Restaurant of the Month

Trotter's

Lunch: 1 - 5 PM
Dinner: 6PM- 1AM Sunday 1- 6 PM
Cards: Visa, MC, AMEX
Reservations: not necessary
Seating: smoking 70, non- smoking 30, out door 100,
Cost: $250 pesos
Owner: Paul Trotter
Chef: Armando Morales
Plus: confortable, non-pretentious menu.

When contruction started and word leaked out that the Trotters were going to open a new restaurant in town, Merida’s diners sighed a sigh of relief. Being a Paul Trotter restaurant meant there would be no guessing about the food, service and ambience - it is a given that all is going to be excellent. As usual with a Trotter restaurant, it’s all about good food and good ambience.

They have that combination down pat as has been proven in Pancho’s, the touristy restaurant in el Centro and La Tratto in the north of Merida.

In real estate, location, location, location are the key words. In restaurants the lingo you want to hear is excellent food and great ambience. Trotter’s has both.

The dining room with a bar off to the side, is housed in a grand glass enclosed steel structure that has been attached to an old colonial home.

There is also outdoor dining nestled in amongst the century old trees, giving diners an intimate tropical feeling.

The crowd at Trotter’s varies according to the time of day you visit. At lunch you will find groups of local ladies partaking of the $89 peso lunch special, business people “doing lunch” and tourists that want to go where the locals go - a sure sign things are good. At night the crowd is a diverse combination of locals, the ex-pat community and tourists. Everyone knows that at a Paul Trotter restaurant there is no guessing... things are consistently good.

Steaks, tapas and wine are what Trotter’s is about along with fish, chicken and pastas in varied tantalizing sauces, large healthy salads, comforting soups and tasty appetizers. They have a good selection of wines to accompany everything on the menu.

Their Angus steaks are what they are actually so famous for. It is a given that the meat will be tasty and tender. A fun meal can be made up of several appetizers (tapas) or their finger food that is finger licking good.

Wash your hands before you eat so you have an excuse to see the great sinks in the bathrooms!

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