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!

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.

😠 First off, table service was quite slow when the establishment was nearly empty in the early afternoon, although this wasn't a huge issue. We enjoyed the food and smoothies, but our written up bill was a much higher total cost than the menu prices added to. When I questioned the waiter they told us...