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21 hours ago, El Tri said:

going for 4 days in late june and staying in the southern most point of the island (never stayed down there before)

couple of questions: 

recommendations of restaurants near there (also can be near north beach)

how much would a taxi be to take me to north beach?

Panadería Emanuel is down there and is a good stop to load up on cheap pan for the stay.

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On 6/6/2025 at 11:29 AM, El Tri said:

going for 4 days in late june and staying in the southern most point of the island (never stayed down there before)

couple of questions: 

recommendations of restaurants near there (also can be near north beach)

how much would a taxi be to take me to north beach?

north to south should be around $10

restaurants - south Bastos, middle Rosa Sirena, barrio El Varadero, north Mahache or Javi's the day they have the show (Thursday?), North Garden/Grill Garden

happy hour - rooftop of Hotel Secreto, trust me here bro be there an hour before sunset 

beach club - Palapa Leidy (ask for Kenji, tell him his best friend from Austin sent you) massages there too

the Joint is overpriced meh now, go to Borracho Burro

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19 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

happy hour - rooftop of Hotel Secreto, trust me here bro be there an hour before sunset 

Hotel Secreto has a rooftop bar now?  My, how things have changed.  We always stayed there and loved the hotel and staff.  Sadly, the staff we knew and loved were victims of COVID.  Not the sickness, but the loess of business during that time.

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Another excellent trip and the locals were back to being as friendly as they were a decade or so ago. We really had excellent service at all three of Mahache (first time for us here), North Garden, and Abuelos. Also had fun searching through Super Aki, Oxxo, and convenience stores looking for some Churrumais that the wife was craving. We ended up finding it at one of the small tiendas in an alleyway where we bought them out.    

Abuelos was especially over the top great with the whole family, dog (x2), and cat greeting us. 

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18 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

Another excellent trip and the locals were back to being as friendly as they were a decade or so ago. We really had excellent service at all three of Mahache (first time for us here), North Garden, and Abuelos. Also had fun searching through Super Aki, Oxxo, and convenience stores looking for some Churrumais that the wife was craving. We ended up finding it at one of the small tiendas in an alleyway where we bought them out.    

Abuelos was especially over the top great with the whole family, dog (x2), and cat greeting us. 

churrumais is my jam. i grew up eating them as a kid in mexico. 10 days and i'll be in isla - can't wait!

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17 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

There is an all inclusive in the isle now right? What’s the name of it?

I know that you can get it at Mia Reef and Privilege Aluxes. I think there are more places on the island that offer it, but I don't think there's anywhere large enough (restaurant variety) to make it really worth it unless you can drink well drinks like a fish. The food in restaurants on Isla are good and cheap enough (by American standards) to make it hard to make AI worth it to me.

 

Hell at Aluxes last week we got the rooftop suite w/private pool on the non-inclusive plan and that came with the standard four types of liquor you'd normally see at AI places and a bottle or Rose. The mini-bar with waters, sodas, and beers was not included (lol).
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1 hour ago, El Tri said:

churrumais is my jam. i grew up eating them as a kid in mexico. 10 days and i'll be in isla - can't wait!

Wife grew up splitting time between US & Zacatecas and she's obsessed with them. 

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1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

Wife grew up splitting time between US & Zacatecas and she's obsessed with them. 

has she tried the takis stix? hard to find, but they're a good copy of churrumais.

 

you should be able to find churrumais at a michoacana if you have one near you

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Just now, El Tri said:

has she tried the takis stix? hard to find, but they're a good copy of churrumais.

 

you should be able to find churrumais at a michoacana if you have one near you

I'll have to get her some to see if she likes them.

 

I just stopped by a Helados La Azteca near my job and grabbed a couple bags of Churrumais yesterday that came out to $7.50. We paid $35 pesos for two of them on Isla.

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1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

I'll have to get her some to see if she likes them.

 

I just stopped by a Helados La Azteca near my job and grabbed a couple bags of Churrumais yesterday that came out to $7.50. We paid $35 pesos for two of them on Isla.

yeah just make sure they're the Stix and not the regular takis

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3 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

I know that you can get it at Mia Reef and Privilege Aluxes. I think there are more places on the island that offer it, but I don't think there's anywhere large enough (restaurant variety) to make it really worth it unless you can drink well drinks like a fish. The food in restaurants on Isla are good and cheap enough (by American standards) to make it hard to make AI worth it to me.

 

Hell at Aluxes last week we got the rooftop suite w/private pool on the non-inclusive plan and that came with the standard four types of liquor you'd normally see at AI places and a bottle or Rose. The mini-bar with waters, sodas, and beers was not included (lol).
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Having stayed at Privilege Aluxes last June (same type room as Simon Bolivar), it you drink like a fish on property, all-inclusive may be worth it (we DID do AI). But the food is much better and varied off-property.  Just my three cents.  It's a great property, and that room was totally badass.  Would stay there again.

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I need to nail down transfers and car rental for late July for 4 of us. Any experience with Cancun Valet? That's who wood's guy sent me to. Is there a preferred safe rental car company? Will need to get from the airport to the island, then a few days later off the island and to the rental car, and then of course rental car back to airport. 

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12 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

I need to nail down transfers and car rental for late July for 4 of us. Any experience with Cancun Valet? That's who wood's guy sent me to. Is there a preferred safe rental car company? Will need to get from the airport to the island, then a few days later off the island and to the rental car, and then of course rental car back to airport. 

going in 10 days. booked transfers through https://carmtransfers.com/isla-mujeres-transfers/ and car rental through https://americacarrental.com.mx/en/cars/cancun-airport

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16 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

I need to nail down transfers and car rental for late July for 4 of us. Any experience with Cancun Valet? That's who wood's guy sent me to. Is there a preferred safe rental car company? Will need to get from the airport to the island, then a few days later off the island and to the rental car, and then of course rental car back to airport. 

CARM and USATransfers are both 100% solid. I'm sure Wood's guy is excellent since he/she/it goes all the time, iirc. Don't get a taxi at the airport to the ferry or the ferry to the rental car place. I'd take CARM/USATransfers to the ferry from the airport then use Uber for the other two trips if you don't want to pay the higher price for the convenience of CARM/USATransfers. You can't legally get an Uber from the airport but can take one to the airport.

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23 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

Another excellent trip and the locals were back to being as friendly as they were a decade or so ago. We really had excellent service at all three of Mahache (first time for us here), North Garden, and Abuelos. Also had fun searching through Super Aki, Oxxo, and convenience stores looking for some Churrumais that the wife was craving. We ended up finding it at one of the small tiendas in an alleyway where we bought them out.    

Abuelos was especially over the top great with the whole family, dog (x2), and cat greeting us. 

I forgot about Abuelos, that's a good spot too

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Ok making progress on the transfer and car rental front.

Carm is setting me up with airport to ferry (plus bottle water for the family and a dos x for me), ferry tickets, pick up from ferry and transport to American car rental at the airport. There is a shuttle from the car rental to take us back to the airport. 

I booked the car online, I booked the full size with a manual. To my surprise they didn't take a credit card for the reservation. If I pay in advance through the site, am I going to get beaten up with the exchange rate? 

Speaking of, I recall reading in this thread about not using your cc to pay for stuff on the island. I hate carrying cash. That really my only option? Also not thrilled with the idea of having to stop at a grocery store or bank to pull out a bunch of cash once we land. I don't mind a lazy tax of a few bucks if I can exchange at a bank before I leave, but a couple hundred bucks lazy tax is a bridge too far. What is my best bet? 

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Ok making progress on the transfer and car rental front.
Carm is setting me up with airport to ferry (plus bottle water for the family and a dos x for me), ferry tickets, pick up from ferry and transport to American car rental at the airport. There is a shuttle from the car rental to take us back to the airport. 
I booked the car online, I booked the full size with a manual. To my surprise they didn't take a credit card for the reservation. If I pay in advance through the site, am I going to get beaten up with the exchange rate? 
Speaking of, I recall reading in this thread about not using your cc to pay for stuff on the island. I hate carrying cash. That really my only option? Also not thrilled with the idea of having to stop at a grocery store or bank to pull out a bunch of cash once we land. I don't mind a lazy tax of a few bucks if I can exchange at a bank before I leave, but a couple hundred bucks lazy tax is a bridge too far. What is my best bet? 

Wtf are you me in an alternate world? This is the same exact thing we are doing, down to the manual van rental, water for kids and the XX
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20 hours ago, Baboontyme said:

Ok making progress on the transfer and car rental front.

Carm is setting me up with airport to ferry (plus bottle water for the family and a dos x for me), ferry tickets, pick up from ferry and transport to American car rental at the airport. There is a shuttle from the car rental to take us back to the airport. 

I booked the car online, I booked the full size with a manual. To my surprise they didn't take a credit card for the reservation. If I pay in advance through the site, am I going to get beaten up with the exchange rate? 

Speaking of, I recall reading in this thread about not using your cc to pay for stuff on the island. I hate carrying cash. That really my only option? Also not thrilled with the idea of having to stop at a grocery store or bank to pull out a bunch of cash once we land. I don't mind a lazy tax of a few bucks if I can exchange at a bank before I leave, but a couple hundred bucks lazy tax is a bridge too far. What is my best bet? 

If this is your first time at CUN then be sure and talk to nobody when you leave the terminal. Straight ahead until you're outside and the CARM guy will be there with your name on the board. 

The scammers inside will say "they're trying to help you find your driver", but most of the time they aren't.

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