Riviera Maya Restaurants

We believe in the motto, if we must eat, we must eat well, and more recently in life, you must eat healthier. You must be a witness to the dining offerings in the Riviera Maya. You simply will be amazed at how this new world cuisine is flourishing.

Over the past decade, the Riviera Maya generally has been undergoing a very special influx of new locals who are immigrating from all over the world. The result is a 'fusion' of cultures and cuisines, which is unique from any other. The traditional Mexican and Maya foods and recipes take on the cultural creative offerings of people from U.S.A., Italy, Argentina, Canada, France, and more.

Considered a gift from the gods, corn is the most important component of modern day Mexican and Maya cuisine. Represented centuries ago by jade, one of the most precious stones, the ancient Maya thought that cultivating corn was a sacred duty for all Maya.

No Maya dish would be complete without the addition of ingredients used to accentuate a food's natural flavor or infuse additional flavor. Most commonly used are chilmole (earth spice), axiote (also known as annatto), jicama, banana leaf and chaya, a leafy vegetable similar to spinach that the Maya believe to be an aphrodisiac.

Chile peppers come in many forms; from the xcatic chile and the chipotle chile, a jalapeno chile that is smoked and pickled, to the guajillo chile, a skinny red pepper that produces mild to medium infusion, and the local  favorite, the habanero, which is the hottest of the chiles.

So it is today, in many traditional Maya restaurants, that specialty dishes are created and prepared using many of the traditional foods, recipes and methods, are available throughout the Riviera Maya. Added to these over the years, are the traditional Mexican dishes and the resulting fusion is a combination of tastes that are so distinct and unique that only in the Yucatan Peninsula, may they be found.