Mandarina's Cafe - 77710 Playa del Carmen

Our service was absolutely horrible; however, our food was good… wine better. We saw 4 different couples just get up and leave because they were never even greeted by their server. It was an expensive night for eh-food and to leave feeling frustrated. Side note- the pianist and saxophonist were FANTASTIC! MADE the evening bearable.

We went last night for a dinner reservation for our wedding. The food was horrible , out of 16 people only two were satisfied with their food. I ordered a clam fettuccini and the clams were so tiny , bare even existent. My mother ordered an Alfredo pasta that had no flavor. My cousins lasagna was literally frozen and they took it back to heat it up. A salad only had lettuce in it. Most people had to send back their food to the kitchen , at least two orders were wrong, and my wife’s order was brought about 45 minutes after everyone else’s. Not including the fact that we made a deposit which we were told the value of would be deducted from the total of the dinner. They said since we did not have the receipt this could not be done and we lost that money, although the staff knew exactly the amount that we had deposited and it was in their system , their logic was that without the physical piece of paper present it was just invalid. Over all we selected this place for our wedding dinner party due to the ambiance which was good. But the actual food and service was beyond awful. I would not recommend this place to anyone for any occasion. I think it is overrated and they take advantage of their image in order to serve cold , awful food way below the standard. Would have been better off eating street tacos.

This place is solid. The ambiance is great. Very quiet and sophisticated compared to the rest of the strip. Food was good. Pasta was cooked perfectly. The plantain desert was excellent. The drinks were watery tasting but i found that to be common at other restaurants. The saxophone player was a nice touch.

One of my favorite places for a dinner date while in playa del carmen. Looks expensive but it is definitely affordable. The food was really good. The staff was excellent. The atmosphere on point. Even had live piano and saxophone playing.

Stopped here to have dinner. Ended up having a lobster pizza & Parrillada…SO delicious!!! Best spicy margarita I’ve ever had. Shared dinner. Enough for 2-4 people but we eat more…it was 2 of us:)

Excellent service by Fernando, even though this was his first week in the city, he really tried hard. Food was very good in general, pricey as is everything around the area. Noteworthy: We only had salads and a beer to refresh and kill some time. The very original ceasar salad was so original that it used corolla lettuce instead of the customary romaine, looked fancy but not so practical to eat. We asked for one salad without chicken and they took the chicken off all salads :( but we had a great time overall. Adding an extra star for a nice experience: very thoughtfully, we were sent a complimentary birthday cheesecake and the live keyboard player played both Las Mañanitas and the Happy Birthday song, which made the moment more special and memorable. Apologies to the readers on the half-eaten dishes in our pics!

We went for the 1st time for our Christmas dinner we had to reserve before hand and Pau the whole meal pick what u wanted to eat and the time before arriving to the reservation we had great service, good food, and nice live music...do recommend will definitely go back to try their regular menu

Late night snack. We order one evening a whole pizza from this location. The price was good as well as the pizza. Nothing too crazy just good old fashioned pizza with thin crust. We had a big leftover for the next day and it was surprisingly good after reheating it. They have a variety of deals and flavours. It seems that accepts only cash ?.