Alfredo Di Roma Trattoria — Restaurant in Isla Cozumel

Well, I was torn to go or not to go as there’re either very good or very poor reviews. So I took the risk (and probably shouldn’t have). We’re guests at the Intercontinental for 10 days and tried all their restaurants, the Italian wants to be the upper class one but they aren’t. The whole service felt artificial, not authentic. The reason might be that we’re in Mexico and not Italy or at least Europe. The same probably happens for 80% of Mexican restaurants in Europe. But we’ve been there for the food but unfortunately this didn’t convince either. Quality of food (and we’ve chosen rather simple Italian dishes) is average, definitely not worth the price tag. We’re Swiss and have some awesome Italian restaurants in our country and we’re close to Italy and also know the originals very well - what we’ve seen here is not close at all to a good Italian restaurant. Maybe it’s enough for US tourists but it will disappoint Europeans who value a good Italian restaurant. Anyway, we tried (assumed)...

Eating Italian when in Mexico seems wrong, especially when in an island like Cozumel. But, after sadly learning that none of the other restaurants at the Intercontinental served any fresh local fish, we decided to give Alfredo Di Roma a try and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Host Marlene was friendly and welcoming, the crissini were crispy, the focaccia authentic and José Ramon offered spectacular service, including asking the chef for a variation of their signature risotto to include local shrimp. It turned out excellent!

Eating here became the surprise culinary highlight of our stay. Make sure to take a good look at the XXL wine list, too and maybe try a Mexican (sparkling) wine.

The signature Pasta Alfredo dish was very close to the Roman version created for...

Two stars for the excelente service by warm and professional waiters. Very friendly and nice. Except of that everything is poor. Old depressing decorarion. The food was bad, specially for a restaurant that was recommended by the concierge as "our best restaurant". Caprece with frozen not fresh tomatoes and pesto that tasted like a supermarket paste. The eggplant parmesano was awful with aftertaste. The ravioli was OK, but was served with too much sauce. And the Lasagna was one of the worst I had ever have in my life: it couldn't hold it shape even on the short way from the kitchen to the table, and was over cooked. When we ask for the check, they were nice to bring us OTH cake for desert, unfortunately it wasnt very...