The Pitted Date Vegan Restaurant, Bakery and Café

4 abambyh - 8 months ago

The food was good and I was SO HAPPY to have vegan eggs. If our server was a little friendlier, I probably would have given this place would five stars. It was unfortunate.. he really had zero personality and barely talked to us. On the plus side, it was nice that our dogs could sit under the chairs with us!

5 Patricia Alvarez Muñoz - 7 months ago

I had breakfast and lunch 3 or 4 times during my holidays. Without any doubt , one of the best vegan restaurants I’ve ever been. Food is absolutely delicious. I wanted to try the whole menu !
My favs were the mushrooms bomblette and the cochinita pibil tacos. Cold coffees are from another planet, to die for !

3 Grace Moore - 3 months ago

Great food, but terrible service.

We were very excited to try this restaurant because of all the gluten free and vegan options. When we ordered the server didn’t write any of our order down but seemed to have everything correctly memorized. After a few minutes 2 people out of our group of 5 received their food, and then a few minutes later we received our smoothies and drinks. After a long wait again 2 more of us got our food. We asked about our remaining dish, which was hotcakes. The server (not the one who took our order) was very apologetic and told us that the hotcakes were not put into the system as part of our order. Overall we were disappointed that our food didn’t come out all at once and that we never got the hotcakes. The food we did get was very good (I had the matcha latte and the banana sushi with tropical fruit waffles), but the experience was tainted by the service. I wouldn’t recommend coming here until the service improves.

3 Cristiano Pires - 5 months ago

We had some expectations to this place. We first read the reviews here and checked the pictures and tagged photos in IG.

We were served by two people. A man and a woman. The lady was very kind and made the effort to give us a good experience. The gentleman seemed working against his will. You would make his a question about the food or drinks and he would answer you in short words (we spoke to him in Spanish, so it couldnt be because of the lack of vocabulary).

Well, we were still excited about the food.

The latte we ordered was good but they charge +$9.00mxn for the plant based milk (I thought this was a vegan place only! And it is..). I didn't really get that part.

Then when the food came, the lentils dhal had no lentils, it was a bouillon with curry and coconut flavor. Disappointing!

The jackfruit burger was tasty thanks to the BBQ sauce.

The bowl I ordered was plain and tasteless. I hoped for a sauce. Perhaps some ponzu, a little soy sauce.. nothing? Really?

I asked the girl to add some spice to it when I ordered, she said it would come with red curry paste tofu. The tofu as you can see in the image was styr-fry with salt and pepper and that's it.

Lastly, we order pancakes and specifically asked without banana. Oh boy, there were some pancakes in my bananas. There was more banana than pancakes (also in between). Alright. We just put it aside.

I am not sure if this was a bad day for them or a one time thing. Overall, it was not a place to come back. Especially having in mind how elevated the vegan food overall in Playa del Carmen is.

I hope this place improves this little things if they are a regular thing as they have potential.

5 Bianca G - 7 months ago

Best vegan Breakfast ever! No more to say - visit this place, if you have the possibility. We visited it twice during our 2 day-stay in Playa del Carmen. It offers fantastic vegan food and nice staff.

5 Brandon Rothenberg - 2 months ago

Good service. Cash only the day that we went. 7/11 was down the street so not a huge issue. The noodle bowl could have used some more flavor but the veggies were good. Black bean soup was a great appetizer and quite filling on its own.

5 Ryan Binsell (Rybinseller) - 8 months ago

Loved our brunch here. So many options for whatever you are craving. Vegan versions of the Mexican traditional foods served with great presentation as well as waffles and hot cakes. The Pitted Date also has another location in Tulum. Prices are a bit higher then other places in Mexico but the quality and presentation is higher than most places we went to in Playa.