We get asked about Michelin restaurants in Tulum a lot, usually by people planning one big dinner. We can only speak with authority about one of them, and it's ours. NÜ Tulum sits on our jungle side, it only does dinner, and it's been in the Michelin Guide three years running.
Is NÜ in the Michelin Guide?
Yes. NÜ Tulum is part of the Michelin Guide Restaurant Selection 2026, and this is its third consecutive year in the guide. Travel + Leisure has also named it one of the top five restaurants in the Riviera Maya. We mention both because people ask, not because the room needs them. Most nights it's just lanterns, low voices and the kitchen working.
What the food is
NÜ cooks modern Mexican food from what grows close by. The way we put it: Mexican the way Tulum is Mexican now, which is to say inventive. The ingredients are fresh, local and chosen with sustainability in mind. The menu runs through starters, main courses and desserts, much of it from the fire, with signature cocktails and a wine list that leans Mexican.
The menu changes, so we won't promise you a particular dish. Ask us on the day and we'll tell you what the kitchen is excited about.
Where you sit
Dinner is served outdoors under the trees on our jungle side, at Carretera Tulum-Boca Paila KM 8.7. The lanterns hang low. There's copal in the air, the resin smoke you'll smell across the Yucatán. Tables are spread out enough that a dinner for two stays a dinner for two.
If you're staying with us, it's a short walk from your suite. Beach side or jungle side, the choice is yours, and either way you don't need a taxi home.
Booking a table
Reservations aren't required, but we'd book. NÜ takes reservations on OpenTable, and it's open to the public, so you don't need to be staying with us to eat here. Dinner isn't included in room rates; it's billed separately.
Menu prices are in Mexican pesos, and the 16% tax is already included in what you see.
Eating with allergies or a restricted diet
Tell us when you book. We accommodate a range of dietary requirements, including gluten-free and dairy-free. The earlier we know, the more the kitchen can do with it.
Which night to give it
We'd give NÜ your first or your last night. The first, because you've landed, dropped your bags and don't want to go anywhere. The last, because by then you've slowed down enough to sit through dessert without checking the time.
If you're here for something specific, a birthday, an anniversary, a proposal, tell us when you reserve. NÜ is good for exactly that kind of night, and it helps the team to know.
Taking the whole place
You can. NÜ hosts private dinners and events, from a long table for a family to the full restaurant for a night. It's also part of how we do weddings and private celebrations here. Ask us and we'll send the private events details.
The rest of the day's meals
NÜ is dinner only. Breakfast and lunch happen at our Beach & Jungle Restaurants, where the kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and room service is available if you'd rather eat on your terrace. Breakfast is included with your stay.
So a day with us tends to look like this: breakfast near the water, lunch whenever you get hungry, and then the walk under the trees to NÜ once it's dark. A place for lingering, not performing.