Aloha Raw Bar — Restaurant in Playa del Carmen

Most places that insinuate an ethnicity in their restaurant name/theme etc have owners of that ethnicity, I don’t appreciate the exploitation of the Hawaiian culture by appropriating Hawaiian words for a niche. There is NOTHING Hawaiian about this place, not the food, not the owners, not the atmosphere. Hawaiian is an ethnicity, you are NOT Hawaiian simply by living in or visiting Hawai’i & you aren’t entitled to use our culture. If it were non-black people exploiting African culture for money, people would understand it’s problematic… it’s the same with all minorities. That aside, the food was okay (just not what I’d hoped for) and the service was good… if you don’t mind service with a side of...

Great place with amazing breakfast! After this place, we’ve been to plenty of other “breakfast places,” and for sure, this one has the BEST smoothie bowls and the BEAT waffles!

The content of the bowls is great, with the right consistency right match of all ingredients.

Waffles are unbelievable: thin, melting in the mouth, and have awesome flavors!

We really like this place and will definitely come back here again.

Some other info.

PARKING: There is some public street parking. First come, first served.

NUMBER OF TABLES: The place is not huge, but still enough to fit at least 10-12 people. There are smaller tables, and there are bigger ones. But when we were there, the place...

I lived in Playa for about 2 years. I know all places who serve or served açay bowls. I lived in Brazil where there are on almost every corner casa de açai. The people here do a wonderful job. The bowls are all fantastic and worth a try. Fresco habitat has another recipe. You can taste it when you take only Açai without anything inside. It's still blended. It's not better, it's different. The pricey well, everyone must decide for themselves if they want to support a small family. They are absolutely not overpriced.

This place is a hidden gem in playa, an experience from locals to those who would like to have a...