Food is good. Steak was exceptional. Chicken cutlet left a lot to be desired. Would definitely come back. The service was nice in the place. Looked really awesome as well. The interior is a mix between beach and Mayan. read more

The pozole was excellent and the service was also excellent and the restaurant was very busy

La Cantina No 20 was a great find in PDC on our recent trip. Located on second floor of the small mall across from Porfirios and down the street from the chic Thompson main house and Coco Bongo club. Def make a Resy if you can. We were able to sneak a table for 3 but it was very much luck and we were almost turned away. Drinks are amazing! But I have to point out that there is the regular bar and the craft bartender who has a cart and makes to order creative tasty cocktails. Try to wave him over. Tip well and he'll be friends with your table and hook it up all night. Food is good and huge portions. We ordered bone marrow...expecting a couple...but they literally sent a huge stack perfectly plated...great quality and value. Definitely get some dessert!! Will be back on our next trip! read more

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I came here for my last night before returning to the states. My partner's kids didn't want to come so we decided to really go out with a bang. This place looked the part sounded the part and had authentic sounding cuisine, but it didn't quite meet our expectations. Our waiter was not well-versed in how their QR codes worked any of their drinks, or most of the dishes that they offered. I ordered the tongue delicacy which I found to be quite interesting and delicious in its own way. My partner ordered the fried ribeye; much to his chagrin, the dish was overcooked and felt more like dive bar food where they had pulverized the special ingredients. Per many of the negative reviews, it did take a while, but we didn't mind, and some of that was on us for indecision. There were three tables in the entire restaurant, and we still didn't feel very well, attended by our primary waiter. The water/busboy was wonderful, but we have rusty Spanish, so there were complications in our communication. We had just gotten back from a full day at multiple ruins and driving in the car for about seven hours through construction sites in Mexico, so I was exhausted and accidentally left my clutch with my phone at our table. When my partner walked a couple of the blocks back to pick up my purse that we located with my location tracker you, our waiter apparently looked down at him. Rush, disinterested, and didn't care about delivering a premier service or providing any recommendations. It felt like they wanted us quickly in and out. At that price tag, that's not acceptable. We picked up 4 tacos 100 pesos for the boys and felt much more welcomed and looked after--even though it was takeout! We wish you well with a turnaround, my friends at La No. 20 read more

Was staying at a hotel nearby for a water sport event and how convenient to have a mall right next-door with such amazing places. Decided to give this place a try and they immediately saw dollar signs over our head. It all started with unnecessary confusing questions when people at our table even spoke their language. It was only 7 of us, our other nights were 12-20 people. Thankfully that was not that night. The simplest order of tequila y pina (they repeated the order in confusion, look at the spanish-speaking person and he said in a cocktail, together with ice as a drink, yet I got a shot of tequila and pineapple juice separately. We ordered food in Spanish to make things easier, were hovered over, the servers didn't care to try to understand us. 3 of us ordered the Picana and the steak knives were so dull we all passed each other around to see whose cut better. Food was questionable, presentation was nice, service was pushy. Point to the above obnoxiousness that we did not experience anywhere else throughout our entire stay. It was honestly just disrespectful. We were only seven people, that's a regular dining table, nothing crazy. read more

The place is beautiful on the inside with a bar that is so stocked I really don't know how the bartenders find stuff amongst the million bottles lol. The servers were all nice, we were the only table there at around 2pm. We really just went for drinks but they gave us some shrimp soup and then put salsas down on our table and we almost felt obligated to get something to eat. Tried getting the soft crab tacos but they didn't have it so we got pork tacos and they were very average. My friend got the gorditas and liked them. The guac on the gorditas had grasshoppers in it. Quite the experience. Drinks were really good and great presentation. read more

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We went to this amazing restaurant for my birthday. Let's start with the service...AMAZING! My guest and I had two servers and they were so nice. (They even referred us to some great night spots after.). The wait for the food was long, but IT WAS WORTH IT! I ordered the fried whole fish, it's snapper, and it comes with spinach. It has got to be the freshest fish I've had in awhile. All of my guest ended up eating my plate. My friends and family ordered lobster tacos, rice and plantains, and grilled jumbo shrimp. Everything was amazing. We ended up sharing plates because everyone's food was perfect! The drinks were also amazing. read more

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Not cheap (approx US prices), but classy establishment with great food and drinks. We had the steak, fish of the day (grouper - delicious meaty white fish), pork taco appetizer, and mashed potatoes (highly recommend, even coming from a non-potato girl). The pina colada was a little sweet for my liking. The fun part was that the restaurant took a photo of us in the middle of our course, and later came with it printed in a frame and on a tequila bottle for purchase (negotiate the price!). read more

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I wish I could give this place less than one star. Made 8:00 reservation for New Year's Eve. Got there on time but they didn't open the doors until almost 8:30. First round of cocktails took almost 30 minutes. Mind you, we are the first group seated in the entire restaurant. Finally came with drinks and took our order. First course came out in a reasonable amount of time considering it's NYE. However, main course took over 90 minutes to come out. SURPRISE! All of our entrees are cold. Send them back and 20 minutes later they are just as cold. We didn't eat it or stick around for "desert". Let's not forget that this "meal" was $800 US plus the cost of cocktails. No apologies, no compensation for the three hours I wasted on a garbage meal. This place was a joke and I hope I'm not the only poor review of what was a dumpster fire of an evening. read more

Me and my friends visited here from US, we ordered salmon, they gave us bass. We explained they put the wrong thing on the bill and the "manager" questioned if it was fair, to have us pay for the salmon even though we never received it. The food was unseasoned. read more

Second time here. Great drinks when sitting at the bar. Came back for dinner and dancing on a Friday night. Great house bands. Between sets there was a horrible mix of house music and Mariachis. If the mariachis and the music were played separately it would be appreciated more. I would suggest stopping the music for the mariachis just like they do for the band :) Because we are all dealing with COVID, they need some isolated dance spaces on the weekends. People were dancing between most tables. read more

Classy spot in the heart of La Quinta Avenida in Playa. One of the few places in town where the bartender will make a decent drink. The place is hopping on any given night with large screens playing latin music videos and mariachi roaming around playing tunes. There are nice views of La Quinta all around, as the bar-restaurant is located on the second floor of the building. Make sure you get table away from the kitchen area...it can get really hot there! The vibes are good here but we thought the pricing was a little on the higher side (similar to U.S. pricing) for what they offered. Also, service was good but a little on the slower side. This could be the kitchen and not the servers. One suggestion to the bar...y'all need bigger olives in the dirty gin martinis! 3.8 Stars. read more

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Very slow service , not a good place to eat food is not that great , beer was hot , people are rude is a nice place but wouldn't recommend or comeback read more

Okay, so we were just wondering around 5th Ave shops trying to find a good place to grab a drink. I saw an upstairs place decorated so exquisite... I'm in love with the fake grass on walls and ceilings and this place looked so nice, we ventured up to the second floor to check out the bar. The hostess sat us at the bar, we immediately were served filtered water with an orange wedge, which was nice and they gave us some peanuts to snack on. I ordered a drink with some sort of rasberry tequila, it was similar to mojito with the slushy ice. It was really good and I was pleased with my choice. My guy wanted to have something with Mezcal and the bartender recommend something. It ended up coming out in a champaign glass, which gave a me little chuckle since he got the girlie glass. I'm not the biggest fan of mezcal but he mixed it with fig and I have to say it tasted really good and masked the smoky taste that mezcal normally has. The service on the hand was a bit lacking, it started out great but once we ordered our drinks we waited around ten minutes and the bar wasn't even that busy. Apparently, only certain bartenders were allowed to make the drinks. I think this restaurant was getting lower reviews based on the food but we didn't try anything. Come here for drinks, you won't be disappointed!! read more

This was by far my worst meal and experience in playa de Carmen. After waiting 40 minutes for the main course they got it totally wrong and served some horrible replacement that the waiter made up. Never again!! And I advise you don't either. No COVID precaution here except for temp monitoring. All others give you hand sanitizers (even at the table like Prime which I do suggest instead of this place!) read more

Check this place great margs and cocktail quality. The drink prices don't reflect so don't be led wrong. Hit it up, order some food and enjoy the awinds read more

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Very nice establishment. We stopped in for 2 appetizers as recommended by one of our tour operators. Everything was great until our server brought our bill and asked if we wanted to add a tip when he saw we were paying with a credit card. We said yes, thinking we would add the tip ourselves. Nope, he added a 25% tip for himself. That was super shady. If they ask "servicio", say no and leave a cash tip instead. Otherwise the food and ambience were fantastic. read more

I am really glad my husband and I gave this place a chance. We were put off by the 2 1/2 stars but our hotel supervisor Sinahi at the Thompson said it had the best soup and service ever. So confused about the reviews saying the service was bad... we had 5 star service even though it was a slow lunch. From replacing each piece of silverware during each course to making sure our table was immaculate throughout, the staff worked hard to make our meal special. A fresh bottle of wine was presented to me for my glass of sauv blanc and opened at the table. My husbands tortilla soup was poured from a terrine tableside. The food was legit, the service was great. Please try this place and don't be discouraged by the reviews! read more

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Birthday dinner dine in. Wait staff super nice, language barrier posed some issues when ordering but we were successful after all. A shrimp based soup comes complimentary with your entree, the flavor was strong with some spice, but very tasty. We requested rice to balance the flavor. The Red Snapper was a table fav!! It comes with a bed of crisp spinach which was a perfect combination. The lobster tacos have a big kick, not sure from what but it was just okay. The Grilled Shrimp comes with a cucumber salad and rice. The shrimp were not very flavorful but went well with the platter and shrimp soup. Drinks were all made well, old fashioned has a nice sweet taste but still strong. Cumber margarita was very different, but surely the best. read more

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Really good food in decent prices. A lot of gluten free options Great customer service. Well recommended read more

Went for drinks and they were great! Had the avocado martini and a few others. The bar tenders were awesome and made all kinds of drinks for us. The vibe was great and so was the service. read more

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I think that handing to a group of six a single menu -- on a small tablet -- that they have to share is a ridiculous system. Long live the printed menu. Also, bringing out five drinks and making the last person wait fifteen minutes for their cocktail while everyone stares at their drink like trained dogs is a very negative experience. read more

Spent a week at Playa for vacation and we dined 3x at this place. They have a nice variety of food and drinks. We tried this plate that looked like a pizza, it had beans, meat and cheese. We had carne asada tacos with chicharron and the fried red snapper. Also ordered the mini gorditas stuffed with meat. All the dishes were amazing. In between the food, we ordered the mini cones of sorbet, our fav flavors were the coconut and strawberry. For dessert we had the coconut flan and the cheesecake. The ambiance here is lively and service is outstanding, the servers work really hard so you can enjoy yourself. Special thanks to Marcos the manager for the wonderful service, he took excellent care of me and my wife. We can't wait to return. read more

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I'm here right now, they charged me first so I would have assumed they would have what I ordered ready but no. I've been waiting for more than 10 minutes and nothing has been brought to my table. Worst service ever, do not come here if you care about your time and money read more

I chose this restaurant for my birthday dinner and was a little hesitant at first. The reviews weren't great and to be fair neither were the other reviews for other restaurants. Restaurants in tourist areas tend to fall flat when it comes to food. Needless to say zero expectations. I was pleasantly surprised when I had their food and the place itself is absolutely beautiful. The atmosphere was everything I wanted from great music to fun views. The prices are reasonable and I recommend this spot if you're with a group of friends and want to enjoy some drinks. read more

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We rather stumbled across this gem as it's upstairs with little by way of signage to get you to notice it. But boy...are we glad we did! We were seated along the rail with a great view of 5th Avenue. We were then greeted by our friend (yes, I'm going to call him 'our friend' rather than 'our server') who immediately made us feel at home. Gabriel was likely the nicest man in all of Playa Del Carmen. He graciously took our meal requests after walking us through the menu and pausing to describe in a bit more detail the local favorites. We started with a couple cervezas, had the house made guacamole with fried crickets as an appetizer and then we were blown away by our main courses. The Mayan Pork tacos and Soft Shelled Crab tacos. Wow, just wow! They were served along with a generous serving of different hot sauces ranging from rather mild (but with big flavor) to very hot (but still with amazing flavor). All the while, Gabriel continued to care for us attentively while also being careful not to dominate the evening with too many visits to the table. It was quite evident he's been doing this for quite a while. We ended with the cornbread dessert and then just sat there marveling at just how wonderful our night was and just how lucky we were to have stumbled upon La No. 20, and mostly to have met Gabriel. read more

Food is amazing. Best guacamole I've ever had. Highly suggest their shrimp and lobster tacos! Ceviche is also really good

Wonderful drinks. Hugo the bartender treated us nice. Amazing cocktail. The best place in Mexico

Excellent restaurant. The music, wine, food were all great. You must order: -tacos de fideo -Chiles en nogada -sopes de pollo Very recommended read more

If you want to have a good dinner, STAY AWAY. Food is flavorless, service is terrible. If you are going only for drinks, then maybe. Nothing else to say. read more

Horrible service. We did not get our menus until we asked for them. It was horribly loud. They had music playing from speakers and from a band at the same time. I would not recommend this place if you want a nice dinner read more

Horrible service from the moment we walked in. For the prices on the menu you would expect them to have air-conditioning or a least more than 1 fan. Im not going into detail because this place is not worth the time but i will say this we ended up walking out when a mgr basically insulted us by showing preference to a mexican snob who though he was a high roller. Glad we left Frida was great! The host and server were nice the Mgr should not have the position he does. read more

We just left this place 20 minutes ago and now we are eating at the hotel. We literally waited for more than an hour for our food and once we noticed that it was not coming we just got up and paid for our drinks. We were a party of 3 on Sunday night. The restaurant has poor management and bad coordination. I felt bad for the waiter, because he was so busy with bigger groups. The music was so loud that we couldn't hear each other. This place is only good for one drink, because the decor is nice. I am definitely NOT coming back. I feel like they made us waste our time. The hostess could of told us the kitchen was behind by 1-2 hours and we could of gone somewhere else. I did notice that the surrounding tables were also waiting for their food. read more

The servers were nice and the atmosphere was good with the music videos playing on the giant screen but the food is just okay, nothing really impressive. read more

Weird. We had a party of 4 and noticed the second floor restaurant as we walked along quinta avenida and we thought we'd give it a try. The wait staff to customer ratio was almost uncomfortable, as and endless parade of staff were constantly standing around us and doing things on the table. We greatly appreciate attentive service but this was over the top. Drinks were tasty, but the menu is bizarre and inaccessible. When you did find something that sounded halfway good, the food quality and how prepared was subpar. The worst part about the place was the music. The band was too loud for dinner and out of place for the kind of establishment it wanted to be. While the decor is sleek and contemporary, and the food attempts to be inventive, it was paired with a garage band playing so loud you'd think you were really at a dive bar with 10 cent beers. When the band went on a break, the restaurant allowed several mariachi bands in, which we love, but not playing at the same time while the restaurant also played loud house music over their sound system. For the amount of the tab, you'd prefer not to experience such sensory overload that you couldn't have a conversation and you are left feeling like someone was testing you to see how you react to the circus going on around you as you try to eat a meal. Great, at times over the top service just in terms of the sheer number of staff surrounding your table, but the food leaves much to be desired. Pair that with a sleekly decorated place a carnival like atmosphere, and you're best served eating somewhere else. read more

The food at the cantina is really good, but the restaurant is noisy and the service is ok. Even if the restaurant has fans the restaurant is really warm. read more

I would not recommend this restaurant! There was not a warm welcome. Service was lousy. We had to wait 40 minutes for our food (All we ordered was a lobster taco and dark stuff to pasilla chilies). Be careful of the lobster tacos,, they were not good and they have wood stiff Chile stems in them that can cause a person to choke. The manager said that's how they're served when asked... If there was anything good to say about this restaurant, the atmosphere was great, and the complimentary shrimp bisque was delicious. read more

Before you eat, admire the great art pieces that line the walls! Stunning!! Dining solo, I paired 3 items with perfection: the Cochinta pabil for tacos , arroz con plataños, y ensalada de nopal. The service was beyond excellent! The food was hot, beautifully presented, & well balanced with spices. Stay away from house wines, as I should always. To management's credit they substituted (on their own) my house wine for something else that was palatable. The restaurant had a mega large screen that plays España music videos from pop to traditional concerts and I especially enjoyed Cucurrucucú Paloma. There was something for everyone. I did not have a reservation and was still seated by a fan (Dios mio Gracias!!) and the street view. Beware, the taxi drivers don't know this place and I was dropped off at the wrong location. Had to ask 2 folks who still Googled it! It was worth the extra walking!! read more

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There were six of us who are very reluctant to go to this restaurant because of the reviews. However the atmosphere was fabulous and the food was some of the best we've ever had. We are all from Florida and we love fresh fish. The whole snapper was the best fish we've ever had. The quesadillas were excellent. We were served margaritas and they were also very good. read more

We were a party of 6. Started off great - good appetizers (Note to all - only order the appetizers!). The appetizer of the breaded pork in a green sauce was awesome! At dinner, it went downhill. The wait for dinner was long (Meaning the period between eating your appetizers and dinner arrival; despite ordering all at once.); and they forgot my entree completely! Servers had no idea who order what - it was the food raffle at the table for delivery. The Milanese (My co-worker shared with me; since I did not get an entree.) was ice cold. Then we tried to get the check and that took 20 minutes. Very poor service - and it appeared we were not the only ones, as tables all around us were asking for management, and even the waiter told us that "We have a problem with the kitchen" - but clearly not know who ordered what was a waiter issue; not a kitchen issue. Was open to trying something new/more modern; but I am going back to the traditionally consistent restaurants like El Diaz, etc. read more