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    Carbon

    4.2 (25 reviews)
    Closed 6:30 pm - 10:00 PM

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    07/30/25
    April L.

    Just wanted to post an updated menu. Came by around 9:30pm and it smelled great! Didn't actually eat here.. Enjoy!

    Enough food for two (just as it states on the menu)
    Marian G.

    This is affiliate with the villa group. We came to this awesome restaurant for our family dinner. We didn't have reservations and they were able to accommodate 14 quests. Our food came fast and piping hot to our table. Your food is served on hot hibachi grill's. The views are amazing from this restaurant. This is a lively trendy crowd and everyone is dancing and having a great time.

    The final bill for a lobster and filet skewer special.
    Melanie C.

    While looking for dinner options we stumbled upon Carbon on Yelp. The pictures of the surf and turf skewers reeled me in! Exactly what I needed in my life. It did take some effort to be able to have dinner there but it was totally worth it!! When we saw the pictures online we did not realize that this restaurant is actually inside the Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa in Cabo San Lucas. We were staying at a completely different resort and were not sure if we could even eat here. Getting someone on the phone was also a bit of a challenge. Even with a Spanish speaking friend. We finally were able to determine that we would be able to dine at Carbon but they were "first come, come first serve" for dining and we were a party of seven people. We arrived and it did take a little time to get into the resort entrance and then to park and find the restaurant but once we got to the restaurant it was less than five minutes before we were seated. Our server did a fantastic job from beginning to end. We were served toasted bread and butter which were very good. Our meal came with a "healthy salad" which was pretty but not exactly my type of salad. Everyone else at my table liked their salads. One couple in our group ordered a meal that came on a grill top with shrimp, ribeye steak, and fresh grilled vegetables. They said it was excellent. Another couple ordered fish and steak on the tabletop grill that also came with the fresh vegetables. My husband and I ordered the surf and turf skewer special that included lobster, filet mignon, and fresh vegetables with the skewers. Our 17 year old also shared this meal with us. This meal is enough for two people but adding a third person to share the meal may be pushing it but maybe not if you and your people do not eat huge amounts. My husband and teenage son are very tall and eat tons of food. The presentation for the food was terrific and the food tasted excellent. Our lobster and steak were cooked perfectly and were good quality. All in all everything was great and I would recommend Carbon to anyone looking to have a memorable meal while in Cabo San Lucas. I will definitely visit again next time I am in Cabo.

    Great fantastic food and Mexican food is amazing highly recommend the view is fantastic

    Edward M.

    Simply wow!!! There is something about having a quiet dinner while listening to the sound of crashing waves that is wonderfully splendid. The atmosphere of this ocean front grill is awesome!! This business requires a reservation and seating is limited. I have had the pleasure of dining here twice and both times its been a great experience. The service is excellent and the staff is super friendly. I love the friendliness of the local staff. Its an honor to call myself Mexican. We ordered the Filet Mignon and Shrimp Skewer Grill. We were offered a simple salad bar and grilled bread soon after being seated. After our bread and salad our grill was brought out. The feast is more than enough for three people. The food was excellent. A tip I would give is to remove the Shrimp and steak Skewers off the grill as they will continue to cook. Our last Shrimp was overcooked because we left it on the grill and it lost the right consistency!!!

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    Cat M.

    Located right next to the beach at Villa del Palmar. Loved the menu - all grilled meats/seafood on your own personal grill - what is better than that? We added a shrimp skewer to our ribeye meal. It was so good. Ribeye's were very small. I kept losing the veggies through the grill - be careful! Great service and great food!

    Surf and turf 1. Not pictured are the donuts and bread it comes with and the salad bar.
    Kaori T.

    We opted to try this place as it was conveniently placed in our hotel. We didn't make reservations (try to make it before 5PM) but we were seated at a nice spot, with a gorgeous view of the ocean. Service is awesome, they are very welcoming. We shared a surf and turf which is a flank steak with shrimp and veggies. Enough for 2 people to share as it also comes with a free walk or two to the salad bar. The bread basket also has two fried donuts, not sweet but delicious, like a chinese donut. Delicious! Now flank is a fattier side of a cow so I was a little worried that we didn't go ribeye but it was super well cooked. I asked how they recommend it prepared and so we went medium though i tend to like medium rare... It was super tender, didn't feel chewy at all and it was gushing with flavor. I love that they bring a fat grill to your table so our dish continues to grill. The veggies were spot on and we had such a delicious experience right by the beach!

    Ali S.

    Absolutely love this spot. My family and I visited this place a couple times when we were on vacation in Cabo. The food was absolutely delicious. They bring out the food on these individual grills. The meat cooks in front of you, and stays warm while you eat. You have an incredible view of the ocean as well. Enjoying delicious grilled food while hearing the waves crash around you is just absolutely amazing. The veggies, seafood, and meat were all amazing. I hope we get the chance to visit Cabo again, this spot will be at the top of my list.

    Jennifer W.

    Overall it's an experience that one should have when staying at the Villa Del Palmar; however, it was clear that they weren't ready for our party of 11 when we showed up 15 mins earlier than our reservation (which was 7:30 pm) but our table wasn't ready & had to be scrambled to be put together (or not to the presentation one expects for this caliber of location & price). Our order was taken - 2 specials, 2 glasses of wine & couple of sodas. Trip to the salad bar was fast & layered together. Bread basket with butter greeted us. Our specials were delivered with a little delay but it didn't disappoint. The steak was medium rare & was my favorite. The shrimp were ginormous (not good for leftovers I learned) but not peeled. The veggies were plentiful but the potatoes were my favorite. We ended up asking for our dessert to go since it didn't come & when it did - I was missing the cheesecake one (2 brownies (should have just went with that)).

    Lisa C.

    Amazing ambiance by the ocean shore and beach under the stars! The food selection is surf and turf but served on a mini hot grill!!! The veggies and food are so fresh ! Really great ingredients and top notch beverage selection. In the daytime it's a sushi and taco bar which is also superb with a multitude of amazing salsas at the salsa bar. Very romantic setting, requires reservations. Food is amazing!!! They also have a sides and ect bar with salads ect which is changed to service to avoid germ spread - staff was friendly and sanitary.

    Dinner Salmon option.

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    Incredible food, prompt friendly service, and an unbeatable view. I highly recommend the grills!

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    Ask for a Amalia! She is so sweet and very attentive. The food was amazing too. It will not disappoint.

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    Review Highlights - Carbon

    When we saw the pictures online we did not realize that this restaurant is actually inside the Villa del Palmar Beach Resort and Spa in Cabo San Lucas.

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    La Catrina - Great margaritas at La Catrina Restaurant & Bar

    La Catrina

    4.6(108 reviews)
    1.2 km
    $$

    We made a reservation but it's closed. Wish they'd take it off Yelp so people wouldn't keep getting…read moreconfused.

    4.5 stars!!! Thanks to Yelp, my boyfriend and I ventured to La Catrina for dinner. Thankfully, this…read moreplace is within walking distance of our hotel. We were warmly greeted by Miguel who let us pick our table. The ambiance is welcoming and warm with great views. We started with some beer and the Cadillac Margarita; the Margarita was presented beautifully and strongly poured. We also chose the Flaming cheese to start with as mentioned on the other Yelp reviews. We loved that and highly recommend it; the corn and chorizo were delicious! For our entrees we went with the Mexican Combo and the Surf n Turf. The Mexican Combo came with a Chicken Enchilada, Chile Relleno and Skirt Steak. The surf n turf had lobster tail, bacon-wrapped filet, mashed potatoes and sautéed vegetables. My boyfriend mentioned that he wasn't too fond of how the filet was cooked, but thankfully I enjoyed it while he preferred my skirt steak. We ordered the Flan and Churros for dessert and they didn't disappoint. The Churros came with chocolates caramel and marshmallow dipping sauces. I loved the marshmallow and my boyfriend loved the caramel. We stayed for a few hours and enjoyed some more shots and beverages while watching the sunset. Miguel and his staff were wonderful and we thoroughly enjoyed our time at La Catrina. You should definitely make a stop here while in Cabo; the prices are more than reasonable and the service is exceptional!

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    La Catrina - Great margaritas at La Catrina Restaurant & Bar

    Great margaritas at La Catrina Restaurant & Bar

    La Catrina - Mixed skewers

    Mixed skewers

    La Catrina - Surf & turf

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    La Lupita

    La Lupita

    4.6(320 reviews)
    1.1 km

    I wandered into La Lupita Taco & Mezcal the way a man wanders into trouble casually, innocently,…read moreand completely unprepared for what happens next. Now let's talk about the mole. Proper Mexican mole the kind built from dried chiles, nuts, seeds, and even a whisper of chocolate thick, dark, mysterious stuff that tastes like it took a committee of grandmothers three days to invent. I took one bite and nearly wrote home about it. Rich, smoky, a little sweet... the sort of sauce that makes a man pause mid-chew and reconsider every sauce he has ever trusted before. Then the tacos arrived, and that's when things got serious. These weren't tidy little tacos meant for polite company. No sir. These were the kind where the juice runs down your hands and you stop worrying about manners because flavor has taken command of the ship. La Lupita is known around Cabo for its creative tacos and massive mezcal selection, and judging by the crowd and the music humming through the place, folks already know the secret. The staff goes the extra mile with every little detail, and before long you realize you didn't just stop for tacos you discovered a whole new method of happiness, served on a tortilla.

    The food was honestly mid. I will say the esquites were really good, but let's be real, that's a…read morehard dish to mess up. We were recommended this place by our hotel (ME Hotel), so we came in with high expectations. What we ordered: *Two esquites *Two tacos *Beans *Two micheladas *One spicy margarita Our total came out to $150, which completely shocked me. The place itself does not have a high-end vibe or atmosphere, so the pricing just didn't match the experience at all. The service was nice, I'll give them that, but the food did not justify the cost. I've had way better tacos for way less. And trust me, I've had a lot of tacos in my lifetime. It honestly feels like this place is taking advantage of tourists with these prices.

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    La Lupita - Tuna tacos on lettuce were incredible!!

    Tuna tacos on lettuce were incredible!!

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    Los Tres Gallos - Strip steak was fire 5/5

    Los Tres Gallos

    4.3(642 reviews)
    1.6 km
    $$$

    I'll tell you right now if you're anywhere near Cabo and you skip Los Tres Gallos, you messed up…read more This place sits right in downtown but once you walk inside boom beautiful courtyard, lights hanging everywhere, and a mariachi band that doesn't just play music... they attack your table with joy. I'm talking the kind of band that makes you want to order another margarita just so you can clap along like you suddenly grew up in Guadalajara. And the food? Real-deal Mexican classics mole, enchiladas, chile rellenos big flavors coming out of a kitchen that knows what it's doing. Now let's talk about the chips and salsa, because I didn't come here to play games. Some restaurants give you chips like they're doing you a favor three chips and a little salsa like it's a museum sample. Not here. These chips show up ready to party. Crunchy, warm, and the salsa hits you like, "Hola amigo, welcome to flavor." Add the incredible service and that mariachi band floating through the courtyard and suddenly dinner turns into a whole event. Honestly, this place was one of the highlights of my Cabo trip and my socks? Yeah... they're still somewhere on the floor from those chips and salsa.

    Environment was nice up until the flies swarm your food and staff does nothing about it!…read more Happened on 2026-04-12 at 6pm, lovely evening, the restaurant has a nice environment and food came out quick. But that was the end of the positive things as a swarm of flies quickly came to eat the food. Trying to swat them away helped a bit but there was way too many of them. I eventually flagged a waiter down, and he shrugged at the flies. A minute later some candle flame thing came out saying that it will help with the flies but already that was too late as flies were all over the food and I lost my appetite at that point. It was disgusting. I just got up and left. Went to cashier to pay my bill. The cashier also shrugged at my fly incident, and I asked how much it was going to be. Full price. No consideration about bad operating environment and since they knew about the fly issue they didnt setup before food was served to control it better. Even after bringing it up again in detail, she shrugged again. No sorry or anything, just a brush off. Then to make it even worse she asked if I wanted to tip the service. I was in there for a few minutes, staff didnt help quickly or even pre-empt the fly issue, and I'm being asked to pay full price. Sorry but no thanks. How did this place get on the Michelin list? Service poor. Environment poor. Zero or negative star rating for me.

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    Los Tres Gallos
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    Hacienda Cocina y Cantina - Crab tacos

    Hacienda Cocina y Cantina

    4.4(543 reviews)
    1.5 km
    $$$$

    Wow!! Wow!! Wow!! An absolutely cannot miss when you're in Cabo place. EVERYTHING was well…read moreprepared and seasoned to perfection. The views are stunning and since we arrived on a cruise ship and were treated to views of our ship from the table. The restaurant is beautiful. Cannot do it justice by trying to describe how beautiful the restaurant and the property as a whole is. Suffice it to say . . . Stunning! Service was impeccable our servers Ohnel and Arturo did not miss a beat. This is definitely a cannot miss destination and will be my definite stop every time I return to Cabo I felt the prices were very fair especially for such a high end restaurant and the food was exceptionally fresh. From the fresh catch of the day to the Shrimp Diabla (Camarones Diabla. The sauce was decadent Now you must try the guac. They prepare it table side and not only is it a site the behold but the flavors are to die for This was my first time in Cabo and certainly will not be my last. Did a lot of research on local high end restaurants (The Office, Sunset Mona Lisa El Farallon) Tried this and one of the others which was great and will review shortly but to be honest. When you factor in location, ambiance food etc. I will have to give this the edge. It really made my trip to Cabo worth it and it is where we settled to dine for my birthday. I simply cannot believe it took me so long to visit Cabo I have done it a disservice as I frequent the Eastern side of Mexico but now I know I have already booked my return trip And to my Mexican Familia at Hacienda Cocina: Gracias por hacer que nuestra visita fuera tan memorable. Todos se esmeraron al maximo oara hacer que la visita fuera fantastica . Nos vemos pronto!

    We stayed at Hacienda for my bachelorette party and couldn't recommend the resort enough!!!!…read moreHowever, we were all by the pool one day, some girls didn't want to leave/some didn't feel well/some were hungry so we grabbed a quick bite to eat at the restaurant within Hacienda for lunch. Wow! Wow! Wow! First of all the ambiance is so fun, beautiful views of the beach! The service was quick, the waiters were so funny and nice! Our waiter brought us free chips/dips and smoothies! The street tacos I had were awesome. Keep in mind though it is a little pricey given the convenience factor but we loved it!

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    Hacienda Cocina y Cantina - Complementary chips and dips

    Complementary chips and dips

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    Roasted Grill & Bar - 2lb lobster tail!! And the steak was amazing as well!

    Roasted Grill & Bar

    4.7(791 reviews)
    1.1 km
    $$$

    The steak hits different here in Cabo compared to Southern California‍ The ambiance, the…read moreappetizers, the entrées, and dessert were all amazing. The waitor was attentive and he brought out complimentary dessert for the table following our meal. You've got a tree growing in the middle of the restaurant, are there going to be some bugs in an open air restaurant, hell yes there is. But who cares, you're in Cabo on vacation, and you just took a scorpion shot at the cantina next door. 10/10 Recommend!

    Roasted Grill & Bar was an absolute highlight of our recent trip to Cabo! We planned one evening…read moreout for dinner and landed on Roasted in downtown Cabo, and we hit the jackpot! The evening we dined here it was raining, and while that is normally not significant, Roasted is partially open-air with the middle of the restaurant having no cover, so the rain was pouring in and effectively closed 60% of the place. When we arrived, the hostess and owner were apologetic and offered to rebook us, but we aren't quitters and a little rain does hurt us...but they also had a table near the entrance that was covered, so we decided to take it and enjoy our evening. Best decision ever! We started our evening off with a few cocktails paired with shrimp ceviche, queso fundido with chorizo, guacamole and an assortment of salsas. Once we ate through all this goodness, we tossed in our main courses of short rib, octopus, imperial shrimp and tampequena's. Finally we rounded out our meal with a few desserts consisting of cheesecake, chocolate flan and key lime pie! Everything was cooked to perfection, plated beautifully and absolutely delectable from first to last bite! The tampequena was my order and consisted of flank steak sided with a chile relleno and quesadilla...all of my favorite things as one meal? Sign me up! The desserts were delightful with all of us non-flan people being converted after trying the chocolate flan! Ownership put the desserts and a round of tequila shots on the house due to rain, which is more than they had to do. We were beyond thankful and appreciative. Service was phenomenal as well. Our server, the hostess, owner and food runners were all engaged, friendly and helpful. The space itself is absolutely gorgeous! The lit tree in the middle of the restaurant is a centerpiece and a perfect anchor to the decor and vibe. Overall, Roasted was one of the best dining experiences we have had in a long time, and definitely the best one we had while in Cabo. Do yourself a favor and come here! We definitely know we will be back!

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    Roasted Grill & Bar - Open kitchen inside

    Open kitchen inside

    Roasted Grill & Bar - Camarones ajo

    Camarones ajo

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    Dinner for 2 with Flys

    Carbon - mexican - Updated May 2026

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