Best places: Breakfast restaurants in Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Laid-back cafe & bakery serving casual French-inspired breakfasts, sandwiches & salads.

Informal, family-run spot for specialties like stuffed cachapa cornmeal pancakes & arepa flatbreads.

Funky, colorful restaurant dishing up breakfast, enchiladas, mole & global offerings, plus desserts.

All-day dining spot popular for brunch, with a junglelike terrace plus vegan & vegetarian menus.

Trendy bakery offering French bread, pastries & standard breakfast items, with a buzzing vibe.

Lively beach restaurant with a lengthy cocktail menu, serving tacos, burgers & seafood plates.

👍👍 So delicious! One the only places in Playa where you can experience real “home style” Mexican cooking. The chicken soup that comes as a first course was wonderful. And the staff were very kinda and attentive.

Airy, bohemian hangout dishing up brunch staples & international eats, plus smoothies & coffee.

👍 Probably the cheapest and one of the best hand made pastas in playa. They provide free bread with the pasta - we for the 4 cheese and the bolognese and both were really good. Their desserts are probably one of the best in the city to. Not a fancy place though if you wanted that!

👍👍 Amazing location for the buffet with no special dress code! They offer breakfast, lunch and Dinner with nice variety of appetizers, mains and desserts. There is nothing that you want and couldn’t find here. Everything is tasty here. I really enjoyed all shrimp dishes, cactus salad and beef/veal chop...

Health-focused place serving breakfast, salads & smoothie bowls, with many vegan options & a patio.

Lively, compact eatery with bare-brick walls & a terrace, for classic Mexican dishes & margaritas.

Generous servings of traditional & western morning meals are showcased at this laid-back restaurant.

👍👍 New fan, this place is amazing great food biggest smoothie ever had in my life, and everything was delicious. I had the steak panini 🔥🌟 Great place to have lunch inside or outside on the patio. Amazing location also I will be back here often.

😠 Waffle was bitter and dry but Ive rated 1 star for rude, bad attitude service. When we informed the waiter about this, he disdainfully replied that it is written that waffles with yeast, as if it is our fault. I know how such dough is made and no dough should be bitter. When we came to pay, the same...

Laid-back destination for handmade pastas plus classic pizzas & sangria, with terrace seating.

Relaxed beach bar offering all-day Mexican & American dining, plus live music every evening.