The Club Grill Jazz & Supper Club

My last meal in Cancun was the finest meal by far — as sophisticated and refined and skilled as what one would expect from high-​end dining in California, Boston, what have you. A pianist quietly played easy-​jazzy music in an adjacent room. The décor is slightly ‘formal’ as one would expect in a fine dining establishment. Service was impeccable. Beginning to end, from amuse bouche to dessert to the packaged petits fours they gave you to go, this was a superb experience. This was the sequence of the meal [reactions in brackets]: watermelon amuse bouche [simple, pure, with a trace of smokiness, a statement of competence]; choice of bread rolls — tomato, potato, sour [all very good but bread rolls never excite]; roasted bone marrow — shallot/​bread crust tomato bread, vinaigrette [as it should be prepared, a deliciously skillful prep]; scallops with cauliflower cream soup [lovely, lovely]; octopus tiradito — braised, packed, razor thin slices with roasted beet, avocado, olive oil, citrus [perhaps not a true tiradito since the octopus was not raw, but superb]; roasted duck — confit of thigh, seared breast, sweet potato purée, caramelized apple squares, delicious agave nectar tequila sauce [the ‘specialty’ of the restaurant and I would certainly eat it again]; tamarind short rib [de-​boned, compressed, demi-​glacé — elegant and delicious]; and Wagyu NY sirloin — potato purée, veg, trumpet mushrooms, bearnaise sauce [on the menu for the least adventurous of your diners but perfectly prepared].
Would I be as enthralled if I had the same meal in San Francisco at a substantial bump up in cost? Probably not. But let it go.

Over the top fantastic! Rated 5 stars by AAA. In fact 2 restaurants at the Ritz Carlton Cancun have been rated 5 stars.
The Club Grill is romantic and lovely. The service is bar none the best.
The food is sublime. From fresh seafood to steaks. All cooked to perfection. And you can’t leave with out having a pot of French roasted coffee and a chocolate soufflé. To die for.
Head upstairs to the lobby lounge for a night cap. They have a beautiful porch to sit and enjoy the sea.