Shalala Cafe — Restaurant in Playa del Carmen

I found this place while searching for best coffee shops in playa del Carmen, here on google reviews. It appealed to me because of the notes about fresh baked croissant and their humble pricing, so I went!

Croissant was very good and yes baked fresh.

Cappuccino very good, I had two while I waited for my croissant to be made.

Orange juice was good, very sweet! But lovely.

For 2 cappuccinos, 1 fresh orange juice & my croissant I believe the total was somewhere around 180 pesos before tip.

They prefer cash and you will be charged a fee for using cc machine (as I did).

The women (brunette) working was so kind and lovely.

Summary: The place is just a tiny whole in the wall old school place. Nothing special but the actual offerings (that I tried at least), service and cost were all...

Wanted nice breakfast, but instead we were waiting for more than 30 min for the eggs to arrive. We ordered huevos motulenos and eggs benedict and we asked for it not to be spicy. Eggs motulenos arrived after 25 min of waiting without anything like ham, cheese and peas were missing...then they apologized and made it like it should be...but there was chilli powder on the plate, and the eggs tasted very poor and greasy....my eggs benedict never arrived, after 35 min waiting I said I don't want to wait anymore.... that's ridiculous to cook eggs for so long. And by the way we were the only customers there, so it's not like kitchen was busy with the orders... Do not recommend this place at all! Seriously bad... Although the coffee was good, that's all.....super disappointed and...

Love this place! Coffee is amazing, so are all the sweets, tried most of the breakfast options, all very good Italian food, sooo yummy and much lighter than heavy mexican food, but still very filling! My boyfriend is from Napoli so he is very fussy about Italian food so trust me, this place is very Italian! Love love love it. Ah and the shop looks beautiful...