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Arca

Tulum

Jungle-based culinary wizardry

On the Pass

Jose Luis Hinostroza Buenrostro

Pastry Chef

Tomas Dominguez

Welcome to the jungle: Arca elevates the culinary experience typically found in touristic beaches all over Mexico by bringing sophistication to popular dishes and creating a sustainable spot where nature rules.

What’s the setting? A fancy and contemporary wood palapa-style dining room built on sand, which is elegant yet simple. Whether sitting at a table or at the minimalist bar in the back, you’ll be surrounded by palm trees and colourful plants. Arca makes you feel like you are in the middle of nowhere.

Fire, street food and nostalgia: Chef José Luis Hinostroza Buenrostro, hailing from Tijuana in Baja California, reinvents Mexican street food dishes with local ingredients and modern techniques. He brings the explosion of flavours of his hometown’s street food scene to the Caribbean jungle, creating unique recipes with sophisticated Mexican taste. Alongside the nostalgia and inventiveness, fire is an important element in the kitchen. A perfect example is the roasted bone marrow, with tamarind and pasilla glaze; crispy oxtail carnitas with chapulines (fried grasshoppers), served with blood tortillas; or seared prawns in chilli butter, plantain vinaigrette, green grosella (a native relative of gooseberries) and salsa.

Lauded cocktails: Arca doesn’t skimp on its cocktail offering: there's a good reason why it was ranked No.37 in North America’s 50 Best Bars 2024. It works in symbiosis with the kitchen, crafting cocktails with all-natural ingredients and a lot of personality, alongside a wide selection of Mexican spirits.

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