Nightlife
Bar La Noche
See Top Picks. Kevin, please, the videos…
Club Mañana
The place to be gay on a Saturday night. Erm, go-go dancers and drag numbers, though thankfully very brief.
Venustiano Carranza 290. Emiliano Zapata
+52 (322) 222-7722
De Santos
This multi concept bar-restaurant-lounge-club-sky bar can be credited with helping Vallarta get out of 80s. Suddenly there was a place with good service and food that wasn’t stuffy. Pretentious? Yes, very, but at least it felt glamorous. It’s still going strong and expanding internationally.
Morelos 771. Centro.
+52(322) 223 3052
Garbos
See Top Picks. Saturday night show, piano-led show tunes may be too much for some. Where art thou Ms. Minelli when we need you?
Pulpito 142, Olas Altas
+52 (322) 223-5753
Glam
Pretty match a carbon copy of Mandala on a lower budget with less space made this new club less pretentious and more fun.
Morelos 460. Malecon
+52(322) 223-5435
High
What’s in a name? A local tradition that kicks off at 4:00 am. Everyone who does not have the sense to go home at 6:00 a.m. ends up here. Good fun and perhaps the best music in town.
Lázaro Cárdenas 329. Emiliano Zapata
+52(322) 222-8868
Mandala
Lots of made up girls in too-high heels, guys on in khakis and polo shirts (Vallarta's pseudo elite) descend on this recently launched club. Pumping pop sounds a la Euro trash until 6:00 am make this a local favorite.
Paseo Diaz Ordaz 640. Malecon.
+52 (322) 223-0977