La Playita

Delicious and authentic Mexican seafood restaurant overlooking the laguna. If you want beautiful…read morescenery, high quality seafood, and a less-touristy atmosphere in the hotel zone, check this place out! Waiters speak Spanish and English, are very friendly, and absolutely no wait for the waterfront table. The shrimp ceviche had so many shrimp with a tasty sweet sauce and avocado garnish. Guacamole was perfectly prepared, and all meals come with tortilla chips and a variety of salsas on a decorative boat tray. The tuna steak and Salmon with Lime Sauce were prepared perfectly and were both tasty and high quality. Sadly, the food was so delicious and filling we had no room to try the desserts. About a block away from the Isla Mall, but a much more authentic experience than the mall restaurants. A must-try dinner spot for seafood lovers in the Cancun hotel zone.

Awesome. Nothing new for Cancún eats on Hotels Kukulcán…read moreBlvd. Totally dug the wide variety of fresh selections sitting at this gorgeous beachfront locale. From varying tortas, quesadillas, & burritos; to seafood risotto's & shiny tuna steaks.. (get the Camarones à la Mexicana). (Needs to get the Octopus off menu; cmon.) Check out the outdoor cabana-style comfortable seating area next to the joyful boat dock. Service is quick, efficient, extremely friendly, and informed.. as expected ;)

Storefront

Tacos Gobernador

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Tecate Roja in can. Would prefer the bottle

Navíos

4.5(532 reviews)

12.3 km•Zona Hotelera

•$$$

Everything we ordered was delicious: green ceviche, lime soup, Veracruz fish, chilli fish, grilled…read moreshrimp and flank steak. The dessert was amazing, wished we ordered 10 more. Had the flan and sweet corn cake. Service was above and beyond. They pay attention to the details. Can't beat the location, eating over the lagoon. You get to see the fish, and plump toads.

What a nice restaurant with great views. Service is top notch. The food and drinks were all…read moreamazing. Fairly priced and great portion size. Can't wait to come back next vacation.

Entrance into the restaurant

Steak

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Complimentary birthday cake with sparkler

Puerto Santo

4.7(109 reviews)

3.6 km•Puerto Juárez

A place ti visit. The ambience can't be better, at the beach and by the fishermen it creates a cozy…read morehappy and romantic spot. The service is personal by local associates that makes you feel welcomed. Great service The food, recognized as one of the best seafood in Cancun , is a must visit restaurant. Fresh seafood, well prepared and delicious. Recommended

Loved the ambiance and food but service might be slow , sometimes they don't explain enough what…read morethe plates contain

Family or romantic Your choice!

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Fred's House

4.3(329 reviews)

8.6 km•Zona Hotelera

•$$$$

Food was absolutely delicious and full of flavor. The Iguana cocktail was amazing‍…read more We had the camarones Al mojo deajo, cesar salad, fredtuccine and filet mignon and ribeye. Idalia and Moises were great! Great service and great food!

There is nothing short of an outstanding dining experience!!!! Chosen for my birthday dinner. The…read morefood is second to none! The service is superb and the restaurant is vibrant but relaxing. Also listed on Yelp as "Fred's" I've previously written several 5 Star Reviews including: "BEST RESTAURANT EVER! This was a truly remarkable experience and I must begin by thanking the Hostess, Annie, for providing us with an amazing table with a spectacular view, our waiter "Roger" for his outstanding attentive but non-intrusive service, and Danny, the wait staff manager, for coordinating a 35th Wedding Anniversary dinner that exceeded my expectations and hopes to duplicate our 25th that we spent at Fred's."

Complimentary coconut dessert

Grilled octopus (good)

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Post dinner drink. Cancun, Mexico. 12/24

Los de Pescado

4.3(55 reviews)

0.4 km•Supermanzana 20

Fantastic food. Shrimp and fish tacos were fantastic and their toppings heavenly. The shrimp…read moreburrito was perfection. The Chico ceviche is not very small and it was also just right. Prices are inexpensive. Good service and friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Okay. Hear me out: no frill banging shrimp and fish taco…read more SIGN ME UP!!! Their sauces are also amazingggggggg!! The white one has a kick and they also have a tamarind sauce. The batter is made to perfection and it tastes so fresh. If only they had this in NYC I would be there every freaking day! Also ceviche was a huge order! For 43 pesos (~$2USD) this place was my favorite spot during our trip!

Burrito, tacos with toppings, excellent sauce accompaniments.

Tuna tostada

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Shrimp/fish tacos

Lorenzillo's

4.0(325 reviews)

7.6 km•Zona Hotelera

•$$$

First night in Cancún we went to Lorenzillo's for dinner and let me just say the food was…read moredelicious. Our son got to choose his own lobster for dinner and the waiter helped him which was so nice of him. The ambience was perfect and relaxing and our waiter was very attentive. We also got to see the neighborhood gators floating by which was a cool bonus.

Service great , atmosphere great . Lobster bisque was a bit of a disappointment. I am ok with no…read morelobster meat in the soup but it lacked depth and richness. I have had better many many times with other restaurants. Not bad by any means but just a little above average flavor. You can read all the other reviews on how cool the place is . Also order a flambé dessert , I did not realize they had that but saw the dessert cart with liquor and tools ready to go.

Fish tanks

Very nice presentation.

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Butterfly Martini

El Oasis Mariscos

4.3(46 reviews)

1.2 km•Supermanzana 17

We love seafood, especially Mexican seafood and this place appeared to have good reviews so we…read moretried it out. I didn't think the food was all that good, and I thought it was expensive for what it was, especially in Mexico. This caused some reflection on my part given the apparent good reviews here on yelp. I think I figured it out. If you sort the reviews by a new newest first, the most recent review is more than a year old. This is my attempt to perhaps help others looking for a good seafood restaurant in Cancun that is not a tourist trap. BTW, this again is in a residential area and the only way to park here is to utilize their valet parking, which was reasonably priced. The best part of my experience was the fish swimming around outside.

Absolutely delighted to find this nugget of a restaurant a few blocks from Mercado 28. Worth the…read morewalk! The food was delicious, service was extraordinary and location is impeccable! The music was amazing.

Nice sauces

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Interior

El Galeón del Caribe

4.5(223 reviews)

11.9 km•Zona Hotelera

Driving by you would never know a restaurant was hidden behind the bushes and palm trees. We were…read moreat Phoenix beach and a taxi driver told us about this great thatch hut bayside cute restaurant 1.3 kilometers away. Quick walk. When we arrived it had a Tiki hut feel, Relaxed, and water views. It's a simple menu. Priced well. The ceviche is huge. I highly recommend this and the guacamole. Home made chips go great with the salsa. ( unique flavor filled with green and red chilies. ( it's spicy) we also had the filet and shrimp mojo. Unique citrus, garlic flavor. Great place to hang and chill. The breeze off the bay makes this a perfect place.

Pescadillas were very delicious, we didn't eat anything else and it had nice view. They do not…read moreaccept credit cards and exchange rate is $15 per peso, so make sure you bring pesos to pay.

Inside restaurant

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Breaded fried shrimp... Pretty good, but you could get 8 fried fish tacos for the price of this

Mar-Bella

4.4(85 reviews)

4.8 km•Puerto Juárez

So wonderful! Food was out of this world! The service was thoughtful and fast. The view was…read morestunning. It felt like a hidden paradise via spiral staircase and hidden entrance inside a quick mart. We loved it so much we came twice in the week we visited

A local recommended Mar-Bella, so we decided to give it a try. I brought my wife and our four kids…read moreexpecting a great seafood experience. The staff seemed friendly, but when it comes to pricing, you really need to be careful. We ordered coconut shrimp and ceviche as appetizers, and the server suggested a "special ceviche" that ended up costing 1,245 pesos. He also recommended larger shrimp, which came out to 1,020 pesos. We ordered snow crab as well, but it was severely overcooked and dry. We barely touched it, yet the restaurant refused to remove it from the bill. For two adults and four kids, our total came to 11,135 pesos. Be sure to ask for prices before placing your order.

Entrance

Seabass for 2!

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Passion fruit margarita

La Bamba

4.8(101 reviews)

7.8 km•Zona Hotelera

This is a smaller place in a plaza, so blink and you'll miss it. I started with a margarita as…read moreusual. It's huge, as far as presentation it's not very fancy, it was tasty but as large as it was you'd think it had more alcohol to offset the size. But it did not. My wife ordered the aguachile with octopus. I ordered the Tuna Burger, and we got the steak quesadillas as an appetizer. My wife said she would give her aguachile a 3.8 out of 5. I thought the tuna burger was very tasty. Basically they took a tuna steak and put it between a hamburger bun. I can't really compare it to a regular meat burger. But on a scale of 1-10 I'd give it a 7. It came only with lettuce and tomato, but it had flavor enough. The quesadilla's were good, but nothing special, I'd say they were comparable to any you get at an average Mexican restaurant in the states. We came here because of the high ratings. Maybe we ordered the wrong things to try, I thought everything was good, but nothing that was so good it made me want to hurry back.

Decided to come here because it's expensive to eat on the resort we're at. We were sat down…read moreimmediately and they promptly took our order. The menu is simple with just enough options to where everyone can find something they like. I had the skirt steak tacos and my friend got fish tacos, We also ordered a frozen margarita and mojito that were huge!!!!! The prices were fair for what you get and the atmosphere is casual and comfortable. The music is not too loud so you can have a conversation with your group. They are not pushy to get you in and out like other places. Will definitely be back

Restaurant decor

Tacos and coconut shrimp plte

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las empanadas de marlin y un guacamole con camarones.. muy rico. la sopa de mariscos es malisima.. pero fea fea.. parece agua de calcetines. read more

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