• 5
• Excellent Vegan Restaurant, Even by NYC Standards

My family spent a few days in Cancun, and as is our tradition, we visited as many vegan and vegetarian restaurants as possible. This was by far the best one we tried in Cancun. The staff are very friendly and helpful, the place is very clean, and best of all the food is excellent. Everything is made fresh on the premises, and they use NO canned ingredients whatsoever. Everything is made fresh (not sure whether the is made fresh, but it was excellent nevertheless). The dishes we tried included the vegan queso, which was excellent, made from ground nuts of some sort, not quite like store-bought vegan queso, but addictively good. I had the alfredo pasta dish. Admittedly, I was a little hesitant to try an Italian dish made by a Mexican restaurant, but it was actually quite good. Very creamy sauce, and really well done. We also tried a burrito (very good), a few of the juices (also very good) and lastly, a couple desserts, the chocolate cake, which was outstanding and incredibly rich, and the cheesecake, which was one of the best vegan cheesecakes I've ever tried anywhere, and I think it was raw, so even better. If you are there, ask for the owner, who used to live in the U.S., and apparently used to work for Don Imus. The owner decided to move to Cancun and open this restaurant, and wants to create a chain, including in the U.S. I sure hope he does, as I'd be one of the first in line. All in all, if you are in Cancun, and you are looking for a vegan restaurant, and you only have time for one, this is the place to go to. We tried one other vegetarian restaurant, and it wasn't nearly as good, by a long shot. As I mentioned in my tag line, this restaurant is excellent, even by New York City standards. We will certainly be back again the next time we're in Cancun.