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Top 10 Mexican food in Celestun, Yucatan, Mexico
Find out what Mexican restaurants to try in Celestun including Los Pampanos, Restaurante Gutierrez Dolphin, El Lobo, La Palapa, La Playita, El Palmar, La Boya, Chivirico, Loncheria Los Negritos, Restaurante Zaxim
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10. Restaurante Zaxim
Reviewed By Capricornio76
Restaurante Zaxim es un espacio espectacular donde se puede ver el mar verde esmeralda del Golfo de México, la carta es variada, tiene platillos de mar, tipicos yucatecos, internacional y opciones vegetarianas. De noche, el ambiente se transforma en un lugar con luces tenues y romántico.
9. Loncheria Los Negritos
Reviewed By sansoucis2016
We'd walked quite a distance in the noon day sun and fortunately found a motor bike cab to bring us back to the town centre. I remembered the one review and asked the driver to drop us at Los Negritos. The chairs were being stacked but the elderly man kindly agreed to give lunch to this elderly couple. The chicken tacos were beautifully made and served. We had them with jamaica. We felt like locals and were treated like friends.
8. Chivirico
Reviewed By CtFreddie
This is a family run restaurant which suffers from competition with fancier beachfront restaurants right across the street. It only had a few customers the three times I ate there. However, if you don't care about ambiance, and don't mind the less than professional service, and perhaps a TV on in the background, and love homecooked seafood at reasonable prices, try this place. You certainly will get waited on and receive your food far faster than the touristy places on the beach.My favorite dish there was Cevice Mixto - a large dinner plate with mounds of tender seafood. I took half back to my room for another day. Their guacamole was good, and again large, so took remainder as take out. Tried their conch in garlic sauce - not as tender as the ceviche conch, but very tasty.
7. La Boya
Reviewed By Kristi w
This is the first restaurant we went to on our stay. We both ordered some beers and were relaxing and enjoying the excellent ocean view. Some locals came up to us and told us la tortuga...la tortuga (turtle...turtle) We ran up the beach and got to sea a sea turtle lay her eggs. This was amazing! So we returned and my husband order the stone crab cold. It was very fresh stone crab claws and so delicious! I had some past and shrimp. It was very good. We really enjoyed this place and returned several more time on our stay for lunch and dinner.
6. El Palmar
Reviewed By Southside
My wife and I just had a nice couple of big, tasty burritos at El Palmar - one "specialty of the house" (pork), the other chicken. Friendly host, good service, solid food, comfortable though certainly not fancy ambiance - then again, you're not going to find fancy or refined ambiance in down-to-earth Celestun. Total cost, including a couple of beers, came to about US $13. Restaurant is located on the central square, on the left side if you're facing the sea. Tables outside if you want to people-watch a bit. More inside, if you prefer a quieter setting. I believe it's just open in the evening, starting at 7 pm (?).
5. La Playita
Overall Ratings
4 based on 80 reviews
Reviewed By julesfromtheworld
You are already by the beautiful beach of Celestun listening the sound of the waves.. And then there is the most delicious and the freshest ceviche, made of seafood literally harvested the same morning! Very cheap place, delicious fish and seafood and also showers to fresh up after spending the all day at the beach.
4. La Palapa
Overall Ratings
3 based on 255 reviews
Reviewed By Bernard B
This wouldn't be the first time we've been to La Palapa and once more, the experience was a delightful experience. Even if the thatcher roof had been recently blown off because of excessive strong winds, the restaurant was opened with tables set on the beach and its staff was proving once more that the high standards are part of their signature. The problem with the restaurant is choosing a meal. They're all very well prepared and are simply delicious. So after having visited the reserve and taken all your flamingo pictures, La Palapa is the place to go.
3. El Lobo
Overall Ratings
4 based on 69 reviews
Reviewed By 7elliem
This is a simple restaurant but conveniently opens early to offer a decent breakfast. It's also the only place we found open late when we had a tasty pizza. You can sit up on the roof.
2. Restaurante Gutierrez Dolphin
Overall Ratings
4 based on 69 reviews
Reviewed By patsyt914
It was closed the first time we tried and alas we did not get there until the end of our trip. Wonderful breakfasts, fruit smoothies, pressed coffee and more. Simply delightful. Usually we just got breakfast items from the local panaderia, which was fine, but Gutierrez was a real and delughtful breakfast! Outside by the beach, too.
1. Los Pampanos
Overall Ratings
4 based on 370 reviews
Reviewed By Sheri T
The location is great - right on the beach in Celestun (the flamingo/bird reserve town). The food unfortunately did not impress - it was probably the poorest meal I ate in Mexico. I ordered the blue crab and it simply didn't measure up. The veg and rice with it were tasty, though rather lukewarm. My parents seemed to enjoy their dishes (fried and breaded fish dinners). The lemonade saved the day for me - it really was excellent. The bathroom facilities are not up to par either - it's a huge restaurant (indoor and outdoor seating) and there were only three stalls in the ladies' room! There were also no hooks to hang your bag in the stall. It was ok but I wouldn't go back.
