La Bodeguita del Medio Playa del Carmen

Worst experience ever during my trip. During our last night’s stay in Playa, my partner and I decided to go for live music and was recommended by a local waiter to come to this place. While asking for recommendations for cocktails, the waitress didn’t appear to be knowledgeable but I appreciated her patience and ordered a sunrise with añejo cristalino because it was not a commonly seen option. The taste, to be fair, was far below my expectation and can be easily duplicated in a dive bar. I would not bother to write my first review on Google Maps for this disappointment, though. Soon after the performance began, my partner and I had to run because we found a nearby tattoo shop that was about to close, and it took about ten minutes for the same waitress to bring my bill. What happened later might speak to the delay - she asked me if I thought the drinks were good, to which I replied yes out of courtesy. Then she took my card and inserted it in the POS machine without asking me to sign anything or press the confirm button. There was only a receipt coming out after she swiped the card with an 20% “gratification.” I pointed to the extra amount and asked her why did you automatically add this, and she only said “the service fee, not included” - as if she couldn’t understand and say English properly. I was apparently upset, but the music was loud, the waitress pretended to be uncommunicable, and I was on a tight schedule. So I left the bar with that 20% tip. We talked about this situation in the tattoo shop later, and all the staff there were shocked and shook their heads saying this is too much. They even offered to fight for me and told me to write reviews for this. So here I am. If local people, your neighbors, think this is not cool, then apparently what you did - Ms waitress- put shame on your people. I believe there are plenty of people who would love to donate 80 pesos to you if you are in some kind of emergency and need that money so badly. But maybe you will never see this comment and were just happy with robbing another group of visitors who would have come back for lunch the next day. I hope the manager, if not a conspirator, can investigate this situation since I found myself being not the only one leaving a review on tip robbery. It’s not just about money, but respect and honesty. Otherwise, my fellow visitors, please just avoid this place since you will never run out of authentic, tasty restaurants in PDC.

We were looking for a place with live music and came across a trio acustico coming from a nearby restaurant. It was just what we were hoping to find. The atmosphere was relaxing, nice authentic decor and good food. Two of our orders were a little on the dry side, but the overall experience was great!

One of my favorite places in PDC. The vibes the live music playing real original salsa music with a cuban flavor in it. The staff is amazing, very fast and courteous. The only odd thing is having the bathroom outside of the place, but it is ok. The music band is amazing!!! If you really want to go dancing and having a great time, you gotta be there.

This restaurant is nice ONLY FOR THE ATMOSPHERE. The music is cool and the staff is friendly. A bit noisy when you are trying to talk, but it’s a nice live music. But we went there for dinner and the food was very bad sorry… The meat tasted like last minute thawed, without any real flavour. The guacamole wasn’t that good, and I can juge because we already tried guacamole in every restaurant that we did since 8 days. I am not recommending this restaurant to eat at all

Great and fun place to be. People dance salsa there to live music. Food was alright, but I didn’t really like ceviche with shrimp. I could see the poop strings on the shrimps and it was it for me :/

Great Cuban food and atmosphere. Visiting in August, so the air conditioning was a big plus.

Cuban restaurant and bar with an authentic feel and a great atmosphere. Tried the ceviche and cuban sandwich and they were both very good. They have live cuban music at night with customers often dancing to it. They stay open late which makes it a great option for a late bite on the way back to the hotel.

Went here on a whim. Was in the area. Just checking out the place. I thought what the heck hey let’s go have some Cuban food. Can I say delicious flavor for everything from the black beans on. My favorite part and I’m not kidding the chicken wings. If you go try these wings I’m telling you fall off the bone flavor. I don’t know what it is about Mexico but they make better chicken wings then the US does. Everywhere we went we had chicken wings I feel guilty for saying it but yes, we also had tacos, etc. but these wings are the best. Service was wonderful as well. Great smiles very attentive. Love the live music..

Worst experience ever during my trip. During our last night’s stay in Playa, my partner and I decided to go for live music and was recommended by a local waiter to come to this place. While asking for recommendations for cocktails, the waitress didn’t appear to be knowledgeable but I appreciated her patience and ordered a sunrise with añejo cristalino because it was not a commonly seen option. The taste, to be fair, was far below my expectation and can be easily duplicated in a dive bar. I would not bother to write my first review on Google Maps for this disappointment, though. Soon after the performance began, my partner and I had to run because we found a nearby tattoo shop that was about to close, and it took about ten minutes for the same waitress to bring my bill. What happened later might speak to the delay - she asked me if I thought the drinks were good, to which I replied yes out of courtesy. Then she took my card and inserted it in the POS machine without asking me to sign anything or press the confirm button. There was only a receipt coming out after she swiped the card with an 20% “gratification.” I pointed to the extra amount and asked her why did you automatically add this, and she only said “the service fee, not included” - as if she couldn’t understand and say English properly. I was apparently upset, but the music was loud, the waitress pretended to be uncommunicable, and I was on a tight schedule. So I left the bar with that 20% tip. We talked about this situation in the tattoo shop later, and all the staff there were shocked and shook their heads saying this is too much. They even offered to fight for me and told me to write reviews for this. So here I am. If local people, your neighbors, think this is not cool, then apparently what you did - Ms waitress- put shame on your people. I believe there are plenty of people who would love to donate 80 pesos to you if you are in some kind of emergency and need that money so badly. But maybe you will never see this comment and were just happy with robbing another group of visitors who would have come back for lunch the next day. I hope the manager, if not a conspirator, can investigate this situation since I found myself being not the only one leaving a review on tip robbery. It’s not just about money, but respect and honesty. Otherwise, my fellow visitors, please just avoid this place since you will never run out of authentic, tasty restaurants in PDC.

We were looking for a place with live music and came across a trio acustico coming from a nearby restaurant. It was just what we were hoping to find. The atmosphere was relaxing, nice authentic decor and good food. Two of our orders were a little on the dry side, but the overall experience was great!

One of my favorite places in PDC. The vibes the live music playing real original salsa music with a cuban flavor in it. The staff is amazing, very fast and courteous. The only odd thing is having the bathroom outside of the place, but it is ok. The music band is amazing!!! If you really want to go dancing and having a great time, you gotta be there.

This restaurant is nice ONLY FOR THE ATMOSPHERE. The music is cool and the staff is friendly. A bit noisy when you are trying to talk, but it’s a nice live music. But we went there for dinner and the food was very bad sorry… The meat tasted like last minute thawed, without any real flavour. The guacamole wasn’t that good, and I can juge because we already tried guacamole in every restaurant that we did since 8 days. I am not recommending this restaurant to eat at all

Great and fun place to be. People dance salsa there to live music. Food was alright, but I didn’t really like ceviche with shrimp. I could see the poop strings on the shrimps and it was it for me :/

Great Cuban food and atmosphere. Visiting in August, so the air conditioning was a big plus.

Cuban restaurant and bar with an authentic feel and a great atmosphere. Tried the ceviche and cuban sandwich and they were both very good. They have live cuban music at night with customers often dancing to it. They stay open late which makes it a great option for a late bite on the way back to the hotel.

Went here on a whim. Was in the area. Just checking out the place. I thought what the heck hey let’s go have some Cuban food. Can I say delicious flavor for everything from the black beans on. My favorite part and I’m not kidding the chicken wings. If you go try these wings I’m telling you fall off the bone flavor. I don’t know what it is about Mexico but they make better chicken wings then the US does. Everywhere we went we had chicken wings I feel guilty for saying it but yes, we also had tacos, etc. but these wings are the best. Service was wonderful as well. Great smiles very attentive. Love the live music..