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    De Local

    4.2 (49 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 12:00 am (Next day)

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    Happy hour specials

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    Grilled Salmon
    Sarah H.

    Moderately priced Argentinian restaurant. Nice place to grab lunch and sit on their patio. I got the salmon and it was pretty good! Service was great.

    Menu
    Gerardo P.

    Wanted to try some Argentinean food while in town. Service was outstanding. Super friendly staff. Quick service and great location, off 5th Avenue. The parrillada (grill) for $1200 MX pesos was enough for 3 people. It was very good and we liked everything in it, except I thought the blood sausage (Morcilla) was only average. The choripán (Argentine style chorizo) was good but did not really come with the authentic bread, like other establishments. I felt the chorizo lacked a bit of flavor. Overall, very good and recommend it. Good prices and affordable.

    Shangri-la Milenesa
    Jack M.

    The shangri-la Milenesa was insanely good. It's juicy steak breaded and friend. And then served with chipotle sauce, onions, cheese, and bacon. The caramelized onions play well with the chipotle. The steak was well executed. The portion is massive. This is a really unique and delicious dish.

    Sarah R.

    Initially wanted to go to the wine bar across the street, but found out they're still closed for renovations. Oh well! Checked out the menu and definitely wanted to get a steak, so De Local to the rescue. Ordered the skirt steak (perfectly medium rare) with some mashed potatoes, while my friend got an empanada and the tuna carpaccio. All the dishes we tried were delicious, and their awesome servers completed the experience. Will be back!

    Maria S.

    This is a small moderately-priced Argentinean restaurant in Quinta Avenida. You are served a generous amount of complimentary bread with chimichurri sauce. I ordered a vegetarian burger made with lentils. It was good but the patty didn't reach the edges of the bread. The bread was dry too. The burger comes with French fries. Paula was my waitress and she was amiable.

    View of 5th ave
    Evanson B.

    We visit this place whenever we visit playa del carmen. The great pizza wonderful people .. great view of 5th ave ..

    Great local spot for quick bites in Playa Del Carmen. Empanada's we're great (the chicken is amazing!) ambience was nice for a date night. Staff was very respectful towards my boyfriend and I.

    Elote, caprese, spicy meat, and one other empanada!
    Isabella H.

    Very nice outdoor scene. Also some of the best empanadas that I've eaten (and I've been to nearly half of Latin America)!! They aren't fried, so you' don't feel sick afterwords. They also have the "De Local" salad which is enough for two people and very very delicious! Service and location are nice as well. They don't try to persuade you on the streets simply because they don't have to!

    Empanadas and drinks
    Rod S.

    The place serves Argentinian style Empanadas which tasted great. Got a chicken, beef, and mixed Empanada and they all came in different shapes but all stuffed with delicious meat. The sauces they provide are tangy and one of them is quite spicy. The servers were very kind! The drinks were also great. Tried a gin and tonic and the sangria!

    Beautiful place to eat love the ambiance but the food was mediocre. The family order empanadas, pizzas and pasta this was our first meal in PDC mmm not my favorite for pasta the noodles I think were handmade but weren't rolled properly so they had this strange chewy texture. The sauce tasted similar to a canned sauce so I can't say I'd recommend eating any of the pastas. My empanada was a little toasty but I can looked past that but it was dry and doughy as well. The pizza on the other had was rolled well and had a good crust not fantastic but good. The server didn't seem to bust but he was struggling keeping up with our needs I waited for a half an hour to order a lemonade into the meal and finally had to give up on it. Overall I'd give this spot a 50/50 depending on what you order and maybe time of day.

    Front of Menu
    Dee F.

    Great Fresh Food Veg Burger Flavor full & Pizza is AMAZIN Highly Recommend nice spot in Mexico nice chill spot relaxing atmosphere with great Service

    'De Local' pizza
    Nick S.

    Piola may have the most well-known pizza in Playa, but De Local could seriously give it a run for their money. The namesake 'De Local' pizza comes with chorizo, onions and a hearty helping of chilis on a perfectly charred, buttery crust that would bring an Italian to tears. While their small pizzas are more expensive than Piola (~160 vs. ~110 pesos), the large pizzas are actually cheaper! If you have three people it's a steal to split, and you'll walk away stuffed with leftovers. They also provide some fantastic bread and homemade dips that are soooooo good I practically begged them for more!

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    A very nice setting and great empanadas! Pizza was ok but if empanadas is your thing this is the place with a great variety and good service

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    Assume reasonably priced restaurant! Good food. Kind friendly & attentive servers. Fresh food and nice wine selections!!!!

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    Yummy pizza and Caesar salad! Shots with the bar staff!! What a great atmosphere for the end of a night on 5th avenue!

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    Nice place food was disappointing. They were out of quite a few items as well food tasted bland

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    Great food and wonderful service! Go get your grub on. They will treat you right and serve you some wonderful food! And great prices!

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    Piola - Napoli pizza

    Piola

    4.3(121 reviews)
    0.1 kmZazil Ha
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    January 13/2025: Dinner with Al/Clem/Red…read more This was an alright dinner with a goodish ambiance. The server "Moses" was a very nice, polite & patient fellow. He delivered solid service, 5-Star. It rained during our meal so that did have an impact. As for the meal...it was a 3-Star at best. My appie was Bruschetta Pastorall ($147P). It was hot in flavour & decent tasting as well. My main was Chicken Parmesan with a creamy spaghetti ($379p + $75p for the spaghetti). They were good but not great. They SHOULD have been great for a $31.50 Cdn entree. And even though I asked in writing to have the meal extra hot...it was barely warm enough to NOT send back to the kitchen. This seems to be where most restaurants in the area drop the ball...taste & food temperature. Even though I ranked this a 4-star it's not really one...it's more like a 3.5. I doubt I'd come back here.

    The restaurant is located off the newer end of 5th Avenue where restaurants are more upscale and…read morethe presence of street sellers is much less. The ambience is great. You feel like you are eating in a jungle. Most of the seating is outdoors but the jungle blocks views to and from the street. We went for thin crust pizza. The crust in fact very thin. I think my Mailina could have been in the oven a bit longer to brown more. I did not detect any sausage although the description said there should be. The wife got the Napoli and liked it. We started with Caprese salad. It was excellent. Best (most fresh tasting) I ever had. Service was inattentive. There was one guy who was waiter and street recruiter. It was too much for one person.

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    Piola - Chicken Parm.

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    Coco's Cabanas - Ahi - appetizer

    Coco's Cabanas

    4.9(53 reviews)
    4.4 km
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    Coco's remains a favorite. We love it here and have never been disappointed. The service is…read moreamazing, the food incredible, the setting bohemian ambiance. Still our number one in Playa years later.

    In Playa Del Carmen you'll find Coco's Cabanas, a mini resort of sorts that also offers diners to…read morecome in without staying there overnight. Chas found this spot while vacationing here and loved the area so much that he rented an apartment nearby and flys down often from New Orleans to stay there. We started with some Mezcalina's and fresh house fried tortillas with salsa's. The chipotle salsa and the avocado with cilantro were a nice change of pace from your normal salsa verde y rojo. The chips were clearly freshly fried and tasted great even without the salsa's. Our appetizers were a baked Camembert with fruit and tortillas, a sopa azteca, and fresh tuna tostadas. The Camembert was quite good as was the soup, but these tuna tostadas were one of the best appetizers I've ever eaten. Everything on them worked so well together and you could add a splash of soy sauce and it was even better! I'd order these as my meal at 90% of the spots in the world and leave happy! Our entrees were a grilled pichana as well as a lobster pizza from the wood fired oven. I love cooking pichana and don't see it often on menus when I go out so that was a nice treat. The temp was perfect for what we asked for and it was seasoned well. The potatoes that came with it had excellent flavor as well. I could take or leave the corn haha When Chas told me he was eating pizza in Mexico with lobster on it I said "dude, what are you doing with your life?" He said just wait til you try it. He ... was right. The lobster was delicious and buttery, the sauce had great flavor, and the cheese (which was not mozzarella) worked surprisingly well. I will say that I normally like my pizza crispy and this was missing that element...but the flavor more than made up for it. Add on to all of this the fact that you're surrounded by a beautiful pool, swings over the sand, a nice bar, and the owners dog is always nearby to say hi to haha. One of the easiest ones yet. Coco's Cabanas in Playa Del Carmen - Didn't Suck!

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    Coco's Cabanas - Calzone-so tasty and surprisingly light

    Calzone-so tasty and surprisingly light

    Coco's Cabanas - Hammocks for when you're so full you can't move.

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    Hammocks for when you're so full you can't move.

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