Very casual spot with good fish. I recommend the whole fried fish - great seasoning and fed our family of four.

The shrimp ceviche was awesome. My wife had a fried whole fish and she loves it. My daughter enjoyed the scrimp empanadas. I had a shrimp with garlic and butter and it was great.

On an advice from a local we decided to eat at El Pirata. We went there for a late lunch. We had to wait about 20 minutes for a table. The wait was worth it. The ceviche was excellent, as was the fish. All very...More

Fresh shrimp, exquisite fried fish, beer and cool mexican restaurant; with tourist and local people. Playa del Carmen I ❤️

Great local place off the touristy path. We have been here a few times and everything is always very good. We took my husbands BFF who is a local and had never been there. We got a table outside and our waiter immediately brought out...More

We ate at El Pirata, the food was very, very good. Like many other restaurants, they have a hard time getting the food out at the same time. Some in our family were almost done by the time others were served. This is not unique...More

With all the great reviews we just had to try thier seafood. We had garlic shrimp and breaded shrimp. Service was slow when placing the order and we had to wave a server down to place the order. Not really clean table and cutlery. Shrimp...More

Excellent seafood, friendly and fun staff. Small, simple place - your table may be in the street. The locals come here for seafood. Very reasonable prices. If you come to Playa del Carmen, you must have a meal here.

We had a great meal here. Dinner for 13 people on a rainy day, The place was packed. the food was great, we had a whole fish, 2 types for ceviche, platanos, guacamole, fried shrimp, everything was great. The only thing here that was not...More

My husband and I were looking forward to a lovely fresh fish meal that this restaurant seems to be famous for. The good.... seating and service was were quick had an English menu The not so good..... tried the up-sell with the whole fish brought...More