DK Travel : Cancún and the Yucatán : Places to eat

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La Parrilla, Cancún

A good range of Mexican favorites – grilled meats, soups, fondues – ensures that La Parrilla delivers on the food front. Deaily mariachi music creates a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
La Torreja, Río Lagartos

Friendly bar-restaurant with cool beers, great ceviches (raw fish salad, marinated in lime) and other Yucatecan snacks, and a fine view of the placid lagoon waters.
La Veranda, Cozumel

Also in a lovely tropical garden, around a Caribbean-style house with a big, shady verandah. The menu offers delicious, imaginatively prepared Caribbean seafood and other produce.
Las Mestizas, Pisté

Las Mestizas is the prettiest of the restaurants along the main road in Pisté, with the most charming service. It dishes up a delicious sopa de lima (see Sopa de Lima).
Licuados

Any kind of fruit – papaya, watermelon, pineapple, mamey, etc – pulped and diluted with water and ice.
Lonchería Fabiola, Pisté

The cheapest refreshment stops in Pisté are the budget loncherías (basic restaurants), such as this one on the village plaza, with outside tables for watching village life. Drinks are mainly non-alcoholic.
Los Almendros, Ticul

This homey restaurant, which opened in the 1960s, is credited as the first to present Yucatecan cuisine to the outside world. Richly flavored dishes, charming service, and an essential part of a visit to the Puuc region.
Los Almendros, Ticul

This country restaurant is credited with almost reinventing traditional Yucatecan food for the outside world. Try the pavo en relleno negro , a great example of the rich flavors of local cooking.
Los Pelícanos, Puerto Morelos

Set beneath a giant palapa palm roof, in a spot above the beach, this easygoing local institution serves some of the best ceviches you’ll ever find, as well as grander seafood dishes.
Los Pelícanos, Puerto Morelos

One of the all-time best beach-terrace restaurants, a wonderful place to linger over its renowned seafood cocktails, or one of the subtle fish dishes.

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Restaurant price categories

For a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes and extra charges.
- under $5
- $5-$10
- $10-$20
- $20–$35
- over 35