La Chaya Maya

La Chaya Maya is a mexican restaurant Mérida located in Mexico.

9 / 10
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  • Phone

    +52 999 928 4780

  • Website

    lachayamaya.com

  • Type

    Mexican Restaurant

Address

Calle 62 (por 57) 97000 Mérida , Yucatán Mexico

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express)
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Full Bar

Comments / 79


Keywords:

lime soup good for groups trendy breakfast food quiet chaya restaurants healthy food good for dates bar tamales panuchos desserts spacious margaritas cochinita pibil mayan sopa de lima eggs crowded
Sam

For all the English speakers, this place is excellent. We ate the meal for 2 (back page) with mixed meats - was divine. The people are lovely, service amazing, Chaya margarita delicious!

Bjarke Kongstad

Great value for your money. Tasty food. If you, like us, dumbly decide to chow down on a habañero pepper the staff will gladly help with a glass of milk which shows of the excellent service.

Maria Samoylova

Very nice place! Typical Mexican food ! Hand made tortillas , panuchos , you can order a shark in banana leaves and a lot of different dishes! Recommend to try Vampiros cocktail (for those who like spicy )

Alejandro Del Carpio

Really good ! The menu shows the calories and the food is awesome ! Probably any selection is top of the Yucatán food, mine selection was it. I come back tomorrow

Beatriz A

I love this place! They have the authentic local food, it reminds me of my grandmas food. I would highly recommend you to try the option of "4 typical dishes" of the menu and drink "Agua de Chaya "

Rodrиго Ривера

If you’re looking for typical Yucatan dishes, search no more. Authentic food, good prices, centric location able to sit large groups. Deserts are also recommended, specially the one with papaya .

Oleksii Solod

Even haven’t heard about such dishes in Mexican kitchen) Papadzul - simple, but nice!Queso relleno - unusual combination of cheese , meat and olives with a great sauce.

Clau Clau

Try as many margaritas (Margarita de Chaya and Jamaica with Mezcal to start) as you can. Oh yeah, and the food is amazing too!

Gabriela Golozubova

The soup lime was excellent! The best one we tried in Merida ????

Carla Gonzalez

Everything. I had the 4 yucas which offers a tasting of 4 different local dishes and it was amazing.

Andrea Villagomez

Authentic and delicious food. Must try the Tamal Colado and the Torta de cochinita . Expect waiting a bit for the table but it’s totally worthed

Rafael Quezada

Everything was good. Excellent food and plenty of it. The people are nice and well trained to give the service. Ask for Raúl

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Apparently a Merida classic. It seems there are two Chaya Mayas. Quite popular so plan for a short wait . Be sure to look out for and to tip the handmade tortilla makers

Luis Rodriguez

This place rises the bar on Sopa de Lima and Cochinita Pibil . Totally recommended.

Bree Sheehan

Great breakfast - great price & attentive service . Fruit , juice , coffee & 3 cochinita pibil tacos for 89pesos - such a deal!

Damla Hase.

We had tacos and new york steak but they were not that amazing. It was a bit disappointing. Cocktails are 51 pesos when beers are 47 pesos so fairly priced .

Simran Dass

I got the 4 Yucatan dish with the tortillas which was delicious, and so much variety!! Would recommend

Vianelly Paradis ⚡️

Typical food from Yucatán. Probably the most popular and traditional. Closes at 11 pm. Friendly service . Good food

Evka Rodinová

Wait in line for sure. It's worth it! Tacos are awesome, but the winner is mole and marguarita!

Katherine Fehr

This place totally lived up to its reviews, the food is spectacular. It was full and we had to be put on the waiting list but the service is really fast so we got a table in about 20 min.

Abhinav Mouli

Try the Mayan breakfast : Outstanding. Very friendly staff . Don't hesitate to ask if you need an explanation of what each dish is.

BERTO

Authentic local food, the relationship between price and quality is great. A must if you visit Mérida.

Murat Alkan

All authentic Yucatan food cooked with right ingredients. Must visit when travelling to Merida

Alex lorenz

Amazing food with an individual taste and very different to many of the other standard restaurants in the area.

Julie Rose Sawyer

We tried 2 dishes that were delish! Huevos Mottelenos (sp?) & turkey w/mole sauce very rich but good!

Korhan Dulge

Very nice atmosphere, good menu and price for quality, highly recommended.

Jackie-Lee Brayley

Delicious food at a good price, and really friendly staff . You can see the lady who makes tortillas fresh all night. Me gusta mucho la chaya .

Damon Sununtnasuk

Nice service. The food was... Okay... Maybe we made some poor picks during breakfast .

Craig Johring

Amazing and amazing!!

Karin Gattringer

Handmade tortillas , you can watch them being made.

Nathaniel Meyers

Great Chaya-based cocktails and the Chicken Pibil (wrapped in banana leaf ) was delicious

bastian baumeister

tasty local food, service friendly and quick, feels much less touristic or artsy-fartsy like other places

Dilek

Best Mayan restaurant in merida. Good food, good price, fast service

Danka Pohankova

read in review that this place was a turist trap, but local people recommended it. The food and service was OK, but next time I would try a different place.

Vanessa Flores

Panchos, sopa Lima and The Chaya juice are delicious. The prices are cheap .

Quin Marshall

Sopa de Lima is lovely and tasty

Helga Schneider

Very crowded and touristy but place. Interesting menu but a little to "experimental" for me.Ladies dressed up on traditional costume baking tortillas and posing for pics..

Johnie

Tailored for fatso Americans .Suedo Cheese in a supposed healthy Chaya soup was more like a dip for tortilla chips . Turkey was reheated and cries of children exasperated the already woeful experience.

Mindaugas Mozūras

Authentic Yucatan food , including tacos .

Gabriel Alonso

Excelente option for breakfasts , lunch or dinner . Tasty meals, no pricey .

Sol Salamanca

Try the Poc-Chuc and salbutes with cochinita pinil. Delicious!! mayan food ever!

David

Very good menus for two for only 200 Pesos

Harry-Walker De la Rosa

I love the Chaya lemonade and the cochinita pibil

Bree Sheehan

Cocktails are cheap however not very much alcohol is added. Would still return for the food alone!

Kirstie O'Donnell

Lined up and food was worth it. Very large meals so enough to split.

Diana García

Excelent restaurant , came with 5 friends ans ordered different things, poc-chuc was the clear favorite among all of us.

Anne-Sophie

Good local food, for locals and tourists alike!

Abhinav Gautam

WiFi password : 1234567890

Hsiao-Ho Hsu

Chaya drink, sopa de Lima , and the best tacos !

Manuel D'argence

Good veggie choices: Papadzules an Panuchos sans the turkey .

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