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.
Kosher Riviera Maya
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A kosher delivery kitchen run under the supervision of Rabbi Mendel Goldberg of Chabad Playa del Carmen, cooking fresh meals daily and delivering them to hotels, villas and rentals around Playa del Carmen. Meat is Glatt Chalak Beit Yosef. Alongside the weekday menu it sells complete Shabbat packages, wine, Pesach items and kosher groceries, which makes it the usual answer for travellers staying at resorts along the coast with no kosher kitchen of their own.
Hours
Deliveries daily 1:00 PM–6:00 PM; Friday 2:00 PM–5:00 PM for Shabbat orders
Certification
Rabbi Mendel Goldberg, Chabad of Playa del Carmen — meat Glatt Chalak Beit Yosef
Phone
+1 718 710 7740Neighborhood
Playa del Carmen and the Riviera Maya
Walking
Delivery only, to hotels, villas and rentals around Playa del Carmen
Kosher map of Riviera Maya
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.