Located on Lazaro Cardenas, the main road out of Cabo San Lucas, La Guadalupana is a Mexican Cantina that opened in Cabo San Lucas in 1998. The large wide open dining room features a bar on the right-hand side of the dining room, the kitchen at the back, and colorful banners hung from the ceiling. While the restaurant itself has somewhat of a cafeteria feeling, the food is definitely not from a cafeteria. The menu offers a full range of Mexican dishes including soup, appetizers, specialties including pozole, pibil, breaded beef, chicken, sandwiches, breaded shrimp and fish, pork, enchiladas, moles, and more.

Bill and I were there for a very early dinner on a weekday and the restaurant was almost empty. Our server brought us menus and answered all of our questions. Bill loves very spicy food, and especially chicken and so asked him a lot of questions. While we were reviewing the menu, we were brought tortilla chips, a whole series of salsas, a bowl of vegetables, and the server brought Bill a few very spicy salsas. To start, we ordered some guacamole, which came with a bowl of Pico de Gallo, and the Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos. Both were excellent and a good size

For a main course, I decided to try a chicken mole. The menu had two types Mole Verde and Mole Poblano. I wanted to know how spicy they were and so he brought me two small takes. I chose the Mole Poblano. It was a large breast of chicken covered with the mole sauce, and accompanied by rice and beans. The mole was very good, with a nice chocolate flavor and just a touch of spice. The chicken was tender. Bill wanted shredded chicken and for it to be very spicy. It was served with rice, beans, and corn and flour tortillas too. Of course, he added habanero sauce to make it even spicier. Both portions were very large and very good.

We ended our meal by sharing the roasted plantains with a cream sauce. A nice was to finish our visit.

The food and service at La Guadalupana were excellent, although the atmosphere was a little lacking.