Zuma Cabo Is Open at Ánima Village, the Brand’s First Mexico Location

Zuma Cabo is open. The contemporary Japanese restaurant opened on November 5, 2026, at Ánima Village in Cabo Del Sol, Cabo San Lucas — the brand’s first location in Mexico. Indoor-outdoor rooms and open-air terraces look toward the ocean, and a dedicated event space can take 400 standing guests or 200 seated.

Photo Credit: Gavriil Papadiotis

The opening follows the recent arrival of Zuma San Diego and extends a North American chapter that already includes Miami, New York, Las Vegas, Boston and Vail. Zuma began in London in 2002, when chef Rainer Becker and Arjun Waney opened the first restaurant as a modern reading of the Japanese izakaya. Cabo is the first time that idea has been planted in Mexico.

“Opening our first Zuma in Mexico marks an exciting milestone for us, particularly as we continue to introduce the brand to new destinations and audiences,” said Sven Koch, CEO of Azumi Restaurant Group. “While every Zuma has its own distinct character, our ethos has always been rooted in exceptional food, warm hospitality and creating an atmosphere that brings people together. Cabo offers an incredible setting for us to build on that philosophy, embracing the destination’s energetic lifestyle and striking natural landscape, while delivering the dining experience that has become synonymous with Zuma worldwide.”

The room is the brand’s first expression of what its in-house design team calls “barefoot luxury,” drawn from Baja California’s landscape and building traditions. Open-air pavilions, pathways and internal gardens do the organizing. The bar is meant to frame sunsets over the mountains; the terraces look the other way, toward the ocean.

Photo Credit: Gavriil Papadiotis

Japanese and Mexican craft sit together on purpose: the Japanese idea of wabi-sabi against Mexico’s hecho a mano. Locally sourced tropical teak and Parota wood run through the interiors, with hand-carved mango wood totems by Tokali and ceramic pillars by Maria Pizarro. A four-meter natural tree trunk forms the DJ counter. Native plantings include Baja’s Torote trees, with Japanese paper lanterns and Zuma’s signature resin details throughout.

The more interesting decision is on the plate. Becker guided the menu toward the same izakaya-style sharing the restaurants are known for, and the house signatures traveled with it, including gin-dara no saikyo yaki, the black cod marinated in saikyo miso and wrapped in a hoba leaf, and the Arjun roll, a fatty tuna maki with finely diced scallion.

Three dishes were written for Cabo. Lobster Shimofuri arrives in a shiso chili dashi with crispy ginger. Crispy nori grouper is finished with a tomato jalapeño relish and wasabi mayo. Dessert is a robata corn and milk caramel flan with Nikka whiskey, mochi and miso sablé — a Baja note, not a copy of the London or Miami list.

That is the tell. Mexico was the opening Zuma still needed in North America. The easy version of this launch would have been a familiar room under a new sky. Writing a short Baja list, and giving the in-house designers a brief they had not used anywhere else, is what makes the address worth the trip.

Zuma Cabo is open for dinner at Ánima Village, Cabo Del Sol, Carretera Transpeninsular Km 10.3, Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S. 23455, Mexico. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Reservations are available on the official Zuma Cabo page.

For more of Haute Living’s coverage, see Chanel’s new boutique at Ánima Village and Zuma’s winter arrival in St Barths.