El Meson

This restaurant is location inside the Hilton Los Cabos Hotel. As another reviewer stated, the hotel is quite isolated. So options for meals, if you don’t feel like going into town are very limited. With that said, this restaurant was quite a nice surprise. Although the menu is not huge, the options they do have as well as their service is excellent.
We started things off with the Inflated Gordita’s with Yucateco Chicken. Then continued with the Slow Roasted Pork Carnitas, Arrachera and the Chicken Enchiladas. Everything we ordered was literally one good dish after the next. I would highly suggest this restaurant, especially if you are staying at the Hilton Hotel.

What a classy, beautiful, elegant place. We started with octopus ceviche, followed by a grilled shrimp and beet salad and a shellfish Mexican combo (served with fire and all!). Everything was excellent and the service was perfect. Very nice gentlemen. Thank you El Meson for a wonderful birthday dinner.

Hilton has just reopened after the level 4.8 hurricane Dolores. This hotel is quite isolated, but that is also why it is serenity personified. Actually every beach and marina in Cabo was closed for the first four days of our trip due to a smaller off shore hurricane that brought rough seas to this area. They all displayed black flag warnings.
Secondly, anytime you want to leave the hotel, it costs between 30 and 40 dollars one way. Other transportation options include the bus ($ 2 – 3) or walking in the 85 – 95 degree heat of the desert.
Therefore we opted to eat almost every meal at on site. Sounds boring right? Quite the contrary! Let’s start with El Meson!
The breakfast was off the chain with green juice, fresh tropical fruit plates, Greek yogurt and parfaits with house made granola. They had many fresh juices and Aguas Frescos. If you just ordered the Continental Breakfast it included cereals, yummy pastries and everything healthy you can imagine. For just 30 pesos more, you could choose meats and egg dishes as well.
Dinner was delightful. This trip we kept sharing the lobster which was quickly fried with ginger, green onions, and garlic, portobello mushrooms and bok choy. It was lightly tossed with a sauce mixture reminiscent of a Chinese seafood dish. We had the sea bass which was well prepared and cooked to perfection, as well as the shrimp. The Vuelve de la Vida ceviche was out of this world with super fresh ingredients. The desserts were extraordinarily presented, however there was not one that I would reorder or recommend. I would rather save the calories to eat more of the delicious breads served with the herbed butter in the artisan bread basket.
Service was friendly and professional. Every staff member treated us well. It was peaceful, beautiful, and a culinary pleasure to dine at el Meson. I cannot wait to return!