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    The White Box

    3.5 (32 reviews)
    Ultra High-EndSeafood, Steakhouses, Tapas Bars

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    What's the vibe?
    Classy
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Lunch menu options.
    Em S.

    This review is for the White Box located in the Oasis Grand Sens. First off, they have a rope across the entrance, which leads you to expect you are in for a special treat. The hostess checked my wristband to see if I would be permitted to have lunch here. Then she checked my name and room number. Then she undid the rope and gestured me to enter. Those already eating here had either pasta or pizza. I don't really "do" pasta, so I opted for the ribeye steak and carmelized onion pizza. I also had their only beer, Dos XX. When the pizza arrived, the crust had barely been in the oven and was just a shade past white. There were 5 tiny pieces of grey meat and an equal number of tiny raw white onion slivers. As I attempted to pick up a slice of this uninviting looking mess, grease ran off the cheese and down my arm as the glob of cheese also began to slide away. It was completely tasteless and the texture and presentation, just nasty. The waiter brought me another beer without asking. Maybe he was hoping I would be drunk and not be able to notice what was on the plate in front of me? Completely nasty!

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    Brenda L.

    I had a beautiful dinner here with my parents outdoors. The view of the white sand and bright blue water was really beautiful. It would have been really romantic had I not been on that dinner date with my parents. Our table was set up with candles and I could see that some recently newlyweds had a table set up before us (closer to the beach) with heart-shaped flowers arranged. Food presentation is lovely. This place is more upscale and is somewhere you might want to dress up at. It's located within a hotel. Portion sizes are smaller. They have a great selection of seafood. Customer service was great and our food came out in a timely manner. They have a nice selection of wine (that is showcased inside).

    Lunch menu
    Melanie R.

    I'm only giving this place 2 STARS because their lunch was actually pretty good and service was great. Try at your risk. You may get dressed up all nice.. wait for a spot to get in and maybe not even get a chance to eat!! BUT other than their lunch, I would give this place 1 STAR due to not even being able to get in for dinner despite being a guest at their "all inclusive" Grand Sens Oasis resort. What we were told was that they can only seat about 20 people. FIRST OF ALL... they don't take any reservations in advance. WHYYYYYY????!!!! They don't take any calls ahead of time or anything. Not even for the guests staying right at their very own resorts. SUCKS when they don't even cater to their own guests. Dinner starts at 6:30pm so if they reach the 20, they start taking down names and their next seating isn't until like 8ish or so. Honestly, they probably only serve around 20-40 people per night. So when you see all the nicely dressed people just hanging out around the pool area at the resort, these are the people waiting to see if they have a chance to even get in for dinner. So they seriously could be waiting for nothing. The hostess didn't seem like she cared... she must give the bad news to people all the time so maybe that's why. But they should take reservations because people have to get dressed up to even dine here. A couple we met actually got in and they said their food was not worth it and actually was pretty horrible. So I'm glad we didn't waste our time. Despite not getting in for dinner... the 2 stars are truly for their lunch service. Pizza was great and the shrimp mushroom pasta was good. Our server was also very quick to take our order and get our drinks out. It's just unfortunate that dinner was not such a great experience. We will never come here ever again because we will NEVER stay at the Grand Sens Oasis resorts or any of their resorts ever again!

    Great wine selection--For Purchase,  NOT included in "All Inclusive Resort."
    Lisa T.

    Very good UNUSUAL food. Interesting concept: Elegant shared small plates, with a wide variety of dishes to choose from. Gastropub concept. In this "all inclusive resort", very little wine by-the-glass available. However, for purchase, they have an extensive list of a wide variety of wines. Service is excellent! Of all the restaurants on campus that we were able to visit, this was second only to Careyes to us, a couple of middle aged serious foodies! Only complaint was that the sea bass was greatly overlooked. We had a nice evening and lovely dinner. Our servers were Wilbert, Ricardo, & Adrian; they took excellent care of us!

    Cheese platter - absolutely delicious tip notch cheese with marmalade
    Patricia L.

    People come from all the other hotels to eat here. It's extremely good. It's smaller tapas style and so what you order you get one per person at the table. I was fascinated at the cheese platter, it easily compares to anything you get at home in Vancouver for $20! The burgers were awesome and so was the ceviche. The blackened prawns were amazing. Don't let the blackened look make it seem like they taste burnt- the charcoal is simply an after taste and wonderful This restaurant only seats 20 and has three sittings. We were able to walk right in. If you have to wait they will let you sit on the patio and you can order drinks while you wait. It's formal so men are required to wear closed shoes and dress shorts or slacks. Really good for all inclusive type resort

    Delonda J.

    This was a great and unique experience. 12 Shared Tapas. One would think could not fill you up, but it did. Great service and fine dining. I'd definately do it again. Must make reservations.

    Fish and chips
    Patrick M.

    Ok wow.. Here I am at my resort and there is a new restaurant here calling itself a Gastrobar. Being in a resort I was a little wary but I was wrong. They serve food here something like tapas where they bring a menu item at a time for sharing. It was really incredible. From the best oysters my wife ever had, to great sashimi it was perfect all around. One of the courses was fish and chips.. And that was probably the best battered fish I ever had. Truly worth checking out if you stay at the Grand oasis hotel

    Hotdogs
    India O.

    Sells itself as a wine bar, but it's the exact same wine list as all other restaurants at the Oasis Grand Palm. Service is spectacular! The only reason I am giving it 3 starts is the lack of truthfulness to the wine tasting. Food was decent, they are small tapas. Which was correctly advertised! Food wasn't that warm

    KT N.

    Great place and great food! The services are excellent! Restaurant is very cute! Will be back for sure and recommend to everyone visiting Pyramid Oasis!! But they only take reservations from 2-5 pm. Be there before 2pm and only small groups 2-4 max. Good luck and it worth it!

    The service was amazing and the food was so good! I absolutely loved everything and the view from the restaurant was so beautiful. This is by far the best restaurant at Cancun! Creative, delicious, and definitely worth 5 stars!

    Andy V.

    Tried this place last night. Food is a semi set menu get to chose items from 9 course meal. Food was mediocre pizza tasted like salami on cracker. Only thing good was the avocado surprise. Lots of servers but service was just ok. Lots of menu items seem to repeat themselves. Fried egg on French fries. Burger and French fries. Salami on French fries salami on pizza . Get the drift. Desserts were different. If like tapas style food may like this place but wasn't impressed.

    Grand Oasis is very nice

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    Review Highlights - The White Box

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    Sirenas Raw Bar - Ensalada oriental

    Sirenas Raw Bar

    4.3(35 reviews)
    0.2 kmZona Hotelera
    $$

    Went there for the catch of the day and the sea bass did not disappoint. The black rice, salad and…read moreguacamole was very delicious. The restaurant is outdoor with nice views of the marine and ferries. We will return.

    We came here day 2 of our trip, and disappointment was not on our agenda. It's a little tricky to…read morefind as it's behind everything by the dock. Also it was empty, there were only 2 other people eating at the bar. We were seated right away, and we had a very nice table right near the dock. I started with a lime margarita, and we ordered all our food at once. There was too much we wanted to try so we ordered extra to have leftovers. My wife got the Ensalada oriental salad, she said it was excellent. The tempura tacos were very good, the fish tasted fresh and was cooked perfectly. The only complaint and I'm nitpicking was there was not much added flavor. Unless you added the tar tar sauce, you tasted the fish and fillings added. Which by themselves were very good. Next we tried the octopus, I prefer squid to octopus but the wife loves octopus. This was very good, it was chargrilled which made it less chewy the usual, so I really enjoyed it. It came with a yellow sauce that the waitress said was spicy. But I didn't find it spicy, in fact it really had little to no flavor. So I could take it or leave it. Finally we had the shrimp pizza, seemed like a crazy combo, however it was very good. It is a thinner pizza so it was crispy, the flavors all worked well. I'm glad we had the rest to take back to the air b n b for lunch the next day. While we were eating someone started shooting fireworks off of the water. So that was an added bonus. The weather was perfect, the food was great. I finished the dinner with a passion fruit margarita. It was very tasty, the only part I didn't like was the end where alot of seeds would get sucked up. Overall we really enjoyed ourselves, if time permits and there is nowhere else we don't want to try before leaving. I would definitely come back. If I could I'd go 4.5 stars, but as that is not an option I went 4.

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    Sirenas Raw Bar - Tempura fish tacos

    Tempura fish tacos

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    Caminos

    Caminos

    4.5(30 reviews)
    1.3 kmZona Hotelera

    We came here our 4th night in Cancun. Although it is now called Krudo Raw Bar and Grill. The…read morerestaurant and ambiance is fantastic. It overlooks the dock and water. They start you with complimentary chips and a seafood soup. Both were very good, there were three types of dips for the chips. 2 were spicy one was not. My wife ordered the octopus tacos and they were excellent. The octopus was chargrilled but not burned, very tasty. The soft shell crab was very good, the flavors all complimented each other. The pizzas looked great so we got the lobster pizza knowing we'd have leftovers. The pizza is different but good. The mac n cheese was very yummy as well, we really enjoyed it. While we were there they had live music and I was able to get them to play Brown Eyed girl for my wife. It was an excellent dinner and experience. Very close to giving it 5 stars, it is a little pricey but it's upscale food with an amazing interior and view.

    I recommend this restaurant to anyone I know that goes to Cancun! We stayed at the RIU a few blocks…read moredown the road for my 40th bday. We ventured outside of the resort to experience local cuisine and we could not have picked a better place. It's located right on the water so there was a nice breeze where we were sitting. The service and the food was absolutely incredible. Everyone in my party was very happy with their experience there. 5 stars is not enough!

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    Caminos - Salmon teriyaki

    Salmon teriyaki

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    La Bamba

    La Bamba

    4.8(101 reviews)
    4.0 kmZona 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

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    Tacos and coconut shrimp plte

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