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Cozumel Restaurants

 
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Cozumel has so many good restaurants that you'll have to be truly dedicated to try them all out in ten days of feasting. Here are our 2009 Rec.s for Good Places to Eat on Cozumel.

 

Left, the back garden at the new Le Bistrot in downtown San Miguel. Corner of Calle 7 and Avenida 5.

 

Every place recommended on these pages has been personally tried by us. We accept no kick-backs or advertising. We hope this listing will help drum up much deserved customers. But as Foodies, we also have our own selfish motive. We live on the island full-time and we want the good places to stay open so we can continue to enjoy them!.

Recommendations are divided into 3 categories: Expensive, Moderate and Cheap Eats

 

Expensive ($25 + per person for a full-course dinner not including drinks or dessert)

 

La Cocay

Like all the restaurants recommended in our high-end gourmet section, La Cocay sports a dedicated and innovative chef who offers a changing menu of specials. This is a fairly large place with an air conditioned indoor area for summer months and a big garden out back for cooler weather. Nice ambiance both inside and out and excellent food and presentation.

. Located on Calle 8 between Avenida 10 and Avenida 15. La Cocay means The Firefly, by the way.

 

Le Bistrot

Newest kid on the block, this charming restaurant is owned and operated by the same chef whose responsible for Le Chef, also in our recommended for Big Treats Out Restaurant List. Housed in the historic old building where La Lobsteria used to be, Laloh has updated the furnishings, kept the intimate back garden eating area and offers a large and varied gourmet menu serving everything from seafood and steaks to Italian specialties.

Inventive sauces and presentations, great salads and one of the most discerning wine lists on the island. , . TIP: Le Bistro also offers an absolutely marvelous breakfast menu (some pictures of one of these meals can be seen left and above. Located on the corner of Calle 7 and Avenida 5 -- one block in from the waterfront behind the Punta Langosta pier.

Kinta

Another favorite with locals, Kinta's offers interesting twists on local Yucatecan cuisine plus lots of varieties of seafood. Try a fish fillet in one of their innovative sauces. This is also a small place but it has a lovely backyard garden. Everything on the menu here is worth trying so you will probably want to go back more than once.

This place has recently caught on with tourists and locals so reservations are suggested or else go early -- between 6 PM and 7 PM -- at busy times of the year. Located on Avenida 5 between Calle 2 and Calle 4 -- so 1/2 block north of the pedestrian only plaza.

 

Le Chef

Unpretentious but delicious and with a great location on the corner of Calle 5 and Avenida 5 with indoor and outdoor seating, this small, inviting restaurant serves healthy and delicious entrees. Small menu that changes daily depending on what's available and is listed on a chalk board in the sidewalk dining area. Good house wine selection at fair prices.

La Veranda located on Calle 4 between Avenida 5 and Avenida 10 -- two blocks in from the waterfront. Although the seafood we had here on our (admittedly only one) visit was not 5 star gourmet, who cares?

Because this has got to be one of THE most lovely and romantic settings to eat on the island--particularly at night when the garden, fountain and gazebo are lit up. Lovely backyard garden makes for a romantic setting for this tourist favorite. An excellent choice for a Very Special dinner -- like the night you pop the question.

 

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