Best Tasting Menus in Cabo San Lucas
Seven restaurants in Cabo San Lucas offer a tasting menu, a set menu, or omakase in our guide. Cocina de Autor Los Cabos holds Michelin 1 Star for 2026 inside Grand Velas Los Cabos. The tasting menu is by Dutch chef Sidney Schutte, and chef Francisco Sixtos works a multicourse format on Mexican ingredients and Baja seafood, with a sommelier-led list. Manta and Mezcal hold a Michelin Plate and serve a tasting menu beside a la carte.
LaFrida Restaurant serves modern Oaxacan cooking inside Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach, with a tasting menu, a la carte, and a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. Sunset Monalisa and Craft Cabo also list a tasting menu and a la carte. Japanese Kaiseki and Sushi Luna serves omakase and counter dining by chef Haru Furuta, with sushi from Japan, Mexico, and Canada.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants serving a tasting menu or omakase, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Cocina de Autor Los Cabos
1 Michelin star
The tasting-menu restaurant inside Grand Velas Los Cabos holds La Liste recognition (89 points in 2026) and AAA 5 Diamond status, placing it at the premium end of the Tourist Corridor's dining tier. Chef Francisco Sixtos works a multicourse format that anchors Mexican ingredients to global technique, with strong emphasis on Baja seafood. Reservations are required; smart-casual dress code enforced, adults only.
Craft Cabo
Craft Cabo sits on Playa El Medano in Cabo San Lucas, positioning itself within the resort corridor's more casual dining tier. The address places it steps from the beach in the Zona Hotelera, where the competition ranges from high-volume tourist spots to serious Mexican kitchens. For travellers comparing options along the Medano strip, context matters as much as the menu.
Japanese Kaiseki and Sushi Luna
Kaiseki and sushi in a resort city better known for beachside tacos and open-fire grills: Japanese Kaiseki and Sushi Luna operates in a culinary register that most of Cabo San Lucas does not. Located on Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas in El Medano, the address positions it at a deliberate remove from the marina strip, serving a format that demands precision and patience in a city that usually rewards neither.
LaFrida Restaurant
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
LaFrida Restaurant occupies a dramatic perch inside Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach, where Pacific-facing dining has long defined the upper tier of Cabo San Lucas hospitality. Set within one of Los Cabos' most architecturally committed resort properties, it positions itself in the same conversation as Cocina de Autor and El Farallon, restaurants where the setting does as much editorial work as the plate. For visitors mapping Mexico's serious dining circuit, it warrants a place in the itinerary.
Manta
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Manta brings Enrique Olvera's coastal Mexican vision to Cabo San Lucas, with open-flame technique at its center and a Michelin Plate to its name. The restaurant occupies the upper tier of Cabo's fine dining scene alongside Cocina de Autor and Comal, combining serious culinary credentials with a setting shaped by the Pacific. A 375-bottle wine list and 4,000-inventory cellar make this one of the more considered wine programs on the Baja peninsula.
Mezcal
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
The signature restaurant of Montage Los Cabos, Mezcal holds a 2025 Michelin Plate and pairs Mexican cuisine with one of the peninsula's more serious wine programs: 450 selections, 4,000-bottle inventory, and a dedicated sommelier team. The wine list skews toward Mexico, California, and Champagne, while the food price point sits at $$$. Reservations are advisable for dinner.
Sunset Monalisa
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Recognised by Star Wine List as a White Star property in January 2022, the restaurant occupies a tier where wine program credibility and setting converge. It draws comparison with the Corridor's other serious dining rooms for sunset-hour table placement and list depth.
Planning tasting menus in Cabo San Lucas
- Which restaurant on this list has a Michelin star?
- Cocina de Autor Los Cabos is the only Michelin-starred restaurant on this list and holds Michelin 1 Star for 2026. The tasting menu is by Dutch chef Sidney Schutte, and chef Francisco Sixtos works a multicourse format on Mexican ingredients and Baja seafood inside Grand Velas Los Cabos. The room also runs a set menu and a sommelier-led list.
- Which tasting menus are also served a la carte?
- Manta, Mezcal, LaFrida Restaurant, Sunset Monalisa, and Craft Cabo each offer a tasting menu beside a la carte. Manta and Mezcal hold a Michelin Plate for 2026. LaFrida Restaurant and Sunset Monalisa hold a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. Craft Cabo cooks local seafood and premium cuts over an open fire.
- Which tasting-menu restaurants hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Manta and Mezcal hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence on this list. LaFrida Restaurant and Sunset Monalisa hold Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Manta keeps a 375-bottle wine list and a 4,000-inventory cellar. Mezcal's list is skewed toward Mexico, California, and Champagne.
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