They are reputable clubs and respectable bars. Places where you can wake up in Playa del Carmen, without any fear, between the rays of the Sun and the mists produced by the drinks of the wild night before.
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1. The Beer Club
Beer is the universal drink of young people, who consume most of the hundreds of millions of kiloliters that pass annually through the throats of the whole world. We don't want to offend you, but we tend to be a lot more loyal to our beer brand than to our partner. The Mexicans to Corona, the Americans to Bud Light and Budweiser, the Dutch to Haineken, the Brazilians to Skol and Brahma, the Venezuelans to Polar, the Argentines to Quilmes. No matter what your favorite beer is, you will surely find it at the Villa del Carmen Beer Club. Also in the club you have delicious appetizers to lower your bream or your traditional black.
Address: 5 Av. Norte, between 34 and 38 Norte streets
2. Alux
This striking bar restaurant was built inside a cavern in which there was a cenote and through which underground water circulated. So it is possible that while there you feel the spirits of the ancient Mayans wandering around the place, after a hectic day of worshiping the Sun drinking balché and saká. What you will surely feel and enjoy are the three Alux atmospheres, discreetly separated so that you feel at the top: there is one very quiet to chat while drinking tea or coffee, there is one to eat properly and another, the most fun, to drink at will. In all of them you can nibble on some of the delicacies from the house menu.
Address: Av. Juárez, between diagonales 65 and 70.
3. Rosa Bar-Tapas Room
The popular Spanish tapas have their sanctuary in Playa del Carmen. It is in the Sala Rosa Bar-Tapas, a beautifully decorated place, ideal for having a cocktail and tapas with some olives, some pickles, a selection of cheeses or some delicatessen. You can also snack on some of the exquisite gifts of the sea. The most requested drinks in the place are sangria and its incomparable martinis. They have a nice musical selection and frequently offer live performances.
Address: Calle 38.
4. Mr. Dan’s Margarita and Sports Bar
Americans and Mexicans have often been at odds, but they have learned to understand each other. Nowhere in Playa del Carmen attests it better than Mr. Dan’s Margarita and Sports Bar, an American-style bar that offers one of the best varieties of tequila-based drinks. At lunchtime, you can order a barbecue. There you drink Mexican style and you can watch your favorite sport from the American leagues of baseball, basketball, golf, American football and hockey.
Address: 5ta Avenida, con 3 sur.
5. Club 69
The gay community has this bar to feel totally comfortable in the nightlife of Playa del Carmen. This nightclub is in the heart of Fifth Avenue and offers select music and a great variety of drinks, so that you can spend some time at all giving in pleasant company.
Address: Calle 12.
6. La Santanera
If you went out with the intention of having fun until dawn, an excellent place to finish at dawn is La Santanera. The name evokes tropical Mexican music and the atmosphere of the establishment honors the memory. There you can enjoy a refreshing Cuba Libre, prepared by the bartender with the best rums of the Caribbean or any drink of your choice. You have two environments to choose from: the closed one with air conditioning or the open one on the terrace, where you can welcome the first rays of the sun with your girlfriend or a group of friends.
Address: Calle 12
7. Skinny Bikini Potatoes
The Skinny Bikini is an ideal bar for the international tourist, since the staff has a globe-trotting vocation and loves to attend and briefly chat with people who go to Playa del Carmen from anywhere on Earth. There are people who go especially for the delicacies of their cuisine. The potatoes stuffed with cheese, with vegetables and with other ingredients, are a delight. They also prepare very well the fruits offered by the nearby Caribbean Sea and their appetizers based on shellfish and mollusks are highly appreciated.
Address: Fifth Avenue with Calle 20.
8. Caguamería de Esquina
This place combines very well drinks with the simplest and most popular Mexican gastronomy. There you can enjoy some snacks based on beans, the grains of all varieties that are widely consumed in Mexico, especially stews. You can also try the chicharrón, the tasty and fatty fried pork skin. Or a corn, boiled young corn on the cob, without additives or washed down with a sauce, which can be spicy or harmless. If you try everything, you may need a lot of beer.
Address: Avenida 1 Norte, with Calle 20 Norte.
9. La Choperia
The Alsatians call a pint of fresh beer "schoppe". In Mexico and other places they call choperias to places where good beer is served, regardless of the size and capacity of the bottle or jug. Rockers who go to or who reside in Playa del Carmen frequent La Choperia. Beer is pouring out as Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd, Guns 'n' Roses, The Rolling Stones or the latest bands play. There is also time for the Latin American classics of the genre, such as Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio, and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. The atmosphere becomes louder when a live group enters the scene. Guitars reverberate, people shout louder, and staff wish they had four arms to handle so many requests.
Address: Quinta Avenida 328, with Calle 28
10. Blue parrot
The sunrises in the Mexican Caribbean are incomparable. See the dense and closed ocean gradually approaching a dark blue tone, until the Sun and the turquoise blue of the sea emerge clearly on any beach, especially on the Mayan Riviera. You can enjoy this delicious experience without leaving Playa del Carmen. You just have to go to the Blue Parrot, a beachfront bar and club with a long tradition in the city.
Many people dance and drink until almost dawn and then go to the shore of the beach to end the day with a moment of contemplation of the world at light. The selection of drinks caters to all palates and budgets and the music is varied and can be changed at the request of the public. Residents and visitors are on the lookout for when they present one of those traditional Mexican fire ceremonies and crowd the place.
Address: Calle 12, playa
11. Coco Bongo
This bar has grown spectacularly in the preferences of the public and is already listed as a recommendation for fun in practically all the brochures and portals of all the tour operators that are related to Mexico and Playa del Carmen. They had the success of going out of the ordinary in traditional establishments, many of which are only satisfied with serving drinks and a little snack, with recorded music in the background.
Coco Bongo turns any emblematic date into a party, even historical and religious ones. Their Halloween parties have nothing to envy to those in New York, Chicago or Detroit and their costumes are the delight of European tourists, unfamiliar with the holiday. The carnival becomes Coco Bongo in 5 nights (with its sunrises) of revelry and, of course, on September 16, Mexico's Independence Day, the party is tremendous.
Address: 12th Street with Tenth Avenue.
12. The Mezcalinna
We close our list of clubs and bars with an establishment that honors mezcal, the ancient Aztec drink distilled from the heart of the maguey plant. If you want to reach the top in a single clean and jerk, you can ask for a pure mezcal, but you should drink in moderation since due to its alcoholic strength, it can quickly go to your head. If you're a newbie, you may want to start with one of the various mezcal and tequila-based cocktails; for example, the famous Margarita. Stay a while at La Mezcalinna because the atmosphere improves as the hours go by.
Address: Calle 12, between 1st avenue and the beach
We hope you did not end up very drunk after this short walk through the most frequented clubs and bars in Playa del Carmen. If you had a drink, ask a hotel employee to give you one of the thousands of recipes for hangover, as Mexicans say to hangover. Our recipe is the most universal: a lot of cold and sweet liquid, enough food and enough sleep. Good luck and be ready very soon for another party day in Playa del Carmen.
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