Barra Light

Hi! Discover this amazingly healthy shining star right now! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the best quality food and value in a well-​lighted, beautiful space you are going to find in Puerto Vallarta. I stayed in February for nine days and ate here everyday for lunch except Sunday when they were closed. I love salad and eat one every day and this place is a Make Your Own Salad Bar restaurant like the ones that have become so popular in the United States. Three different sizes of bowls with huge portions of spinach or lettuces that you choose, then you add your hand picked ingredients and choose a dressing. Of course, it’s Mexico, so the quality of the vegetables is outstanding and the tastes are just what you want in a great salad. They also have smoothies, which I never had but many people ordered and were obviously quite pleased. And, they have really gorgeous looking sandwiches and breakfast served everyday, too. All this PLUS the best service you can imagine. English speaking Adriana, who is the manager and almost always there, has a great crew of hard working, kind people who do everything they can to make your experience the best it can be. Half the fun is just watching all the people come in the door and greet Adriana who is well-​loved by them all and it shows. The restaurant is new, sparkling clean and there is plenty of seating. Also, several outlets are available for plugging in electronics, and as a novelist, I wrote comfortably for hours everyday. Seriously, come here and you will be so glad you did. Say hi to wonderful Marie and all the other lovely people that work so hard, and tell them Michael sent you!

This is the cleanest, healthiest place on the beach. After a bout with food poisoning at another restaurant I began just eating all my meals here. Sweetest lady runs the place. I highly recommend. Organic, healthy, simple good food.

Clean. Clean style. Healthier food options including juices. A good place for coffee and light eating. Sort of European style.

Vegan food available! That can be hard to find in this area. This is a block off the beach, they pack for takeout if you want to picnic, and the vegetables are fresh and tasty. This is a great place for soup sandwich and salad.

An excellent, healthy meal! For me was a fresh salad and a homemade soup. The panini sandwiches look great! Brand new restaurant. Very clean and the staff were extremely friendly. A great place to eat and have some good, tasty, and healthy food!!!

Just discovered this new addition to my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago and I have to say I was very impressed. You can’t miss it — right across the street from Café Bohemia and the exterior is covered in Astroturf — lol. Anyway, it’s brand new and clean as a pin. Staff is super friendly and will explain the lay of the land.
Basically, it’s pretty much panini, salads, and homemade soups (a case of sweets too but I didn’t partake so they may not be made in house). I had a turkey panini with Black Forest ham and Swiss. It was served on some of the best ciabatta that I’ve ever tasted and served piping hot of the press. Came with a small side salad and a couple of very addictive dipping sauces. Also, had a cup of their soup de jour (I’m spacing on the flavor but kind of a creamy broccoli) — equally scrumptious. Both for under $ 10usd.
So, it’s clean and bright, staff is eager, and plenty of seating (unlike Salud around the corner). So happy to have another healthy alternative in the neighborhood. I took them down a star because the layout is just wrong. You should go through the line and make your selections and then pay — they have it backwards and you pay first. Sorry Barra Light — that just doesn’t make sense.