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Lonchería Doña Mary.

Mexican, antojitos · Gonzalo Guerrero · $ · Staple · verified

Av. 30 entre calle 28 y 30, Gonzalo Guerrero, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico

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Local rec

Jeff's note

Lonchería Doña Mary

They cook quesadillas, tlacoyos and traditional soups on Avenida 30, from five in the evening until eleven. A local told Jeff to eat here. They close on Mondays.

Why go

The name says lonchería and the hours say otherwise: this is an evening room, open from 5:00pm to 11:00pm, dark on Mondays.1 Let's Playa's readers voted it first in the antojitos category of their Playenses Choice poll, at this address on Avenida 30.1 Let's Playa counts ballots from readers, so what it measures is how many locals kept coming back.

Order this / avoid

  • Order: quesadillas or tlacoyos. Those and the traditional soups are what the poll write-up names.1
  • Avoid: Monday, and any plan that has you here before five.1

Good to know

  • Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 5:00pm to 11:00pm. Closed Monday.1
  • Standing: first place in the antojitos category of Let's Playa's Playenses Choice readers' poll. The page names no edition year.1

Jeff's take (his words)

  • Note: "Local rec"

Verdict

could-visit — Jeff's own note is the strongest evidence on the page and it is two words, so the rung rests on what corroborates it. Let's Playa's readers put the room first in their antojitos category at this exact address, which is independent of him and still only a count of ballots. The poll names no edition year, so the placement cannot even be dated. A local rec plus an undated vote lands here.

Order

  • Quesadillas
  • Tlacoyos
  • The traditional soups

At a glance

  • Booking: walk-in
  • Timing: dinner, evening, closed mon
  • Best for: dinner, cheap eats, solo, quick
  • Verified 2026-08-28

Where

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Av. 30 entre calle 28 y 30, Gonzalo Guerrero, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico

Where to go next

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Key: what the badges mean

★ Michelin star · Bib Bib Gourmand · Green ★ Michelin Green Star · Michelin in the Michelin guide, no distinction · J Jeff's own note · Jeff ★★★★☆ 2019 his own rating out of five, and the year he gave it · new the venue itself opened recently · just added recently added to Jeff's list, whatever its age · 2◆ independent chef/industry recommendations · ! hygiene caution in force · ? no current public hygiene record, not a caution · keep walking Jeff has been and would walk past it · the line under a name says when to go: Destination (plan around it) / Solid (the dependable send) / Listed (on the radar). Under it, where the entry states one: how the room takes bookings, and the date I last checked the entry.

Record

page id
loncheria-dona-mary
city
Mexico
group
Restaurants
category
Restaurant
cuisine
Mexican, antojitos
area
Gonzalo Guerrero
price
$
editorial class
Staple
verdict
Could visit
how I know
verified
confidence
medium
status
Open
address
Av. 30 entre calle 28 y 30, Gonzalo Guerrero, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico
coordinates
20.635325, -87.072552
last verified
2026-08-28