La Floresta — Restaurant in Playa del Carmen

Went to try the crab tacos first time but was sold out, told it often sells out daily, so obv returned. Today, same but server brought me the very last one in the house! I also tried a fish, shrimp and marlin tacos... wow. Crab taco was so unique, marlin was sweet and tender, im not a big fan of shrimp in general but absolutely loved it, and well the breaded fish taco (grouper I was told) was best ive ever had...anywhere. Each tacos was only 30 pesos !?!?! Tamarindo salsa was unreal, and also also came with chips and tons of limes (a ton of sauces on the table already) and also was very impressed by the amount of pico they brought you..n was the best ive ever had in a restaurant... allot of cilantro chopped up small and allot of black pepper, exactly how i like making it at home. I'll probably go back tmrw, and the next day, and the next day, until i leave this amazing town! Going to take more pictures next time, but single picture i posted was of the blue crab taco, after i put a little pico and...

I don't get why this place is so popular or so well known for its seafood tacos; they are so underwhelming, bland and boring. For $25 apiece, prepare to be disappointed. They are fried in a beer batter but are always slightly soggy (like they have been sitting around rather than being fried fresh to order) and the shrimp is chewy rather than plump and juicy. I thought so 3 years ago when I last ate here and thought so again when I ate here today. The tacos are SO BORING and come with nothing, except for a salsa Mexicana, mayo and a smokey tamarind salsa found at your table. By far the salsas are the best part of the meal, but not even they are good enough to elevate these sad tacos. Go to Mankii or Chiltepin instead where the seafood is well fried and actually has...

A litle bit dissapointed place. Many people told us that this is å good place for sefood. We gave it a try. We ordered 2 scrimp taco, 1 Fish taco and 1 crab taco. The food come quickly, but We got 2 Fish taco, 2 crab taco and 2 scrimp taco. The Fish taco’s and scrimp taco’s was good, the crab taco was not recomended, is was small bones in it and it was soggy, the crab meat was mixed with a sauce. The whole taco brakes when i tried to eat it. The tortillas was also to thick. But mabey this is i Great place for the local people? I do not...