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 Tulum at Chabad of Tulum
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The only kosher restaurant in Tulum, run by Chabad of Tulum on the same jungle site as the synagogue in La Veleta. The menu is Israeli and Middle Eastern — shakshuka and Israeli breakfast in the morning, then hummus, falafel, schnitzel, shawarma, kebab, burgers and grilled salmon — and it keeps unusually long hours for a Chabad kitchen, opening from nine in the morning until late.
Hours
Sunday–Friday 9:00 AM–11:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM–10:00 PM
Certification
Chabad of Tulum
Phone
+52 984 246 1111Neighborhood
La Veleta, Tulum
Walking
At the Chabad house in La Veleta, about fifteen minutes on foot from Avenida Tulum
Kosher map of Riviera Maya
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.