Perfected Japanese food in Playa Del Carmen. Amazing service, consistent flavors and cozy ambiance!read more

We needed some variety after eating so much Mexican food for a week. We accidentally found this…read moreplace while we were trying to go to a tiki restaurant near by (it was closed for a private event). We ordered Gyoza, shoyu ramen with chicken (comes with thick noodles), tonkotsu ramen (comes with thin noodles), and a rice bowl (pork only). The tonkotsu ramen, rice bowl, and gyoza were the best items. The shoyu ramen was just ok in my opinion. Note that the rice bowl is pretty small. It is more like a side item to accompany your ramen or for someone who isn't very hungry. Another plus- this place is small, but has AC! This seems so rare from the restaurants we ate at in Playa.

Had dinner on 1/31/25. Service was friendly, fast and great…read more I recommend the tacos I ordered Korean style and bang bang Very tasty and at $2.50 each $50mxn a reasonable priced. I would shy away from the kung pao dish. It's a little too saucy and was just okay. However keep in mind I'm resistant to different twists to the dish so it's a personal thing. Still we finished it up . The egg rolls were good I would recommend this place for the ambience, excellent service and solid food preparation.

Wonderful Ahi Tuna Stack, Sushi Tuna, Avocado and Mango! Bang Bang Shrimp spicy but so good. Staff…read moresuper nice. Then live music that spanned generations great first night in Playa del Carmen.

Our date night in Centro last weekend included dinner at SushiClub Playa del Carmen, which kind of…read morecame down middle of the road for me. To be honest, I normally avoid places with lots of Philly cream cheese rolls, but with hamachi sashimi on the menu we decided to give it a try. We had: Hamachi Sashimi thin cut-it was really thin, I would get thick cut if going again. But the fish was of good quality and tasty. Tuna Serranito-very spicy with decent quality tuna. A good dish. New York Tuna Roll-basic roll with decent fish, but the rice was very dry. Grey Goose Martinis-tasted watered down. Service however was quite good. Would I return? Maybe. It was a decent sushi meal (I have definitely had worse). But I am hoping there is better out there in Playa.

Being so close to the ocean, we expected super fresh sushi but we're disappointed when the rice…read moreshowed up, dry and under seasoned. The gyoza (potstickers) were also underwhelming. The restaurant itself is pleasant enough, but our server didn't seem particularly happy to be working. Won't be back.

Everything is top notch here, basically three restaurants in one, sushi, Japanese and a show with a…read morechef who cooks the rice, beef, chicken, fish, squid, vegetables. The whole dinner is a show of the chef performing with the food, fantastic, and very tasty, two soups choices drinks dessert all are terrific.

This is one of the six restaurants available at the Valentin Imperial Maya. Mind you, this is the…read moreonly restaurant that takes reservations and I can see why. Similar to a Beni-Hana, we arrived early for our seating but when we made reservations, I wasn't aware that it was for the Hibachi. We were seated amongst three other couples and it's the same routine as if you were at a Beni-Hana. We liked it so much we came two days later and had the restaurant side with sushi. The sushi and Japanese dishes were quite good. Overall, I highly recommend dining here. The food was better than any of the other restaurants at Valentin.

This place is closed. I was bummed as I really wanted to go there and even took a taxi from our…read morehotel only to search for them and realize they are no longer there. :(

Amazing vibe, staff and food!!! Jakie made sure everything was perfect...we will definitely be…read moreback!! Feel like sushi in Playa...you must visit Soma!!!

Not bad. Dunno why we would get sushi in Mexico but my friend and I had a hankering for some…read moresashimi and we chose this spot. Had some riceless temaki which they did well. We also enjoyed the stuffed squid appetizer. We ordered the hamachi sashimi special and the salmon tiradito - with the latter being cold to the point there were icy bits and the sauce was overwhelming. But it wasn't anything that couldn't be fixed. I'll skip it next time, but it was alright for what it was.

So happy we ate at Nikkori Sushi…read more We were staying in the neighborhood and found this spot while we were walking around. It was a fun spot for lunch on the patio. The food was fresh and delicious, and I was really happy to see the vegan options :). I loved the build your own poke. We loved all of the pictures on the menu of the sushi, it helps so much!

So we originally thought we would be able to also get a sushi/sashimi for appetizers prior to our…read moreteppanyaki but the sushi was next door to us, but our server brought our whole table rolls for appetizers and they were yummy. The chef did a great job of tossing his utensils and singeing our eyebrows. The mahi-mahi was flavorful as was the fried rice and tenderloin.. recommended fo sure....

My family reserved a hibachi table for my brother's 12the birthday and Olga said she would do…read moresomething special for him, Now I'm sitting here and a non-hibachi table and nothing special is going on.

Sorry to say please avoid. The worst sushi and service I've ever had in my life and I'm 50. Even…read morethe tempura was burnt. Only the edamame is edible. Please eat anywhere else that you possibly can even if you're sick of Mexican food anything is better than this. Place is clean and the servers are nice.

I came to Sushi Itto after coming back to Playa del Carmen after a long excursion at Cozumel. We…read morewere trying to eat really quickly, but the staff was inundated with customers. When our waiter finally out to our table, she gave us a bar code to scan for the menu. Due to the pandemic, this is much more hygienic practice to provide contactless menus. However, my cell phone service was super slow, so I had to ask for the wifi password. In fact, they probably should just write the wifi password with the bar code as not everyone has great cellular phone service in the area. The pictures in the menu looked great so I ordered the beef ramen. My friend ordered the seafood ramen. When my beef ramen arrived, I suddenly realized why the ramen was so inexpensive. The portion of the ramen was really tiny. It also was oversaturated with miso flavoring which wasn't ideal. The beef ramen was so so, but not really filling. My friend's pan fried seafood udon looked so much better and much more filling too. My advice is not to get anything that is soup based. The service was slow as many people mentioned in their reviews, but at least they accept credit cards.

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 .

If you are a fan of Hibachi, then by all means sit at the hibachi grill for a semi-Benihana…read moreexperience. But, if you're a fan of sushi then I would highly reccomend sitting at a seperate table and ordering sushi rolls, sashimi and nigiri off of their full menu. Since you paid for all-inclusive, you can order as much as you want. The rolls were small, but well made and the nigiri and sashimi was fresh.

Terrible food. Do not recommend Too much rice on the…read morerolls... heavy breading on the shrimp.. you can't even taste them.

- the sashimi is not by piece so be wary when ordering -…read moreall of the rolls include some form of cheese - avoid the tuna, I'm not sure what kind of fish that was but it was not like any tuna I've ever eaten. the flavor, texture and look of it is completely different from maguro - my companion's notes on her unagi don "I didn't hate it" - gyoza was deep fried instead of pan fried. . .hard and overcooked - recommend: masago and ikura hand rolls (they're about 2.5x larger than a normal hand roll) - no wasabi. . . mexican equivalent = jalapeño infused soy sauce - none of the staff spoke english