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A Guide to Cancun's Best Restaurants

A big draw of booking a luxury holiday is often the delicious and exquisitely-prepared food you can enjoy on such a break. If you're planning to explore Cancun on an indulgent getaway, you'll want to eat at some of the city's best establishments - read on for my guide to the top restaurants to try out.

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El Conquistador

Kukulcan Boulevard

Many of the best gourmet restaurants in Cancun can be visited by reservation only, and El Conquistador is one of them. The eatery is located on Kukulcan Boulevard in the Royal Mayan resort - which is situated in the Hotel Zone - and offers a good variety of dishes, including appetisers like warm onion bread and cheese straws.

Lobster bisque, shrimp primavera and coffee-crusted grouper are among the meals you can choose from at the venue, and some dishes are prepared at your table. Between courses you'll be given a lime sorbet to cleanse your palate and from 19:00 local time you can also enjoy live music.

Du Mexique

Avenue Bonampak

If you're hoping to sample a range of flavours during your break in Cancun, head to Du Mexique on Avenue Bonampak for an evening of French fine dining. The restaurant is among the city's most highly regarded and regularly refreshes its menu, so you can choose from different dishes if you book a return visit to Cancun!
The restaurant's decor is simple yet contemporary, and you'll be able to select meals including tuna tartare, escargots, and chateaubriand with bearnaise sauce and fries (steak and chips, French style), with desserts like
strawberries with black pepper and profiteroles also on offer.

Captain's Cove

Paseo Kukulcan

For a truly memorable dining experience, pay a visit to Captain's Cove at Paseo Kukulkan. The restaurant is situated next to a lagoon, so you can enjoy some stunning views with your meal. What's more, crocodiles are frequently spotted in the nearby water by diners at the establishment, so keep your eyes peeled and your camera to hand!

Seafood is popular here, and dishes like the clam chowder and tuna fish carpaccio have received rave reviews, as has the waiter service. You'll also find plenty of authentic Mexican dishes served up, some of which are not common tourist fare. Try the pescadillas as a starter and wash them down with one of the interesting drinks available, like the key lime pie martini.

Peter's Restaurante

Avenue Bonampak

Located just outside the Hotel Zone on Avenue Bonampak, Peter's Restaurante is perhaps not as visually appealing as other top eateries in Cancun, but what it lacks in grandeur it makes up for in the taste and quality of its meals.

Diners are greeted by chef Peter and his wife, who personally take orders before whipping up the dishes in the kitchen. The dining room is intimate and romantic, and you can expect to choose from a menu that lists boquinette (hogfish), braised beef brisket and shrimp fettucini among its available meals. The restaurant makes its own praline ice cream and also serves up mouth-watering banana and chocolate crepes.

Thai Lounge

Kukulcan Boulevard

International cuisine isn't hard to come by in Cancun and, if you enjoy Thai food, you won't want to miss calling in at the Thai Lounge on Kukulcan Boulevard. The restaurant consists of little huts on stilts in the lagoon, making for an intimate dining experience.

Not only can you look over the lagoon while enjoying a dinner of stir-fried beef, green curry or chicken satay, but when you order a drink at the bar you might spot the dolphins through the aquarium glass located just behind the bar! The Thai Lounge is especially good to visit in the evening, when you can watch the sun setting over the lagoon, but it might be wise to reserve a table in advance.

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