Nightlife can continue at Mambo Cafe, a classic Playa del Carmen nightclub. It has the best live bands around plus salsa, hip-hop, and rap in a high-energy atmosphere.If your clubbing trends more towards alternative, your night can continue at Santanera, with its baroque decoration and half-lit lounge upstairs. If you look after-hours, many places on the beach will still be open and make cool places to receive the new day.
Alux
 Alux is a restaurant, bar, and lounge reiterating Playa's clubbing and cuisine schemes. Everything revolves around a cave as an experience of descent into the underworld, livened up by a thousand colored lights filtering and vanishing among millenary stalactites.Alux is territory to a most diverse crowd.
Bali
 Bali offers a new alternative for nighttime entertainment in Playa del Carmen. It caters to people who want to enjoy a unique atmosphere where you can party all night, immersed in the mysticism of a Balinese setting. With a capacity for 1200 people, Bali also offers special private areas for groups. The club's layout allows for a full view of the stage from all sides.
Blue Parrot
 The Blue Parrot is a landmark in Playa.Whether by day or by night, swings by the bar welcome you to a beach oasis where palm trees, tanned bodies, and delicious drinks move to the rhythm of reggae and the most popular 70's, 80's, and 90's hits.
Deseo
 Deseo is one of the coolest bars.It is an open-air, second-floor lounge. You have to see it for yourself: big mattresses among flowing curtains, old-time silent movies projected on the wall, and cadence lounge music chosen by a popular DJ.It's worth the price for the unsurpassable ambience.
Diablito Cha Cha Cha
Pass by this retro style bar and you'll instantly be drawn into the lively atmosphere, where outstanding DJ's mix, scratch and cut an incredible blend of funk, house and hip hop. Sip on an exotic cocktail and watch the beautiful people go by.
El Cielo
 With a minimalist concept, visitors can choose between three different settings each providing a unique sensation and experience. The top floor is completely white, relaxing and plays smooth lounge music. The "Red Room" located on the first floor has a limitless, hedonistic atmosphere, and finally down on the ground floor is the large terrace, beautifully lit with twinkling lamps and playing the latest pop music.
Kartabar
 Located in the heart of Playa del Carmen's nightclub district, Kartabar is an excellent option for dining or just for an exotic cocktail with friends. From your vantage point at your table, you'll get an excellent up close and personal look at Playa's nightlife. Don't forget to stop by in the day, when the restaurant serves delicious Lebanese and Mediterranean cuisine.
La Santanera
La Santanera is an eclectic establishment that defies the norms with its laid-back "anything goes" atmosphere. The club features an incredible sound system, a distinctive Mexican essence, and a D.J who seamlessly mixes a blend of retro salsa, cumbia, and merengue rhythms driving the ultra cool crowd wild! There is also an air conditioned chill out area, and an upstairs terrace perfect for people watching.
Mambo Cafe
 This is a Caribbean themed club featuring the best Latin rhythms and the latest pop hits. Their innovative concept includes a blend of live music and DJ's mixes. It has a state of the art sound system and light show, but the club's highlight is the best salsa, merengue and cumbia groups brought in to play from throughout the Caribbean.
Om Lounge
 You'll feel the cosmic vibration at the entrance to OM.This lounge bar reflects house sounds on a large Indonesian mirror right after midnight, something you've got to see.It specializes in fruit-juice cocktails.
The Jam Sessions
 If you are a fan of live music, then stopping by the Jam Sessions Bar and Music Club is a must while on your vacation to Playa del Carmen. Located on the famous 5th Avenue, this club offers an excellent alternative to the mainstream nightlife of Playa. The atmosphere has a smooth, relaxed feel and the house band is truly amazing, keeping the lively crowd entertained with music ranging from 50's jazz to 70's rock and everything in between! Many well known artists have jammed here and signed the club's ever expanding "Wall of fame". So, if you are looking for something other than DJ's and laser shows, then the Jam Sessions is the right place for you. |
