El Portal - Valle de Bravo

We wandered into El Portal, on the square in Valle, after a restaurant we had tried and liked on a previous trip was closed. We were pleasantly surprised! The ambience was quaint and warm, the waiter friendly and amused by our continued orders of Margaritas after we warily ordered the first batch (it's hard to find an especially good Margarita) and loved them, and the food quite good. In fact, we came back the next day for more Margaritas before our trip back on the bus to Mexico City, making the trip home more pleasant.

This eatery has a balcony overlooking the plaza, the zocalo, the cathedral, the main part of town. It's quite nice, you're under cover but can see out over everything. The service was fantastic, very attentive and friendly. The food sucks though, frozen veggies, soggy fish, grey meat that was overcooked and underseasoned, the soup was good, but I did find a hair in it, may have been my own, who knows? Beers were cold. This is a good place to come have beers or other drinks and overlook the town, but I would choose other places for good food. Price isn't bad.