Ceviche is raw fish, shrimp or conch cured in lime juice with onion, tomato, coriander and chile and eaten cold on tostadas; Cancún's seafood palapas build it from the day's catch.
Where to eat it: 12 restaurants across 3 cities.
Ceviche, seafood marinated in citrus juice, is eaten along the coasts of Latin America, from Mexico to Peru, where it is the national dish. The acid in the lime juice firms the flesh and turns it opaque, which looks like cooking, though the seafood is still raw, so it must be very fresh. On the Mexican Caribbean, ceviche follows the catch: in Cancún, Kiosco Verde, a family seafood palapa at Puerto Juárez in the MICHELIN Guide, serves a Cozumel-style conch ceviche with stars of yellow habanero, and Puerto Santo, which buys from local fishermen, lists ceviches too.
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Common allergens: Fish, Shellfish
Tip from the editors. Buy fish sold for eating raw and keep everything cold; long marinating makes the fish chalky, not safer.
Kiosco Verde, a family seafood palapa in Puerto Juárez, Cancún, open since 1974 and in the MICHELIN Guide, serves lobster empanadas and pulpo zarandeado.
OrderPulpo zarandeado and the lobster empanadas, then the Cozumel-style conch ceviche.
TipClosed on Tuesdays; the blackboard specials follow the market catch, so ask what came in that day.
Puerto Santo in Puerto Juárez, Cancún, is a sea-view seafood restaurant that buys from local fishermen, serving tuna carnitas, crab flautitas and ceviches.
OrderCarnitas de atún for tacos, flautitas de jaiba and the Puerto Santo guacamole.
TipOpen daily 12:30 to 23:00; the whole catch of the day is sold by the kilo and can be cooked zarandeado, the house speciality.
Navíos sits on a dock over Nichupté Lagoon at Boulevard Kukulcán km 19.5 in Cancún and cooks Mexican fusion seafood, from ceviche to catch of the day.
OrderChile xcatic stuffed with fish ceviche over passion-fruit sauce, then the tuna tartare.
TipAsk for a private palapa on the dock at sunset; the thatched tables are cooler than the unshaded ones.
Los de Pescado began as a wooden cart in 2004; its Avenida Tulum branch in Cancún sells fish and shrimp tacos, ceviche tostadas and marlin pescadillas.
OrderTacos de pescado with the tamarind sauce, a marlin pescadilla, and a tostada de ceviche to share.
TipThis branch closes at 17:30, so plan it as a lunch stop; the chain has other Cancún branches, so check you are on Avenida Tulum.
La Mar at Av Mariscal La Mar 770 in Miraflores is Gaston Acurio's 2005 cevicheria, No.26 on Latin America's 50 Best 2025 and a Lima lunch institution.
OrderThe ceviche clasico and a tiradito sequence, with chicha morada to drink.
TipLunch only; queue starts at 11:30 on weekends because there are no reservations.
Pescados Capitales on Av Mariscal La Mar 1335 in Miraflores pioneered the cevicheria corridor, with a sin-named menu and sophisticated seafood program.
OrderThe ceviche siete pecados (seven sins) and a jalea to share, with maracuya juice.
TipQuieter at 14:30 than 13:00; delivery available till 21:00 daily.
Punto Azul on Calle San Martin 595 in Miraflores is one of Lima's most popular cevicherias, fifteen years on the map serving daily generous ceviche plates.
OrderThe ceviche mixto and a leche de tigre shot to chase it.
TipLunch only; the kitchen closes at 16:00 sharp regardless of queue.
El Mercado at Av Hipolito Unanue 203 in Miraflores is Rafael Osterling's daytime seafood room, a terrace cevicheria with gyoza, taco and curry bridges too.
OrderThe ceviche of the day plus a tiradito; the gyoza fusion course is a sleeper.
TipLunch only, no dinner; busy at 13:30 and quiet at 15:30 Walk-ins usually OK.
Canta Rana at Calle Genova 101 in Barranco is a 35-year Lima cevicheria-huarique, the Sunday lunch standard for limenos who skip the destination cevicherias.
Why locals go35-plus-year cevicheria-huarique embedded in the Barranco neighborhood, the Sunday lunch standard for limenos who skip the destination cevicherias.
TipCash only is safer; Saturday lunch queue runs past the corner by 13:00.
NUNA at the Four Seasons Miami is chef Jaime Pesaque's Nikkei rooftop on Brickell Avenue, the Peruvian-Japanese room that opened above the hotel in May 2025.
OrderCeviche Limeno with corvina in leche de tigre, sweet potato and cilantro.
TipDinner only, Monday to Saturday from 6pm; the rooftop terrace seats are the booking to request at sunset.
Naoe on Brickell Key in Miami is Kevin Cory's five-seat omakase counter at 661 Brickell Key Drive, the only AAA Five-Diamond and Forbes Five-Star room.
OrderThe bento opener with Cory's family's heirloom soy sauce; the omakase follows.
Book6 to 8 weeks ahead
TipOne service nightly Tuesday to Saturday. Reservations are non-refundable; sake pairing is the add-on locals book.
Estiatorio Milos in Miami Beach is Costas Spiliadis's Greek seafood dining room in South of Fifth at 730 1st Street, a 2025 Michelin Recommended pick.
OrderWhatever the whole-fish display offers; flown in from Greece and the Med, sold by the pound.
Book2 weeks ahead
TipLunch prix-fixe at $39 is the city's best fine-dining value. The wine list runs deep into Assyrtiko.
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