El Conquistador

While my husband and I were not thrilled with the Royal Islander itself, this restaurant on its premises was wonderful. The cocktail shrimp were huge, with a splash of lime on them, and the sauce was beyond great. We both had the filet mignon, which came with small roasted potatoes and squash for a side, and was smothered in the most delicious mushroom-​type sauce I’ve ever had. My husband doesn’t like mushrooms and he loved it! We each got a dessert, me the key lime pie (so yummy) and my husband the cherries jubilee (AMAZING, and they make it right next to your table). It was the highlight of our trip as far as food went.

This is a a nice restaurant choice while on the all inclusive package at the Royal resorts. As always, you can eat here without being part of the package and pay.
The atmosphere is my favorite part about this restaurant. The staff is very friendly and attentive. There is a man playing a guitar after about 7pm which is a nice added touch to your good meal. All in all the food is great. There are options for all including steaks and seafood. My husband really enjoyed the coffee crusted snapper.
We have gone there twice now and would certainly return.

The place looks great since the last time we were there but the service has declined a bit. I went with four people and the salads for two of us came very late. My wife and I had to wait to eat ours out of courtesy to them. By the way the Ceasar salad had no taste.
My guests had the lamb dish and the chops were very touch and several of them very raw.
They did replace the meals but the whole evening was off for us.
This has always been a great place in the past and I doubt I’ll be going there in the future.

I gotta say it is the best restaurant thats a part of the royal sands package. I enjoyed this restaurant the most. The food is pretty much on point. Although the wait can be long but it is worth the wait.

First, I only give it 4stars since I only visited once and I like to keep the 5stars for restaurants I have gone regularly.
As a Royal Resorts full inclusive client, this is one place I was recommended to try. Since our concierge, Socorro was nice enough to get our reservations ready for us with knowing days in advanced, we had no trouble with that.
The atmosphere was nice and fancy, but not overwhelming– it a is a casual formal attire establishment. The live guitar music was also very enjoyable and the musician was friendly with the costumers.
The attention here was amazing, and classy just as expected of such restaurant. Although the welcoming host was a bit cold, the other staff and our waiter Javier (I believe that was his name, but I will correct it after confirming), was a joy to talk to. He took care of our every need, and our wine (ordered a bottle that was kept chilled by the table) or water glasses were never empty for long.
As a starter I had a Vegetable Ceviche, which is possibly the one of the best things that I have ever tasted. The blend of fresh ingredients and sweet and citrus flavors was perfect.
My steak was also delicious and cooked to a perfect medium point, they were also lenient to my picky food choices, which I always appreciate. I finished off with a espresso and a chocolate cake, which were the right way to end a wonderful and enjoyable dinner.
I can’t speak for my family and what they ate, but we all left very full and satisfied.
I will surely return in my next vacation to Cancun.

If in Cancun you should try this place! Ate here 3 of the 7 nights while here because it was so great. Loved having a nice coursed meal in Cancun. Not a view place if that’s what you are looking for.

Food is excellent! House bread is soooo good. Everything appetizer is great. Great ambience too!

I write this with having been happy with most Royal Resort restaurants and fought to get reservations tat this particular one during my wife and I’s last night in Cancun.
The staff is nice though you’ll be told no shorts and see plenty with them on but t-​shirts are unacceptable as they should be at a higher caliber restaurant.
The first 20 minutes of a great guitarist, ambience, and service had us happy with our starters of lobster bisque and French onion soup. Our water glasses were filled reasonably quick with replacement lemonades (enough drinking during the week) brought out for myself.
After ordering our main course it became evident that we became an after thought for our waiter and his assistant with water not being filled for long stretches and no offer to replace my lemonade. The New York strip with «twice baked potato» was not good and I truly felt I could get better at an Applebee’s. Due to watching the clock I realized nobody came to our table to check on us for 25 minutes and we flagged down someone to get our check so we could depart.
Extremely overrated from what I was given the impression of what this place offered.
Overpriced and underwhelming!

This high end restaurant is a MUST!!! The food is excellent, the service if outstanding, the ambiance is wonderful, the live music is romantic and subtle. Great place for any special occasion!
Jose-​the musician was phenomenal!
Wilberth-​the waiter was very knowledgable!
Would definitely return!

Awesome food and service. Definitely coming back. Nice ambiance. Supposed to be a dress code but not adhered too. Good very good!

We were staying here and kept this place for the last night. We had eaten all week for lunch next door in the cheaper restuarant which was great bar food, sandwhichs and an awesome breakfast. During the week we had Ruth Chirs and Casa Rolinda so we were expecting to finish storng… we were disappointed. The appetizers were ok, ceaser salad very good. The meals were bland and not well cooked. My son had lamb, which was ok, the wife a steal which was overcooked and I had shrimp, which I really didnt like the taste of. Desert was good especially the ones made table side. Its really nice on the inside… but I will not go back.

I was pleasantly surprised by this restaurant. Expectations weren’t high because this was another resort all inclusive, but the food was delicious and the atmosphere wonderful with live music!
For appetizer, I had the seafood stuffed portobello mushroom. Every bite was filled with flavorful, seafood goodness that was in a mouthwatering sauce. Next up was the lobster bisque. The taste of lobster was strong, but in my opinion the soup was too salty and thick. After soup, waiters brought us lime sorbet to cleanse our palates which was great. My entrée was the seafood stuffed fish. Again, everything was seasoned nicely. The fish was tender and paired with another yummy sauce. I expected to end the night with a great dessert, but it was not on par with the rest of my food. I ordered the flan and it tasted strange. Sadly, there was a strong alcohol/​coffee flavor that overwhelmed the dessert.
Overall, props to this restaurant. Presentation of the food was beautiful and the taste itself was definitely head and shoulders above the other I tried at the resort.