The pre-game. It is a important element to any epic evening out. But in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico’s prime get together vacation spot, the pre-game is it’s personal full-fledged fiesta that you may’t miss.
PV Nightlife’s pre-game gurus have explored each nook and cranny of our stunning metropolis to convey you the perfect locations to munch, sip, and groove when the evening continues to be younger.
Mexican get together tradition runs deep in Puerto Vallarta, which means the nightlight doesn’t get going till after 11pm.
Sure, you could possibly empty out that costly mini bar in your resort or cease at OXXO or Kiosko comfort retailer to seize some bottles and pre-game in your resort room, however that’s not residing the Puerto Vallarta get together dream to the fullest.
Our checklist of the perfect pre-game spots in Puerto Vallarta has you coated it doesn’t matter what you’re in search of: superior eating places, gay-friendly cocktail bars, hip lounges, nice completely satisfied hours and extra.
Get prepared, as a result of any seasoned night-lifer is aware of that the pre-game is simply as vital as the sport itself!
DINNER AND DRINKS
Joe Jacks
Get the mojo flowing for the evening forward with 2×1 Mojitos at Joe Jack’s Fish Shack on daily basis of the week with their 7-hour Happy Hour operating from 12pm to 7pm each day.
One of the preferred eating places for locals and vacationers alike, this can be a excellent spot for an informal dinner and drinks earlier than a killer evening out in Puerto Vallarta.
The can’t-miss dish? Grab one in all their well-known bacon cheeseburgers for some sure-fire hangover prevention for the following day.
Location: Basilio Badillo 212
Hours: 12pm to 11pm each day
Don Chava Taqueria Cantina
Don Chava Taqueria Cantina in Old Town Puerto Vallarta is a enjoyable, relaxed hangout for good buddies, good meals and good drinks—excellent for pre-game or post-game motion.
Tacos, tequila, and beer are the specialties, with huge screens to catch a recreation earlier than heading out.
Grab a pair tacos pastor and one in all their unimaginable specialty Margaritas… we love the Picante Margarita with Don Julio Blanco, serrano chile, and agave in addition to the Mezcal Margarita with Mezcal Union, Cointreau and Persian lime juice.
Location: Lazaro Cardenas 288
Hours: Wednesday to Monday, 5:30pm to 1am
Bonito Kitchen
Bonito Kitchen is our super-secret, off-the-beaten-track scorching spot for wickedly good cocktails and the perfect Asian fusion meals in Puerto Vallarta.
Bonito Kitchen is subtly positioned within the Gaviotas neighborhood much less that one kilometer away from the nightclubs of the Puerto Vallarta Hotel Zone.
A cool, informal house bringing Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese flavors to Vallarta, Bonito additionally mixes a number of the greatest cocktails on the town.
If you’re keen on basic cocktails with a twist, that is your jam.
Location: De Los Tules 325, Jardines de Las Gaviotas
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 5pm to 10:30pm, Saturday, 1pm to 10:30pm
Alquimista Cocktail Room
This cool house seems like an city speakeasy with steampunk styling, and it’s obtained a vintage-hipster playlist to set the ambiance.
Alquimista Cocktail Room focuses on taking these Vegas-style Rat Pack basic cocktails and updating them with recent, native components, bringing a contemporary Mexican twist to basic mixology.
An ideal pre-game location for Nuevo Vallarta, the kitchen has a terrific little menu of appetizers and mains that includes recent Banderas Bay seafood and different up to date Mexican dishes.
Location: Tepic 1480, Nuevo Vallarta
Hours: Monday to Sunday, 2pm to 2am
La Federal Cocina Tradicional
A hotspot within the hip Marina Vallarta district, La Federal is a classy tackle the normal Mexican cantina.
An amazing menu of up to date Mexican conventional dishes will get you prepared for an extended evening of Vallarta partying.
Get your digicam prepared, as a result of La Federal’s cocktails are famously Insta-worthy.
Your drink could come served with something from a conventional Mezcal presentation to a small botanical backyard—the presentation is at all times a spectacle to behold.
Location: Paseo de la Marina 121
Hours: Sunday to Wednesday, 12pm to midnight, Thursday to Saturday, 12pm to 2am
HAPPY HOUR
Signature Lounge and Skybar at Residences
Located at Pinnacle Resorts in Old Town, take your selection of areas and resolve for your self which is the perfect Happy Hour in Puerto Vallarta: both the attractive Signature Lounge Lobby Bar or the highest flooring at SkyBar at Residences.
Both supply unimaginable sundown views and each function the locals’ favourite Happy Hour—all cocktails, beers, top-shelf alcohol and wine at 2×1!
Location: Pulpito 180 and 182
Happy Hour: 530pm to 730pm or 6pm to 8pm relying on the season
BREW PUBS
Los Muertos Brewing Company
The first craft brewery in Puerto Vallarta, Los Muertos Brewing Company has been turning out good beers and good instances for over 7 years.
This Puerto Vallarta brewpub includes a each day Cerveza Happy Hour from 4pm to 6pm with all their craft beers discounted to simply 35 pesos: Mexican Rubia (a light-bodied ale), El JefeWiezen (summer season wheat beer), Anillo de Fuego (spicy wheat ale), Revenge (excessive hops IPA), and the native favourite, Agave Maria (American type amber).
Extra bonus? Los Muertos Brewing Company fires up a number of the greatest pizza on the town at tremendous inexpensive costs, making this a pre-game winner.
Location: Lazaro Cardenas 302
Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11am to 12am
Monzón Brewing Co.
Another superior brewpub in Puerto Vallarta, Monzón Brewing Co. actually has a mission to “save you from boring beer,” and it stays true to its phrase with a number of the most artistic craft brewing in Mexico.
With an excellent laid-back ambiance, pleasant employees, and a menu of inexpensive eats, this can be a excellent spot to start out an evening out in downtown Puerto Vallarta.
Location: Venustiano Carranza 239
Hours: Daily from 11am to 10pm
PARTY ADJACENT
Abolengo
Pre-gaming at Abolengo will make heading to the membership go as easily as tequila and lime.
This hip, open-air cocktail lounge is positioned subsequent door to one of many greatest nightclubs in Puerto Vallarta, La Santa.
Dress to impress as a result of that is the place the beautiful individuals collect earlier than hitting the membership till daybreak.
Location: Boulevard Francisco Medina Ascencio 2468
Hours: Thursday to Saturday, 6pm to 2am
La Madelena
Grab dinner in La Madelena, one in all Puerto Vallarta’s coolest eating places conveniently positioned subsequent to 2 of the hottest nightclubs, Strana and The Black Room.
Not solely does this up to date steakhouse function indoor and out of doors seating and the biggest tv display in Puerto Vallarta for catching a recreation but it surely has a floor-to-ceiling wall of Tequila accessed by high-wire “Tequila Angels.”
If tequila isn’t your type, ask concerning the nightly cocktail choice, hand-mixed at tableside from the touring bar cart.
Location: Francisco Medina Ascencio 2025
Hours: Daily from 1pm to 2am
MAJOR MIXOLOGY
Bar La Playa
This tiny hidden gem simply steps away from Los Muertos Beach is likely one of the greatest spots on the town for customized cocktails.
Amazing mixologist and proprietor/bartender Alex takes basic cocktails like Moscow Mules and Old Fashioneds and places a contemporary twist on them.
With an superior and ever-changing assortment of tequila, mezcal, and raicilla recipes served up with artistic aptitude, each drink that comes out of Bar La Playa is actually Instagram-worthy.
Make positive to hit Alex up for his late-night suggestions and hidden secrets and techniques… he’s a Vallarta nightlife professional!
Location: Lázaro Cárdenas 179
Hours: Monday to Saturday, 12pm to 12am
BUDGET FRIENDLY
Sea Monkey
Pregaming on a funds, Sea Monkey has you coated with a number of the least expensive drinks on the town, each day 2×1 specials, buckets of beer, and a implausible ocean view.
Even higher, its location close to Bar M and Mandala make it straightforward to hop to the golf equipment. This the final word in peso-friendly pre-clubbing in Puerto Vallarta.
Location: Aquiles Serdan 174
Hours: 10am to 930pm each day
Cerveceria Chapultepec Vallarta
First opened in Guadalajara in 2015, Cerveceria Chapultepec has opened a number of areas all through Mexico and has now introduced this superb pre-game location to Puerto Vallarta.
Its large menu of Baja-California impressed delicacies, American favorites, cocktails, beers and extra can all be had for… anticipate it… JUST 19 PESOS EACH. That’s proper. Everything on the menu is nineteen pesos.
To show you how to with the mathematics, that’s about $1 USD. You can’t beat that for funds pre-gaming! By the best way, simply because the costs are nice doesn’t imply the room isn’t stuffed with a full of life (and horny) crowd; everybody loves the low costs and the good ambiance right here!
Location: Blvd. Nuevo Vallarta 280 A (and shortly to open in Marina Vallarta)
Hours: 1pm to 2am each day
Party on, Party Smart
No matter the way you pregame in Puerto Vallarta, earlier than going out to take pleasure in an incredible evening of clubbing in among the finest cities on the earth for partying, be sure that a part of your pre-game routine is planning for a secure evening forward.
Make a “night out checklist” earlier than you head out: a completely charged telephone with Uber able to go, small payments for taxis, and each a bank card and money (bank cards will not be as extensively accepted in Puerto Vallarta as elsewhere).
Don’t neglect to jot down down the deal with of your lodging in case of cocktail forgetfulness.
The PV classics on our checklist of the perfect pre-game spots in Puerto Vallarta are excellent for lounging, grooving, indulging, and assembly that particular somebody to take to the membership.
Don’t know which spot to hit first? Contact PV Nightlife at this time and we’ll show you how to arrange a pre-game pub crawl on your entire crew that concludes at a VIP desk all your personal.