Best Restaurants in Mexico City
Fine Dining
Carmela y Sal - Tasting menu starting at $60. Sample dishes from the local Tabasco region. Signature dish Tierra de Luna sees an empanada made with very ripe plantain, stuffed with black beans and topped with a wondrous reduced tomato sauce.
Parole Polanco - If you are in the mood for Italian, look no further. From handmade pastas to succulent seafood and expertly crafted pizzas, each dish is prepared with meticulous attention to detail featuring dishes from coastal Italy.
Pujol - Pujol offers two options of tasting menus that are updated constantly: maize-based meals or seafood. Mole Madre is the most signature dish - sauce prepared with more than 100 ingredients such as tomatoes, dried fruits, and cocoa to name a few.
Bistro Chapultepec - Restaurant beautifully blends European and Mexican flavors, offering a farm-to-table experience like no other and a view of Lake Lago Mayor.
Limosneros - Historic rustic chic atmosphere featuring fare from a fourth generation restauranteur featuring contemporary Mexican cuisine. Just try the 21 day duck served with molasses.
Heart of Mexico City
El Cardenal - Noted as having the best breakfast in all of Mexico city, with chilaquiles, enchiladas, poached eggs in clay pots, and omelettes with ingredients you’ve probably never heard of.
Balcon Del Zocalo - Set in a historic building with a view, its menu will bring an interesting mix between prehispanic ingredients such as corn and flor de calabaza, fused with international dishes like carpaccio or gyozas.
Café de Tacuba - 100 year old restaurant featuring live music and authentic Enchiladas Tacuba (chicken-filled tortillas covered with a spinach and green poblano pepper sauce).
Tezontle restaurant - Homey open air bar and restaurant featuring Oaxacan plates.
La Casa de Toño en Zona Rosa - If eating pozole is why you came to Mexico City, this restaurant is for you. Try pork pozole stew is served with all the fixings— dried oregano, chiles, avocado, crispy chicharron, tostadas, salsa, lettuce, radish, and crema.
