Cangrejo Azul: Restaurant Reviews Add to trip Avenida Principal s/n, Mazunte 70949, Mexico 958-5879059

Cangrejo Azul: Restaurant Reviews

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Avenida Principal s/n, Mazunte 70949, Mexico

958-5879059

ViewPointMexico

Calgary, Canada

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 Reviews in 6 cities

The best Italian around! - Review of Cangrejo Azul, Mazunte, Mexico ...
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“The best Italian around!”

Reviewed February 25, 2013 NEW

One word to describe Alessandro's Cangrejo Azul is spectacular! We happened upon this little gem one night and now visit each week to enjoy fresh, delicious pasta and great ambience. I would highly recommend starting with the zesty bruschetta. The spinach stuffed ravioli bolognese is my favorite. Top it off with delicious tiramisu or cheesecake and a glass of wine...perfect meal!

The staff is great and welcoming. It can get quite busy but there is a sharing table at the front of the restaurant where you can sit and eat with others...great for meeting new people.

We brought friends to Cangrejo Azul who have also been to Italy. They said it was better than anything they had!

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• Visited January 2013
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PJMCTraveler

Houston, Texas

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“Great Place to Dine”

Reviewed February 16, 2013

Who would have thought you could get such fabulous Italian food in little Mazunte? A really great restaurant. Allesandro is "The Maestro"!

Visited February 2013

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Chalupin

Paris, France

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“fine food, marvelous welcome”

Reviewed August 16, 2012

The best place to have a good dinner in Mazunte, and the warm welcome is so plasant.... one have to go there

Visited August 2012

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eran m

Ramat Gan, Israel

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“great resterant”

Reviewed August 5, 2012

we got to the restaurant with low expectation however with all the simplicity the food was excellent, the stuff was very friendly.
This is a must go restaurant when you visit mazunte.

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• Visited July 2012
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lordmerd

New York City, New York

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“best food in Mazunte”

Reviewed August 1, 2012

1. If you are in Mazunte, you must eat here
2. if you're lucky enough and it's on the menu, get the octopus
3. thou shalt not leave Mazunte without having tried the fresh pasta here, better yet, the ravioli if available
4. if you think you've had a good cheesecake, think again
5. closes thursdays

• Visited August 2012

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Pochutla to San Agustito MEXICO | WEDNESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2013

Life Love & AdventureFOLLOW MY FIRST JOURNEY AROUND THIS LITTLE BLUE PLANET AS I TREAD WEARILY INTO UNKNOWN WATERS, SIPPING ON THE NECTARS OF ANCIENT FRUIT TREES, GRAPPLING LINGUISTICS WITH FOREIGN TONGUES, AND BATHING IN EXOTIC SENSATIONS ...

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MEXICO | WEDNESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2013 | VIEWS [66] | COMMENTS [1]

With more shopping to do for Tuesday's fiesta, Bambo wanted an early start to go to Pochutla again.  So after a quick coffee we headed off to the 'big smoke'.  Pochutla is still a small town but compared to San Agustinillo, it's a veritable metropolis.  It seemed busier this morning, people rushing around, cars packing the streets, vendors yelling out their wares.  The markets were packed.  The cars with loudspeakers that push the hard sell with advertising or political messages mix in with the blaring trumpet music from the local CD shop, and creates a cacophony that unsettles your mojo! Hehe. 

The lads took me to a small upstairs kitchen where we had a more traditional Mexican breakfast - three pork tacos with a choice of salsas and a fruity water.  Starting the day with a chilli hit is one way to add a spring in your step :).  It took a little while to find some shops they wanted, but all was done by lunch time.  I also ended buying myself a new belt to replace the one I broke in Mexico City (not that I need it here!)

 

So after a refreshing swim and some hammock time, I enjoyed a ceviche de pescado and a cerveza.  Tomorrow will be a busy day setting things up for the San Agustito fundraiser, but for now, it's chill-out time, hehe.

 

I went down to San Agustito at sunset to see if the boys were doing any prep for the party.  It was good to start helping out by sweeping up and moving rubbish, and generally cleaning up the site.  Bambo described his ideas for the new layout of the place, and we came up with a tentative place for 'La esquina de Mattias' (Matt's corner), heheh.  Thea and Jiody came by and offered pizzas for dinner, so we set up some tables and chairs and had an unofficial opening of the new San Agustito.  But even so, a band of people just turned up to rehearse their music which they'll play at the party.  It was fabulous listening to some flamenco style guitar and singing, flute and hand-clapping, and wooden beat box from this random gypsy combo.  After a few beers it felt like the party had already started :). And in the midst of all this, some other guys loaded in all the parts to a marquis that they set up out the front! 

 

So by the end of the night, I stumbled back along the beach to my cabana happy to have had such an unexpected but rewarding day :) 

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I owe it to everyone reading this blog, and to myself of course, to write one last chapter.  I think I've had a great escape from my monotonous, suburban life back home, and I've tried to make the most of everything San Agustinillo offered me.  The endless rumble of the surf, the glorious temperatures for this time of year, the super-relaxed vibe, the smiles and laughter of everyone in town, the great variety of restaurants and bars, and probably above all, the time to unwind, to clear out the clutter in my mind, and the opportunity to get back into the 'now'.  

Notwithstanding that however, life throws you opportunities that, in reflection of the life I lead back home, I wonder in which direction I should go.  I guess it's all about the eternal search for happiness within one's self, and avoiding the doubts, the regrets and the worries.  I came to SA to 'bum on a beach for a month' but found I got a whole lot more.  There's a spirit here of community, of friendships, of taking care and looking out for each other, and I have to thank Bambo and Alving for showing me that.  Everywhere you go there are the 'slide and punch' handshake greetings amongst the men, and the kisses on the cheeks and hugs amongst the women, you become personally attached to people in a very short space of time.  

 

There's ample opportunity for the artistic mind to dream, design and create, but I wonder where someone like me would fit in.  It's very easy to become enchanted by this patch of paradise, and its magnetic charm has attracted people from all over the world.  Of course I've only been exposed to a snapshot of life here, and I know the wet season would spawn another whole series of tales.  Hmm, so when was San Agustito re-opening Bambo? ;)

 

I spent the last couple of days hanging out at Mexico Lindo and on the beach contemplating the trip home, so rewiring my brain for schedules and time frames has put a bit of a damper on my holiday spirit.  But that's all an inevitable part of the journey so you just have to go with it.  However, there was one more trip to Pochutla and an awesome lunch on the beach at neighbouring Zipolite to affirm that I was still in Mexico!

 

Now if I can only guarantee that the boys will get me to the airport in time, hehe.  The blues man David Rotundo is playing a gig in Zipolite, and I have a feeling it could be a late night.  Wish me luck!

 

Gracias por todo San Agustinillo!!  Fueron muy amables!!