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Visiting and Eating Gluten Free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel

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This pictorial post shares our family’s experience visiting and eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. I’ll let my photos—with a little help from my captions—do the talking!

Visiting and eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel

Sunset The First Evening

Welcoming Steps to Our Cabana Casa del Mar Cozumel

Fun, Welcoming Steps to Our Cabana

 

Cabanas in a Row Casa del Mar Cozumel

Cabanas in a Row at Casa del Mar

 

Stained Glass Window on Upper Floor Cabana Casa del Mar

Stained Glass Window on Upper Floor

 

Nightlight Alcove in Downstairs Bathroom Cabana Casa del Mar

Nightlight Alcove in Downstairs Bathroom

 

Some of the Towel Critters Who Visited Our Room (e.g., two kinds of stingrays) Casa del Mar Cozumel

Some of the Towel Critters Who Visited Our Room (e.g., two kinds of stingrays)

 

A Manmade Beach Beside a Great Snorkeling Area Casa del Mar Cozumel

A Manmade Beach Beside a Great Snorkeling Area

 

The Pool Right Beside The Restaurant, The Palapa, Which Is on a Lower Level, Casa del Mar Cozumel

The Pool Right Beside The Restaurant, The Palapa, Which Is At a Lower Level

 

View of Grounds, Cabanas, and Building Outside Resort, Casa del Mar, Cozumel

View of Grounds, Cabanas, and Building Outside Resort

 

Mr. Iguana Said "No Entrance" One Afternoon, Casa del Mar Cozumel

Mr. Iguana Said “No Entrance” One Afternoon

 

The Beach at Nachi Cocom, Cozumel

The Beach at Nachi Cocom

 

Another View of the Beach at Nachi Cocom Cozumel

Another View of the Beach at Nachi Cocom

 

Eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. Fruit Salad with Lime Sorbet--We enjoyed this combination often. [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Fruit Salad with Lime Sorbet–We Enjoyed This Combination Often

Yogurt with Fruit Casa del Mar

Yogurt with Fruit (shown with granola; without granola, it’s gluten free)

 

Vegetable Salad. Eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Vegetable Salad Was Full of Crisp Veggies

Mixed Seafood (Conch, Octopus, Shrimp, Squid) Ceviche at Nachi Cocom. Eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Mixed Seafood (Conch, Octopus, Shrimp, Squid) Ceviche at Nachi Cocom

Garlic Shrimp. Eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]

We Ate Garlic Shrimp a LOT–I Liked Mine with Guacamole, but Son Ordered His with Mixed Steamed Veggies

I am always weak for the Caramel Custard Flan! Eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]

Caramel Custard (aka Flan)

The Triple Dip Dessert--Vanilla, Chocolate, and Coconut Ice Cream. The ice cream in Mexico seems especially creamy and rich! Eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel. [from GlutenFreeEasily.com]

The Triple Dip Dessert–Vanilla, Chocolate, and Coconut Ice Cream

Sponge Bob Rode in The Taxi with Us to the Square Cozumel

Sponge Bob Rode in The Taxi with Us to the Square

 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Margarita at Wet Wendy's Cozumel (not sure if this beverage was gluten free, but they had plenty of gluten-free options)

Son’s (Now Former) Girlfriend Ordered a Chocolate Peanut Butter Margarita at Wet Wendy’s

 

Wet Wendy's "Innovative" Solution to Too Small Bathroom Stalls in the Ladies' Room Cozumel

Wet Wendy’s “Innovative” Solution to Too Small Bathroom Stalls in the Ladies’ Room

 

View of Cozumel Square from Left

One View of The Main Square (Left Side)

 

Pigeons Roosting on Rainy Day at Back of Square in Cozumel

Pigeons Roosting on Top of the Plaza del Sol Building on a Rainy Day at the Back of the Square

 

The Very Last Bit of Sunset One of Our Last Evenings

The Very Last Bit of Sunset One of Our Last Evenings

 

Silvio and Us Casa del Mar Cozumel

Mr. GFE, Silvio (Our Beloved Server—Since 2004), Son, Son’s Girlfriend, and Me

Clearly, we had a good week visiting and eating gluten free at Casa del Mar Resort in Cozumel!

p.s. Read more posts on gluten-free travel on gfe.

Originally published June 3, 2014; updated September 14, 2018.

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Comments

  1. Lisa Whitley says

    Great pix! Looks like you all had a wonderful time and enjoyed the scenery as well as the “nourishment”! Welcome home!

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    • Shirley says

      Thanks, Heather! It was a wonderful trip! I’m still adjusting to having to cook meals again It was so easy to walk to the resort dining area 3x a day. 😉

      Shirley

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    • Shirley says

      Thanks, Megan! I appreciate that! 🙂 I wish I had photos of the towel critters that were left in Son’s room … elephant, monkey, etc. So much fun! Gotta love “fresh and fabulous” seafood, fruit, and veggies. 😉

      Shirley

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    • Shirley says

      It was lovely, Lisa–thanks so much! Seafood ceviche is something we don’t eat often enough. It’s as tender as butter when the ingredients are fresh!

      Shirley

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    • Shirley says

      Thanks, Audrey! Simple desserts are the very best and while we didn’t eat them all the time, when we did, we certainly enjoyed them. The fruit “salad” (their term) without the sorbet, made a great breakfast, too. 🙂

      Shirley

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  9. Sandi says

    I love your report Shirley. Your story inspires me to try a trip to Mexico. Did you find it was fairly easy to eat gluten free on your trip?

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    • Shirley says

      Thanks, Sandi! I’m pretty bad about getting home and getting caught up in life and not reporting to everyone, hence, the quick summary post. But I do plan to do another post on the food details in the next few days. The answer to your question on whether it was fairly easy to eat gluten free is the usual one, “yes” and “no.” 😉 Will explain soon.

      Shirley

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    • Shirley says

      Yay, Erika! I’m glad I gave you a “mini-mental vacation”! I admit that seeing others’ trip photos is one of my favorite things. 😉 I think hotel experiences everywhere could be greatly improved with towel critters! Son got an elephant, a monkey, and more. 🙂

      Shirley

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  13. Paula says

    We are headed to Cozumel in just a few months. What were the names of the restaurants that were able to accommodate gluten free meals? BTW… Your pictures are beautiful!

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    • Shirley says

      Hi Paula–I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to respond to you when you left this comment. My father had just passed away when I read your comment and I wasn’t up to being online much/replying to comments at the time. Then it slipped my mind until I was thinking about our last trip to Cozumel today. I hope I didn’t miss your window. I have always had good experiences at Especias (under new ownership the last few years and Italian now, but still had a good experience), Casa Mission, Wet Wendy’s, El Moro, and Pancho’s Backyard (beware of meat being marinated in soy sauce). You still have to do your “due diligence” at any of these restaurants and I do recommend that you print out one of the free allergy cards that you can find online in Spanish to give to servers when needed. I also always recommend focusing on foods that are naturally gluten free to start (e.g. steamed seafood, grilled fish). So then you have less questions to ask if that makes sense. Hope that helps and thanks for the kind words on my photos! One day I’ll write a follow-up post to this one. Hope you have a great trip!

      Shirley

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