La Isla
at El Dorado Royale and Casitas Royale · El Dorado Royale
An open-air palapa restaurant located by the main pool serving Veracruz-style seafood and traditional Mexican dishes. Offers à la carte breakfast, buffet-style seafood lunch, and Mediterranean-influenced dinner service.
✨ Insider tip: Try the crepes at lunch. The enormous palapa roof is a resort landmark and provides great shade. At dinner the menu shifts to a Mediterranean focus that is well-executed.
What to order
La Isla is the resort's palapa landmark — a massive thatched-roof open-air restaurant by the main pool with three distinct menus across the day: à la carte Mexican breakfast, Veracruz-style seafood buffet for lunch, and Mediterranean à la carte for dinner. Each service is worth visiting separately. At lunch, the crepes and kabobs are the dishes guests specifically call out, alongside the fresh Veracruz seafood spread.
- Crepes (lunch)The most consistently called-out item at La Isla for lunch — fresh-made and the specific dish guests recommend over the buffet items.
- Kabobs (lunch)Paired consistently with the crepes as the other standout lunch order at La Isla; the protein anchor before or alongside the Veracruz seafood spread.
- Veracruz-Style Seafood (lunch buffet)The centerpiece of the midday offering; fresh Caribbean seafood prepared Veracruz-style with chili and lime — the reason to come to La Isla at noon.
Three completely distinct service formats across the day: à la carte Mexican breakfast, buffet Veracruz seafood lunch, and Mediterranean à la carte dinner. Plan to visit La Isla more than once.
⭐ Top-rated dishes
👔 Dress code detail: Dinner requires collared shirts and long pants for men. No swimwear or tank tops.
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