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Don Chendo

4.6 (109 reviews)
ModeratePizza, Italian
Closed 3:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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Crystal M.

Excellent deep dish Chicago style pizza (not too deep which I really enjoyed)! Come here for the crust & the customer service- the crust is light, flakey, & delicious! The staff was so good to us! We had the Eastern pizza as well as the garlic cheese bread & shared a big Caesar salad, & we'll be enjoying leftovers for lunch today Yummm! You will not be disappointed here!

Alfredo pasta

Ordered takeout from here. Great pizza and pasta was pretty good. Had gluten free pasta available which was a big reason we ordered. Wish they had gluten free pizza daily.

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Matthew H.

We had read some good reviews... so had to come check out the hype. It was well worth it! We ordered the pizza Chendo... and thought we wouldn't order an appetizer so that we would have space to try some of the awesome desserts... but alas the pizza - seemingly so little... bit jam packed with flavour and dense... (in all the good ways a deep dish Chicago pizza should be) conquered us. Hospitality was wonderful. Waiters cared for us and took an interest in our every needs. It's a little of the beaten path from Playa, but well worth the journey. We've decided that for our next trip we will eat the dessert while we wait for our pizza to be cooked... and take the pizza home with us! Hands-down my favourite place to get pizza in PDC - and still is after 6 weeks (over 3 trips) of being here.

Chicago Style half meat lovers w/jalapeños & half pepperoni w/jalapeños.
Lisa S.

Amazing Chicago style pizza & what has to be the best fettuccine Alfredo I've ever eaten. Tori is an amazing, spunky waitress with the best attitude. When in Playa Del Carmen stop by @donchendoplaya for an amazing meal.

Mozarella and marinera
Laszlo C.

While staying in playa del Carmen me and my wife came to this hidden gem . the service was awesome and the food was out of this world. the restaurant took all the proper precautions to ensure we had a safe and clean dinner . We ordered the Mozerella with the marinera sauce and the don chendo pizza and man did it deliver . Best spot in Carmen del playa to get deep dish pizza , the owner was very nice also made us feel at home .

pepperoni pizza dough raw chicken Mexitalian worse saturated in olive oilno flavortaste sauce or chicken made us ill even now
Vanessa C.

Worse place ever, soda drinks pricey, plates pricey for the serving & taste. We got sick after eating here please Read before you go

Deep dish pepperoni pizza
Kelsey M.

Chicago style deep dish pizza in playa del Carmen! Being a Chicago native I am a deep dish LOVER!! Although it is not as "stuffed" as in Chicago, it was very delicious!!! Huge portions and great crust. The staff was very attentive and extremely kind. I will definitely come back next time i am in town!

Don Chendo pizza! Forgot to take a picture until we dived in because it was so goooooood
Justin C.

Delicious food, amazing service, and an old Chicago theme with a touch of Playa del Carmen that sets the perfect chill atmosphere. The Chicago style deep dish pizza is so good! Our waitress, Tory had an amazing attitude and supplied incredible service. She made ordering so easy, fun, and gave excellent recommendations! Their Buffalo chicken dip was so flavorful and offered the perfect amount of spice. The Chendo pizza was fantastic and one was perfect for 2 people, easily! The prices were overall very fair and even though we were stuffed Tory gave us a great discount on desserts! Overall great experience! When we're back in Playa Del Carmen we'll be coming back at Don Chendo too!

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Marc B.

The 4starts is taking into consideration my years of personal consumption of mass quantities of pasta pizza and garlic bread. For starters let me say this place is about as close as it gets to the real deal but I have to rate it a 3 star due to the runny ness of the pizza as well as the sauce that came on the pasta it's flavor was perfect but sauce should stick to noodles not lay in the bottom of the plate like a bowl of soup. The chicken was all white meat and clearly good quality it was however over cooked :( the noodles were perfect aldanté fresh and no complaints. The pizzas is DEEP dish with a 1.5" tall crust edge that was great for cleaning up the extra sauce from the noodles. All of the ingredients on the pie were again fresh however due to the sheer amount of toppings the pies crust was basically swimming. Not my style. I like a robust tomato basil garlic sauce and this pizza for sure had it! I just can't get over the 2oz of water on my plate! Finally the garlic bread, fresh, lightly toasted with home made garlic butter spread.... this was the perfect pair for the pasta the butter was not to much that the bread was soggy but enough that the whole piece was adequately covered every bite was even more addictive then the last I could have easily eaten 3 loafs my self! The bottom line: We will be back! The restaurant is bright and clean Plenty of seating and attentive staff Many of them speak English -makes ordering a breeze- The drinks are some of the best prices around Excellent wine offerings to pair with whatever you choose Accepts credit cards

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Some of the best pizza in playa del Carmen. Honestly the pizza scene is hit or miss here but don chendo hits the spot

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Nice delivery services; Great Pizza reasonably priced! I will definitely order from them again!

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Great gluten free pizza every Friday .... Yummy and excellent fresh salads.... Highly recommend

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Love the Chicago style pizza! Best in town and a must do when in town. We have to have this at least once when we are in Playa del Carmen.

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If you like Chicago style pizza you should try this place. The entree's looked great too, but we only had pizza on this visit.

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Piola - Napoli pizza

Piola

4.3(121 reviews)
0.8 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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Coco's Cabanas - Ahi - appetizer

Coco's Cabanas

4.9(53 reviews)
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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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Don Chendo - pizza - Updated May 2026

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