Restaurante La Habichuela is a legendary restaurant  in Cancun. They have been in business in the same location in El Centro for 30 plus years and have a excellent reputation. My wife and I have eaten at La Habichuela many times and we like to take our house guests from the US there for dinner. We can always count on the excellent service, ambiance, and good food.

They have now opened a second restaurant. It is called “Restaurante La Habichuela Sunset“. It is located in the Hotel Zone on Blvd. Kukulcan @ km 12.6  across from the Kukulcan Mall. So we decided to try it out for our Valentines Day dinner.

The interior and exterior of this restaurant is a sight to behold. The attention to detail and overall design theme were excellent.

This is the sign to look for:

The entrance and valet parking lot:

Sign over the entry:

The main dining room from the entrance, overlooking the lagoon and marina:

The stairway down to the dining room from the entrance. At the bottom of the stairs is a glass floor with a simulated archeological dig under it. It takes most people a leap of faith to step onto it:

You can see my shoes at the bottom of the photo where I’m standing on the glass floor:

This staircase is awesome. The railing is a intricate carving of a snake. It follows the curvature of the glass side panels. It terminates at the last stair where you can see the snakes head and fangs:

The snake head:

The bar from our table:

The Menu:

We ordered  a Mojito and a Cosmopolitan Martini, both were expertly made. We  were given a complimentary plate of Panetini with dipping sauce as a starter. Next the waiter presented and decanted our wine. Then our Caesar salad was prepared tableside by our waiter. After finishing our salad we received a complimentary  scoop of sorbet served in a  guayaba to clear our palates. My wife ordered the Heart of Beef Fillet in Morel Sauce, and I ordered the Lobster and fillet surf and turf. We asked for them to be cooked medium and they were served exactly as we asked. The dinners came with veggies, baked potato and ample hot rolls with two types of butter, plain and garlic infused.  We passed on dessert because we were too full.

The menu prices are in peso’s.

Our Sommelier decanting our bottle of Cabernet/Merlot wine from Washington State:

The Caesar Salad made table-side: It was delicious…..

My surf and turf……………..yum yum! (Sorry the pix I took of my wife’s dinner was accidentally erased)

Door to the men’s room:

One of the wall decor’s simulating stalactites………..

The outdoor dining area was beautiful:

Looking back at the dinning room from the outdoor garden dining area:

Another angle:

Small stream running through the outdoor garden:

So what did this evening cost? We had two mixed drinks, a bottle of wine, the Caesar salad for two, and the entree’s.

The bill came to 1,814.00 pesos ($142 USD) after a 10% discount because we are locals. This did not include the tip.

We would highly recommend a visit to this restaurant. It continues to uphold the fine reputation of the original and I’m sure you will be very pleased with the food as well as the service. The architecture is very well done and is worth the visit in itself.

I would say that reservations would be a good idea: Phone 52 (998) 840-6280/840-6290

The original restaurant has a website, click HERE