The restaurant under the palapa at night, with string lights over the wooden tables

Restaurant · open to everyone

Italian soul, Oaxacan sea.

Wood-fired oven, rustic pizzas and handmade pasta, cocktails and curated wines, right on the sand.

Menu · Reservations

The menu and your table.

See the full menu before you come and save yourself a table by the sea.

Menu

The full menu

Insalate, pasta fatta in casa, pizza dal forno, aperitivi and Oaxaca-inspired cocktails.

PDF · 2 pages · English

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Reservations

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Open to everyone, guests or not. Call us or message us on WhatsApp or Instagram and we'll save you a spot.

Phone & WhatsApp
+52 921 473 5989
Instagram
@ilgattorosso.hotel
Service
Lunch and dinner
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From the oven

From the oven to the table.

  1. Fire burning inside the wood-fired oven

    The fire

    It all starts with wood fire.

  2. The wood-fired oven glowing in the restaurant kitchen

    The oven

    Pizza dal forno, straight from the heat.

  3. A table for two on the sand, facing the sea

    The table

    On the sand, a few steps from the sea.

Kitchen rule

No diet tonight. Pizza first.

The restaurant palapa lit at night with string lights
Il Gatto Rosso, rustic-chic hotel & restaurant, on the bar

Restaurant

Under the palapa.

The bar under the palapa, with the Il Gatto Rosso sign

Keep exploring

Make a weekend of it.

A room with a canopy bed, seen from its hammock balcony under the palapa
Where to sleep

Six rooms

From the sand to the Golden Hour Suite.

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Fishing boats on the beach of San Agustinillo in the evening light
Oaxaca

San Agustinillo

Our beach, and the ones next door.

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Umbrellas and loungers on the sand, facing the rocks
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Offers

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Guests

Word on the beach.

“A very pretty boutique hotel in the best location and, above all, very kind, helpful and respectful staff, always on hand for anything you might need. Highly recommended A+++”
Javier · Couple trip, Jan 2026 · Translated from Spanish
“We had the time of our lives at Il Gatto Rosso… Being right on the beach makes such a difference… The six rooms are spacious and beautiful and you fall asleep to the sound of the ocean.”
Charlotte · Google
“We loved Il Gatto Rosso, a little paradise in San Agustinillo. We arrived early and they let us do an early check…”
Cinthia · Google · Translated from Spanish
“The warm, efficient service from the staff. The look of the hotel and the rooms. The location right in front of the beach, the wonderful bar and restaurant service…”
Adela · Mexico · Translated from Spanish
“We felt right at home. Every member of the team takes care of things with charisma and a real vocation for their work…”
Steven · Google · Translated from Spanish
“Very good service and the place is very pretty”
Diego · Couple trip, Jan 2026 · Translated from Spanish
“A very pleasant hotel, good food and great service from the whole staff…”
Ana Cristina · Google · Translated from Spanish

Diary

Notes from the coast.

San Agustinillo, Mazunte or Zipolite: Which to Pick

A guest reading in a hanging hammock chair on the deck, facing the beach

Instagram

@ilgattorosso.hotel

Sunsets, pizzas and the occasional cat drama.

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Newsletter

Postcards from the coast.

One email a month. Offers first, no spam, maybe a cat picture.

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