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Navíos is a dockside restaurant on Nichupté Lagoon at Boulevard Kukulcán km 19.5 in Cancún, serving ceviche, tiraditos and fish in a Mexican fusion style.
OrderA tiradito of tuna in tortilla ash or the black aguachile, then the catch of the day.
TipOpen daily 12:00 to 22:00; book through the website for a palapa table on the dock.
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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.
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Fred's on Boulevard Kukulcán km 14.5 in Cancún is a lagoon-side seafood house with a raw bar, ceviches, tacos, lobster quesadillas and cocktails.
OrderYucatan ceviche with shrimp, fish or octopus, then the lobster quesadillas.
TipOpen daily 12:00 to 00:00, so it works for a late lunch or a late dinner.
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Fred's Seafood & Raw Bar on Boulevard Kukulcán km 14.5 in Cancún serves lobster, ceviches and oysters from a terrace above Nichupté Lagoon until midnight.
OrderLobster, either the Drunk Lobster in white wine and light beer or the Rosarito with flour tortillas.
TipStart at the raw bar with green shrimp aguachile or Rockefeller oysters; the kitchen runs until midnight daily.
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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.
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Lorenzillo's on Boulevard Kukulcán km 10.5 in Cancún is a palapa over Nichupté Lagoon whose menu centres on lobster from the group's own farm.
OrderLobster: the three carabelas plate has poblano, ajillo and chipotle seasonings, or try the Mayan-style one.
TipReserve through the website's table finder or call +52 998 883 1254; the menu also lists fish, pasta, salads and meat for anyone off lobster.
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El Fish Fritanga, on the Nichupté lagoon by La Isla in Cancún's Hotel Zone, is known for fried fish, aguachiles and a Louisiana-style seafood bag.
OrderPescado frito or fish tacos, an aguachile, and the Louisiana-style seafood bag if you are sharing.
TipTwo fish tacos cost about 180 pesos and a meal runs 300 to 500 pesos a head; the lagoon-facing terrace is the draw at sunset.