John Gray’s

Ate dinner at John grays kitchen yesterday. The restaurant was recommended by our travel agent. Smallish restaurant but clean and has some character. There is outside seating if desired but it overlooks the street. Everything we ordered was delicious from appetizer to dessert. We ordered black mussels, tuna tostada, and crab cakes for appetizers. All three were flavorful and healthy portions. For entres we ordered the special steak and the salmon. I preferred the salmon. It was nicely seared and topped with a pesto. Service was attentive and the whole meal was very reasonably priced. I plan on returning before the end of our stay.

This is a nice place with a great menu. My husband and I enjoyed our overall experience. The margaritas were delicious. The food was above average, however my fish was overcooked, which was a disappointment. We did return for brunch and had a better experience than dinner.

Excellent! We stayed at an all inclusive not far from here, the food where we stayed was not so good and we found this place! We arrived at 6:30 and no one was here, I thought oh no, we almost didn’t stay but I used the bathroom and it was spotless, I was unsure because it was kind of empty but not for long, this place filled up fast and OMGGGGGG, the staff was excellent, service was awesome, and the food was sooooo great, we came back two nights later! The only problem is we didn’t find it sooner:)… The owner made a point to run after us and thank us as we left, she was wonderful too! This is a great place! Thank you for sharing your restaurant with us, we definitely will be back! I would give it more stars if I could! I am a germ and clean nut and easily get ill in Mexico, so I am so cautious, and this place passed all my neurotic ways:), thank you again! See you soon! Karen

Really great. Different décor than anywhere in town, great food creatively prepared. Being from Sonoma, we give it the seal approval. One more star if they could crank up the AC.

So nice, we went there twice … in 7 days. Love, love, love this place. A little bit of the UWS, NYC in Puerto Morales Mexico. The décor is cool grey shabby chic and the food is awesome. The service is attentive and excellent. Had their fresh fish (twice) with a chipotle sauced potato and fresh veggies for dinner; another of us had the truffle oil mac and cheese with shrimp. Another the duck special. All of us were really happy tat we stopped in (on a lark). The goat cheese and truffle oil pizza appetizer was scrumptious and so were the mussels and the mushroom strudel specials. Finally, enjoyed two of Dora’s awesome desserts — a smooth and creamy crème brûlée and an even more amazing cheese cake with apples. If you are in Playa or Riviera Maya or even Cancun proper, it is totally worth the drive. My only complaint is that the road outside the restaurant is really chewed up. But I guess if they fixed it we would not have been able to score a table without a reservation. So then again, maybe don’t fix it…

The food was delicious, I had the truffle oil mac and cheese with grilled shrimps. The creamy truffle oil cheese sauce is to die for, however, the penne noodles were a little under cook. Beside that, I couldn’t get enough of the creamy cheese sauce. It has a different flavor to it. I can gurantee that this is NOT your average mac and cheese. Other than that the lemonade was yummy and everyone else loved their dish. The brownie was fresh, crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. It was topped with icecream and chocolate syrup. The atmosphere is clean and the velvet chairs are soft and very comfortable. The owner came around the resturant greeting and talking to the costumers. The waiters are friendly and speaks english. This is a must eat place in Puerto Morelos!!!