L'Alsace is the fanciest of the restaurants we tried at Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya. The menu is…read moreFrench and the dining room is grand, with a large staircase and upper balcony area. They offer a dining experience called La Petite Alsace, which is a five course private chef's tasting for an additional charge. When we were there in May 2026, it was only $59 per person, which was incredible for the quality of food and service. A similar dinner in my city would be $150-$200 per person. Reservations are required for this experience - I made them via email prior to our trip. Nate and I were seated right at our reserved time in a small room just for us. We had our own server, and we were offered wine choices by the sommelier Matin. We splurged on a bottle of wine to accompany our dinner. The courses were perfectly timed and everything was explained. The food was quite good and the presentation was beautiful. My favorites were the foie gras, fried scallops, the veggies on the sea bass dish, and the steak. I would highly recommend this experience to any foodie! They also have a vegetarian menu for this special dinner. The rest of our group had dinner in the main dining room and reported that it was delicious as well.

This was my favorite dining experience at Valentin. The setup inside is really nice and feels like…read moreyou are eating at a nice restaurant in Paris. For my meal I started off with the onion soup. This is absolute must try. It was probably my favorite soup I have ever had. The flavors were outstanding. It comes with a breading top that falls into the soup and absorbs all the flavors. It was perfect. I'd also recommend holding onto the soup if you have any left for your main meal. I went with a filet mignon. It was cooked perfectly and was topped with a really good sauce. I dipped a couple of bites in the onion soup and that was the way to go. Perfect combo.

My friends and I were excited to try the Mexican restaurant at Valentin Imperial Riviera Maya. Our…read moregroup of 8 was seated right away in the air conditioned dining room and they brought chips and guacamole to the table. The menu is full of Mexican specialties like tacos, quesadillas, tostadas, etc. I loved that they had several "tasting" options where you can get multiple different types of each item. I ordered the specialities La Hacienda, which came with an al pastor taco, fish quesadilla, blue fin ceviche tostada, pibil pork sope, and a stuffed chile. Nate ordered the quesadillas tasting and the cochinita pibil. The sampler platters were so delicious and I loved the variety - my favorite was the fish quesadilla. The cochinita pibil was the overall star of the meal, though. The meat was tender and super flavorful. We requested a side of tortillas which rounded out the dish. A mariachi band came out to perform as we were finishing dinner, and I noticed the candy cart that had lots of fun Mexican sweets. I really loved our Cinco de Mayo dinner at La Hacienda!

This was our first sit down dinner of our stay at Valentin Imperial Maya. If you have a larger…read moregroup (we had 8 people), get there right around 6 or plan for a bit of a wait. This restaurant is one of the larger ones at the resort, so we were seated right away. The first visit I ordered the ribeye and the salmon tartare. The ribeye was very thinly cut, not exactly what I expected, but it was very flavorful and well seasoned. Plus it was cooked perfectly to my request. The salmon tartare was an interesting texture, but I enjoyed the flavors. I also tried the tuna sashimi appetizer, which was fresh and a bit spicy. Nate and I also shared an order of sweetbreads, which we were warned are "not bread," which we knew but was helpful. They were deep fried but not overly heavy, served with a delicious dipping sauce. I really enjoyed them. We came back with a smaller group for breakfast on our last day, which was a mistake - in that we should have been coming here for breakfast every day! The menu has some delicious Mexican dishes including enchiladas, chilaquiles, and my personal favorite, the motulenos eggs, which was a saucy dish served with fried plantains, bacon, hash brown, and sausage. I loved this dish so much and will be attempting to recreate it at home!

I really loved the meal we had at L'Olivo. We had a bit of a wait for our large group of 8 people,…read morebut it was worth it. They brought out a few assorted bread baskets for our table to start. I liked the crunchy breadstick. They did offer to bring more throughout the meal as well. I started with the beef carpaccio, which was tender and perfectly sliced. It was a treat since it's not a menu item I see very often where I live. For my main entree, I ordered the seafood pasta, and Nate got the carbonara. My pasta had a lighter buttery sauce, and tender seafood. Unfortunately some of the mussels were unopened and one had a broken shell, but the other seafood was perfect. I preferred the carbonara, but it's definitely very rich and pretty heavy. We decided to share the passion fruit panna cotta for dessert, which was delicious! Very flavorful without being overly sweet. I loved the beautiful setting of the restaurant and the live music - they had a violinist playing while we enjoyed our meal. This was one of my favorite restaurants of the resort.

This restaurant offers a blend of Japanese and Thai cuisine. The service is unmatched. The sushi…read moreand sashimi are simply out of this world. The lemongrass soup and pad Thai or the best anywhere.

First time trying Azia on our last night during our stay and we were not impressed. Since the days…read morewe arrived everyone asked when walking into into the restaurant about food allergies to make sure they were careful . Azia did not ask , the server nor the person at the front. In which we were not happy about. Very limited choices for Gluten free and I had to be the one to tell the server about my allergies. allergies. We felt rushed also. The food lacked flavor. Not just mine that was Gluten free but my friends who had a regular dish. The chicken was very very chewy and tough. I was looking forward to it because I was reading these positive reviews. We did sit outside since they were full inside. Ambience appeared nice with the music . Relaxing . Some of the dishes I posted are my friends and myself. I just had a sushi roll and GF pad Thai with GF fried rice .

This place was a lovely first dinner at the Grand Moon Palace. The setting is divine- dim lighting,…read moredecor, as well as clean seating and premises. The staff were cordial, lovely, and attentive. It can get busy, but everything comes in good time and they always encourage you to go for more. I ordered the tuna and salmon sashimi- it'll come four slices each, and at the time I ordered the salmon slices were a bit smaller than the tuna. The nigiri comes one at a time, but be advised you can order as many at a time as you want. The individual nigiri is super tasty! I got the spicy chicken bao bun and misoshiru (shiru just means soup)- the miso is good, but the spicy chicken bao bun wasn't my favorite. The 'bao' was good but did not taste like bao as I know it traditionally, as well as that the spicy chicken was more of a zesty, a-la Chinese style. Finally, I got the Roses Sour mocktail (just without sake). The sour on this was delightful and worth many come backs. This spot is a really good start to the stay at this resort. I highly recommend reserving at least at the start of your day as reservations do fill up as the day goes on. We managed to book at 8:15pm at around 4:30pm as that was the first available time.

Jade Izakaya is located in Moon Palace The Grand. I am originally from NYC and have dined in many…read moreJapanese restaurants before and although Jade's interior and ambiance was lovely, their food and service was unfortunately below average. Some of their appetizers were enjoyable such as the tuna tataki w/ garlic chips, mixed vegetable tempura, and spicy shrimp wontons. Their sashimi is pretty good and fresh, their chutoro is nice and buttery, but that's about the only thing that saved them from me rating 1 star. I would pass on most of their other rolls and nigiri though. Having gone to many omakases and even Japan 4x, I guess I'm just really picky with my sushi. I was pretty disappointed overall. I got my favorite nigiri such as scallop, ikura, and eel, and they were all pretty average. The rolls were not good, got the spider roll and truffle unagi roll. And sad to say, their desserts were the worst... As a family, we got one of each dessert to try, but they weren't good. The mochi ice-cream skin was tough and felt inedible, it needs to have a soft chewy, stretchy texture. Also had the sago and the shaved ice, we couldn't finish it. The service there was actually so slow too. We got seated at 6:45pm and didn't get our first appetizer until 7:30pm... 45min wait!! (we did get served our drinks in btwn) And then even after that, our dishes just kept slowly coming in. We ended our night with their dessert around 9pm. We were there for almost 2.5 hrs from stay to finish. A lot of it was spent just sitting around. Out of all the restaurants throughout Moon Palace, this might have been my least favorite. I wanted to like it, but I guess making Japanese food was just not their forte in Cancún.

So bad. We got a spicy tuna roll, california roll, and mango roll. The spicy tuna roll had no spicy…read moretuna? The ice cream that came with the tempura banana dessert had freezer burn. We ate less than half of the sushi because it was so bad, there was no raw fish in it LOL, and we didn't even touch the dessert. We got delivery and the service was great and quick and that's the only nice thing I have to say. Worst sushi experience I've ever had :/ the reviews on google are weirdly good. if you're eating here maybe stick to the vegan rolls? Idk

Sushi Playa is an excellent find! Fresh, delicious Asian food and a ton of variety of sushi rolls…read morewith plenty of vegan & vegetarian options. Friendly, flexible staff & kitchen so you can get exactly what you want! Delivery or pick up only, 1:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. every day.

The sushi was good. Atmosphere is equally good. The place is clean. Service was es excellent…read more Terrific place to eat.

This is a nice little sushi joint located off 10th ave. The service is slow but the sushi is fresh…read moreand they have some pretty unique flavors. The cream cheese is very strong so watch out if you are used to more subtle flavors. My favorite item was the Tuna Tostada: very fresh fish with avocado and spicy Mayo,