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Food in the hotel zone is "americanized" and not authentic. Two suggestions for cheap eats that are so good it makes my mouth water thinking about it: Choice #1 is Los Pescados for the best fish tacos known to mankind. Choice #2 is buying pork tacos from the lady in the middle of Soriana (grocery store) - seriously - I'm not kidding. They are to die for. Both are extremely reasonably priced and delish. For a more expensive, out-on-the-town meal, go to La Habichuela - you must have the ceasar salad for starters - the waiter makes the dressing right there in front of you. It's wonderful. None of these three places are in the hotel zone, but all are well known places and you can just get into any taxi and they will take you there. You can pay with debit/credit card at La Habichuela, but you probably need pesos at Soriana or Los Pescados.
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re: lilmomma
Where are you staying? How old are the kids? tbbeer is right that the hotel zone is "americanized". The hotel zone itself is at least 15 km.long so taxi fare would depend on how far you are from downtown. We were in a condo at km. 8.5 and we found some nice restaurants. They are more expensive in the hotel zone. The restaurant tbbeer recommended has a branch downtown and one in the hotel zone.
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re: tbbeer
Los Pescados? Do you mean Los Pescadillos on Yaxchilan? Or Pescado con Limon in Market 28? Can't think of any restaurant named Los Pescados, unless it's some hole-in-the-wall seafood place.
And when you say pork tacos, do you mean carnitas? There are lots of good places for carnitas in Cancun, don't necessarily need to stand up in the middle of a grocery store to eat them. Tacos Rigo is the most famous in Cancun and a very family friendly restaurant on Avenida Palenque near Market 28.
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