City overview
The Riviera Maya runs about 130 kilometres of Caribbean coast from Puerto Morelos south through Playa del Carmen, Mayakoba, Puerto Aventuras and Akumal to Tulum, and packs white sand, jungle cenotes and Maya cities into a single stretch of Highway 307. Playa del Carmen is the heart of it, a walkable beach town built around Quinta Avenida, and it is also where Jewish visitors will find the region's kosher scene. Two Chabad houses operate in Playa del Carmen and a third serves Tulum, between them running a synagogue, a mikvah, Shabbat meals and more than a dozen supervised kosher kitchens, bakeries and shops. It is one of the densest concentrations of kosher food anywhere in Latin America outside Mexico City, and it sits within walking distance of the beach.
Bruncho
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The dairy restaurant in the Beit Chabad complex on 20 Avenida Norte, open from eight in the morning for breakfast and running through the day under a full-time mashgiach. It reopens on Saturday night after Shabbat and sits directly alongside the kosher supermarket and the meat steakhouse.
Hours
Sunday–Thursday 8:00 AM–9:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM–2:30 PM, Saturday 8:00 PM–12:00 AM
Certification
American Kosher — Mehadrin, Mashgiach Tmidi
Phone
+52 984 877 7210Neighborhood
Centro, Playa del Carmen
Walking
In the Beit Chabad complex on 20 Avenida Norte, next to the kosher supermarket
Kosher map of Riviera Maya
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