Culi's Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Nayarit

We have visited Nuevo Vallarta/Bucerias more than 20 times and this our first time dining here. I highly recommend considering the restaurant for those who want to experience something very different. Very interesting. Something memorable.

We had Caesar salad, caprese salad, mixed butterfly shrimp and bacon/cheese wrapped shrimp, pasta with fish. Fancy chocolate mousse with whipped cream and spun golden sugar.

The positives.

Pleasant reception/ hostess upon arrival. Nice first impression. Ezikiel was also very pleasant and attentive. -Food prepared could be exhibited in an art museum. Quite elaborate and original complimentary ceviche to start with crackers. Very nice way to start the meal -The service was very professional and attentive. More than once staff came over to see if we needed anything and were pleased. Never rushed. -The two of us were fortunate to have a large booth with more than enough room and away from the busy traffic of staff moving thru -The decor is modern and attractive. Very creative light fixtures -An abundance of staff to ensure food prepared in a timely manner and service is available at all times -The food portions are plentiful and generous -Overall the food is very good. Fresh. Tasty. More on this later. It appeared that three women were the chefs and in charge of the kitchen. Brava! When finished with dinner we were asked if we needed a cab and one was called for us

Other observations

You cannot put the tip on your charge card. Must be cash. The location is awful. I’ll leave it at that. If I owned the restaurant I would do whatever it takes to get more centralized and on or near beach. This would elevate the entire dining experience Prices are a bit high but worth what you get. Except. We ordered one bottle of water and it was about $7 USD or so. -I think there were 3 pieces of lettuce in the Caesar salad. Quite scimpy given price and very low cost of lettuce. 🥬 add two more to create a better salad at perhaps an additional cost of $.05. The fish on the pasta was “swimming/smothered” in sauce. And bland. Waaaay too much sauce. We brought the leftover back to the hotel for lunch today and literally washed the sauce off before heating. The caprese salad also had too much oil. I believe less would be better and add to taste. The very fancy chocolate dessert was dry and pasty and didn’t have much flavor. It was very noisy. Most restaurants like it like that. Creates the desired vibe. We had a party of 6 sitting next to us and they shouted for the entire time. It was painful. That’s just the way it was. Our luck...

A friend recommended Culi's as a must while in Bucerias! He was not wrong!!

What an enchanting evening. We were able to grab a booth inside for the two of us without reservations. Keeping in mind it was the off season in Bucerias.

Staff were very attentive and provided some wonderful recommendations.

Started with their ceviche appetizer. My partner had the Fettuccine Alfredo with shrimp (more like prawns). I had the Mike & Gigi which included Bacon Wrapped & Cheese stuffed shrimp and coconut shrimp with Saffron Rice and veggies. We also shared a bottle of wine.

The meals were fantastic! Perfectly cooked and so tasty!

We didn't think we would have room for dessert but ended up getting the Key Lime Pie. So GOOD!!!

The total experience was wonderful. A definite must when in Bucerias and looking for an up scale meal!

Will definitely make this a must visit the next time we are...

Several people recommended Culi’s so we had to go. You should put it in your “must visit” list. This is a family owned restaurant and their passion and true caring shines through. The service is warm, friendly and customer centric. The food presentation is outstanding and unique. See the photo of my dish. The meals were delicious. We arrived late but they had a table for us. We were told that the kitchen was extremely busy and that the service might be slow. I really liked that they gave us the chance to decide whether we wanted to stay. We did stay and they did their best to get our food to us. In the end we waited a bit longer but it was not a problem. I would add that Culi’s is very popular and can be busy so just relax with your favourite beverage if the service is a little slower. Very highly recommended. You’ll only be sorry if...