The old fishing port north of downtown, where the Isla Mujeres ferries leave: seafood palapas on Avenida López Portillo and the Punta Sam road.
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, 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.
Mar-Bella is a seafood fish market and raw bar on the Punta Sam road in Cancún, with a seafront palapa where diners choose their seafood and how it is cooked.
OrderOysters, octopus and boquinete, picked from the display and cooked the way you ask.
TipOpen 12:00 to 20:00 every day, so go for lunch or an early dinner. Marco Beteta's guide recommends the oysters, the octopus and the boquinete.
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.
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.
Janal Pixan Cancún is the city's Day of the Dead festival: four nights at Puerto Juárez with a boat procession, and the Cena de Ánimas at Parque de las Palapas with altars, food stalls and a pan de muerto contest.
TipFree transport ran to Puerto Juárez from Malecón Tajamar and El Crucero park in 2025; for food, go to Parque de las Palapas on 1 or 2 November.
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