CHOOJ Galería Gastronómica — Restaurant in Mérida

What a delightful gem and we found out tonight it's been open for two years already. Outstanding food and outstanding service. It seems to be a mix of modern and Yucatecan fusion restaurant. Slightly newer takes on traditional dishes. The prices were reasonable for a higher-end style restaurant and some creative dishes. And then there's the desserts. I had chocolate sponge cake and strawberries as they poured hot toffee from a teapot on to the dessert!! True heaven in a bowl. This is an incredibly highly...

Beautiful little restaurant tucked into a higher end hotel. I came here specifically for the duck enchiladas listed on the breakfast menu of their website. Unfortunately those have been replaced with chicken enchiladas (boring) so I ordered the green chilaquiles with suckling pig and pork belly dust (crushed pork rinds). They were just okay. I’ve had mind blowing chilaquiles for 60 pesos in Yucatan that were better than these 160 peso chilaquiles. The service was great though and the music here was...

The food was very good.

The service was off.

Our appetizer was forgotten.

Wine was opened with “rabbit ears” wine opener. No tasting of the wine (ordered by the bottle) was offered. The glasses were “lifted” off of the table and and poured large portions.

The water glasses were removed from the table to the bar area for additional mineral water.

There was no music in the restaurant until requested.

These are service levels which are standard in a high end restaurant.

The courtyard...