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La Zebra Hotel Tulum

Tulum, Mexico • Tulum Beach • SPLURGE

avg. $557 / night

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Free breakfast

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Part of Small Luxury Hotels

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Tulum's hotel zone stretches along a narrow strip of Caribbean coastline where the jungle presses almost to the waterline, and few properties along that corridor have held their particular piece of it with as much conviction as La Zebra. Established in the early 2000s before the area's current wave of high-design boutique development, the property was conceived from the beginning around palapa construction — the traditional Maya building technique of thatched palm roofing carried on hardwood structural frames — used here not as pastiche but as the genuine organizational logic of the site. The aerial view confirms how completely the thatched pavilions dissolve into the surrounding canopy, a scattering of low volumes with steeply pitched roofs that gives way along the beachfront to a more contemporary concrete and timber bar and pool terrace, the two architectural registers sitting in easy coexistence rather than contradiction. Interiors across the casitas keep to a vocabulary of polished concrete floors, warm mahogany bed frames and ceiling beams, and white cotton linens accented with hand-loomed stripe cushions in raspberry and natural linen. Sliding glass doors open directly from guest rooms onto private timber decks with plunge pools, the Caribbean visible through coastal scrub beyond. The restaurant, set beneath an expansive palapa with rattan peacock-back chairs and dark-stained plank tables, has a ceiling layered with woven fiber installations and suspended coral-form objects — handcraft operating at a scale that turns the whole room into something closer to environmental sculpture than conventional restaurant decoration.

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Vibrant, soulful, and surrounded by nature, La Zebra blends the energy of Mexico with Tulum’s signature sense of wellbeing, all in one beachfront destination. From authentic Mexican dining and craft cocktails to a lively sports bar, two beach clubs, spa, wellness center, and mini golf, every experience is designed to balance fun and relaxation. As part of a unique collection of boutique hotels and restaurants, your stay extends beyond one property, offering more to explore, more to enjoy, and more reasons to come back.

Amenities

Outdoor Pool

Pool

Beachfront

Restaurant

Beach Access

Internet

Free Internet

Wifi

Family rooms

Suites

La Zebra Hotel Tulum Reviews

2,521 reviews

"I spent 4 days at La Zebra and overall I would say it was good, no fantastic. Some Pros and Cons Pros - We had a really nice rooms with a plunge pool that you can ask to be heated in the evening. It had a nice couch on the balcony/terrace where you could relax in the evening and enjoy the weather. - Generally good service. Pedro at breakfast at the Mexican restuarant was excellent. To get something in the room or any other way, you whats app the front desk which is an efficient way of communicating. - We thought the food was good. Breakfast was decent, without being amazing and the Mexican and Mediterranian restuarants were good, with the Mediterranian being slightly better. - Really nice long beach where you can walk for miles, with warm water that was very calm . There was a ton of sea weed (Sargussum) that made the ocean unswimmable on 1 of the 4 days we were there. It seemed to clear up when there was rain on the previous night. There is really nothing the hotel can do about the amount of sargussum but can do better on the clean up (more on that below). Cons - A couple of other reviews mentioned this, but La Zebra does try and nickle and dime you to death which leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. I will give you an example- I asked for a dish to have extra Jalapenos in it and they included a charge for $3 for 1 Jalapeno!! Then when you ask for water from the bar- just simple filtered water that they have in the rooms- they include a charge for $9, which I thought was kinda over the top for filtered water when you are a guest and staying there. Just small stuff that they really didnt need to do. - The pull out bed was not great. I thought it would be a proper twin bed. Its just a pull out with the second bed at ground level. - I thought they could have done far better with clearing and disposing the sargussum. After a while, if left unattended, sea weed starts to decay and produce sulfur dioxide, that does not smell good. They had 1 guy clearing it in the morning and he did his best, but couldnt get to the whole beach during the day. I think they need to throw a couple of more people at it every day and start early. Overall a pretty good stay but a small effort by management could have made it a lot better."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 19, 2026

"Great beach hotel and facilities ,staff are amazing ,super beautiful .However the food menu needs some work,it doesn't live up to the hotel's standards. The food is average with not much more to offer than the food trucks outside the hotel,it was disappointing."

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 11, 2026

"Great spot. Amazing service - Alex, Jonathan, and Adrian were great. Highly recommend it!"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 08, 2026

"We had the Beachfront Penthouse suite for a week and it was great space for our family of four. The outdoor patio with plunge pool added so much extra space. We spent a lot of time outside so it really was a second living room. The best benefit was having a dedicated beach bed; it was to know we could just pop down to the beach whenever we wanted. The staff was gracious and welcoming, though a few times a bit stand off-ish. The only complaint is that the pull out was not that comfortable. We would absolutely return!"

A Tripadvisor traveler review

Mar 04, 2026

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