There are many great restaurants in Colonia de Sacramento that tourists love to eat. Pizza is a favorite for the locals and travelers. If you once enjoyed eating in a fine restaurant in Kualu Lumpur, you'll definitely like it here too! There are many Italian restaurants that sell pizza and barbecue for the tourists that come in from Buenos Aires. Barbecue is called asado in Portuguese. Tourists can find the best tasting sangria pizza at the La Bodeguita where tourists can sit on large patios that overlook the river while enjoying their food. In the Barrio Historico district of Colonia tourists can enjoy a nice little lounge and cafe called Lentas Maravilles which sits in a garden with great views of Rio de la Plata river. Tourists can drink tea, mojitos, and Illy coffee along with cookies, danishes, muffins, and tartlets. There are also outside eating places and an old mill that was turned into a restaurant.
There are also Mexican food restaurants that sell burritos, tacos, and tostados at Parrilla del Barrio in the downtown area. This restaurant also offers pizza, Il Piu wine brew, fish, and pasta with grilled meats. Tourists also love Parilla del Barrio for its ice cream, which is home made, called dulce de leche. Barrio Historico also has a very affluent restaurant called Meson de la Plaza, which is full of elegance. Most travelers who eat in this restaurant feel as if they are in the presence of noble people. For tourists who love their meat grilled they will want to eat at Parrilliada El Porton. This restaurant will grill the meat right in front of the patrons. Grilled meat is their main specialty.
The Posada de le Flor hotel has a great restaurant just across the street called Gibellini. It has an outdoor patio seating area where people can enjoy the beautiful weather while they eat. It is also a quiet restaurant that is away from most of the tourist attractions. The restaurant sells Italian pasta dishes, wine, and seafood. One of the most favorite affordable pizza places in Colonia is the Candela. Tourists can buy one liter of brewed beer and two separate pizzas for less than 140 pesos. For tourists who love Uruguay food, they will love their Chivito's at Colonia Rock Cafe. Chivito is a delicious type of sandwich made with beef. Tourists can also order beer and pizza at the Colonia Rock Cafe.
For tourists who love their coffee they will not want to miss out on the Coffee House called Casagrande, which means Big House. It is a very large coffee house with patio seating outside underneath umbrellas that shield travelers from the sun. The coffee is some of the best all around. For tourists who love a mixed Smogasbord of food they will enjoy eating at Viejo Tunel. This restaurant is so popular that it usually has a full room of patrons. People can have a delicious smorgasbord lunch buffet for an affordable price. Because it is a mixture of smorgasbord foods it is called a mix bag. People can choose every type of food imaginable from vegetables, pasta, turkey, chicken, beef, lamb cuts, ham, fish, prawns, salad, ice cream, cake, and plenty of alcohol.