Restaurants

Carlos’n'Charlies

Carlos’n Charlie’s is a family-friendly, 100% Mexican restaurant chain, the personality and subtle humor of its founder, Carlos Anderson, is apparent in every detail.

Fast Mexican food, music and a fun atmosphere. Connected with Sr. Frogs bar and nightclub upstairs for more drinks and dancing later.

See also Carlos ‘n Charlies Beach Club on the south-west

Location: downtown seafront (Melgar) between 7th and 11th Streets, next to Punta Langosta.

Phone: 869-1647 / 869-1648

Fax: 869-1646

Casa Denis

Serving food on the square downtown for over 90 years, this is surely Cozumel’s oldest remaining restaurant.

Original recipes from the Yucatan region of Mexico, including tacos and empanadas.

Historic building full of intriguing photos including some of Jackie Onassis and Plácido Domingo who dined here in the past.

Location: Parque Benito Juarez (main square) corner with Avenida 5 and Avenida Benito Juarez.

Open daily.

Casa Mission
Casa Mission Restaurant
Journey into Mexican history.
Passing through the wrought iron gates into the gardens at the Casa Mission restaurant is like a taking a journey back into Mexican history.

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Chi Restaurant

Restaurant with bar and lounge serving Chinese and Asian food.

Location: Calle 3 on the corner with the seafront (Melgar).

Tel. 869 8156

Coconuts Bar and Grill
Cozumel beach restaurant
Perched on the cliff.
Climb up to the look-out terrace restaurant atop Cozumel’s highest point - on a small rocky cliff on the island’s wild east coast.

The best views on Cozumel, hot’n’spicy Mexican menu, fresh seafood and shellfish, cold beers, long cocktails, smilin’ staff… do you really need any more reasons to go?

El Capi Navegante

In English, the “Cap’n Navigator” - this is a real fisherman’s cove of delights. Trust in their motto: The fish we serve today, slept in the sea last night.

Serving only the best fresh seafood and fish, tuck in to snapper and lobster or share a sea food platter.

Good prices and friendly service.

Location: Avenida 10 between Calle 3 and Calle 5.

Opening hours: 5.30pm-10pm, daily.

Telephone: 872-1730

El Foco

Graffitti-scribbled walls give a punk feel to this taco restaurant.

Grilled meat, chicken, fajitas, tacos, burritos and beers.

Great Mexican grub!

Location: Avenida 5 between Calle Salas and Calle 3.

El Galeón
Beach bar
Beach shack views.
Beach shack style bar and restaurant with incredible windward side views on Playa San Martín.

Mainly Mexican menu, fresh seafood, cold beers, beach cocktails. Relaaaaaaax.

El Moro

This restaurant is off the beaten track and has interesting decor, but the Mexican menu is scrumptious.

Try specialities like the Pollo Ticuleño, a dish from the Mexican town of Ticul made of mashed potatoes, crunchy maize tortilla, tomato suace and fried chicken breast, topped with peas and cheese - delicious.

Location: Avenida 75 bis, between 2 and 4.

Phone: 987 872 3029.

El Perro Verde - Green Dog

El Perro Verde - or Green Dog - is Cozumel’s newest downtown café.

Once you stop laughing at the green papier-mâché canine greeting you from above the doorway, step inside for a scrumptious home-made vegetarian menu.

As well as an artistic sense of humor and great food, this eco-eatery offers the best chai on the island and a space to relax and make new friends.

Cozumel cafe
Healthy eating.

Freedom In Paradise, Reggae Beach Bar
Cozumel beach bar
Reggae’n hammocks on the beach.
Cozumel’s most laid-back bar and restaurant. Hammocks, food and drink on the beach on the island’s windward side.

Reggae music and beach grub in the middle of no-where - this place will seduce you!

French Quarter

The French Quarter’s casual atmosphere, central location and great food make it very popular.

Dine upstairs under the palapa roof, in the comfort of indoor air conditioning, or downstairs at the tables around the bar.

The menu offers everything from fresh seafood, to Angus steaks to Cajun dishes, including gumbo, étouffée and jambalaya.

Location: Avenida 5 between Avenida Rosada Salas and Calle 3.

Opening hours: 5pm-Midnight, Wed-Mon.

Telephone: 872-6321

Email: info [at] cozumelfrenchquarter.com

Guidos

Delicious Italian pasta, pizza and other dishes. Extensive wine menu and garden courtyard setting.

Location: Avenida Melgar (Seafront) between Calles 6 and 8.

Hard Rock Café

Possibly the smallest Hard Rock café in the world!

Great for food, drink and - of course - music. Complementing the usual rock music paraphernalia is an original ceiling mural of a vast underwater setting.

Location: On the seafront downtown (Av. Melgar), between the Main Square and Calle 2, in front of the ferry pier.

Telephone: 872-5271.

Email: lmiranda [at] grupoece.com

Opening hours: 10am - 1am, daily.

Jeanie’s Restaurant

Formerly known as Jeanie’s Waffle house, this beach front restaurant downtown serves American-style breakfasts and dinner in the evening too.

Take in the ocean views as you enjoy your meal.

A small beach is also available and snorkeling is possible.

Opening hours: 6am - 10pm, daily.

Location: Avenida Melgar (seafront) corner with Calle 11.

Telephone: 878-4647.

La Choza

Authentic homemade Mexican food cooked to perfection for over fifteen years.

La Choza Restaurant was established in 1989 by Doña Eliza Espinosa and her Family from Guanajuato, Mexico.

Using only classic recipes from Doña Eliza’s mother, the restaurant soon became a favorite for a reasonably priced breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snacks.

Today, they keep the central Mexican cuisine authentic and La Choza remains famous amongst locals, divers, cruise ship passengers and other visitors to the island.

Location: Avenida 15 between Calle 2 and 4 (they moved from their original location in the summer of 2008).

Tel. 872-0958

La Cocay

No other restaurant in Cozumel offers a menu quite like La Cocay.

Mediterranean cuisine such as shrimp tomato and artichoke salad and sauteed sea scallops with a cognac glaze served with rice pilaf.

Opening daily 1pm - 11pm.

Location: Calle 8 between Avenidas 5 and 10.

Telephone: 872-5533.

Email: lacocaycozumel [at] yahoo.com.mx

La Lobsteria

Small, rustic restuarant with excellent lobster and other seafood dishes.

Location: Corner of Avenida 5 with Calle 7.

La Misión

Good selection of traditional local and Mexican dishes, BBQ grill, great value, pleasant surroundings.

Location: Avenida 30 between Calles 2 and 4.

La Veranda

Mouth-watering Mexican and Caribbean food served in the restaurant, on the veranda or in the delightful gardens.

Superb service, original menu and if you catch your own fish they’ll even cook it for you.

Also available for events.

Location: Calle 4 between Avenidas 5 and 10.

Opening daily, Visa and Mastercard accepted.

Lobster House

Lobster, lobster and more lobster!

Over 20 years of experience preparing delicious fresh lobster in Cozumel, and still by the same chefs.

Just choose your lobster and pay for what it weighs.

Location: Carretera Costera Norte (north coast highway) opposite Playa Azul Hotel, before the golf course, about 5 minutes drive from downtown.

Opening hours: 6pm - 10.30pm

Los Dorados De Villa

This popular restaurant and bar is right on the main square downtown, so it’s always busy with island visitors and locals alike.

The menu is traditional Mexican, with dishes such as enchiladas, fajitas, tacos, guacamole, fish and steak. You can eat inside in the cozy dining room or out on the terrace overlooking the square.

Great on Sunday evenings, when live music plays and people dance in the plaza.

Location: Parque Benito Juarez (main square) - south side.

Open daily.

Los Otates

Los Otates, traditional maize tortilla tacos with a variety of delicious meat fillings. Local rustic atmosphere. Other local specialities also available.

Location: Avenida 15 between Calle Salas and Calle 3.

Margaritaville
Margaritaville in Cozumel
Pirates, food and drink.
Margaritaville, which is busy with tourists day and night, is part of a chain owned by famous US singer-songwriter, Jimmy Buffett.

The air-conditioned party-themed bar and restaurant includes a decked terrace area overlooking the port.

It also has a store, selling a range of Margaritaville merchandise.

Margaritaville Cozumel has 500 seats and sits directly on the Caribbean Sea. It has a tiki bar on the water’s edge and a second floor view.

At night you can see the lights of Playa del Carmen. During the day the cruise ships dock a few hundred yards away.

The Margaritaville group also has locations in nearby Cancun, as well as Key West, New Orleans, Orlando, Charleston, Las Vegas, Myrtle Beach, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos and Grand Cayman.

Location: Avenida Melgar (seafront) on the corner with Calle 11.

Opening hours: 9am-2am, daily.

Price guide: Soda $2.50, Draft Beer (20 oz) $8.50, Cocktails from $7, Cheeseburger $12.50, BBQ Ribs $21, Chicken fajitas $14.50.

Mezcalitos Bar and Restaurant

Relax under the palapas of Mezcalitos. This bar on the Other Side is located right on the beach at Punta Este.

Snooze in a hammock after enjoying a margarita or “Cheeseburger in Paradise”.

Great sea and surf views!

Location: Costera Este (East Side Highway) where the Transversal (Cross-island Highway) meets it. About 20-30 min. from downtown.

Opening hours: 10am-6pm, daily.

Midori Sushi

Sushi restaurant with home deliver service or eat in. Good selection of fish, meat and vegeterian dishes.

Location: Calle Salas between Avenida 15 and 20.

Tel. 878-8456.

Mr Pollo

Fast BBQ chicken, chicken wings and chicken breast. Home delivery.

Location: Avenida 65 on the corner with Calle 1.

Tel. 857 2650

Mr Sanchos Beach and Restaurant

Cozumel beach bar and restaurant with gift shops, horse-riding and ATV tours.

Tantalizing Mexican and North American food and zesty drinks.
Mr Sancho’s beach, Cozumel.
Mr Sancho’s

Location: Costera Carretera Sur, approx. 10.5 miles (17 km) south of downtown.

Facilities: snorkel rental, ATV and horse-riding tours, showers and toilets. Free entrance.

Price guide: Sodas $2, Beer $3, Chicken Fajitas $9.50, Fish Fillet $12.

Museum Café

Enjoy the Caribbean sea breeze and a stunning turquoise ocean view from the café on the first floor terrace at the island’s museum.

Located on the seafront downtown, watch the people and ships go by as you enjoy traditional Mexican egg dishes for breakfast, such as huevos rancheros, as well as pancakes, waffles and fresh fruit. Lunch is sandwiches, salads and fresh juices.

Location: Avenida Melgar (Seafront) between Calles 4 and 6.

Opening hours: 7am-2pm, Mon-Sat.

Tel: 872-0838.

Ninos Pizza

Fast cheesy pizzas to eat in, take away or delivered to your door.

Location: Avenida 3 between Calles Salas and 3.

Tel. 872-4166

Pancho’s Backyard

A tantalizing selection of Mexican and Mayan dishes, including favorites such as sizzling fajitas and grilled shrimp.

Excellent service, located in a charming hidden courtyard setting.

Location: Seafront (Melgar) between Calles 8 and 10.

Telephone: 872-2141.

Opening hours: Mon-Sat. Lunch 10.30am - 5pm. Dinner 5pm - 10.30pm.

Paradise Beach
Paradise Beach in Cozumel.
Paradise Beach.
Popular Cozumel beach with well-kept facilities.

Friendly service, good food and beautiful white sand.

(Not to be confused with Freedom in Paradise on the south-east coast.)

Entrance free. Fun-Passes available for $9 which include unlimited use of most beach toys and snorkel gear.

Facilities: snorkel rental, cocktail bar with free internet, shop, changing rooms, lockers, volleyball, kayaks, floating sunmats, trampoline, climbing iceberg, Spacewalker bungy ($5), climbing coconut trees, showers and toilets.

Price guide: Sodas $2.50, Beer $3.50, Tequila $6.25, Chicken Fajitas $12, Fish Fillet $15.

Distance from downtown approx. 9 miles (14.5 km).

Pepe’s Grill

Enjoy fantasic views from this nautically themed ocean front restaurant.

Try house specialties like chateaubriand, prime rib, T-bone steak, caesar salad and flambé desserts.

Reservations are recommended especially when many cruise ships are in port.

A children’s menu is also available.

Location: Avenida Melgar (seafront) corner with Calle Rosada Salas.

Telephone: 872-0213.

Open daily.

Playa Uvas
Uvas restaurant
Playa Uvas restaurant, bar and beach.
Playa Uvas is a stylish lounge bar and restaurant on the beach offering packages that include clear kayaking, snorkeling and resort diving.

Playa Uvas has a great location in a privileged area of Cozumel, by the Marine Park and reefs.

Prima

Northern Italian trattoria, serving hand-made pastas and breads, Black Angus beef and lobster and other seafood.

The restaurant is located downtown and offers a cool roof top terrace for dining.

You often have to wait at the bar downstairs for a table. The open kitchen and the roaming guitar add to the atmosphere.

Location: Calle Rosada Sales corner with Avenida 5.

Telephone: 872-4242 or 872-2477

Mastercard, Visa and Amex accepted.

Rock ‘n Java Bar and Grill

Caribbean café serving breakast, lunch and dinner. Sandwiches, shakes, burgers, salads, desserts and more.

Eat-in, take away or home delivery.

Opening hours: 7am - 10pm, Sat. 7am - 2pm.

Location: on the seafront (Melgar) between Calle 11 and Punta Langosta.

Telephone: 872 4405

Sushi n’ Go

Bar with music, sushi and subs. Eat-in, take away or home delivery.

Location: Avenida 11 next to Neptunos Disco on the corner with the seafront.

Tel. 872-6509

Taqueria El Amigo Mario

If you want to experience some real local Mayan food off the beaten track, this no frills restaurant serves tacos (filled maize tortillas) and tortas (a type of sandwich) with cochinita pibil Sundays to Fridays and lechon al horno on Saturdays.

Cochinita pibil is pork marinaded in orange juice and Mayan spices and lechon al horno is a kind of Mayan roast suckling pig. The meat is cooked fresh daily and the flavors and prices are fantastic.

Location: Calle 5 between Calle General Francisco Mujica and Avenida 35.

Telephone: 872-0742.

Opening hours: 7 days a week, 6am until 12.30pm.

The Coffee Bean

The best place in Cozumel to get your caffeine fix.

Rich, aromatic fresh ground coffee and other drinks, from espressos to chai tea, to hot chocolate.

Yummy home baked pastries and cakes. Popular place for breakfast and a chat with friends.

Opening hours: 8am - 11pm, daily.

Location: Calle 3 between Avenida Melgar (seafront) and Avenida 5.

Tony Rome’s

Also known fondly as the Embassy Restaurant and Supper Club, US recording artist, Tony Rome, has been serving great food, solving problems and entertaining visitors on the island for years.

Tony has many customers who return year-after-year, and with such familiar service and friendly atmosphere it’s no wonder.

The extensive US-Mexican-Italian-seafood menu includes tender imported K.C. beef for those melt-in-your-mouth steaks and a Key Lime Pie that people have been known to fight for.

Opening hours: 3pm - 11pm, daily.

Location: Avenida 5 between Calle Rosada Salas and Calle 3, 1½ blocks south of the plaza.

Telephone: 872-0131.

Email: tonyrome [at] tonyrome.com

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Zermatt Bakery

Zermatt bakery - fresh bread and pastries daily. Fresh coffee. Room to sit or take away. Open early.

Location: Avenida 5 on the corner with Calle 4.

Opening hours: Mon-Sat, 7am-9pm. Sun, 8am-9pm.

Telephone: 872 1384.