LA LAGUNA RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE

Excellent breakfast spread. Pretty much everything you could want and all of it quite tasty. The best dining experience in the resort. The omelette station had huitlacoche which was a pleasant surprise. We were charged a different price for the breakfast buffet each day, which seemed shady. We had breakfast included in our package so the charges weren't kept, but still something to keep an eye on if you don't have it included.

Good service, the food is a hit or a miss. It is hard to blame them for catering to their non native visitors by having muted flavors. Try the nachos with oxaca cheese. The corn side dish is spicy, but yummy. Consider sitting outside for the cool breeze and the entertainment provided by the turtles and fish.

A part of the Fairmont Mayakoba compound, good breakfast each morning and a great romantic dinner on the docks. Giant turtles swimming around our table.

La Laguna was absolutely beautiful and magical at night. I came here with my fiance for drinks after dinner (didn’t eat here) and we were seated on the outside patio right on the lagoon. Lighting and ambiance were spot on. Our server Edwin was fantastic and made us feel so welcome. He was very attentive and made our experience so much more enjoyable

Salt, salt, salt is how I would summarize it. Most of the dishes were too salty. How do you make a garden green salad salty?? So we began the night with ordering a red wine, a 2011 Tempranillo which we were really looking forward to. Our waiter messed up the uncorking and someone else tried to save the bottle but it resulted in bits of cork going into the bottle. His solution? To filter it with a dinner napkin. You’re going to serve a $130 bottle of wine to your customers by first filtering the cork out using a dinner napkin??? We tried to ask for a fresh bottle but instead they tried to make excuses that it was the last bottle and so on. The wine they ended up serving us wasn’t too bad and the night could have been saved had it not been for the horrendous food. There was one dish which was ok and that was the grilled whole fish. The rest was salty. The chicken noodle soup we ordered for our 2 year old may well have just been sea water. The oysters were not shucked cleanly and you ended up trying to clean shards of shell from your mouth. La Laguna is one of Fairmount’s restaurants on the Mayakoba complex. We were staying at Banyan Tree and had been, for days, trying to get Banyan tree to reserve a table for us at one of the restaurants at Fairmount. They kept giving us excuses that they were full and so on. By chance we happen to pass through Fairmount and booked a table at La Laguna at their lobby. In hindsight I feel the Banyan were probably trying to do us a favor. To finish, if you are thinking of dining here, don’t, just don’t.

Cooking class with Chef Ivan Salinas was an unforgettable experience. We learned the history of the culture, the flavors and the combinations. We enjoyed the privacy of the class as well as the knowledge of the chef. The food we cooked was steak with sauce and it was great. The chef even joined us for the tasting and shared his personal experiences on his quest to become the chef at La Laguna. Highly recommended.

Solid food, really great service. Guacamole served and made right in front of you! I highly recommend the all inclusive package

Amazing food with amazing service. I went for breakfast and dinner and both were just as good. 10/10 staff.