John Gray is a local gourmet chef made famous from his time at the Cancun Ritz-Carlton. Although he could write his own ticket most anywhere, he opened up his own restaurant, John Gray's Kitchen, in Puerto Morelos a few years back. His style is contemporary gourmet Mexican fusion with fresh local ingredients.
Some say this is as good as it gets, with comments like: "the best food I've ever tasted". Sounds pretty good, huh? I looked at the menu and it was roast duck with sauces, roasted pork, New York Steak, seafood and the like. Contemporary gourmet dishes and looked like a French influence. They say the menu changes weekly. The prices were pretty reasonable if this is the bomb, on a par with regular-priced fine dining in the U.S. The inside is nice but not formal, but the food is where it's at. I heard John Gray himself is recently "no longer there" and I assume he passed away because his wife (I think) carries on the legacy. I've seen a night picture and the building front is all lit up and looks really nice. To me the building looked like a house that was converted into a restaurant.
Since we were here around noon as they were setting up for the evening, we didn't get to indulge and never made it back. We had to settle for shrimp cocktail and whole fried schnapper in town overlooking the Puerto Morelos town square, which was excellent all the same.
I vow to make it back here. Riviera Maya is a great vacation and the excellent food in the area is part of that. read more