Guidebook for Mahahual

David
Guidebook for Mahahual

Food Scene

First things First.... CASH Most establishments are cash only although more and more are taking charge cards. Safest way to financial freedom is to use the bank machines in the Costa Maya Inn in the Casitas. They work with Interac cards and dispense pesos. There are a few other ATM’s that seem to pop up but I don’t trust them and they are very expensive. The ATM’s in the Costa Maya Inn are owned and maintained by big banks. BIG TIP #2 The further back you are from the beach, the less expensive the meals. That being said, always ask for the Spanish menu. Prices are often less expensive on the Spanish menu. Live Music There is a lot of live music going on in Mahahual. I know this because I make a lot of it. You can find me playing music at the following places: Pizza Papi Nohoch Kay Luna de Plata MALECóN 21 Jaime’s at the Blue Reef Hayhu Beach Club Costa de Cocos The Corner Bar
Justa and Albert will be your hosts for an enjoyable dinner in their beachside restaurant. They are a short walk down our road so very convenient. I just love their ribs as well as their shawarma. With 24 hours notice, try the Mongolian Hot Pot. Its crazy good.
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Justa and Albert will be your hosts for an enjoyable dinner in their beachside restaurant. They are a short walk down our road so very convenient. I just love their ribs as well as their shawarma. With 24 hours notice, try the Mongolian Hot Pot. Its crazy good.
This is one of our favourite Italian restaurants. The food and service is first rate. Love the seafood ravioli!!! Its also just a few km's up the road just before you reach town so very convenient.
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Luna De Plata
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This is one of our favourite Italian restaurants. The food and service is first rate. Love the seafood ravioli!!! Its also just a few km's up the road just before you reach town so very convenient.
If you want real, authentic Mexican, this is your place. Super reasonable prices and the staff are good. Its very "real"....where the local eat. Grab a table outside and watch the goings on of town.
Loncheria El Primo
If you want real, authentic Mexican, this is your place. Super reasonable prices and the staff are good. Its very "real"....where the local eat. Grab a table outside and watch the goings on of town.
This is one of my favourite haunts. Very good food and Betty give the greatest hugs. No trip to Mahahual is complete without checking off this one.
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Nohoch Kay
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This is one of my favourite haunts. Very good food and Betty give the greatest hugs. No trip to Mahahual is complete without checking off this one.
This is a local's breakfast and lunch place. Very good prices and food. I often stop in for a bacon, egg and cheese on a big bun for breakfast. Its all fresh and made right there and very inexpensive. One of my "go-to's".
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Cafetería "Colonial"
Calle Sierra
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This is a local's breakfast and lunch place. Very good prices and food. I often stop in for a bacon, egg and cheese on a big bun for breakfast. Its all fresh and made right there and very inexpensive. One of my "go-to's".
This is another of our favs. The food here is reasonably priced, the staff are very nice and the food is excellent. We’ll eat here weekly.
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Camaroncito Caribeño
12 C. Huauchinango
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This is another of our favs. The food here is reasonably priced, the staff are very nice and the food is excellent. We’ll eat here weekly.
Our friend Steve owns this place on the beach. Excell by food, great service and an honest cheque. Doesn’t get much better. Ask for their Diablo Shrimp...my fav.
Tropicante
Our friend Steve owns this place on the beach. Excell by food, great service and an honest cheque. Doesn’t get much better. Ask for their Diablo Shrimp...my fav.
Owned by friends Carolien and Jan, they are often our guests first choice for breakfast. Walk up the beach for 2 minutes and you’re there. They also make a killer pineapple stuffed with shrimp. Yummy!
Hotel Restaurant Maya Luna
Owned by friends Carolien and Jan, they are often our guests first choice for breakfast. Walk up the beach for 2 minutes and you’re there. They also make a killer pineapple stuffed with shrimp. Yummy!
Hayhu is a crazy awesome beach club that can be found 10 kms down our beach road. The food s probably some of the best in town and their service is first rate. It’s a beautiful place to spend an afternoon.
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Hayhu Beach Club
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Hayhu is a crazy awesome beach club that can be found 10 kms down our beach road. The food s probably some of the best in town and their service is first rate. It’s a beautiful place to spend an afternoon.
This is a great local hangout in the Casitas owned by my good friend Miguel. Papi’s hosts live music most evenings, me often being on the stage. Awesome pizza and pastas at sensible prices.
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PIZZA PAPI PASTA
1085 Av. P.º del Puerto
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This is a great local hangout in the Casitas owned by my good friend Miguel. Papi’s hosts live music most evenings, me often being on the stage. Awesome pizza and pastas at sensible prices.
This is Mahahuals newest beach club and the food in incredible. Their hamburgers are best on the MALECóN and apparently the salmon eggs benny is to die for. Having that next.
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MALECòN 21
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This is Mahahuals newest beach club and the food in incredible. Their hamburgers are best on the MALECóN and apparently the salmon eggs benny is to die for. Having that next.
This restaurant serves really good alambra and pastor. Local hangout with dirt floor. They are very busy so food is always fresh.
Taquería El Pastorcito
5 C. Huauchinango
This restaurant serves really good alambra and pastor. Local hangout with dirt floor. They are very busy so food is always fresh.
If you’re looking for a great take out lunch, Julio makes the best Pollo Asado (BBQ Chicken) in town. He also has ribs sometimes. He’s a nice man.
Los Hijos Del Maiz
y C. Huauchinango
If you’re looking for a great take out lunch, Julio makes the best Pollo Asado (BBQ Chicken) in town. He also has ribs sometimes. He’s a nice man.
We enjoy the breakfasts here. The chillaquilles are the best in town. Very good food, nice cushions on the seats and sliding doors that can block the wind when you need to get away from the wind.
El Fuerte Beach Resort
We enjoy the breakfasts here. The chillaquilles are the best in town. Very good food, nice cushions on the seats and sliding doors that can block the wind when you need to get away from the wind.

Essentials - Local Shopping

There are no big grocery stores in Mahahual, only small independent bodegas. The fruit and vegetables here are awesome, often organic and usually really fresh. Most often again, if you don’t see what you are looking for, it’s often in the back. Just ask in your best Spanish. Beer, wines and spirits are sold in most bodegas as are snacks, soft drinks and juices.
Local spot for canned goods,dry goods and refrigerated meats and cheeses. They also sell cold beer and liquors.
Bodegas Baroudi
1180 Av. P.º del Puerto
Local spot for canned goods,dry goods and refrigerated meats and cheeses. They also sell cold beer and liquors.
Andreas and his family are very pleasant to deal with, always polite and a smile. They sell a small selection of canned goods, drinks, beer/liquor/wine and cigarettes. Highly recommended!
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Minisuper Hermanos Martin
1031 Av. P.º del Puerto
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Andreas and his family are very pleasant to deal with, always polite and a smile. They sell a small selection of canned goods, drinks, beer/liquor/wine and cigarettes. Highly recommended!
We really like these people. They are very friendly and have a lot of good stuff. They have a freezer full of meats at the front, a good selection of fruits and veggies and some decent cheeses.
Mini Super Bere
1071 Kohunlich
We really like these people. They are very friendly and have a lot of good stuff. They have a freezer full of meats at the front, a good selection of fruits and veggies and some decent cheeses.
These guys have a good selection of produce. They are in the beach town area on the first street behind the MALECóN.
Minisuper La Jarochita
These guys have a good selection of produce. They are in the beach town area on the first street behind the MALECóN.
I’m in this store 4 times a week and it’s always a wonderful adventure. This is where you go for tools, flashlights, fishing supplies, auto maintenance supplies, paints....basically everything including the kitchen sink. Ask for Luis, he speaks great English.
Hardware Store Don Kike
Quintana Roo El Cafetal-Mahahual
I’m in this store 4 times a week and it’s always a wonderful adventure. This is where you go for tools, flashlights, fishing supplies, auto maintenance supplies, paints....basically everything including the kitchen sink. Ask for Luis, he speaks great English.

The Great Outdoors

Nick is a good friend and has been my hero for years. He took his passion and made it his career. I'm not a fly fisherman but word has it from everyone I've met, that he's a legend in the industry. If you need a first rate fly fishing guide, Nick is your guy. Book early! He's in high demand.
The Western Caribbean Fly Fishing School
39 Bacalar
Nick is a good friend and has been my hero for years. He took his passion and made it his career. I'm not a fly fisherman but word has it from everyone I've met, that he's a legend in the industry. If you need a first rate fly fishing guide, Nick is your guy. Book early! He's in high demand.
If you want to go scuba diving, my choice would be Mahahual Dive Center. Let Shane and his crew cut to the chase and show you the best dive sites that Mahahual has to offer. http://mahahualdivecentre.com/
Mahahual Dive Centre
s/n Malecón
If you want to go scuba diving, my choice would be Mahahual Dive Center. Let Shane and his crew cut to the chase and show you the best dive sites that Mahahual has to offer. http://mahahualdivecentre.com/

Parks & Nature

Things to get you into the outdoors.
Bacalar is home to the "Lake of Seven Colours". Its magnificent. The fresh cenote water gives off intense shades of blue, hence the name. This is an all day excursion. Have a nice lunch in one of the many restaurants of the area, then hop on a pontoon boat for a cruise around the lake. Pack some snorkel gear, some bevvies and have a very memorable day. We just may join you.
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Lake Bacalar
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Bacalar is home to the "Lake of Seven Colours". Its magnificent. The fresh cenote water gives off intense shades of blue, hence the name. This is an all day excursion. Have a nice lunch in one of the many restaurants of the area, then hop on a pontoon boat for a cruise around the lake. Pack some snorkel gear, some bevvies and have a very memorable day. We just may join you.
Spend a day in the heart of our little "downtown". The beaches are constatntly cleaned here so if we get a bunch of sargasso on our beach, you can head up to town to try one of the many beach restaurants along the Malecon. See my list of the best of the best.
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Mahahual strönd
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Spend a day in the heart of our little "downtown". The beaches are constatntly cleaned here so if we get a bunch of sargasso on our beach, you can head up to town to try one of the many beach restaurants along the Malecon. See my list of the best of the best.
Blanco Chinchorro offers the most spectacular diving in the area. A UNESCO protected site, it is still pristine and packed with marine life. We can arrange a day out to Chinchorro thru our contacts. Let us know and we’ll make the call.
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Banco Chinchorro
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Blanco Chinchorro offers the most spectacular diving in the area. A UNESCO protected site, it is still pristine and packed with marine life. We can arrange a day out to Chinchorro thru our contacts. Let us know and we’ll make the call.
Victor, the owner of Mahahual Ecotours is a long time personal friend of ours and we trust him explicitly. Past guests have come back raving about his tours. Just let him know what you want from diving to birdwatching to kayak tours thru the mangrove.....whatever you want, Victor and his team can set you up.
Mahahual Ecotours
22 Bacalar
Victor, the owner of Mahahual Ecotours is a long time personal friend of ours and we trust him explicitly. Past guests have come back raving about his tours. Just let him know what you want from diving to birdwatching to kayak tours thru the mangrove.....whatever you want, Victor and his team can set you up.
This little town is a 30 minute drive south. There’s not even a cell signal here. Xcalak is a diving and fly fishing destination. Costa de Cocos can take you out on a panga tour through the mangroves where you can see manatees, schools of barracudas, hundreds of species of birds and crocs. Fun afternoon.
Xcalak Park
This little town is a 30 minute drive south. There’s not even a cell signal here. Xcalak is a diving and fly fishing destination. Costa de Cocos can take you out on a panga tour through the mangroves where you can see manatees, schools of barracudas, hundreds of species of birds and crocs. Fun afternoon.
What better way to spend a day than at a water park. This park is right in town. If you’re not on the cruise ships, you pay less. We haven’t been but it’s apparently quite fun.
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Maya, Tapað Maya Konungsríki
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What better way to spend a day than at a water park. This park is right in town. If you’re not on the cruise ships, you pay less. We haven’t been but it’s apparently quite fun.