We arrived in Costa Maya on a beautiful sunny May morning, and immediately walked outside the cruise port to catch a taxi for $2 each over to the beach. Tropicante was the first place we came to, and it was already open when we arrived early in the day. The food and drinks are great and priced low. The service... More

This was our third trip to costa maya but first trip to tropicante. I highly recommend this place. My group of nine had a great and relaxing time. One of the adults with us said it was best message he ever had. Also, the food was great! Steve and his team couldn't have treated us any better! Fantastic experience!

This is the second time that I have been to the Tropicante Ameri-Mex Grill. Steve (the owner) has taken care of everything I have needed both times. I was there with friends in November 2011 and then with family and friends (a group of 13 of us) in April 2013. Contact Steve prior to your trip to make reservations for... More

We love Tropicante, we've been to visit 2 times now and will probably visit again next Jan 2014. The staff & owner are so friendly and helpful getting us anything we need. They have plenty of chairs & tables and lots of coconut trees to give you shade if you don't want to get too much sun.

Tropicante is the best. Hands down. I've been to Costa Maya several times and this last cruise was the second time I made a reservation at Tropicante. A word to the wise, make sure when you get there that you're actually sitting in the Tropicante chairs. The guy who showed us where our reserved lounge chairs were actually worked at... More

We always go to tropicante when our cruise ship docks in costa maya! And is always hands down the best day of the trip! Docked here in march from the ncl dawn - Steve had our chairs set up, we had some awesome food and cold beers and enjoyed the sun - perfection!

I am so glad my family found Tropicante as a place to spend our day on Costa Maya. We were traveling on the NCL Dawn and this place was the best! Steve made it easy for us to get here from the ship and we were relaxed and well cared-for the whole time! He held a table for us and... More

Steve will save a lounge chair for you if you e-mail way in advance. In our case we were a "walk up" we e-mailed ahead of time but he was booked. He walked us to his neighbor who had lounge chairs with a nice umbrella. We had a beer, nachos. I snorkeled, no fish. But the water was warm, crystal... More

Costa Maya was our last cruise stop on a Western Carribean Cruise through Carnival. I had read great reviews about Tropicante and I loved that you could reserve chairs for free, so I went ahead and e-mailed Steve. I reserved our chairs a month in advance and he said that they would be there for us when we got there.... More