Restaurante Amores - Tecate

Great food, excellent service, and calm atmosphere. The attention to detail was incredible. A 5 course meal is more than enough to satisfy and delight your tastebuds. The explosion of different flavors will amaze you. We will definitely return.

You have to know where you are going to find this hidden gem but once there you are transported to a different world. The food was fresh, exciting and in a word special. The staff were attentive and the chef showed genuine care for our opinions. The price was 25% of what it would be north of the border.

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.

This is a no-menu, fixed-price restaurant featuring "local foods prepared in a French style." After asking whether we had any food allergies or serious dislikes, the waiter (who spoke English) offered us a 5-, 7- or 8-course dinner. Our 5-course dinner consisted of salad, soup, a fish entree, a beef entree and desert. There was a variety of drink options and we chose sangria. The drink and all the courses were excellent and creatively prepared and presented with dollops of various unique mousses. Service was great. The ambiance was pleasant with quiet music in the background. The restaurant is relatively small, with seating for about 25 patrons. Don't be put-off by the entrance to the restaurant which is essentially through the kitchen. Value-to-Price ratio is very high. Highly recommended!