If you visit Half Moon Bay, don’t forget to stop by Cafe Capistrano for a taste you shouldn’t miss.
I highly recommend the Cochinita Pibil it’s incredibly flavorful, with tender, slow cooked pork wrapped in fresh handmade tortillas. Everything tastes fresh and perfectly balanced, giving you that authentic Mexican homemade style.
One thing you definitely shouldn’t skip is the house made sauce. It really elevates the dish and brings out a deeper, richer flavor that makes everything taste even better. However, if you don’t handle spicy food well, you might want to be careful, as it can be quite strong.
The restaurant is located on the corner of Miramontes and Church St, right across from the school, just about two blocks from Main Street heading toward the ocean very easy to find.

Charming restaurant in a home with indoor and outdoor seating. The pumpkin seed dip with house made chips was new to us and quickly became a new favorite. The cochinita phibil (slow roasted pork) melted in your mouth. I assembled the tortillas with guacamole, pork, pickled onion, tomato, pineapple, and topped them off with xni pec hot sauce. They were incredible. The rice was moist and flavorful, and the slaw was light and fresh. The grilled veggies for the fahitas were herbaceous. We had a great experience and plan to come back.
We did!
Our second night was a lighter dinner. We shared the Mexican chowder. It has a tomato and vegetable base, much like minestrone with vegetables and seafood. Good flavor, great choice. The chichen panuchos were also good and benefitted from some hot sauce. These were good but the cochinita phibil was better. I also prefer a soft tortilla over a fried torta, so that difference is on me. We had the queso Napolitano for dessert: it is an eggy cheesecake like tort with cinnamon and a thin caramel yielding a flan flavor. We liked that it was not as rich and heavy as a regular flan.