Taboo is all about the club experience, and the lower attention of staff and sub-par food are reflective of the main priority of this spot. I am hoping this is a fluke for us, but we ate and restaurant "partied" at a few spots and Taboo is at the bottom of the barrel. It has an amazing show/ experience and club party feel though!!!!
A reservation is definitely needed for this in-demand beachfront restaurant (aka club). I need to stress the club portion here- music varies from beachy house to American rap to electronic music festival hits. It is also really loud so be prepared to turn up! For the environment, I would give this 5-stars but we had some issues with the food.... This is the last restaurant our group visited over our stay in Tulum and we were more than excited about it!
First off- our male guests came back from the bathroom being offered an assortment of drugs. No purchases here, but this was quite surprising!
Secondly, a lot of the menu items were not available. I wish we had known this before making our orders, because then we needed to re-think. When I got my meal, especially, the pasta was clumpy (to me indicating not fresh... sitting for a while before plating), it was supposed to be all clams and I got an assortment of seafood, which was poor quality. There was no Parmesan cheese, and why was parsley on there in place of basil? Really not delicious, unfortunately.
We asked if oysters were available, and our waited said yes. DO NOT ORDER. I tried one, and it was terrible. I immediately knew that we were going to get food poisoning, and low and behold.... my predictions came true. The four who ate them were writhing in pain and running to the bathroom for days after.
The steaks ordered were asked to be prepared medium rare and I'm pretty sure they were barely seared, almost gelatinous.
Third, some bar items were not available. I'm a big fan of martinis, and lack of olive juice crushed my heart.
So at other Tulum restaurants, we experienced top-notch service, presentation, and wow-factor entertainment. Taboo got the wow-factor entertainment right- if anything GO FOR THE SHOW!! It was truly so cool! The wait staff was friendly, but not up to the standard we had experienced at other places, which was disappointing for the price.
I'd recommend going for cocktails and sticking to basic foods, not venturing out to what you would think are the higher end food items. read more