La Mission

I wish you could give no stars. This place is not up to American standards. The only thing that was acceptable about this place was the chips, salsa, guacamole and Pacifico Cerveza.
Do not get the encelada, the nachos or anything else. Just get the chips, guacamole, salsa and Pacifico Cerveza. I wish that I could find a Del Taco in this country.
#MuyMal #DelTaco #DelTacoRocks #VivaAmerica #YoQuieroTacoBell
Ammending this post — The manager understood our dissatisfaction, so he didn’t charge us for the meal/​beer. Therefore, I upgraded them from one star to three stars.

They allowed me to order a set from the lunch menu, even though it was dinner. I had no idea that «comida» meant lunch. So, thank you for that. He did it begrudgingly, though. The service was just okay. **The head server of the night, slid his rear-​end across our table to get to the other table– they had placed a special table in the middl to make flaming drinks. **
The lime soup was good! Like everyone said. The tacos, the flan, cheap but not particularly tasty. I wish I had ordered something else since this place gets such good reviews or that I hadn’t wasted my meal on La Mission.

Went here with 12 year old daughter. Sat us next to the wall of vines in the back behind the water feature. One table away from the live musician. Guacamole and chips were amazing. PIco could use more spice. Maragrita was curl-​your-​toes good. Chicken Fajitas and Steak Fajitas were good and predictable. Service was friendly and attentive. A great off the beaten path LOCAL restaurant to visit.

We had a great dinner — grilled lobster at a reasonable price. The only draw back was the fumes from the road but if you sit further back in the restaurant it will be fine. Nice staff and would come back. All entrees come with chips, guacamole, chicken lime soup, and scoop of ice cream for dessert. Casual dress is fine. Woman plays music on guitar.

Wonderful seafood dinner! First time I ever tried lime soup. Now I’m craving for more. Seafood dinner for 2– $ 25. How do they do it? Lobster, fish six shrimp, potatoes, vegetables and rice. Very fresh and delicious. Both the soup and ice cream complimentary. Good service also. Would highly recommend this place.

We ate here twice during our trip. The service was great and food so good! Cheap and easy!

Highly recommended. Very good food at a reasonable price. Complimentary lime soup and ice cream, both amazing, along with fast and friendly service, easily push this to a 5 star rating. Don’t be worried if no one is seated in the front of the restaurant, there is an open air patio in the back where you want to sit. We are definitely going back.
Another super Unilocal find. Thank you Unilocalers!

A ton of food for a great price. We stopped in for some quick tacos for lunch — something light to hold us over.
What we hot was an unexpected four course meal and we were stuffed, unable to eat anything else for the day.
Service is a little slow, so sit back and enjoy yourself. You’re probably on vacation.

Cool atmosphere, great food. Chips and bread appetizer were good, the chips had a sort of pico dip that I did not try, but was told it had some zap to it. Coke served in glass bottles, and pretty good sized margaritas. Got the beef fajitas which were excellent, and washed it down with some vanilla ice cream. Service was a little slow, although we were a big group, and it turned into more of a dining experience. If you want a show, order the «Sexy Coffee» dessert; booze and fire… what more do you need?!

The key is the baked goods. Tortillas, chips, bread all amazing. Good service, inexpensive, 10 peso/​hr parking next-​door but great to walk around. Get off of fifth and try this area.

Delicious meal. We had the chicken mole and coconut shrimp. Both were great. Cute place and the waiters were great. Tons of food with each meal. The lime soup and guacamole were great.

We loved our lunch at La Misson! The service was fast and very good! The food was delicious. The combo platter contained a little taste of many Mexican dishes. My favorite was the chile relleno. The shrimp fajitas were awesome. We loved the lime soup (soapa de limon) and the vanilla ice-​cream too. Thank you for the wonderful time!

This is a really good little seafood spot, saw the trip advisor accolades and decided to check it out.
We ordered the coconut shrimp, nachos, fish, garlic shrimp.
We were well looked after and the drinks were kept full. Gorgeous interior, a little pricy comparably to other amazing spots but worth checking out.

The food is ok, not the best one but not the worst. I even liked it better than El Fogón. Tacos, fajitas, etc. The usual mexican dishes.
Now… the service. Don’t expect «service» at all in Mexico. People here they don’t really know what they are doing. And it’s not just one place. This is probably the 10^th or 20^th place we dined. I speak Spanish, I’m from Argentina. What language do they speak here???
Anyway, it’s quite expensive and not worth fir the food you are getting. They even hide the lunch menu so we can order the expensive dishes. When we asked for the lunch special they didn’t want to give it to us. Bad place

Very good consistent Mexican fare– on my last visit I had a fresh grouper fillet veracruz. It was definitely fresh and good and there’s an open kitchen so you can see everything that’s been cooked. The dinners are also served with a lime soup some guacamole some salsa and chips as well as it bean dip.
I have also been to their restaurant in Cozumel. And I do think the one in Cozumel is a little bit better.
At night they shut the lights off and do flaming coffee drinks. Which some people find amusing. I do not find it good sitting on the dark for 15 minutes eating my dinner but thank you anyway

Overall we ended up having a great experience, but I think we must have come here on an off night. It seemed like our table was forgotten and we got tossed around to different servers a few times.
But with that aside, the food was delicious! Their pico de gallo was so fresh, and their queso fondido is exactly what you would expect.
I ordered the coconut shrimp as my entrée, and loved it! The dipping sauce came inside of a coconut shell, and was perfect for dipping.

Nice restaurant in the heart of Playa Del Carmen. Excellent service! Make sure you sit in the far left outdoor area since if you sit inside or on the right side, the noisy food fan makes a terrible noise. Great atmosphere with live singer inside. The food is well priced and well presented. The quality of the food is average. Good value for price paid.

Precio adecuado si hablamos que se trata de mariscos de primera, la sopa de lima clásica. Deliciosa, guacamole, salsa de pico de gallo y totopos. Margaritas de mango y fresa simplemente, perfectas. Los camarones de describen en las fotos anexas. Si vienen a Playa del Carmen, no deben faltar a Mission. Salud!!!

When I find myself in Cozumel, this is the place to eat!!!
HANDS DOWN the BEST place for quality authentic Mexican food while you are in town on a cruise!!!
Have a margarita, get your picture taken and feel right at home.
No where near as nutso as the tourist traps and the food is SO MUCH better!
I dream about going on vacation and coming here for a meal! Yes, it is that good!
Get the cerviche, and what has to be some of the freshest pico de gallo on the planet!
I can’t stop thanking the friend that recommended me to this place years ago!
GO…

Este restaurante es probablemente el mejor de comida mexicana tradicional. Es un lugar al que todos vamos por lo menos un par de veces al año. Los turistas que visitan Playa del Carmen encuentran también aquí una alternativa honesta y de buena calidad para probar las especialidades gastronómicas mexicanas.
Los desayunos son súper abundantes y a un bien precio. Más importante que eso, son deliciosos. Las enchiladas, las fajitas de res, la típica sopa de Lima o la cochinita pibil!
Sí estás en busca de mariscos con sazón mexicano, un buen ceviche, unos extraordinarios camarones jumbo al coco o unas ricas tostadas de marisco, esta también es una gran opción.
Finalmente para los carnívoros los cortes de carne son buenos, el filete mignon y el pollo Cordon blue son especialidades.
De tomar prueba las margaritas, clásicas y muy bien preparadas. Una buena michelada o la bebida por excelencia para maridar comida mexicana: una fanta.

La Mission es simplemente deliciosa. Te abren el apetito con una sopita de lima cortesía de la casa. Es un platillo típico yucateco que es delicioso, yo agradezco estos detalles que hacen que te den ganas de probar todos y cada uno de sus platillos.
El Mar y Tierra es excepcional, lo tiene todo. Cabe mencionar que las porciones son gigantes, para que lo preveas y no pidas de más.
Los precios están muy accesibles y si bien el lugar no es lo más elegante, es súper acogedor y limpio. Tienen música en vivo dándole todo el toque mexicano realmente de una forma muy armónica y auténtica. El trato es súper amable y la atención única.
A mí me encantó, regreso cada vez que puedo y cada que quiero sentirme en casita, es como una especie de peñita/​fonda, muy recomendable. Los platillos son uno más delicioso que el otro y las presentaciones harán que te quieras comer hasta el plato.

We asked our taxi driver to recommend a place since we did not have internet and did not know where to have lunch. He immediately said «La Mission». When we arrived it was completely empty. I am not going to lie I was a little afraid and wish I had search on Unilocal before departing on the cruise. However, I figured it couldn’t be so bad and we should at least give it a try.
We were immediately greeted and asked for our drink order. I ordered a margarita and it was delicious. Not sweet at all! Just the way I like it.
We had 8 people in our group and service was super fast! They were very accommodating when we asked to have a few entrees with absolute no butter or any species other than salt and pepper (due to an allergy) and they did exactly as we asked.
For appetizer I ordered the shrimp ceviche! I absolutely loved it. It was super fresh and I love the lime flavor. I am not an onion fan but I destroyed this plate of ceviche. We also ordered shrimp cocktail with avocado and it was super fresh as well.
For my entrée I ordered Camarones a la Mexicana. It was shrimp marinated in a red sauce (AMAZING) and came with 3 sides– rice, beans and guacamole. I loved everything on my place. It was a great choice.
Slowly, we noticed the place was filling up and we weren’t the only ones there. Good thing we arrived first and service was super fast.
The place was very clean and nice décor. It’s outdoors but you can feel a breeze and they have plenty of fans.
We had a great experience. I would definitely come back if I come here again!

This was another restaurant that Steven mentioned we should go to while in Playa Del Carmen and I kind of brushed him off as I didn’t trust him to find it… I was wrong (kinda).
We ventured out for dinner and originally had another place in mind that we had seen earlier in the day. Well, Mexico is hot as *$*)@ (and I’m not one to complain about heat amazing) so we opted to walk around closer to our hotel. After walking around 5^th ave (the tourist trap area) we headed to 10^th as I had seen some more local looking spots up there, and what do ya know… we stumbled up La Mission!
We sat closest to a fan and placed our drink orders. Immediately some chips and salsa were brought to the table — score. And then guac — double score! This may have been the best guac of my life, and it didn’t hurt that it was free!
We placed our dinner orders and out came a lime soup and garlic bread… more «free» things! I don’t think I’ve ever had a soup quite like this lime soup and it was delicious!
Out came our entrees — a Mexican combination plate for Steven and a chili relleno for me. Neither of the entrees wowed me, but they sure were tasty.
After dinner, even more «free» things — a flan to share!
The ambiance of this place is nice, even nicer if you sit in the dark patio area in the back (the lights under the main structure are a bit harsh) but definitely 5 stars for service and bang-​for-​your-​buck! Very cheap meal when you consider all the extras they keep bringing out!