La Parilla, Cancún

Loved this place for many reasons: great food, friendly, accommodating service, fair prices and great selection, yummy margaritas, and authentic with a lively atmosphere.

I pretty much just ate tacos at La Parrilla ("The Grill"). There's a plate you can get for about US $11 called "The Mariachis" - you choose 5 of either chicken, steak, beef, chorizo sausage, or pastor. Do not leave without trying the taco al pastor, even if you just get one to test it out. I also had chicken enchiladas there during one of our lunchtime visits, but I found those too cheesy and heavy with too much tomato sauce. My husband tried two other plates during our visits: the Pibil fish filet which is baked and comes with grilled plantains (yummy) and vegetables and rice. He liked it but found it to be pretty spicy. That cost US $12. A side note, I didn't find the shrimp tacos to be that good, they are baked with onions apparently and not grilled, which is what I was expecting.

For lunch, the place is busier at about 3pm/4pm. There are also lunch buffets for only US $9 per person and it's a lot of Mexican fried dishes and stews and grilled kebabs and meats.

The service was consistently good, but at times service is a bit slow - that was late afternoon and on Sunday for us, when they were either very busy or understaffed. Otherwise they were great, and one point I asked if I could customize a plate and they were very accommodating and flexible.

A mariachi trio comes by and will play for your table for 50 pesos a song of your choice. I thought they played beautifully. They play a wide range of songs but we just asked them to choose their favorite.

The atmosphere at this place is great and it's a nice place to sit back and relax after a day at the beach. I highly recommend visiting at least once when you're in Cancun. If you're headed down to Playa del Carmen, there's also one there on the Fifth Avenue strip.

I can't say it enough: the Tacos al Pastor. They're cooked in a red adobo sauce and grilled to a delicious taste! Absolutely great. Served on warm corn tortillas with chopped onion. Plop on some guacomole and some tomatoes from the pico de gallo for a yummy, filling lunch. The plate comes with 5 tacos so I split them with my husband. This plate is only $8!

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