Ramona Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Cancún

I can’t say I recommend this place. But it all depends on your expectations, specially if you’re here for a tasting menu. We are foodies and indulging on unique tasting menus are a delight for us, so we were very excited for an authentic modern Mexican experience. There were some unique dishes, loved the lobster corn equites and bone marrow dishes. Presentation was extremely nice. However, the whole experience is far from a real fine dining experience. Our meal took 4 hours!!!! Not 4 enjoyable hours, but rather incredibly long waits between dishes with minimal attention. The food was good, but most dishes were average rather than special. One of the parts that deterred me the most was the wine pairing. We opted out after seeing grocery store wine bottles are included, even off the menu they were some of the main choices and extremely overpriced. We were ready to be wowed, and we were just incredibly disappointed. Does not measure up...

We arrived in the evening for dinner, unfortunately we returned to our hotel hungry. The restaurant is located on the premises of the NIZUC resort. The gentleman at the reception boot at the entrance to the resort informed us that in Cancun in the evenings in restaurants there is a dress code and it is not appropriate to come in shorts and sandals... Well, I will not argue with that, but I came to Mexico for a vacation and it did not occur to me to take a tuxedo with me... I am glad that I spent only one evening in Cancun before flying home and the rest of the vacation I had a carefree time in other less...

If you are looking for fine dining in Cancun Ramona is the place to go. I took my special one on a date and she was delighted with the sunset views, the buildings architecture, the food and service. One of the most romantic restaurants I have been. I have a few restaurants I am eager to go back again and Ramona in Punta Nizuc is one...