Menu - Alkimia

This place is a hard to find gem but worth the hunt. Only open 1:00 to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday it is one of those places that you tell people about long after... read more This place is a hard to find gem but worth the hunt. Only open 1:00 to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday it is one of those places that you tell people about long after you visit. We will revisit a few more times to see what else they will be serving as it is changed daily.

The good: Mediterranean-influenced food with good, simple, deep flavors; we especially liked the desserts. Good food for Tulum, though not in any way special co... read more The good: Mediterranean-influenced food with good, simple, deep flavors; we especially liked the desserts. Good food for Tulum, though not in any way special compared to what you can easily get in much of the UK or the US. We liked the principle of the...one-man operation very much. The bad: Calling pricing inconsistent, as in a previous review, is an accurate but very diplomatic expression for what feels like suckering tourists. We, too, were charged pesos per head, not anything like the or that some others report. (It's still not outrageously bad value, but keep in mind that the portions are small and the ingredients are simple, nothing fancy