Taberna El Pelícano

Across from Johnny's Cuisines: Seafood

About

This is easily the best and most interesting restaurant in Monterrico. The menu is longer and more creative than anything else in town, and features a variety of pastas, entrees, vegetarian dishes (including an eggplant "steak"), desserts, and a list of daily specials. A small garden fronting the wooden tables hosts a fountain and a pair of large, almost tame, pelicans, the restaurant's namesake mascots.