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El Olvido Frommer's Very Highly Recommended


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Cuisine French, Mexican
Hours Daily 6pm-midnight
Location Glorieta Diana traffic circle, Plaza Marbella, Costera Hotel Zone
Reservations Reservations recommended
Phone 744/481-0203, 744/481-0256 or 744/481-0214
Web site www.elolvido.com.mx
Prices Main courses $15-$40
Credit Cards AE, MC, V

El Olvido Review

El Olvido gives you all the glittering bayview ambience of the posh Las Brisas restaurants, without the taxi ride. The menu is one of the most sophisticated in the city. It's expensive, but each dish is delightful in presentation and taste. Start with one of the 12 house specialty drinks, such as Olvido, made with tequila, rum, Cointreau, tomato juice, and lime juice. Soups include delicious cold avocado cream, and thick black bean and chorizo. Among the innovative entrees are grilled quails with honey and pasilla chiles, thick sea bass with a mild sauce of cilantro and avocado, and lamb chops with chipotle. For dessert, I recommend chocolate fondue or guanĂ¡bana (a tropical fruit) mousse in a rich zapote negro (black tropical fruit) sauce. El Olvido sits at the back of the Plaza Marbella shopping center fronting Diana Circle. Although the bay view is lovely, a drawback is that the dance clubs down the shoreline can often be heard after 10pm.

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