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We did the Taco 102 walking tour the first night we arrived in Puerto Vallarta. We were so happy with our tour, we signed up for the Seafood 101 Walking tour. This is all street food. If you are down for an adventure but just need someone to show you the ropes, this is the tour for you! Please bring cash because all the stops are cash only. If you don’t have cash, Memo will show you a local ATM machine that charges only 60 pesos to withdraw cash from your debit card (vs 193 peso withdrawal fee at our hotel). The first stop we had cow head tacos. I forgot the name of the stand, but it was so good. You can order either mixed or cow head meat separated (brain, lips, tongue, cheek). The second stop was a beef tripe taco stop.l (again I forgot the name because I was so busy listening to Memo and eating). You can get it with our without beans. I don’t usually like tripe, but this tripe was crispy! Third stop was Mariscos Cisneros. Don’t be swayed by the place not being packed. Mexicans don’t usually have seafood for dinner. The tacos here are huge and so delicious!! Final stop was at Las Gueras, with Al pastor tacos. It was great and drinks there were even better. I really want to emphasize that these stops were carefully selected by Memo. This is unlike other tours, you could tell tour guides get some sort of kick back. All the owners at these restaurants treated Memo like a family member and thus welcomed us accordingly. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Memo! Remember to tip generously: Memo’s got 7 dogs to feed 😂
We absolutely enjoyed Seafood 101 walking tour with Memo! We did the Taco 102 walking tour 2 days beforehand and were so happy to have Memo as our tour guide again. Please bring cash because all the stops are cash only. If you don’t have cash, Memo will show you a local ATM machine that charges only 60 pesos to withdraw cash from your debit card (vs 193 peso withdrawal fee at our hotel). Memo was very informative about ingredients, cooking methods, origin of food at every single stop. He made plenty of recommendations for what to do in the city while we walked between stops. Everyone in town seems to know Memo- greeting him along the way. Every stop was carefully thought out- unlike other tours where you could tell there was some sort of kick back. Some of the stops even gave us free samples because they of their friendship with Memo (and granted it was only us 2 for the tour today). The most expensive taco we had was only 50 pesos! We started with Marlin skewers (pescado en vara asado) at Pit Stop & Los Abuelos. This is the same reddish meat on a stick you see people selling on the beach. It was very well seasoned and now I know it is made fresh, I’ll flag them down next time I see them being sold on the beach! Second stop was freshly shucked oysters right on the beach. Ostinones Puerta Vallarta is just a stand with an umbrella and the owner selling freshly caught oysters. It is a family run business- with others shucking oysters in the shade. The clams and oysters were so fresh that when move if you poke them!! Third stop was Mariscos Guero, a sit down restaurant. We tried all of Memo’s recommendations. But be patient because they make everything to order. Best thing we had were the smoked marlin tostada and a tapa style octopus (not on menu, special order by Memo for us). Our final stop was at Marisma. We are from San Diego, with a huge fish taco scene. I went in doubtful I’d be blown away, but Marisma makes THE BEST fried fish taco! We were sad to part ways with Memo, we had such a great time! Tip generously: Memo’s got 7 dogs to feed 😂