Turtle Bay Cafe Bakery ~ Lots of new Wedding Cake pics!!!

[tylersgirl]

Those cakes look beautiful and really good!

[ACDCDCAC]

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Originally Posted by MarieSam Abbie you are too sweet But girl when you visit (YAY your honeymoon is so close!!!) you should definitely check their cafe out -- the food is so good and their baked goods are excellent!! Here's the link to their website: "Turtle Bay Cafe and Bakery", Akumal, Riviera Maya, Mexico, full service restaurant nice i actually looked them up on tripadvisor today and look what i found! TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 20 restaurants in Akumal Cuisines: American Price range*: $25-$195 Recommended For: Breakfast/Brunch Address: Plaza Ukana, Akumal 77770, Mexico Phone: 984-875-9138 Website: "Turtle Bay Cafe and Bakery", Akumal, Riviera Maya, Mexico, full service restaurant “Heard this was the place for breakfast in Akumal and we were not disappointed! The crab cake benedict was just what I wanted. The hollandaise was good and with a hint of spice I could not name. My friend had crispy tortillas under huevos rancheros with tasty beans and sour cream. Upon tasting our first bites we both went "mmm" at the same time. We sat in the large, open air palapa and chatted with an American now living in Akumal, working and helping with spay and neuter programs. The cafe sometimes does benefits for programs there. The wait staff was busy, efficient and polite. We left a big tip and a "Muy Rico!" to let them know how much we did like it, in case they missed our obvious pleasure. According to their website, breakfast is served 7am-12, lunch 12-3pm daily and dinner Tuesday - Saturday 6-9pm. Also the bakery is available for wedding cakes. They offer free wi-fi for patrons. We each had coca lites and jugo de pinas and our total was about $20. Very well spent. I highly recommend The Turtle Bay Cafe!” You get there by veering to the left as you come through the “front gate” of Akumal. Its in a little cluster of restaurants and shops. so yes we will for SURE be going there in about 12 days, give or take there were 5 reviews (i think) on TA and they were all good, except for one food snob hehehe

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Originally Posted by Jacilynda TBC is doing our cake.... Also the owners of TBC are from Seattle so its very easy to communicate w/ them, and Jennifer is very nice!

oh YAY! very nice, hopefully i will make a new friend when i go, we will have lots to talk about!!

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Originally Posted by Tlseege Abbie, I too would highly recommend that you go and check it out!

yup, its on the agenda for sure now! i will fit it in right after that 1st anniversary drink i am having for you!

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Originally Posted by Tlseege Yeah, our cake wasn't terrible... but it certainly wasn't a TBC cake! Although, the cake we got was free, so I suppose that helped make it taste better too!

um yes, free cake ALWAYS tastes better

[ACDCDCAC]

oh and did you guys notice? free wi-fi for their customers! doug will be so excited to use his new ipod touch there :) heehee

[Jacilynda]

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Originally Posted by Abbie oh and did you guys notice? free wi-fi for their customers! doug will be so excited to use his new ipod touch there :) heehee

HA Abbie you kill me!!!!

Just down the beach there is a large snack palapa that does lunch (we are having our reception there) but they have free wi-fi there as well! You can enjoy the iTouch for breakfast & lunch!

[ACDCDCAC]

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Originally Posted by Jacilynda HA Abbie you kill me!!!! Just down the beach there is a large snack palapa that does lunch (we are having our reception there) but they have free wi-fi there as well! You can enjoy the iTouch for breakfast & lunch!

cool jac thanks!

whats the name of that place? how do you have a reception at a snack hut?

oh, and jac and mariesam, i keep meaning to ask you girls WHERE are you getting married/staying? i keep seeing akumal everywhere, but dont know the deets!

[MarieSam]

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Originally Posted by Abbie cool jac thanks! whats the name of that place? how do you have a reception at a snack hut? oh, and jac and mariesam, i keep meaning to ask you girls WHERE are you getting married/staying? i keep seeing akumal everywhere, but dont know the deets!

I think Jac was referring to Lol Ha ~ Akumal's most well-known restaurant. And I heard the food there is delish too!!!

As far as my wedding locale, here's the thread I posted a llllooong time ago with all the details http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t31355

We are spending our first week in Akumal, renting the Casa Romero Compound (the villa and the Blue Tang and French Angel townhomes for about 30 immediate family members here) on Yal Ku Lagoon ~ super excited!!! Here's that link: Casa Romero: Akumal villa, Yal ku lagoon, Riviera Maya, Mexico

Oh and our second week will be spent at the Grand Mayan Resort on the Riviera Maya. Aaah can't wait!!!

And YES Abs, the owners of TBC are so sweet -- Jen and Bart. You MUST eat there breakfast, lunch or dinner is fantastic!!! And yep, they got free WI-FI woot woot

[Jacilynda]

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Originally Posted by Abbie cool jac whats the name of that place? how do you have a reception at a snack hut?

LOL. The snack palapa is known as snack palapa or the north palapa and is part of the Lol-Ha restaurant. Not actually the Lol-Ha restaurant. Here are some pics of the palapa, it's not really a snack "hut" per say:

The outside


Inside


And this is the bar inside the palapa

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Originally Posted by Abbie oh, and jac and mariesam, i keep meaning to ask you girls WHERE are you getting married/staying? i keep seeing akumal everywhere, but dont know the deets!

Joe and I are staying in the villa-taj kumal Taj Kumal: Akumal vacation rental villa, beach front house


AAAHHH can't wait!

And our guests are staying at the hotel akumal caribe. They have some bungalows not far off the beach. The bungalows have BBQ's so everyone wants to stay there so we can cook our own food.

[kwbride2010]

MarieSam - I'm just in the beginning stages of planning my wedding (not till next year) but we're going to have ours in Akumal, and I've been in contact with Jenn about catering and having her plan it... how's your experience with her been so far? Where in Akumal are you having your wedding? We're doing ours at one of three villas (I can't decide!) and Jen seems to be pretty helpful so far... Would love any tips/things to watch out for if you've noticed anything!

[ACDCDCAC]

mariesam and jac, WOW i am already SO jealous of both your weddings, they are going to be stellar!!

 

MS i ran across CEA during my vacation research, HOW cool are you? thats an awesome idea

[Jacilynda]

LOL "How cool are you?" MarieSam!!! hey KW thus far I haven't ran into any issues in Akumal. Jenn is great! She is VERY busy though. So sometimes it takes her a while to reply to you, but don't worry she will!