re: Cabo recs

We just got back from our trip, and it was fantastic! We stayed at a villa in Pedregal, in a gated "community" area with the entrance gate being right at the Waldorf.

TACOS GARDENIAS: Cannot recommend enough!! It's off the beaten path, so not too touristy which is what we like to experience. Great food at pretty cheap prices, perfect place for a lunch/afternoon bite & drink. Best meal we had hands down, all 4 of us. GREAT tacos, quesadillas, and ceviche and their spicy margaritas were awesome. Food, drinks, & service were each legit 5/5 stars.

El Farallon at The Waldorf Astoria: Fancy atmosphere with 4 course menu where the cheapest option I believe was $100, so if you are planning on each having a cocktail, champagne or glass of wine then prepare for a $400 evening. Excellent scenery starts with driving through the "bat cave" of the hollowed out mountain to the cocktail lounge area overlooking the pool & ocean, then restaurant on the mountain side with the waves crashing against the rocks. Beautiful movie type views, and this is what you are paying for! Cocktails were great, salads & appetizer courses were great, but the entree was honestly pretty bad overall. 4 entrees were 2 sea bass which was just "okay" and a tuna that was fishy and a steak that was a bit overcooked yet somehow still cold in the middle. Our dinner reservations were at night so it was dark but still beautiful, and we enjoyed the cocktail lounge area so much that we went back there another evening to watch the sunset and again it was very relaxing and beautiful.

The Office: The wives went there one day for lunch and absolutely loved it. Out on the beach at one of the few places people could actually get in the water to swim. They said the food & service were great, they loved everything about it.

Solmar Golf Links: We squeezed in 1 round and it was beautiful. Challenging course with ocean views on I think 16/18 holes. $235 greens mid day dropped from $295 in the morning is a bit steep, but worth it when on vacation for that kind of course to me. A few holes have actual beach surrounding them & so if you go in it you have to swing out of your shoes to move the ball out of that heavy sand lol. No cart girls, but they have "comfort stations" set up about every 3rd hole where you can get drinks & food that are complimentary.

Catering to Cabo: We booked this company to come to the villa and cook dinner for us and thoroughly enjoyed it. We did fajitas the first night since we were a little tired from traveling, and it worked out great because we had leftovers to snack on the next couple of days. They have several options to choose from, all were delicious! GREAT service, extremely pleasant, creative enough to use what they brought along with different things we had in the villa to set up & make it a nice setting. After finishing they cleaned up even more things than they touched, literally could not tell they were there other than the leftover food they packaged for us.


TL;DR: Tacos Gardenias & The Office are great relaxing lunch spots.
El Farallon is beautiful & pricey, food just okay. Not mad that we went, but I would not go back. But I highly recommend going to the cocktail lounge area to watch the sunset. Definitely make reservations
Catering to Cabo was fantastic
Solmar Golf Links was awesome.