by Monica Hartlief
Canibal Royal´s official grand opening was on Saturday the 14th of November. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in town that day so we went there for lunch a few days later. It is located on the beach, duh, right next to the Grand Coco Bay, in front of the luxury condominium complex The Elements. Canibal Royal has 3 levels, downstairs there is a funky beach bar with a variety of different chairs and beds you can relax on. The next level has more of a restaurant feel to it, with a large bar, tables and chairs, and a really spectacular ocean view. The top level isn’t completely finished yet, the plan is to make it into a solarium, the Jacuzzi has already been built and it is very impressive.
Canibal Royal beach club entrance
Canibal Royal beach bar
Canibal Royal solarium with jacuzzi and spectacular views
According to their blog Canibal Royal is a restaurant, bar, lounge, where you can live the Caribbean life style on the beach, during the day. The nightly Caribbean lifestyle can be experienced in the Santanera, the downtown nightclub owned by the same group. Thankfully the beach club is quite different from the nightclub. Canibal Royal is a very relaxed, laid back, funky, retro style place with nice lounge tunes playing in the back ground. The food is eclectic, you could call it fusion I guess, and the lunch menu has a large variety of salads, sandwiches, home-made French pizza that isn´t pizza (I forgot the name), shrimp and salmon dishes, truffle fries, and much more. It reminded me of the food at Diablito Cha Cha Cha and Aguachiles, which is not surprising because these places are also part of the same group.
Canibal Royal restaurant with amazing ocean view
lunch at Canibal Royal, spicy shrimp, truffle fries, and French pizza like bread with fresh tuna, coriander, avocado, mmm very nice
I really like this new beach club and I hope they will be very successful. Looking at the owner´s track record in Playa del Carmen I don’t doubt this is exactly what is going to happen.
If you have any comments about Canibal Royal, please let me know, thanks!
Tags: beach, Canibal Royal, Cannibal Royal, Coco Beach, playa del carmen, restaurants, riviera maya, Santanera, Wicky's restaurant and beach club
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Lovely place, nice music, delicious food & perfect drinks!
This Beach Club is like Heaven on Earth.
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The Braised Octopus was one of the best dishes to be found in Playa.
Great Beach Club!
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Great place, Canibal Royal has the best view, best food, best vibe its a must go in Playa del Carmen.
Hey, I know that Serge Devant will be present at Canibal Royal.
What is the tickets cost?
I’m not sure what the tickets cost or even if there is a ticket sale. You could try to connect with Canibal Royal on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CANIBAL-ROYAL/184357631692
We have gone to this club many times, food was good, service was good. Just recently went for day and were told that the price for 6 chairs would be $300 or 50 beers – it was total Mexican style to try and take advantage therefore I am posting this warning – the staff tried to take advantage of us and I will not go back. Unfortunate.
That’s so unfortunate to hear Michele. I also love the place and would not appreciate being taken advantage of. Unfortunately these things happen during the craziness of the holiday season. I hope you’ll maybe try again or find another great place to hang out on the beach. In that case, let me know and I’ll try it out as well. Monica
i really like the view. looking forward to visit a wonderful place like this.
A cuanta distancia esta este club de Ibero Quetzal
Saludos
El Ibera Quetzal esta en Playacar y el Canibal Royal esta en Playa del Carmen, muy cerca, como 10 minutos en taxi.
¿A que distancia esta el Grand Coco Bay?