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Local Guide · Riviera Maya

Coffee & Brunch

Cafés and brunch spots for the mornings of your stay, from a French bakery on Quinta Avenida to a specialty roaster in Tulum.

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Most of these places work on a first-come basis. If the morning continues with more plans, a private driver by the hour keeps the day moving at your pace.

Playa del Carmen & Playacar

Fresco Hábito · Playa del Carmen (Downtown)

Fresco Hábito runs a fully vegan menu with organic superfoods, house-made nut cheese, chickpea burgers and matcha or cacao waffles. A good fit for a light breakfast before the beach.

  • Fully vegan menu
  • On 1st Avenue between Calle 20 and Constituyentes

Tulum

Story Horse · Tulum (town)

A small specialty coffee roaster in Tulum town, with pour-overs, single-origin coffee and its own bakery.

  • Coffee roasted in house; pour-over and single-origin

Matcha Mama · Tulum (beach road, town and Aldea Zama)

A matcha and healthy food bar with a tropical look, in Tulum since 2017: matcha, smoothies, açaí bowls, nice cream, cold-pressed juices and snacks. Everything is plant-based and gluten-free, and there are spots on the beach road, in town and in Aldea Zama.

  • Plant-based and gluten-free menu
  • Spots on the beach road, in town and in Aldea Zama
  • Walk in

Mera · Tulum (La Veleta, inside BACAB)

A café inside the BACAB hotel in La Veleta for specialty coffee and a healthy brunch with a Mediterranean touch: burrata toast, mushroom toast with egg, pancakes, açaí bowls and a cacao drink with chile. In the evening the space becomes Mera Sera.

  • Specialty coffee and brunch
  • Vegan options and house-made plant milk
The open dining room of Tierra among the trees at Holistika, Tulum

Tierra · Holistika · Tulum (La Veleta, inside Holistika)

Tierra is the restaurant of Holistika, open-air among the trees: vegetarian and vegan plant-based cooking with local ingredients, from breakfast to dinner.

  • Fully vegetarian and vegan
  • Inside Holistika, the wellness hotel

Write to us and we put the plan together for your group and your dates. Here you have Lau and Fede.

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