"Tulum's most atmospheric wood-fired table: chef Horacio Dardano cooks a Spanish-Moorish menu of lamb meatballs with lime yogurt, chicken tagine and eggplant with chermoula over open flame at Habitas, steps from the Caribbean."
Moro is the flagship dining room at Habitas Tulum, the beachfront eco-resort on Carretera Boca Paila that opened in 2017. The kitchen is led by executive chef Horacio Dardano, who trained at Uruguay's gastronomical college and credits Mexico with defining his style. The cooking is built on open wood fire, and the room rates 4.8 out of 5 across more than five hundred reviews.
For the wider field see the Tulum dining guide.
The menu is an ode to Spanish and Moorish cooking carried by wood fire and local produce: lamb meatballs with lime yogurt, chicken tagine, and baked eggplant with chermoula are the dishes that recur, alongside hoja santa shrimp and Yucatecan pork. Raw and fresh plates open the meal before the fire-cooked platters of meat, fish and vegetables. The cooking is seasonal and changes with what the area offers.
See more of the city's notable tables in the Tulum guide.
Moro sits on the ground floor of Habitas, feet from the Caribbean, with seating for both intimate dinners and larger groups under a canopy of jungle and sky. The mood is a long, shared beachfront dinner rather than a quick bite, and it pairs a proposal or a celebration with the sound of the sea. Reservations run through Habitas, and peak season fills, so book ahead.
Order across the fire: lamb meatballs with lime yogurt, chicken tagine, baked eggplant with chermoula, and the hoja santa shrimp, built to share. Moro is a resort dining room with pricing to match, sitting in the upper tier for Tulum. For other options, see the notable tables across Tulum.
Moro suits a proposal or an anniversary: a wood-fired beachfront room at Habitas where the evening stretches long beside the Caribbean. See more proposal tables and the Tulum dining guide.
Not for a budget beach taco or a quick casual lunch: Moro is a wood-fired resort dining room at Habitas built around a long, shared beachfront dinner, with resort pricing to match.
Moro is led by executive chef Horacio Dardano, who trained at Uruguay's gastronomical college and credits Mexico with defining his cooking. He runs the wood-fired kitchen at Habitas Tulum, where the menu leans Spanish and Moorish: lamb meatballs with lime yogurt, chicken tagine and baked eggplant with chermoula are among the signature plates, cooked over open flame with local produce.
Moro is the flagship restaurant at Habitas Tulum, on Carretera Boca Paila at Km 4.5 in the Tulum Beach hotel zone, Quintana Roo. It sits on the ground floor of the eco-resort, just feet from the Caribbean, with seating for both intimate dinners and larger groups. Reservations run through Habitas, and the beachfront room fills in peak season, so booking ahead is wise.
Order across the wood fire: lamb meatballs with lime yogurt, chicken tagine and baked eggplant with chermoula are the signatures, alongside hoja santa shrimp and Yucatecan pork, with raw and fresh plates to open. The plates are built to share. Moro is a resort dining room with pricing in the upper tier for Tulum, so plan it as a long, occasion dinner rather than a quick stop.
Moro serves a wood-fired menu that is an ode to Spanish and Moorish cooking, carried by local, sustainably sourced produce. Expect lamb meatballs with lime yogurt, chicken tagine, baked eggplant with chermoula, hoja santa shrimp and Yucatecan pork, with platters of fire-cooked meat, fish and vegetables. The menu is seasonal and changes with what the area offers around the Habitas Tulum beachfront.
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