La Parrilla is a mexican restaurant in Centro, Cancún.
Editorially verified October 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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La Fonda del Zancudo is a garden dinner room on Avenida Uxmal in downtown Cancún, with a short menu of house empanadas, tuna and chocolate cream.
OrderHouse empanadas and tuna cooked al punto, then the chocolate cream.
TipDinner only, Monday to Saturday from 17:00; the daily specials are posted on its Instagram account.
La Fonda del Zancudo is a garden dinner room on Avenida Uxmal in downtown Cancún, with a short menu of house empanadas, tuna and chocolate cream.
OrderHouse empanadas and tuna cooked al punto, then the chocolate cream.
TipDinner only, Monday to Saturday from 17:00; the daily specials are posted on its Instagram account.
El Tatich, beside Walmart Gran Plaza in Cancún, sells cochinita pibil and oven-roast lechón as tacos and tortas, with relleno negro on Sundays.
OrderTacos or a torta of cochinita pibil or lechón al horno, and relleno negro on Sundays.
TipTables close at 15:30 (takeaway to 16:00) or when the cochinita and lechón run out; there are no other branches.
Puerto Santo in Puerto Juárez, Cancún, is a sea-view seafood restaurant that buys from local fishermen, with 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.
Bodega Argentina, in Plaza Marina at Puerto Cancún, is a Grupo Anderson's Buenos Aires-style steakhouse with parrilla cuts, empanadas and a wine list.
OrderA bife de chorizo from the parrilla with smoked provoleta, then crêpes with cajeta.
TipOpen 13:00 to 01:00 daily; a kids' club on the upper floor makes it suit family lunches.
María Dolores, inside ATELIER Playa Mujeres beyond Cancún's Hotel Zone, is in the MICHELIN Guide, with a tasting menu from chef Edgar Núñez.
OrderThe signature tasting menu, or à la carte the tempura shrimp taco and mole coloradito with quail.
TipThe room is reservation-led and open 18:00 to 23:00 daily; guests must be 16 or older.
Lorenzillo's on Boulevard Kukulcán km 10.5 in Cancún is a lobster house on stilts over Nichupté Lagoon, with seafood, soups and pastas beside the lobster.
OrderThe lobster bisque, then lobster with a poblano, ajillo or chipotle seasoning.
TipOpen daily from 13:00 to 23:00; the menu also has fish, shrimp, pasta, salads and meat and poultry dishes.
