PLAYA DEL CARMEN / PLAYA FOOD

HOME-STYLE MEXICAN / CENTRO

Doña Paula.
Like a family meal.

Name: Doña Paula Restaurant
Address: Centro, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, 77710, MX
Price range: 100 MXN for a five-piece chicken taco dorado combo with one agua de sabor, from the photographed menu

Getting closer to tourist Fifth Avenue. If you want real Mexican food, the kind cooked in Mexican family homes, this is a place to try.

Notes & photos by ArtNotes added · October 28, 2026

Plan your visit

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Why I chose these places

STYLEHome-style Mexican

PAYMENTCash only

COMBO + DRINKFrom 100 MXN

PARKINGPaid municipal parking

01 /ART’S VISIT

Mexican food.
The home-cooked kind.

We’re getting closer to tourist Fifth Avenue. If you want real Mexican food, the kind cooked in Mexican family homes, come here.

My photos show a simple orange dining room, bowls of soup, tortillas, and plates with rice and beans. I also photographed the wall menu and the entrance so you can find the place.

Bring cash: Doña Paula is cash only. Municipal parking is paid.

MY TAKE

A place for Mexican food like the meals cooked in family homes, close to the tourist side of Playa. — Art

02 / FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHED MENU

The full photographed menu.

All 30 dishes and variants with readable prices from the wall menu and side poster are listed below, followed by two handwritten egg specials whose prices are outside the photo. Prices are in MXN. Each combo includes one glass of agua de sabor; the al pastor plate includes soup, agua de sabor and tortillas. The board says tips are optional and not included. Prices may change.

Full menu

Meat dishes
Menu item	Price

03 / PLAN YOUR VISIT

Closer to
Fifth Avenue.

Centro, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Opening hours: Wednesday–Monday, 7:30 am–11 pm. Closed Tuesday. Google Maps hours checked October 28, 2026.
Payment: Cash only, confirmed in Art’s notes.

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Directions in Google Maps

Use the map pin in Centro, Playa del Carmen. The entrance photos show the stairs up from the street. Municipal parking is paid.

Sources: Art’s original Doña Paula notes and ten photographs. Location, hours and Google rating checked October 28, 2026. The visit date was not recorded.

Doña Paula RestaurantCentro / near Fifth Avenue · Playa del Carmen

04 / DOÑA PAULA IN PHOTOS

The wall menu at Cocina Doña Paula, with breakfast dishes, main dishes and combo prices.

The orange dining room, wooden tables and open counter at Doña Paula.

A spoonful of soup with rice and a piece of corn.

A diner seated with a meal at Doña Paula.

A meal on the table with rice, beans, salad, tortillas and salsa.

Minced beef with vegetables, rice and beans on a plate.

Two plates of home-style Mexican food on the table.

The stairway and street entrance to Doña Paula.

The building and Doña Paula entrance seen from across the street.

Bowls of soup, green drinks and tortillas on the table.

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Chicken or beef
Menu item	Chicken	Beef

Doña Paula.Like a family meal.

Mexican food.The home-cooked kind.

The full photographed menu.

Full menu

Closer toFifth Avenue.

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Like a family meal.

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