Uploaded January 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Puerto Vallarta Restaurants: Bar Oceano hits a home run with this amazing restaurant bar located right on the Malecon or also know as the boardwalk that is world famous for there dollar beers and dollar margaritas. Here's a guide to and reviews of many of the straight bars, discos, night-clubs, antros, entertainment joints, pubs and sports bars in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico if you want to check them out, have to decide on fun places or want to know about where to party in town. This page does list most of the frequented and best Puerto Vallarta nightlife fun spots for drinks, music, partying, dancing and sports watching and gives their locations and phone numbers. The most bustling and popular bar, music and clubbing scene is the general downtown-El Centro Malecon neighborhood which includes such hangouts as Hilo, Mandala, Senor Frogs, and La Vaquita, the newest party locale downtown, which is right next door to the Zoo. So three of the best downtown venues: Mandala, the Zoo and La Vaquita are lined right up next to each other on Diaz Ordaz street. Additionally, two new club-restaurant-discotheques on the Vallarta malecón, Roo (formerly Glam) and Punto V, are upscale places, have been picking up business and will surely be even more popular by the time Puerto Vallarta spring break rolls around. The restaurant-bar La Bodeguita del Medio presents excellent live Cuban and salsa music; La Dolce Vita Italian restaurant has jazz, Weds and Fri only; La Chata, El Andariego and La Destileria restaurants offer mariachi musicians; BeboTero, Paradise Burger and Senor Frogs have live rock music on a regular basis; Wing's Army sometimes has live rock, ska, and reggae. Bebo Tero is perhaps the top choice for late night rock 'n roll, drinks and views of the PV Malecon boardwalk. Locals and tourists used to hang out on the Malecon across from Carlos O'Brian's for socializing and people watching; now crowds congregate around nightclub Mandala and the Zoo Bar. On the north side of town in the Hotel Zone/Marina, the popular places to party are Barra Bar, College entertainment center, and Hyde club (formerly Christine discotheque) plus some of the smaller bars/sports bars along the Puerto Vallarta Marina Malecon boardwalk promenade.
There's also a high energy nightlife party scene in El Centro/downtown at Liberty and La Regadera (both with karaoke) on Morelos street, one block up from the Malecón. The second area of straight nightlife in PV is the located in the South Side area, south of downtown across the Cuale River, at times referred to as the Romantic Zone or Old Town. Centered along Ignacio Vallarta street near gay clubs Manana and Paco's Ranch (formerly Club Paco Paco) you can find live music & fun times at Club Roxy Rock House and El Torito sports bar, as well as a fair number of smaller cantinas, sports bars and watering holes in that general vicinity. Or head over a few blocks closer to Los Muertos beach to Nacho Daddy for dining, drinks, sports, and music, or along Olas Altas street at Andale, a South Side favorite for over 30 years.
From what I see and hear I would rate Mandala, the Zoo, La Vaquita, and Roo as the current top trendy spots downtown for nightclubbing and a good time; BeboTero and La Bodeguita del Medio as tops for Puerto Vallarta live music. Señor Frogs is also popular and often crowded as they serve food and alcohol and have dancing-music-entertainment. So as you can see Puerto Vallarta has become quite the beach party town in many ways, offering a wide variety of entertainment venues of all sorts. Taking into account accessibility, affordability, popularity, proximity to the beach and party mentality, U.S. News & World Report considers Puerto Vallarta to be the best spring break destination in the world. If you're looking for a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta with great food, great prices, and amazing service you have to visit Joe Jacks fish shack in Puerto Vallarta Mexico.
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Puerto Vallarta Restaurants: Bar Oceano hits a home run with this amazing restaurant bar located right on the Malecon or also know as the boardwalk that is world famous for there dollar beers and dollar margaritas. Here's a guide to and reviews of many of the straight bars, discos, night-clubs, antros, entertainment joints, pubs and sports bars in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico if you want to check them out, have to decide on fun places or want to know about where to party in town. This page does list most of the frequented and best Puerto Vallarta nightlife fun spots for drinks, music, partying, dancing and sports watching and gives their locations and phone numbers. The most bustling and popular bar, music and clubbing scene is the general downtown-El Centro Malecon neighborhood which includes such hangouts as Hilo, Mandala, Senor Frogs, and La Vaquita, the newest party locale downtown, which is right next door to the Zoo. So three of the best downtown venues: Mandala, the Zoo and La Vaquita are lined right up next to each other on Diaz Ordaz street. Additionally, two new club-restaurant-discotheques on the Vallarta malecón, Roo (formerly Glam) and Punto V, are upscale places, have been picking up business and will surely be even more popular by the time Puerto Vallarta spring break rolls around. The restaurant-bar La Bodeguita del Medio presents excellent live Cuban and salsa music; La Dolce Vita Italian restaurant has jazz, Weds and Fri only; La Chata, El Andariego and La Destileria restaurants offer mariachi musicians; BeboTero, Paradise Burger and Senor Frogs have live rock music on a regular basis; Wing's Army sometimes has live rock, ska, and reggae. Bebo Tero is perhaps the top choice for late night rock 'n roll, drinks and views of the PV Malecon boardwalk. Locals and tourists used to hang out on the Malecon across from Carlos O'Brian's for socializing and people watching; now crowds congregate around nightclub Mandala and the Zoo Bar. On the north side of town in the Hotel Zone/Marina, the popular places to party are Barra Bar, College entertainment center, and Hyde club (formerly Christine discotheque) plus some of the smaller bars/sports bars along the Puerto Vallarta Marina Malecon boardwalk promenade.
There's also a high energy nightlife party scene in El Centro/downtown at Liberty and La Regadera (both with karaoke) on Morelos street, one block up from the Malecón. The second area of straight nightlife in PV is the located in the South Side area, south of downtown across the Cuale River, at times referred to as the Romantic Zone or Old Town. Centered along Ignacio Vallarta street near gay clubs Manana and Paco's Ranch (formerly Club Paco Paco) you can find live music & fun times at Club Roxy Rock House and El Torito sports bar, as well as a fair number of smaller cantinas, sports bars and watering holes in that general vicinity. Or head over a few blocks closer to Los Muertos beach to Nacho Daddy for dining, drinks, sports, and music, or along Olas Altas street at Andale, a South Side favorite for over 30 years.
From what I see and hear I would rate Mandala, the Zoo, La Vaquita, and Roo as the current top trendy spots downtown for nightclubbing and a good time; BeboTero and La Bodeguita del Medio as tops for Puerto Vallarta live music. Señor Frogs is also popular and often crowded as they serve food and alcohol and have dancing-music-entertainment. So as you can see Puerto Vallarta has become quite the beach party town in many ways, offering a wide variety of entertainment venues of all sorts. Taking into account accessibility, affordability, popularity, proximity to the beach and party mentality, U.S. News & World Report considers Puerto Vallarta to be the best spring break destination in the world. If you're looking for a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta with great food, great prices, and amazing service you have to visit Joe Jacks fish shack in Puerto Vallarta Mexico.
