Fred's Cancún

Fred's — Fred's House — is where Cancún's Zona Hotelera goes for seafood. The premise is clear: seafood that's genuinely fresh, cooked simply enough that it still tastes like itself, and a terrace over the lagoon that turns lunch into the whole afternoon. Elegant but easygoing, it's one of those restaurants people come back to: a favorite among locals and visitors alike for long lunches and dinners with a view.

Ask for the terrace and aim for sunset: it's the restaurant's headline moment. The tuna bites are the mandatory opener, and if there are a few of you, a ceviche for the table before the mains is never a bad call. Save room for the pastel Matilda — it's the reason a lot of people come back. Since it opens at midday, it works perfectly as a long weekend lunch that runs until the sun goes down.