If you've found yourself in Tuxtla - be sure to come here for a dinner seating. Make reservations!…read moreThe place gets full (although tbh we were able to walk in and find *early* seating) Classic Chiapaneca food and live music. I mean talk about dinner and a show! They will play you live marimba music while dancers dress up in traditional costume and you consume your traditional chiapaneca food with impeccable service. They will ask you to participate in their dances. They will thank you for coming. Order the pumpo, if you like cocktails, the waiter will be hollering it all throughout the night - why not find out what the fuss is about? Order the specialties, ask the waiter for their opinions. A good place to bring the kids (even if the nose level can get loud), less so for an intimate date - but a good place to impress (and affiliated price-range-ish)

Muy bueno para comida típica buen ambiente, música en vivo con baile típico servicio excelenteread more

A restaurant with a very Chiapanecan taste. The dishes are well presented and the mixture of…read moreinternational with regional savory is worthy to try.

If you're on any of the tours from Palenque that go to Bonampak, Yaxchilán, and other sites in the…read morearea, you're likely to stop here at the Restaurant Yax-Lum. It's a large thatched roof structure right off the Carretera Fronteriza del Sur (the road that diverts off of main Highway 307). Even though this simple place is still a bit touristy, the coffee, eggs, and fruit are delicious, especially on the foggy mornings that often hang over this area.