Updated Playa Restaurant List

[cmsitaly]

Originally Posted by Rissask

Me too.

And highlighted all the places I want us to go and eat.

Dorky!

Not dorky...prepared If so I am too

[Leia]

And then on your way to the airport, gift the list to someone who has just arrived in town!

[cpfstich]

Originally Posted by Leia

And then on your way to the airport, gift the list to someone who has just arrived in town!

We always leave a copy behind where we've stayed.

[kwdoug]

love the list thanks
just ate at 10 on 5th at about 30-32nd and great menu, service and prices.
Argentine rest with grilled meats, fish along with sandwiches and burgers. Always busy and good prices.

[Tallyho]

Originally Posted by caramba

It's invaluable! Thanks for updating it. I just printed it out for our upcoming trip.

Me too, and tonight we are reading it!

[tlegray]

I see that La Casita de los Guisos is still on the list. Did they reopen?

[jrm]

Heads up... El Emporio is currently closed. Looks liek they are remodeling for the moth of November.

[Dalle]

Originally Posted by kwdoug

love the list thanks
just ate at 10 on 5th at about 30-32nd and great menu, service and prices.
Argentine rest with grilled meats, fish along with sandwiches and burgers. Always busy and good prices.

I'll just have to say that I just love "El Diez". Corner of calle 30 and av. 5.

Same style as Manolo's. I do think the chimichurri at El Diez is better though. Really nice grilled meats and the pizza is pretty good also. Service is excellent and there seems to be a lot of locals there.

(Plus it's close to home, a big plus. )

//Dalle

[BettyB2]

Thanks soooo much. These lists are great and am sending them out to our other 21 friends going with us on this trip and am going to add them to my BBGE/Playa booklet that I made for our group.

Again, thanks - so nice to have locations of everyplace I plan to visit (well, not all of them of course). But plan on at least 3 of the bars, a sports bar, food carts, Carboncitos and El Fogon (plus going to eat one day in Akumel as well)

WOW - great job!!

[Dalle]

New burger bar open on 5th av./24th street called "Cry Baby". According to the guys there they will be open 24/7 starting friday next week.

Tried the Cry baby burger and it was alright. Nothing special, but perfectly alright. Will probably only stop there when I'm on my way home late (or early depending on how you see it ) from the bars/clubs.

//Dalle

[MRSHOLLYWOOD]

CAN'T WAIT TO HIT SOME OF THESE YUMMY PLACES! BE THERE IN 3 DAYS! HAPPY TURKEY DAY IN PLAYA, CAN'T BEAT THAT!

[Rolaz]

save me a lot of research time at the office hehe

will use it in two weeks

thnx a lot

[ggh]

Printed, and in my Playa book - ready for the trip.... Thank you for all your homework, and keeping the list up to date, now we're hungry for foods in Playa, and we've still got a week to go before we arrive.

[wheeliefun]

I have been an active researcher of the Playa food scene as well. This year I think I might try and buy some meats and fish and prepare them at the Villa in between visits to Carboncitos, La Pesca, and HC Monterrey for lunch( a change of pace from eating out). I did a search on butchers and got a lot of Off Topic stuff. Anyone have advice on where to go (besides Mega, HC Monterrey, H&M Butcher) or are these just the best place to go anyway??

I think I remember one of the restaurant's down by the beach having a fish monger (pescadaria). I can't remember which maybe Oceano?

I'll be taking a taxi in from the Royal Haciendas, I imagine the easiest thing would be to go for dinner at Pesca, then walk over to Mega and just stock up there. But where would you go to get the best of these grocery items??

Fish

Beef/Arrachera

Bread

Tortilla's


Thanks, Wheelie

[diogeron]

You are correct about the prices, but you might consider splitting a steak and a potato, which is what my wife and I always do since 10 oz of filet is more than either of us would eat but makes a nice size dinner portion. Assuming you only have a glass of the house wine or a beer and each of you has a salad and you split the potato and the steak, that is plenty of very good food and while it isn't cheap, it is a nice dinner for a special occasion. We do the same thing here with increasing frequency given that the size of the portions in the USA seems to get bigger and bigger every year, as do we Americans, who are now the fattest people on the planet with the exception of the Samoans.

Originally Posted by kirbyfan

One of the things I wish would accompany something like this is a price range. I appreciate your mention of how expensive "Chicago Don Jose" is as a place to dine. 2 years ago my wife and I went there to try a steak as it was a reccommended place and I almost soiled myself when I saw the prices. For some price is no object, but for a teacher from MN price is a concern, especially when I can go to the H&C and LOVE IT for a tenth the price!

Great list though and I will use it again this Feb when we arrive in Playa.