Gilly's Tequilaville — Restaurant in Quintana Roo

I have been patronizing Xminnas Cafe Town for over 2 ½ months now - several times a week.

I find that they not only have the best coffee in town, but that they serve a very good breakfast for a very inexpensive price.

Myrna, the owner of the cafe, is charming and smart and fun - a lovely person to do business with.

David, who sometimes cooks and other times helps in a variety of ways - besides also being a regular customer - is a really great guy who also offers snorkeling and dive classes at the beach. I have been lucky enough to take a snorkel class with him - and plan on doing more.

Guadalupe, the primary morning cook and server, is a lovely woman and a wonderful cook. Even though her primary language is Spanish, we are having better conversations every day.

The pizza - available after 5, until 10:30 - I enjoy tremendously. The servings are extremely generous for the price.

The Wi-Fi also is extremely strong and does a great job of uploading videos to YouTube, which a less powerful Wi-Fi cannot do.

The restaurant is very conveniently located as you come up the hill into the pueblo from the big highway. It is clearly patronized by people from the resorts and residences along the beach, as well as people from the pueblo.

But there is also a crew of local Mexican folks who hang out sometimes in the evening, who are among the most fun people I've ever had a chance to be around.

All the staff here are obviously very well liked by the people from the pueblo, who know them well.

I recommend Xminnas Cafe Town...

We stopped in for drinks after eating dinner in Akumal Playa. The drinks by the beach weren't strong enough, so we drove over the bridge & stopped into Gilly's in Akumal settlement to find a decent cantina.

The drinks were great and the service was excellent! My son had 3 shots of tequila & a pina colada. I had a margarita & my husband had a cerveza and a pina colada, which we shared. Drinks were good and the price was much more reasonable than on the other side of the highway. I recommend Gilly's margaritas & pina coladas!

We will definitely stop by again before leaving...

Take a break from your resort, and immerse yourself in the culture here in Akumal. As a tequilla person, this would be a 'lantern in the night'. Really. There's no water in this gents booze! His selection of tequilla is great. There are about 3 steps from the street. Parking is close, outfront, and around the block- and quite safe. I have a rental car, we leave nothing in it, I leave the windows down, and frankly the car is unlocked. Not recommended generally, however, I'm expressing only how safe it is. Recomend...