La Caprichoza

The food is disgusting. Even the guacamole had no taste. I have never had food this bad in the years I’ve been to (and even lived in) playa del Carmen. The drinks were in glass coke/sprite bottles but it definitely wasn’t coke and sprite.
What a waste.

I wanted to try something different so I had the stuffed pineapple, it was okay, not enough food I felt like. Very pretty restaurant, good music, people watching from covered second floor, they have a room with AC as well.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The manager is a scam artist. They want to charge 1000 pesos for a photo that he take for their website. they charge 65 pesos for water with no refills. Way to overpriced for mexican food. After we got our bill there was a 225 pesos charge on top of the regular price ad well as a 16 dollar exchange rate for us dollars.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

$16 "tax" added to 2 margarita order. Refused to pay it! What rip off artists. BEWARE

My kid and I were encouraged to give this place after viewing the menu outside. Prices of what we wanted listed around 220 mxn each. Heat wave in the city and staff on the street said AC was upstairs. My son was like they lied. We were seated close to a fan. Being able to people watch from the balcony was nice.

Food was bland but we we hungry, hot, and happy to have something. Staff seemed friendly, asking about our travel plans. I should have been more alert. A non-itemized bill was presented to me of 858 mxn for a kids meal, Shrimp Alfredo, and Guacamole. We had no drinks. We entered the restaurant with our own water bottles.

I was shocked and then the waiter asked me if I wanted to leave a cash tip, having already closed my tab on his hand held device. I’ve always been able to add tips to my card and did not have cash on me at the moment. He pointed to a close atm, which I then discovered only provided cash in USD. After finally processing that I paid double, I decided a tip was like thanking someone for robbing you. Ask for a itemized bill, compare with the menu, and clear how tips are handled before you hand over your card. Many may not agree but I just don’t feel like I should have to be on guard to eat out. Lesson learned.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Manager is a fat scammer … don’t go here unless you want to be offered drugs by management. They’ll also take pictures of you and say it’s “for the restaurant website” and then come out at the end of the meal and ask for $1,000 pesos for the pictures LOL. What a joke. Skip it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We ordered a mezcal cocktail that only tasted spicy and the main dish was Tlalpiqueña meat that had no seasoning, it was very expensive for the quality. Although the place is nice and has good music

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Food was ok, not the food you will come back for.
But drinks…guys,it’s rip off.20$ for tequila shot.
Just don’t order anything without checking the price.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

We are a couple in our 40's travelling alone. We stumbled on this place as we strolled 5th Ave looking for a restaurant with an authentic Mexican feel and good menu.

This place had an extensive menu posted on a large billboard in front so we thought we would give it a try.

We ordered chicken tacos and Camerones rellenos (bacon wrapped shrimp), 2 mai thais and 1 margarita. The presentation was very nice but everything was lacking flavour.

We were given a complimentary dish of tortilla chips and Pico de Gallo and mango habanero sauce (not very spicy)

The chicken tacos were extremely bland. If it wasn't for the in house mango hot sauce there would have been no flavor at all. The Shrimp was pretty good but only because of the smoky bacon flavour. The mai Thai's were terrible. It was straight fruit juice for 10 bucks a glass. The margarita was better but I believe it was made with Fresca and not lime juice.

The experience was OK, to start with. The view was nice on the second floor and they did have an air conditioned room if it was just too hot for you.

The sub par quality of food aside the worst part was the attempted "add on sale" during our meal.

After we had been seated and placed our order we were approached by someone claiming to be part of the family who owns the restaurant. (This isn't atypical in of itself, to note). He engaged in small talk (you look like honey mooners, you look like a famous wrestler etc.. just to butter you up) and ended up taking our picture while seated at the table. I thought it was strange, but quickly wrote it off as it was nothing.

We finished supper and then he stopped by our table again to present us with a "gift made for you". While we were eating he printed off our picture and stuck it to a tiny tequila bottle and a very cheap "riviera Maya" frame. Quite cheesey, but I see what he was attempting to do (like going to xel ha).

Anyway, the gift of a small tequila bottle (not the picture) was offered at 600mxn. When I refused the price dropped to 500mxn. When that was refused he quickly dropped the conversation and abruptly left.

The experience wasn't especially underhanded or anything, just stupendously cheesy. Akin to what you would expect to find on a cheap off resort excursion. It was off putting enough that, the experience coupled with the blah food, we would not return to this restaurant.

Additionally it was quite expensive for what you got. I recommend trying elsewhere if you're looking for an authentic upscale mexican restaurant on 5th Ave.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

Food and ambiance were great BUT the manager totally scammed us. Took a picture claiming it was for social media so we were like whatever, but at the end when we were totally stuffed and exhausted from walking all morning, he approached us with bottles of agave with the picture printed on it for $800 pesos. We tried to fight it, but with our bill unpaid we felt like we couldn’t just walk out. He basically forced us to give him the money even though we expressed we did not want it and we were pissed off. Super disappointed and would not recommend anyone going here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 1

We wanted to order a fish dish to share and they offered us for a little more money to do it for both of us, they charged us double for the dish, they gave us tequila and then they charged us for it…. The truth is that they dedicate themselves to scamming tourists, this makes one get a bitter taste from the place... and the insistence is uncomfortable...

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

We went to eat, they offered us tequila, we said no and upon insistence we agreed, added to that we asked for a whole fish to share, they told us that it was a larger one than normal and cost "a little more" summary: the bill for everything with 4 beers $1506 including tip, a steal. The whole fish had hardly any garnishes.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Scammers. Bad food and take advantage of tourists. Worst experience in

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Just walk pass them...

This used to be one of our favorites when traveling to Playa de Carmen but last time was 4 years ago. What has happened? The margaritas are definitely not as good and the food is below average. The service was OK. We love the upstairs dining to look out over the street and see all the activity. That was still the same. The shrimp cocktail is basically shrimp in plain tomato juice. Our favorite has also been the Molcajete , but not anymore! Prices have definitely risen about everywhere we go, but this was super expensive for this disappointing experience. This restaurant has definitely been taken off of our list.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3