Labna, Cancun

At Labna you will find typical Yucatecan cuisine and music, it takes you to enjoy the Mayan flavors and other regional foods. Specialties include delicious lime soup, poc chuc (marinated, barbecue-style pork), chicken or pork pibil (sweet and spicy barbecue sauce served over shredded meat), and appetizers such as papadzules (tortillas stuffed with boiled eggs in a green pumpkin sauce). The Labna Special is a sampler of four typically Yucatecan main courses, including poc chuc, while another specialty of the house is baked suckling pig, served with guacamole. The refreshing Yucatecan beverage, agua de chaya -- a blend of sweetened water and the leaf of the chaya plant, abundant in the area, to which D'aristi liquor can be added for an extra kick -- is also served here. The large, informal dining room is decorated with fascinating black and white photographs of the region, dating from the 1900s.

Labna is located in downtown Cancun, on the northwest corner of Las Palapas park, one block from Tulum Avenue, the main avenue in downtown Cancun. The restaurant is well known by local people and it is 15 minutes by taxi from the main hotels in the Hotel Zone.

Live Yucatecan live music every day. Buffet for US$9.00 every day.