Charly's Vegan Tacos "CVT"

CVT is heaven on earth. Honestly the BEST food ever and we dream about it when we’re back home in California.

PSA - Not a standalone restaurant, part of the all-inclusive offering at a hotel, so it's private for hotel guests Rating 5 stars for visibility and because the waiter was very nice. We saw Charly's on google maps and because the photos include a menu with prices we assumed this was somewhere we could go and buy food. We walked down the beach and found it tucked behind the beach sun loungers at the Aia resort, however we were pretty quickly approached and informed (politely) that Charly's is one of the all inclusive restaurants at the resort and it's not possible to buy food there. The waiter was confused when we pointed out that there are menu photos on google, but as these are quite old I think they relate to the physical location in Tulum rather than the truck in playa. So - looks nice and I'm sure it is, but there are no reviews highlighting that this is not an option unless you're staying at the resort, so I'm just trying to help others not make the mistake we did!

The sampler, the corn(not pictured because I crushed)! The best service and experience. Definitely worth a visit (daily)☺️ Thank you for everything!

Great place for vegan tacos. Some of the dishes could have been slightly more seasoned, though. Also, if you are looking for a very chilled place in a kind of food truck environment that is less crowded, this is your place to go. It’s less busy as it is at the end of the hotel zone at the beach but that doesn’t make it less delicious! PS: we’ve been there in February and I’m just seeing that they are temporarily closed - fingers crossed they will open again.

We aren’t usually vegans but this place blew us away. Comes down to great sauces and great tortillas. Highly recommend for an easy meal and good drink specials (we had a tasty sangria but the deal changes) You won’t regret it. Lovely service too! If you go at night bring bug spray and maybe a flashlight to help the walk back home.

The flavors at Charly’s were really delicious like most reviews show. The staff was very friendly and the salsa/pickle bar was all very good. I am not a vegan so take this part with whatever grain of salt you need... My only issue with the menu is how much seitan is used. My hope was that they were using more local veggies and flavors to create something really great, but I don’t necessarily understand replacing meat with compressed gluten. Charly’s boasts on their menu ‘the best vegan tacos of LA’ and the seitan to me kind of shows they are LA tacos in tulum. But regardless of that, they really do know what they are doing with flavor, everything was all very good (although I do think it was a bit pricy). If you are vegan I highly recommend Charly’s. If you are intrigued in trying the best seitan has to offer, I recommend it. If you are a meat eater, I would maybe take a pass. Side note: cocktail was one of the best I had in tulum. So worth a stop for the guacamole and drinks alone.

These were up there with some of the better tacos we had in Tulum and that’s including those that were non vegan. Very cute place with plenty of seats and great home made sodas! A little bit tucked out of the way so you’ll want your bikes.

Amazing food and drinks! The passion fruit drink was unlike anything I’ve had before and the tacos were some of the best I’ve ever had. Even impressed my Mexican friends 😉