICE CREAM
PREPARED ON THE TABLE WITH NITROGEN
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Where the Malecón begins, next to Parque Hidalgo. Walk toward the beach and, on the fourth shop from the corner down, you’ll find Layla’s Restaurant.
We’ll meet inside the location, on the ground floor, right in front of the entrance at Layla’s Restaurant.
Where the Malecón begins, next to Parque Hidalgo. Walk toward the beach and, on the fourth shop from the corner down, you’ll find Layla’s Restaurant. We’ll meet inside the location, on the ground floor, right in front of the entrance at Layla’s Restaurant.
What to expect
More than a fixed menu, it’s a tribute to Mexican cuisine, recognized as World Heritage, and to the spirit of cantinas: places where presidents, artists, and workers sat side by side, sharing stories, music, and games. Here you’ll relive that essence with lottery, domino, and rayuela, Mexican music, and captivating tales of legendary cantinas. An intimate, festive, and authentic experience you won’t find in any other Vallarta tour.
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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