Good Food, Great Prices

                                          

Today's post is mainly geared for people already IN Antigua, Guatemala- expats primarily but also for those tourists who want some good, cheap, Guatemalan food.

I have discovered 3 cheap Guatemalan restaurants (they all deliver!) in Antigua that are SOOO yummy that you MUST try!

"A Lo Chapin"
 6ta. calle poniente #26A, 03001-Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez
7832-9143 &  4739-4678

A Lo Chapin is a Guatemalan restaurant with a daily menu that changes that comes with a house drink which is usually some Hibiscus Iced Tea (Rosa de Jamaica), Tamarind juice, & Lemonade mixed with a juice of a fruit known as CHAN which tastes similar to Guava but has black seeds. Here's a picture that may scare you or intrigue you.

The food is pretty good & also pretty cheap! I'm talking about $3-4 a plate with drink CHEAP! They post their menus daily on their Facebook page. All I know is that I've had the BEST pollo horneado there hands down! Oh and the best Rosa de Jamaica drink & the yummiest horchata. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that they make all their natural drinks themselves & all their ingredients are freshly bought from the local mercado. Here are a few photos:

"Restaurante y Taqueria El Faro"
2nd Avenida Sur #2
(one block from the La Union Tank)
7832-4324
Hours: 9am- 9:30am

There are a lot of Mexican roots in Guatemala. This restaurant is a Mexican hole in the wall restaurant and their food is also VERY good and VERY cheap! They too have a menu for the day's special. Otherwise, their tacos are great & burritos are SUPER! Big & tasty. My husband loved the Nachos MORE than Monoloco's b/c he said these nachos have more meat rather than a bunch of gunk that Monoloco has. When my husband & I first ate here we got the 2 meals below and 3 'gaseosas' (sodas) and the total was 69Q ($8!!!). I've tried looking for info on these guys online to order from them or just get any info but there's NONE! So that's why I'm writing about them.

Delivery: They deliver with a minimum of 50Q (expats take note).

Super Burrito 25Q ($3)

Nachos

"Cafeteria La Concepcion"
4a Calle Oriente 61 "B" Antigua, Guatemala
(At the exit of Antigua, last building on the right- white wall)
4361-8810
Monday-Friday only

This place is special to me b/c I fell in LOVE with their steak sandwich. It not only came with a side of french fries, but a salad piled with avocados. It was DELICIOUS! Husband approved. The 'pan' (they call sandwiches "panes" here) is really big too. They ALSO have daily lunch specials for 35Q ($4). They do breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Last Saturday I wanted to take my husband to try the food b/c he loved my cold leftovers (the steak sandwich) so I wanted him to try the food freshly made. BUT....it was closed!!!!! They are only opened Mondays-Fridays. I've recommended this restaurant to others and each one of them was very impressed with the food- even a friend of mine who was spoiled with great cooking by her ex-husband was skeptical until she tried it. So, TRY IT! It's on the way OUT of Antigua. So from Central Park face the Cathedral & Citibank (4th Calle Oriente). Walk up WITH the flow of traffic. Keep walking. You'll see a large fountain & a gas station. Keep going- go with the flow of traffic. You'll pass "Kristahl" laundromat, past Cafe Condesa Express- go all the way to the end of the street. Make sure you end on the right hand side. There, the VERY LAST BUILDING on that street on the right hand side, is Cafeteria La Concepcion.

Steak Sandwhich (pan de lomito)