Restaurants cuisine régionale Yucatán Peninsula

A lonchería is the equivalent of our cafeteria. And in this one, you won't be spoilt for choice since this establishment only serves poc-chuc in portions adapted to the number of guests. Whether you're alone or with your family, you'll come out totally addicted to this Yucatan specialty. Because such a specialization is also a guarantee of quality: the poc-chuc is really succulent. Let us recall the ingredients: thin slices of pork, tomato, coriander, onion, bitter orange and tortillas of course. Redevelopment work is planned.

Period house with high ceilings and inevitable fans, all with beautiful tiling. The traditional peasant family comes from Hopelchén, a community specialized in cochinita pibil. Here they cook mainly fresh products. The menu of this family kitchen changes every week, but each time we find the essential of the regional cuisine, starting with the copious pan de cazón to be accompanied byaguas frescas de chaya or horchata con coco. Not to be missed under any circumstances.

The best table in the city to taste the specialities of the region, with panoramic view.

Throughout Mexico, markets are a good option for eating fresh and tasty food at an economical price. Merida's markets are no exception to the rule. The Santos Degollado market, better known as the Mercado de Santiago, was completely renovated and modernized in 2018, to the delight of the eyes and taste buds... It invites you to stroll among the many taquerías - these stalls originally specialized in tacos, but whose offer extends to all Yucatecan specialties - and of course to mark a gourmet break.

It is the only restaurant on the road leading to the archaeological site. Whether you need to take forces before you visit the ruins. The kitchen is of course very simple because we are in the forest, in the middle of nowhere, but very tasty because tortillas are handmade and cooked in wood fire.

In the heart of San Francisco's historic district, this is a place to dine outdoors and enjoy the specialties of the regional cuisine: lechón tostado (roasted suckling pig), caldo de pavo (turkey soup), sopa de limón, tamal horneado or empanadas de chaya y queso. Just as popular with locals as with visiting birds, who also come to refresh themselves with a coconut horchata, accompanied by one of the many taquería snacks.

El Cachimbazo is a good spot with a traditional and family atmosphere to enjoy seafood in the city. The place has a colorful wooden terrace that overlooks the sea and its playful pelicans. In the kitchen, a whole army of cooks are busy satisfying the palates of the most demanding visitors with the traditional fish fillets stuffed with seafood, squid stuffed with crab or the very regional pan de cazón.

The Portales de San Martín, in the square of the same name, is a stronghold of local gastronomy, frequented almost exclusively by the city's residents, who flock there in the evening. There is a wide range of dishes on offer, and it can be difficult to choose between them. Conchita cerverais known for offering the best home cooking of all the small restaurants in the square, and is the ideal place to try panuchos, tamales horneados and other tacos de cochinita pibil. Every lunchtime you will be offered a different full menu.

Nice little palapa surrounded by greenery, pleasant and impeccably clean. You can sit down on wooden furniture to taste regional dishes in all simplicity. It is a very good option to satisfy a small - or big (the plates are copious) - hunger and to take a break between the visits of two archaeological sites. On the menu (more than economical!), huevos, quesadillas, pollo and carne de res. The place is also very popular with locals who come for breakfast or to get their strength back before an afternoon of work.