The Cape, a Thompson Hotel · Cabo San Lucas · Chef-Driven Fine Dining
Manta by Enrique Olvera
Enrique Olvera
Chef
Mexican · Peruvian · Japanese
Influence
À la carte, tasting or omakase
Format
Pacific + Land's End Arch
Views
The Restaurant
Olvera's kitchen at the edge of Baja —
Mexican, Peruvian, Japanese, Pacific.
Manta is the Los Cabos restaurant from Chef Enrique Olvera — the multi-Michelin-starred Mexican chef widely credited with elevating modern Mexican cuisine onto the world stage. Located inside The Cape, a Thompson Hotel, it occupies a moody, mid-century modern dining room of dark wood and stone with floor-to-ceiling glass opening directly onto the Pacific Ocean and the silhouette of the Land's End Arch.
The kitchen works at the intersection of contemporary Mexican, Peruvian, and Japanese sensibilities — a combination that produces dishes like Grilled Fish with Árbol Miso alongside local ceviches and a handroll omakase option at the bar. The beverage program leans into Mexican wines, sake, and mezcal. One floor above, The Rooftop at The Cape is widely considered one of the best pre-dinner sunset spots in Cabo.
Is Manta at The Cape Worth It for Fine Dining in Cabo?
Manta is Chef Enrique Olvera's Cabo outpost — the same chef behind Pujol in Mexico City. The Baja-Pacific menu blends Japanese and Peruvian influences, and the terrace tables with El Arco views make it one of the most photographed dining rooms in Los Cabos.
The Menu
Signatures & what to order
Blue Tuna Sashimi
One of the kitchen's most-ordered dishes — a Japanese-influenced preparation reflecting the restaurant's cross-cultural culinary philosophy with locally sourced Pacific blue fin.
Grilled Fish with Árbol Miso
Miso made from Mexican árbol chiles applied to fresh local catch — a clean illustration of how the kitchen blends Japanese technique with Mexican ingredients.
Local Ceviches
Creative Baja-Peruvian ceviche preparations that draw on both local ocean catch and the Peruvian influence running through the kitchen's broader conceptual framework.
Deconstructed Tres Leches Cake
A refined modernist take on the Mexican classic — one of the dining room's most talked-about course finishers, balancing nostalgia with fine-dining precision.
Handroll Omakase
An intimate chef's-counter experience at the bar — a quiet alternative to the main dining room that brings Japanese omakase sensibility to the Baja Pacific setting.
Mexican Wines, Sake & Mezcal Cocktails
A carefully curated beverage program anchored by Mexican wine selections, sake, mezcal, and hyper-precise signature cocktails infused with local Baja botanicals.
Design & Atmosphere
Mid-century modern, dark wood & stone — the Pacific as your backdrop
Manta deliberately moves away from the open-air rustic cliffside formula common at other Cabo fine dining spots. The interior is moody and controlled — dark woods, stone surfaces, and dim lighting — with the drama reserved for the view: floor-to-ceiling glass panels that frame the crashing Pacific and the Cabo skyline as a living backdrop. It feels closer to a Mexico City restaurant that happens to sit above the ocean.
The Rooftop at The Cape, directly above Manta, is one of the best sunset vantage points in all of Cabo San Lucas — pairing pre-dinner cocktails upstairs with dinner at Manta below is one of the most complete evening itineraries the property offers.
Photo Gallery
Inside Manta by Enrique Olvera
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Book your table at Manta
Sunset dining slots book weeks in advance. Consider combining with pre-dinner cocktails at The Rooftop at The Cape, directly above the restaurant.
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