Eucalipto Restaurant, Bar and Grill — Restaurant in Baja California

After about four months in Baja and on our way back to the States we decided to stop by a place that I had visited almost 20 years ago called The Old Mill Hotel three miles off Highway one in the town of San Quintin. Sitting right on the bay of San Quintin right next to the Hotel was a restaurant that wasn't here when I had visited it 20 years ago called Eucalipto Bar and Grill. The interior of the restaurant was beautiful warm and inviting, but what we didn't know is that the food created by this highly skilled and talented chef was going to take us on an amazing culinary experience. We had been eating our way through Baja and had some truly amazing meals yet our venture was about to rise to a whole another level. The first night my wife had the pesto pasta topped with grilled chicken and it was some of the most tasty and tender chicken we had ever eaten. And I had arranchera, a marinated skirt steak. Not only were the flavors decadent, literally you could cut it with a fork. As seen in the photos the kitchen is open to the dining room and the chef was very engaging with the diners. Later that evening we got to meet this talented Chef Javier and his lovely and beautiful wife Adriana who are both the partners of the hotel and restaurant. So we decided to stay at the hotel in anticipation of another meal prepared by Chef Javier and things only got better. The next night was quiet in the restaurant, there may have been a few other tables filled so we sat in front of the kitchen right where we did the night before. Chef Javier asked us what we would like to order for dinner but we really couldn't decide so I asked if he could surprise us and that he did. First he brought out sashimi grade seared tuna accompanied with stone crab cakes. Everything was an explosion of unbelievable flavors. Then things just kept going further into culinary stratosphere levels. He brought out stone crab claws for which you're given tools to extract the meat; however, I instead dove in animal style with my fingers to extract the sweet succulent meat. Then chef Javier asked if we were up for more and of course we said yes and each dish kept blowing our minds. He then brought out a never created before dish, which he caringly prepared especially for us, two filet mignon steaks cooked perfectly topped with octopus and mushrooms served on a heated salt brick and it was incredible. If you ever have the opportunity while in Baja to sit down at one of chef Javier's tables you won't be...

THIS PLACE 😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏 This is the kind of place that makes dreams come true. I had the gift of meeting the fisherman and chef of Eucalipto. He caught this fabulous blue fin tuna bigger than my 7 year old and he cooked orgasmically delicious steaks from this glorious fish that evening. As my eyes were rolling into the back of my head, I noticed the chef watching us as we enjoyed the scope of his work. I have never felt quite like Anthony Bourdain until that unforgettable day.

This restaurant fed us for a few days of our trip to San Quintin. The food was always impeccable, delicious, and beautiful. It's a hotel restaurant, so of course it is pricey. They have an extensive menu and offer a variety of things hard to find elsewhere in San Quintin. We were there during the mothers day week, so it was busier than perhaps what is usual. The downside to that was wait times were long and we did not always get what we ordered... sometimes a thing would be forgotten, but often we would be so full and entertained by what we had that we didnt quite realize it till later. I'm not even sure if we even paid for those things either. It happened a few times. And they didn't always have menu items. But they made up for it with kindness, hospitality, and exquisite quality. None of the downsides deter me from loving the whole experience.

I would go back to San Quintin just for this restaurant, the Old Mill Hotel, and that gorgeous view of the volcanoes...

All review we have read, we decided have early dinner here at Eucalipto restaurant. 'Catch of the day' fish dish ($14US) was great but rib eye was not good at all. It was not worth $35 US to me considering we are in mexico. My hubby had 2 bites and street dog had rest. Worst part was trying to pay our bill. Our Waitress was occupied with other table, we had other waiter helped us occasinally during meal time. Getting a bill was very long time consuming. Seems like no one else can take care of our bill but our waitress, there was no table in our hall, couple of group at the patio, she had no time to take care our bill for very long time. Finally waiter got us a bill, another waiting, we decided to walked to the cashier to pay ourselves. A bit of confusion in a process to convert us dolla bill to mexican peso by cashier, we got out of there with...