Loncheria Los Arcos — Restaurant in Pisté

The Senora who manages/owns the place gave our table of 10, excellent service assigning 2 waitress and double-checking with our table herself. When we discovered they do not serve beer she directed us to a shop that did. I'm the only one in our group who speaks any Spanish, and yet she was so kind to make small talk (tolerating my Spanglish) and helped us plan a trip to a cenote that is beautiful and exciting but since locally owned and operated not over-run by tourists. The food was also good, very generously priced and portioned (10 people ate for less than $1100 pesos. Sopes in particular we're most enjoyed by our Sopes-connoisseur. Inspite of knowing the limitation of the season and the remote of this location, we, as gringos, were a little disappointed that we couldn't get a more conventional salad. Nevertheless the cabbage and tomato substitute was fresh and not bitter. Overall a very...

After leaving Chichén Itzá we wanted a quick bite to eat because we were going on a three hour drive back home. One of the tour guides recommended this restaurant and I ordered the lime soup with chicken and tortilla chips and the broth was flavorful but the chicken was a bit over cooked. Other folks on the table ordered the sope And some tacos but it was nothing worth raving about.

The location was near multiple outdoor restaurants and in front of the plaza (nice place to take pictures). There were adorable street dogs roaming our table and one of them Kept politely bopping their nose on us to call our attention. I loved it but not everyone on the table enjoyed the dogs while eating :0)

There were a few local kids who approached our table and offered to sell souvenirs and recited some ‘bombas’ in exchange for tips or a purchase. They were polite and sweet I was...

The ladies at Lonchería Los Arcos were very nice and helped accommodate and substitute food items to make them vegetarian and kid-friendly. I ordered a platter of cochinita pibil, little one had grilled chicken breast with rice and tomato avocado salad, and my gf had huevos rancheros without meats to make it vegetarian. The horchata, Jamaica and tamarindo "aguas frescas" were really good too. Would go back any time passing through.

No pictures of my food as I inhaled my meal after spending 5 hrs at Chichen Itzá but the dogs there were friendly and non-intrusive. I almost...