Rock’n Java

We go here every year. I love the expresso coffee drinks. Breakfast is good too.
Careful with the conversion rates here if you are paying dollars. Instead of the $ 18 to $ 1 we got charged $ 11.25 to $ 1. Apparently the owner pads profits with this a bit. We just paid pesos with credit card and it was normal bank rates. Our server was good.

I’ve been going here for many many years. Yikes, I think it goes back to when Lisa had her first shop downtown somewhere? Decades.
Anyway, the people are great and the food is great.
Here’s a photo of something Mario just put together… can you believe it! Yogurt and Plato de Frutas.

Best espresso bar on the island, really good espresso drinks, super friendly staff and great food too!

Our hotel was located closeby, so we ate here for a quick breakfast to use the wifi and plan our day.
2eggs with fruit, toast and hashbrowns for 60pesos. The hashbrowns are the frozen squares like at McDonald’s, so skip those.
The frozen coffee was huge, served in a sundae glass. Would definitely go back for the quick and convenient breakfast. Nice staff, good wifi, English menu-​if you need it!

A great little coffee shop right outside the port. The service is pretty fast (for mexico speed anyway), the food is good, and the internet is reliable. Working on a cruise ship and docking in Cozumel each week, it’s nice to get off in the morning and come here for breakfast and free wifi. The view doesn’t hurt either…

Hidden away as well as it can be on Avenue Melgar along the coast in San Miguel, this place literally hides in the shadows of some of its more chainy, cheesy, and packed neighbors. And I really appreciated the quieter atmosphere as I was looking to lose a few hours on Cozumel.
What I quickly learned is that this is where the cruise ship workers hang out when they have shore leave. The owner seemed like he might have been a former cruise ship worker himself and would swap stories with the patrons who would leave with a «see you in two weeks.» I felt like I was part of the action even though I was a tourist. I guess I blended in okay because I was asked which ship I worked for.
The views out of the back windows are wonderful. Their employee parking lot overlooks the Caribbean Sea and it makes using the internet with their fast wi-​fi and multiple electrical outlets very relaxing.
Their beer is dirt cheap here and, thankfully, strayed away from Corona (although I got one of those because I’m a stereotypical bugger sometimes). I tried a Victoria, which is a lager produced by Modelo, that I had never seen in the United States and was perfect with a lime squeezed in and accompanied by some delicious salsa and chips. The salsa actually does come first on the menu and its freshness and spiciness justified the placement.
On the way out, because I had to leave eventually, I actually smashed into the window next to the door. Somehow I think if I do ever pay this place another visit, the staff will remember it. But another visit here would be totally worth the embarrassment.

The island burger is great and the Alfredo was pretty good also. I’ve been here twice and both times the food was better than I expected. Try it you will like it.