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The Real Experience in Cabo Dining - The Stop Light

This is truly an Insider review here, as I eat at this restaurant a lot for a lot of good reasons. Their dishes range from traditional Mexican cuisine to fresh fish and seafood, pasta, excellent steaks, sandwiches and salads for the light eaters. They are open for at 8:00am for breakfast till midnight for dinner. The Stop Light Restaurant is centrally located almost next to the famous Squid Roe and across from the marina entrance they are not only very easy to find but are open late at night and right in the middle of all the action for the night life of Cabo San Lucas.

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I’m a local and I eat there with many locals sometimes 3-4 times a week. In fact some of my friends and I try have tried not to eat there and drive around thinking of where else to go but we still end up back at the Stop Light. Their consistent quality and fun location for viewing what’s happening in Cabo really makes it a great place to eat and hang out for the evening before enjoying the bars and discos that are all located nearby.

I have had a lot of friends and family visit over the years and after they eat at the Stoplight they never seem to want to go anywhere else. My own brother when visiting with his family a few years ago was advised by me that it was a great place for the family to dine in Cabo. A couple of days later when I had dinner plans with them I asked if they wanted to try the Stoplight. They said sure and then when ordering my niece and nephews said they wanted what they had the night before. “What you have already eaten here?” I asked. They laughed and said they not only had dinner there the night before but breakfast this morning too.

everyone several nights at the Stop Light saying “It is such a value!” Not something you commonly hear in Cabo (Carro (Spanish for expensive)) San Lucas.

My friends, guests and clients do go to some of the much finer restaurants around the Los Cabos area but you can only eat fancy fine dinning so much before you just want a casual good home cooked style meal or a light dinner all of which the Stop Light offers.

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 location of The Stop Light

Mine as well as some of my friends favorite dishes are the fresh Ahi Tuna cooked rare blackened with pepper sauce or simply with garlic and butter. The rib eye and the filet mignons are excellent (better than most of the high end steak houses). Also many like the Mexican combo or the lighter plates like a Club sandwich, Blackened Chicken or Ahi Tuna (seared sashimi) salad. They also serve many pastas including Fettuccine Alfredo, Linguini or Penne pasta with Chicken for example. The Stop Light has appetizers like baby back ribs and snails in garlic, or a Cheese Fondue in Marinara and Cilantro Pesto as well. The Stop Light also has a full service bar with great Margaritas and Long Cabo Ice Tea and a very attentive staff.

They really do have something for everyone and the portions are very generous. The consistency is the key and according to Marcel the head chef “this is what we try very hard to do even though it is not always easy here in the frontier of Mexico”.

One of the hardest things about writing this review is knowing that it will only be harder for me to get my favorite seating along the paseo (sidewalk) as more people discover what us locals already know. Be sure for larger groups to call ahead so they can better serve you. The hours of operation once again are from 8:00am to 12:00pm. Their number is (624) 143-4740 or you may email them via the contact form here