While staying at the Tides in Playa del Carmen, we infrequently ventured anywhere for lunch besides our hotel.

Located directly adjacent to our hotel was a small family run hotel and restaurant.  Their claim to fame, homemade pizzas from a wood burning oven.  After enjoying a week full of wonder Mexican, Mediterranean, and Mayan dishes, pizza sounded delicious and different.  Sylvia and Helmut greeted us and soon we were enjoying homemade margaritas and choosing pizza from a long list of options. As we munched on pizza, Helmut told us how to use the pizza oven and the importance of breaking the oven in prior to cooking. This knowledge was extremely helpful as we are getting ready to install our wood burning oven. Once we told Helmut about our oven, he gave us a wonderful recipe for homemade dough.

The experience at Coco’s was one to remember, we left feeling like we now have family in Mexico.