Aldea Corazón

Terrible quality and overpriced. Tourist trap; escape now while you can!!! Service was good and beer was cold… so i guess if you are thirsty and not hungry I would recommend this place.

Went here with a few girlfriends for dinner our first night in Playa. Food was pretty good, but I made the mistake of leaving a white envelope of money on the table and didn’t realize it until later that night when we were back at our hotel. We went back the next morning, hoping someone at the restaurant picked it up and turned it in, but no such luck! My money was STOLEN by this place! Unfortunately, I can’t blame this on anyone else because no one else was sitting near our table that night. Maybe you should check the integrity of your waiters! It didn’t help matters that our waiter was standing in the corner, watching us like a hawk while we were eating, and then handed me a survey to fill out while we were trying to pay and leave. Please stay away from this place! There are many, many better restaurants to check out that won’t take your stuff. We won’t be back!

Worst meal in Mexico. Fish was not edible, thank goodness for the stray cat and the raccoon in the cenote that would eat it. Not fresh, tasted fishy, and sauces were saccharine sweet. Ceviche was rubbery and also not seasoned properly. Gross. Outdoor landscape was beautiful but food was not up to par.

One of the FEW authentic regional restaurants on the Avenida Quinta. Service=outstanding. I did have to ask for a separate cocktail menu, but other than that, the staff is awesome. I was in a large group so we had a spacious table outside. Patio is amazing at night. So many trees and not too loud from the busy street. I had the soap Azteca, chicken mole, and the Aldea margarita. My favorite meal from my entire trip. Eat here,‘you won’t be sorry.

Food was highly average, service was ordinary. On top was forced to pay 15% tip for party of two. There are too many other good options, don’t go to this place.

This sounds similar to the Susan L. story. I went to make a reservation for a party of 9. I asked the lady if they took reservations and she said «Yes» (I had not even told her it was for 9), then she said asked me to wait. She talked to a person and came back and said «We don’t take reservations». This type of behavior seems to happen more frequently in Playa del Carmen than other places we’ve visited.
I ask that Unilocal take «Accepts Reservations: Yes» off their web-​site.

Best in Playa. Sit in the garden near the waterfall. Excellent food and over-​the-​top service. Great meal with wine and mixed drinks for four, spent less than $ 100 USD. Can’t say enough good things.

Nice place as the restaurant is located in a cenote and you are surrounded by threes.
However the food wasn’t good and way too expensive for the quality of the food

We came for lunch and drinks. The margaritas were delicious and strong. The guacamole was fresh and delicious. The queso fundito was amazing. The outside seating area is gorgeous. We were super impressed with the atmosphere. The vegetation was beautiful and you can hear the waterfall in the background. The service was on point. Our server was attentive and spoke both English and Spanish. We were very impressed and would highly recommend this restaurant.

Beutiful garden, very romantic, ordered a Margarita to start and was bad and recommend by the waiter. Then we ordered the tortilla soup that was just ok. We the went for the apertizer fish tacos and the stake tacos not good at all. We went here at 8pm. I should have known there were a lot to tables available. If your looking to have great mexican food this is not the place.

Wow! Ubicados en la Quinta Avenida, éste en definitiva un sitio que si lo ves de fuera no te imaginas lo lindo que puede ser en su interior.
Lo primero que me sorprende y me encanta de un lugar es su decoración, el ambiente, colores etc; y Aldea Corazón lo logró…captó mi atención… tienen una àrea de mesas ubicadas en un lugar cerrado, vas entrando más y lo que verás serán mesitas situadas en una terraza que parece Aldea literalmente pero no termina todo ahí, frente a ti tienen un pequeño cenote, hermoso lugar para pasar un rato de desayuno, lunch o cena, que por cierto el restaurante maneja.
La atención y la comida es muy buena, tuve la oportunidad de visitarlos para el desayuno puedes pedir desde paquetes de desayunos que te incluyen, café, pan, huevitos al gusto, jugo… hasta pedir solamente el plato fuerte, yo pedí a la mexicana el sazón es muy rico, los panes ni se diga calientitos y eso que no soy muy panera… es un lugar muy calido para pasarla con la familia o los amigos… por cierto en la noche me comentó el mesero que son noches de DJ… definitivamente un ambiente vairado. He aquí un lugar delicioso que visitar.

The place is built on a cenote. Unfriendly staff but good food and very reasonably priced. Packed with tourists. Home made salsas and tortillas. If you like wine don’t order the local wines.

I’ve eaten here three times! Without knowing it. We have ended up here multiple times when hungry and looking for a place to eat with a big group and satisfying many dietary restrictions. The service is excellent. Food is very good. I had the shrimp fajitas. The shrimp was tad but overcooked. But the flank steak was fabulous. So we’re the veggie fajitas and the soups were very good too. Great place for large groups or small. Great ambience and service. Good for vegetarians and families with kids.

I was recently taken here for brunch for my bday and my date couldn’t have chosen a better place!!! It on the heart of 5^th avenue and let me just say I was amazed with this restaurant. If you like nature Once u enter u will be blown away by what’s inside, you are surrounded by trees and a cenote. A beautiful garden where u can hear the waterfall and birds chirping. It was an amazing experience. My date and I were craving tacos so he ordered the «Tacos Plaza de toros» and I got «Tacos Arrachera» along side with an order of freshly made guacamole and their hottest hot sauce which was AMAZING if u like spicy sauces. The service was GREAT! They have free wifi and there’s a photographer going around taking you pictures which later he prints them out and you are surprised with something amazing. «Pictures in a tequila bottle». Cute souvenir if u ask me. I’m in love with this place. Zero complaints.

Best. Dinner. Ever!!!
Vegetarians– order the green ceviche and the vegetarian fajitas. Homemade tortillas and salsas made this meal over the top. Definitely one of the best in this area!

This experience was beyond horrible! My husband and I went to look at the restaurant on Wednesday to see about booking a table for our 10^th Wedding Anniversary Party for Friday. We made the reservation and we were all set. Upon arrival to the Aldea the staff said that they booked our table to another (larger) group. Not only did they give our table away they didn’t even have another table ready for us when we arrived. We were a group of six and they were showing us tables of 4 in the corner of the restaurant. They said to us that they could push the tables together. You would think that if they were going to give our table way to a larger group they would at least:
a. Call
b. Have something special ready
But they had nothing set up and offered nothing for HUGE and embarrassing inconvenience. This was a HUGE disappointment. The reservations team blew it beyond words. Out of principal please DO NOT support this restaurant. They offered nothing and made no attempt to remedy the situation. 10 years is a special event and I would have been flexible if they would have had a table ready but they had nothing!!! Please DO NOT GIVE Aldea Corazon your business because them broke my Corazon.

Hidden in the garden right off of crazy 5^th Ave, it is a perfect spot for a special dinner, while your surrounded by nature and event a Xenote! Just beautiful, by day and by night.
Very tasty food. As Gluten Free & Vegetarian eater I was able to find great salads and Fajitas. Both really good!
Their light up menus are a great feature when dinning in the evening.
Very peaceful, romantic, hidden treasure kinda spot.

Worst meal of my life. It was so bad we couldn’t even eat it. We ended up leaving and even forwent the free cocktail at the end of dinner.
Thank god for the street venders outside of 5^th avenue.

Delicious food… beautiful setting. like you are in the jungle.
Great cocktails.
average $ 20 per dish. very good size…
SUPERB wait staff.
Would have given 5. but my chicken was on the dry side…

We had a great experience at this restaurant! The scenery was amazing — it feels like you’re sitting in a rainforest.
We loved their complementary salsas and tortilla chips.
We tried a lot of different things but, by far, the best was the FISH TACOS (4). They were hands down the best tacos I have ever had!
Our waiter — Guillermo — was incredible. He was so attentive and we had great conversation with him.

Un lugar hermoso escondido entre las calles de la quinta avenida, a simple vista parece un lindo restaurante como muchos de los que hay en esa principal calle en Playa del Carmen, pero al entrar te encontrarás con una decoración entre árboles naturales enormes y a la luz de las velas cenando al pie de un cenote natural.
Entre la magia del lugar y un menú corto podrás degustar de entradas sencillas como queso fundido, tacos, como menú principal pedí unos camarones jumbo al mezcal, con papas cabray en salsa de cilantro, delicia.
No puedo describir toda la magia que vi anoche pero definitivamente me encantaría que conocieran ese bello lugar. Sus precios son accesibles ya que la comida son platillos sencillos, lo que importa es el excelente servicio, ya que nos regalaron guacamole y hasta margaritas de cortesía. La calidad del producto es excelente y el lugar es hermoso, o ya lo dije?
No te lo puedes perder.

Un lugar encantador para cenar, con un entorno natural justo con un cenote adentro del lugar, con una iluminación tenue con velas y un muy buen ambiente, ideal para festejar algún aniversario, cumpleaños o hasta bodas. El servicio es bueno, la comida no me impresionó tanto, pedí unas fajitas vegetarianas y estaban buenas pero no excelentes, vi más rico el platillo de las demás personas y me quedé con las ganas de probar un queso fundido pero me llené, sin embargo la piña colada me encantó.
A nuestra llegada con un grupo de personas, nos regalaron guacamole y margaritas de cortesía, la atención fue buena pero a mi gusto les faltó un poco más de simpatía, aunque nunca fueron descorteces. Lo mejor de todo es el lugar y que puedes tomarte unas fotos increíbles con quien vayas ya que la decoración natural de lugar se presta para todo. Si vas con un grupo pide la mesa de abajo al pie del cenote. Te encantará.

Continuing our vacation — we stopped at this little place and immediately fell in love.
The 5-​Star Good:
The ambiance and the Shrimp Taco appetizer.
If I’d have stopped there is have given it 5 stars.
The 3-​Star Good:
Everything else
Averaged it out to a 4 star review… Although just being in the beautiful surroundings really make it deserving of 5 stars and a MUST SEE!

A pesar que este restaurante abre desde la mañana, la preferencia y la máxima recomendación es ir de noche a cenar.
1.- porque hay un área exterior en la parte trasera del restaurante que solo la abren para cenas y esta iluminada con lámparas que encienden en los árboles que visten ese tras patio.
2.-Es inigualable el ambiente para cena y libre de moscos por que te proveen de repelentes.
3.-Justo en la noche tienen en ese espacio una cascada hecha de piedras naturales que funciona al momento que habilitan esa área.
Este sitio es privilegiado por encontrarse en un área natural con cenote y arboles que viven ahí desde siempre.
El concepto como su nombre lo dice, es una aldea en el corazón de la Quinta avenida y es uno de los pulmones naturales de Playa del Carmen, no obstante, aprovecharon con la decoración, el ambiente natural y la ubicación, conjugar un lugar perfecto, ya armonizado con la música tipo café del mar y la comida deliciosa, es el mejor regalo.
Su carta es básicamente comida Mexicana con un estilo muy propio.
El plato que yo recomiendo son los tacos de camarón pero, lo que juega el papel de la tortilla lo forman unas finas hojas de jícama y se marina con salsa de tamarindo, una combinación perfecta, con un aderezo de chilpotle y mayonesa para darle el toque picosito.
Dentro de su carta de bebidas, hay uno en particular con mezcal que me parece exquisito: mezcal con piña, jugo de limón y Controy, o bien Martinis preparados con la base de vodka Stolichnaya que es mi favorito.
Me atrevo a decir que para cena, este lugar es único.

Aldea corazón es mi lugar favorito en Playa del Carmen.
Si quieres impresionar a tu novia, esposa o amiga, te recomiendo que la lleves aquí.
El restaurante cuenta con un cenote, unos arboles impresionantes y el área techada. Puedes elegir en que ambiente quieres crear ya sea tu comida o tu cena.
El servicio es impresionante, muy bueno, cálido y de
muy buena calidad.
La comida es riquísima y nutritiva, hay un platillo que es mi favorito y es de tacos se jicama con camarones uff exquisito !!
Te lo recomiendo muchisisimo.

Aldea Corazón es un restaurante de comida mexicana ubicada en el centro de la quinta avenida.
Tienen una amplia carta con variados platillos con la esencia de México. La decisión estaba difícil, de entrada pedí un queso fundido al mezcal, que contiene tres diferentes quesos con champiñones, epazote y flameado con mezcal, quiere saber cómo estuvo, vayan a probarlo, es una obra de arte. Luego para continuar pedí un pastel azteca, no saben lo que se pierden, tienen que ir, es un estilo lasagna, y está hecha con tortilla azul y crema agria, en una exquisita combinación de huitlacoche con flor de calabaza, aquí sí saben comer. Literal fue un orgasmo de placer en cada bocado.
No sólo es una gran comida, es el entorno, toda una gran experiencia, además en el interior hay un hermoso cenote. Quiero decirles tanto pero las palabras quedan pequeñas para tanta belleza, así que totalmente invitados, pero ustedes pagan la cuenta.

Este restaurante es encantador. Está en plena quinta avenida en una de las áreas más bulliciosas, pero de alguna manera, con su decoración y atención a los detalles, se vuelve un lugar tranquilo y acogedor.
El restaurante se divide en dos espacios, el frente, con una decoración mexicana y vista a la calle. Ideal para sentarse a tomar una cerveza o margarita de sabor. En esta sección hay que destacar la barra del bar, de piedras de río, muy original.
La otra sección, en la parte de atrás contrasta completamente. De pronto estas inmerso en la selva tropical, sentado en una mesa alumbrada casi solo por la luz de las velas y a lado de un cenote. Un rincón romántico y exclusivo. Perfecto para escapar, por lo menos por un par de horas de la abarrotada quinta avenida.
Aqui la comida es mexicana, pero no de forma tradicional sino con un toque de cocina moderna. Con ingredientes como jamaica y huitlacoche, tortilla de jícama, epazote, mezcal, vas a encontrar un platillo que te llame la atención.
Las margaritas de sabores son buenas, para probarlas todas. (no en una sola visita!)
El precio es medio a alto. El servicio rápido y el personal muy al pendiente, en serio.
Debo mencionar que tienen desayunos y los precios son más accesibles que los de la comida/​cena.