El Mariachi, Tulum Pueblo ***

El Mariachi's in Tulum Pueblo is a great restaurant with good local dishes at a great price. Funny enough, this was actually the very first place we ever heard of in Tulum. Were looking for a launrymat and the directions were "right next to El Mariachi." It was the very first place we ever ate at in our new little town.



Located right on the main avenue of Tulum it was very easy to find. The first thing we saw was a huge platter of fish being served above a large flame and it smelt delicious!!!. We ordered some traditional favorites and dug in. The beers were cold and the salsa was spicy. It was perfect.



We have had many other good times at El Mariachi's since that night. Some of the most recent favorites being World Cup 2010. We watched the Mexico game there and look forward to watching the quarter-semi and Finals there as well.



The plates are very large at El Mariachi's. This was my husband's favorite part. The food was good and there was a lot of it. There are some very plentiful breakfast items. The Chiliquilles is a favorite of mine and my kids.



This is one of the spots that is absolutely slamming with locals in the evenings. From 11:00 p.m. till close (5 am) this place has 2x1 beers. Talk about some happy hours. Especially when you think about the fact that so many of us work until the late evening- El Mariachi is the best place to go.



There are times they will have 10 peso tacos but as you can imagine... these do not last long.



There is also a nice garden area in the back of the restaurant. it opens up onto a nice little courtyard.