BajaNomad - San Ignacio Restaurant?

San Ignacio Restaurant?

Mika - 10-13-2011 at 06:37 AM

Hi,

I visited San Ignacio and the restaurant right in front of the mission was gone. It was there the last time I was in San Ignacio. We will be passing the town on our way back and hoping to find another place to eat. Anybody have suggestion?

Thanks!

Diver - 10-13-2011 at 06:39 AM

We like the restaurant in front of the El Padrito campground.
Just ask and they will cook it your way.

Pescador - 10-13-2011 at 07:19 AM

There are two or three if you go to the church plaza and then go straight south or left on the second street and one or two on the street that comes back toward the plaza. My favorite is the one on the right hand side that is about 1 1/2 blocks from the plaza and has outdoor seating in the front.

bajajudy - 10-13-2011 at 07:19 AM

Or stop in Ignacio Springs Yurts and make a ressie for dinner with them. Terry makes a wonderful meal.
Or stop in the next morning for breakfast before you take off. Probably should make a ressie for that too.

BajaBlanca - 10-13-2011 at 12:16 PM

for an average reasonable meal, go to RICE AND BEANS. As you are coming south, it is the entrance BEFORE the entrance to San Ignacio.

There is another place right near the church and on the corner but they will let you sit there forever before they take your order .... quite odd, so we have given up eating with them.

The suggestion to eat at San Ignacio yurts is a good one - we haven't eaten there yet but have heard rave reviews ! I will post a phone number if I can find it ...

BajaBlanca - 10-13-2011 at 12:20 PM

HERE IS THE SITE: WWW.SANIGNACIOSPRINGS.COM

and here is the contact information:

By E-mail:

mail@ignaciosprings.com

By Phone:

Within Mexico, dial 01-615-154-0333 or fax 01-615-154-0166

From the US and Canada dial 011-52-615-154-0333. While on the peninsula, it is a local call, 154-0333, when you are anywhere from Guerrero Negro to Mulege.

In case of phone outages, call the cell phone when you are anywhere from Guerrero Negro to Mulege, dial 044-615-107-4697 or 011-52-1-615-107-4697 from Canada or the US; Dial 045-615-107-4697 within Mexico and outside of the local calling area.

By Mail:

Ignacio Springs B&B,

Apartado Postal #14, San Lino,

San Ignacio, B.C.S, 23930 Mexico

Rice and Beans

tripledigitken - 10-13-2011 at 12:26 PM

Popular choice of racers. Lots of racing posters and memorabilia. Full bar and inside/outside seating. We have had decent meals there.

Bajahowodd - 10-13-2011 at 03:31 PM

Yup. Ricardo's Rice & Beans does serve up a decent meal. Been there several times.

Just wish their hotel rooms were as good as their food.

Over the years, as Ricardo has expanded, we have stayed there a number of times, always hoping that he would improve the accommodations. First rooms were in the building where the restaurant is. I had high hopes that when he went and built the other building across the parking lot, it would be better. Nah!

For dyed-in-the-wool Baja adventurers, Ricardo's rooms are fine. Never saw any vermin. Had hot water. But, they are somewhat primitive versus some other small town hotels in Central Baja.

Cypress - 10-13-2011 at 03:52 PM

How good is the food? Depends upon how hungry you are. People get picky when they aren't that hungry to begin with. If you eat 3 meals a day and don't do some heavy-duty labor, you're spending more time eating than you are working. What's wrong with that picture? You're obese and waddle around from one eatery to the next. Low and behold! The food isn't that good, but...... :biggrin:

BajaBlanca - 10-13-2011 at 05:44 PM

I suggest you eat at rice and beans or san ignacio springs inn

sleep at Juanita's CASA LEREE

www.casaleree.com

It is reasonable and so beautiful nestled among trees and bushes and flowers ..the canal with fresh spring water running thru it is perfect for dipping your feet in when it is hot hot hot outside. and the museum is so ineteresting with the hundreds of photos, local arts and crafts and baja books.

Udo - 10-13-2011 at 05:50 PM

Around the corner from the Casa Leree, is the old La Pinta Inn (now has a new name that I can't remember. Food was decent at their restaurant.

motoged - 10-13-2011 at 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Yup. Ricardo's Rice & Beans does serve up a decent meal. Been there several times........but they are somewhat primitive versus some other small town hotels in Central Baja.

Primitive or basic??

I have stayed there numerous times and would call them basic: two queen beds (Mexican "firm"), clean bathroom (big) with lotsa hot water, toilets flush, tv w/ various but limited channels (sometimes in-house race videos)....no bugs or rats....

Just sayin' ...

David K - 10-13-2011 at 06:20 PM

Rice and Beans served us a real good hot lunch... back in 2009! Dinner and breakfast at Ignacio Springs B & B http://www.ignaciosprings.com

Mulegena - 10-13-2011 at 07:26 PM

I always stop at Hotel Fong's restaurant for cafe colado (fresh brewed in a sock) when I pass through and have breakfasted there once, too. Its ok and the coffee ritual seems to have magical restorative properties (wakes me up good).

Bajaboy - 10-13-2011 at 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by motoged

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We didn't see any rats or mice...but we sure did hear them.

ElCap - 10-13-2011 at 08:01 PM

I think the place Pescador is talking about is Rene's, which is quite good but often a long wait for food - depending on what you order and what they have in hand. You often see the cook walk down the street to the mercadito to purchase ingredients after you order. It overlooks the historic big octagonal pila out back which is fed from the acequia that runs all the way from the presa (and through Juanita's Casa Leree. I have also heard there is an excellent chef at the Desert Inn (ex La Pinta) restaurant - probably not within your average nomad's budget, but worth mentioning to those who are looking for fine dining in a sleepy town.

Bajatripper - 10-13-2011 at 08:53 PM

We use to eat at Rice and Beans when it came to restaurants in San Ignacio, until the time they left us hanging about an hour after we had ordered, and still no food. We left and wound up at Fong's (on the right just after you leave the highway). Haven't been back to Rice and Beans since.