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• Sadly, I was unimpressed

I have to be honest; I'm baffled by all of the "best" "amazing" and "must go" and "even by NYC standards" comments. Yes, for vegans in Cancun, it's a pretty solid option. Yes, the food is... fine. No, it's not amazing, incredible, or wonderful. It's serviceable. First, it's a bit of a pain in the ass to get to, a decent ways out a very wide, very busy street (Q. Andres Roo). I guess most tourists would take a taxi, or bus. I walked from the main bus stop in Ciudad Cancun, and so had a big appetite, and unfortunately high expectations. The service was wonderful: fast, friendly, pleasant. The menu was easy to navigate, and I was delighted to have arrived on a tamales day (Friday and Saturday.) I got one each of the special tamales, and also the chilaquiles (think nachos.) The tamales were fairly bland and entirely uninteresting, and swimming in bland red sauce. The chilaquiles were fine, but nothing I couldn't make in a home oven easily. The portions of the flavorful ingredients (cashew nut cheese, crema, and guacamole) were so small that they couldn't save an otherwise bland dish. I'm sad to say I won't bother going back. I mean, I'd go if friends or others really wanted to, just with much lower expectations.