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Excellent Yucatecan and Mexican cooking, with Campeche dishes such as camarón al coco (prawns/shrimp with coconut). Fine presentation and original touches, all superbly served in the tranquil surroundings of a lush garden.

At this colorful restaurant, Mexican art and music create an atmospheric background for the delicious local specialities on the menu, including Mayan dishes. Warm ambience, great food, and affordable prices have made La Parrilla a successful formula exported to other centers along the Riviers.

With a fine beach all to itself, you can spend a leisurely afternoon here watching the waves and picking over the house specialty, a huge platter of mixed seafood, or sampling the excellent ceviches and salads .

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.

Tucked into a secluded garden near the largest of Izamal’s Mayan pyramids, this is the place to sample the full range of Yucatecan cooking – cochinita , pavo en relleno negro , and a wonderfully fragrant sopa de lima . Only open for lunch.

This restaurant is located in a colonial-style hacienda with traditional furniture and a beautiful garden. The menu offers Yucatecan specialties and international cuisine. Guests can dine on the terrace or in one of the many romantic spots in the lush, tranquil garden. The menu also includes a variety of vegetarian dishes.

Yucatecan and Caribbean traditions and ingredients are combined with sophisticated international styles by a French-trained chef: a delicate sopa de lima is a menu fixture, alongside the chef’s own creations, such as cream of poblano chili soup with roquefort.

This bright and airy restaurant in down town Mérida offers a reliably good menu of classic Mexican dishes, including superb enchiladas, arracheras (steaks), seafood, and salads. At we e kends, you can enjoy a cocktail sitting at the outside tables facing Parque Hidalgo.

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.

The city’s own fish and seafood specialties headline on the menu – juicy pan de cazón , and impressive platters of manitas de cangrejo (crab claws, served with a mix of other seafood, sauces, and salad).