The chef’s modification to the tradition has created an upscale Mayan culinary experience, more accessible to the European and American palates.

Authentic Maya cooking and some imported ingredients are used to accent the flavor. However, locally grown produce and spices are always used. It is through these ingredients that Yaxche Maya cuisine supports local producers.

The diet of the Maya was basically vegetarian, seafood and poultry. Some dishes remain unchanged and are cooked in the traditional way.

Others are Maya with a slight twist. This is how we arrive to three differentiated groups of food:

-Ancient Maya: original recipes with its millenary ingredients, prepared in the traditional way, like the Chaya Tamale.

-Yucatecan specialties: public domain recipes created during Mexico’s conquest which merges ingredients from both worlds, like the “Queso relleno” (stuffed cheese).

-Maya fusion: recipes created specially for our menu. Innovative dishes that mix millenary with contemporary flavors, like Chaya crepes.

Lunch Menu

Dinner Menu

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Monthly Menu

In order to remain at the vanguard of the culinary experiences we offer a monthly special menu to savor at our restaurant, which will bring you a new taste of the Mayan regularly.

Yaxche Maya Cuisine Restaurant is always adding new dishes and specialties to the menu. If you have dined with us before, come by again to sample the new menu's delights.

Yaxche Maya Cuisine Restaurant can create custom menus for special events, groups, or for guests with dietary restrictions.

Spices and Peppers

The Corn

In the Mayan culture there are a certain number of traditions that surround the maize field and the Corn.

In the “Popol Vuh”, Mayan sacred book, it is said that men was created based on 9 white and yellow corn drinks and that the corn not only forms his body but also his blood.

This is why the maize field is considered a fundamental exe for the Mayan culture since it locks a series of social standards and the relation between man, earth and gods.

Nowadays there is no country in Latin America that doesn’t grow the corn.

Each and every product existing in the maize field conform almost every food from the ancient Mayan cooking and those same products are part of the Yaxche menu where the main objective is to rescue and spread the Maya culinary art.

Wine Menu

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