Cafetería Pop y Restaurante Pórtico del Peregrino — Restaurant in Mérida

I've eaten at Restaurante Pop no less than 20 times. I used to travel to Cancun ~ 4-5 times a year and Pop was my favorite eatery. My ex-partner knows the owner of the restaurant and would always tell me how good a person the owner was. My ex told me that the majority of the staff had worked at Pop for 20+ years. The owner paid his staff very, very well, and in return, the staff didn't leave for other jobs. The food was always top notch and fresh. I wanted to share the story about the owner and the staff because I doubt that the majority of tourists ever learn that there's much more than great food going on there. I don't know if the same man owns the establishment, or if he has retired since I was there last.... I just read that the Restaurante Pop I reviewed is in Merida and not Cancun. The food in Merida looks exactly the same as I had in Cancun. I still put lime juice on anything that will stand still, just like many natives of the Yucatan have done forever. Restaurante Pop is my favorite eatery in Cancun, and my second favorite is: Pozoleria Castillo 4.3 stars (772) · MX$100–300 The address is: · C. 47 N. 6-3 The Pozole is great, but the tamales are the best I've had. The tamales are wrapped and steamed in banana leaves, not the corn husks I'd always seen. ...

The name is wrong on these pics. It's actually Cafetería Pop, which is right next door and owned by the same people. This is the first restaurant I remember eating at in Mérida back in 1992 when I was a little kid! These days my kids and I go about once a week, and it's their absolute favorite. My 7 year old lives for their sopa de lima. The servers are the absolute best I've ever encountered, and the food is fabulous. They have standard diner fare, Mexican specialties, and a cool...

I loved it here and will miss the prices upon my return to the US 😪 The food was delicious and the coffee ☕️ For example today I got the huevos Motuleños, toast with butter and jelly, orange juice, coffee and I added side of bacon for only $180 pesos equivalent to about ten US dollars. The other day I ordered the eggs and bacon, with toast, side of fruit, coffee and came with side of black beans and tortilla chips for $140 pesos about 7/8 US dollars and way better...