Restaurante Amores - Tecate

Quería hacer algo diferente para el cumpleaños de mi esposo. No había visitado Tecate desde que tenía 10 años y pensé que sería algo diferente ir a explorarlo y salir un poco de la rutina. Nos hospedamos en el Hotel Santuario Diegueño que nos encantó, pero hoy quiero hablar del restaurante en el que cenamos. AMORES fue una verdadera sorpresa, por fuera no dice mucho el lugar pero su gastronomía lo dice todo. No hay menú, solo 3 opciones sorpresas: de 4, 5 y 8 tiempos a escoger. Optamos por la de 5 tiempos y cada platillo que llegaba era una delicia. De entrada te reciben con pan y tapenade de la casa y un betabel con carpaccio de res delicioso. Después comenzamos con los tiempos : Esquites de calabaza, sopa de tomate, Cuerel en salsa de mole amarillo, costilla de res deshuesada con vegetales y lechuga frita, pastel de queso con helado de jaca. Todo una fiesta al paladar y esto aunado a una bellísima presentación de los platillos. Desafortunadamente no nos tocó conocer al dueño y Chef Marcelo Hisaki para felicitarlo. Conocimos a Jonathan y Erick quienes se esmeraron en atendernos y explicarnos cada platillo que degustamos. Felicidades por el gran equipo que forman. Definitivamente lo recomiendo a todo el que pase por Tecate, AMORES es una parada obligatoria. Nosotros esperamos regresar pronto con la familia.

Sobredimensionado y teatral pero buena opción. Sería bueno ampliar la carta de vinos.

This is a gourmet treasure in the heart of Tecate. I think it's well worth a trip south.

This is my second time at Restaurante Amores! We had the four course dinner and each was a surprise and left us astonished by the taste, creativity and quality of the pairings and presentations. It is a gem of a find! The service is wonderful and charming. I love the surprise of walking through the kitchen to enter their beautiful dining room. Highly recommend if you visit Tecate.

Five of us drove from San Diego to Tecate on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend for dinner at Amores, almost a year after our previous visit (reviewed). The table d'hote menu was a bit different: we now had a choice of a 4-, 5-, or 8-course dinner, an entree option was available only for the 4-course meal.I won't describe the dishes themselves, as the menu changes daily, but as before, the food was excellent and beautifully prepared. Service was prompt and continuous, but there was no pressure to move us out. In fact, we spent nearly 2.5 hours to leisurely dine.This time, we had several individual glasses of house-made sangria, and even with the wine the cost was $32/person not including tip -- well worth it.BTW, when we told our server we'd been there before and had given highly-positive reviews on TripAdvisor, he was appreciative but told us that some online reviews had marked Amores down for its "atmosphere". The place is basic: it's in a narrow cinderblock building. You walk through the kitchen to the dining room, which is painted white with some dried vines at ceiling level to offset the starkness, with white tablecloths and napkins, and white plates and bowls.If you're coming here for a "romantic/intimate" atmosphere, you're in the wrong place. You come to Amores for the food.