The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Hotel Alexander
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Rank 2. Carmela y Sal
Mexican
Fine dining in Mexico City that actually has a personality, Carmela y Sal is rooted in the flavors of Tabasco, a region most visitors couldn't place on a map but will absolutely remember after eating here. The chef's cooking is warm and specific in the best way, and the room follows suit. Expect well-dressed locals who look like they know exactly what they're ordering. This is a proper dinner out, and it earns it.
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Rank 3. Pujol
Mexican
Enrique Olvera's two-Michelin-star tasting menu restaurant in Polanco is one of those places people fly to Mexico City specifically to eat at, and the room delivers. Servers in sharp black suits move through a buzzy, modern space filled with travelers who planned this reservation weeks out. The mole madre alone justifies the trip. The seasonal menu walks a confident line between deep Mexican tradition and genuine invention, without ever feeling like it's showing off.
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Rank 4. Quintonil
New-wave Mexican
Quintonil is the kind of two-Michelin-star tasting menu that makes Polanco feel like the center of the universe. The chef takes deeply Mexican ingredients, insects included, and turns them into something that's playful without being a circus. The crowd leans stylish and curious, the kind of people who traveled specifically to eat here. The vibe is lively rather than reverent, which helps when a dessert involves caviar and plankton oil.
- 50 Best 2025 · #3 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best #7 · Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 5. La Barra de Fran
Spanish
A bull's head greets you at the door, which pretty much sets the tone. This Polanco tapas bar is a love letter to Spain done right, the kind of place where the anchovies on toast are reason enough to show up and the gambas al ajillo will make you question every other version you've had. Order a lot, share everything, and stay longer than you planned. The crowd skews fun and social, not precious about it.
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Rank 9. Sushi Iwashi
Sushi
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Rank 10. Arturo's Restaurant
Classic French
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Rank 13. The Palm
NY-Style
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Rank 15. Zagala
Basque Spanish
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Rank 16. Yoshimi
Japanese
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Rank 18. El Turix
Yucatan-Style Mexican
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 20. Zeru - Lomas
Basque Spanish
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Rank 21. Entremar
Seafood
Entremar is a proper seafood restaurant in Polanco where the crowd leans stylish and the vibe stays relaxed enough that you won't feel underdressed. The terrace seats under the awnings are the ones everyone wants, though the back tables upstairs have a nice view over the plaza. The pescado a la talla is the one to order, a whole grilled fish split between a red and green sauce that looks almost too good to eat.
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Rank 23. Er Erre
Global
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Rank 24. Comedor Jacinta
Mexican
Polanco is full of places trying too hard, so it's refreshing to find a cozy neighborhood spot that just wants to feed you well. Comedor Jacinta runs on the chef's childhood memories of Mexican home cooking, which means generous portions, honest flavors, and handmade tortillas that make everything else feel like a consolation prize. The crowd is relaxed and local, the prices are kind, and the molcajetes arrive looking like they mean business.
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Rank 25. Restaurante Loma Linda
American
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Rank 26. Raíz
Contemporary Mexican
Tucked into the ground floor of a Polanco apartment building, Raíz is the kind of contemporary Mexican spot that looks like nothing from the street and then quietly floors you. The corn-forward cooking hits every register, from bright street-food flavors to something more refined, and the staff makes you feel like a regular on your first visit. Go à la carte or let the tasting menu do the thinking for you.
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Rank 27. Romina
Elevated Italian
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- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Bar: Ganador · Premios MexBest
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Rank 30. Guzina Oaxaca
Oaxacan Mexican
Oaxacan cooking done properly, in a polished Polanco dining room surrounded by designer boutiques on all sides. The menu leans into corn, chile, and mole the way they do it down south, and yes, the grasshoppers are on there if you want to impress someone. The crowd skews well-dressed and unhurried, the kind of people who know what a tlayuda is and order it anyway. Breakfast is worth the trip too, not just dinner.
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Rank 33. Siembra
Modern Mexican
- MexBest 2025 · Experiencia de maíz: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Time Out The best restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 35. Maizajo
Corn-Centric Mexican
Maizajo is a serious sit-down restaurant in Condesa that treats corn like the main character it always deserved to be. Downstairs is a packed taqueria where nobody's sitting down; up here, metal rebar chairs and industrial tables set the mood for a menu that goes deeper than you'd expect. The kind of crowd that actually reads the menu, probably works in design, definitely ordered mezcal. Come hungry and curious.
- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Taquería: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Chef promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Santiago Muñóz
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Rank 36. MATSUBA
Sushi
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Rank 37. Estoril
Oaxacan Mexican
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Rank 38. Bellopuerto
Seafood Mexican
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Rank 39. Klein's
Mexican
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- MexBest Dónde comer los mejores mariscos en México
- MexBest 2024 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 41. Esquina Común
Mexican
A Michelin-starred rooftop tasting spot in Condesa that you book by sliding into its Instagram DMs, which somehow feels exactly right. The covered terrace is draped in plants and has the vibe of a dinner party where everyone got lucky with the invite. The chef and her young crew cook modern Mexican with real technique, serving dishes portioned to share. Getting a reservation is the hard part; everything after that is pretty great.
- MexBest 2024 · Chef Promesa: Ganador · Premios MexBest · Ana Dolores González
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- MexBest 2025 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 43. Auna Restaurante
Elevated Mexican
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Rank 44. Café Aúna
Mexican Coffee Shop
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Rank 45. Rosetta
Creative Mexican
Elena Reygadas is one of those chefs even casual diners have heard of, and her Michelin-starred Roma Norte restaurant earns the reputation. The room fills with the kind of crowd that actually knows what they're eating, creative Mexican dishes built for sharing and laced with unexpected global touches. It feels celebratory without being stiff, the food genuinely surprising in a way that makes you want to order one more thing.
- 50 Best 2025 · #46 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best #39 · Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 46. Malix Restaurant
Mexican
Malix is a relaxed all-day restaurant in Polanco where the kitchen roams wherever it feels like going, and somehow it always lands somewhere interesting. Mexican roots meet global detours, with local cheeses alongside Lao-style sausage and a grilled duck breast served with mole and tortillas that alone justify the trip. The crowd is creative-class Polanco, dressed just well enough to feel intentional about it.
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Rank 47. Jowong
Korean
A Korean restaurant in Condesa that manages to feel both effortless and carefully considered, which is harder than it sounds. The room is sleek, the banchan arrives sharp, and the prime-rib barbecue turns the whole table into a glorious mess of small plates. It's earned a Bib Gourmand, and the crowd looks like they knew about it before you did. Dress casually but make it look like you didn't try.
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Bartender: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Jun Kwon
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 48. Siembra Tortillería
Modern Mexican
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Rank 49. Comal Oculto
Mexican
Comal Oculto is a casual all-day Mexican spot where the comal does most of the heavy lifting, and pretty much everything that comes off it is worth eating. The warm terracotta room fills up with neighborhood regulars and weekend brunch crowds ready to wait for a table, because the gorditas and chilaquiles here are genuinely the move. It earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which tracks. Show up hungry and order aggressively.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants in Mexico City
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 51. Bakéa
Basque French
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Rank 52. Los Panchos
Mexican
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Taquería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation 21 Classic Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 53. Máximo
French-influenced Mexican
A Michelin-starred fine dining room in Roma Norte that somehow pulls off feeling effortlessly cool rather than stiff. The industrial bones, white brick, and soaring ceilings make it gorgeous without trying too hard. The menu runs French technique through Mexican ingredients in ways that actually make sense, and the crowd looks like they live nearby but dress like they really don't. Linger over the tasting menu, and don't skip dessert, even when it sounds weird.
- MB100 2024 · Restaurant of the Year
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best #30 · Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 54. Gaba
Innovative Mexican
By day it's a low-key Condesa café, but after dark Gaba becomes one of the more exciting places to eat in the neighborhood. The kitchen earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand by doing bold, inventive Mexican cooking without making you feel like you're in a lecture about it. Offal fans should absolutely show up, and the cocktails are strong enough to make whoever you brought along forget they ordered the same thing twice.
- MexBest 2025 · Chef Promesa: Ganador · Premios MexBest · Víctor Toriz
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 55. Em
Contemporary Mexican
A Michelin-starred fine dining spot in Roma Norte named after the chef's daughter, which tells you something about how personal this place feels. Downstairs it's intimate enough for a first date that goes well, upstairs there's a moody cocktail bar to loosen you up first. The kitchen takes Mexican ingredients, leans hard into seafood, and finds combinations that sound reckless but land beautifully. Dress like you mean it.
- MexBest 2024 · Fine Dining (Menú Degustación): Ganador · Premios MexBest
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- MexBest 2025 · Fine Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 57. La Onda
Mexican
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Rank 58. Contramar
Seafood
Contramar is the kind of seafood restaurant that makes you realize you've been doing lunch wrong your whole life. Colonia Roma's loudest, happiest room fills with the city's creative class shoulder to shoulder, all talking too fast and drinking too much. The pescado a talla, split down the middle with red and green rubs, is genuinely the reason to come. Book ahead, obviously, because nobody stumbles in here by accident.
- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Servicio: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Trayectoria Empresarial: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Gabriela Cámara
- MB100 2024 · The 35 Classic Restauraunts
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- Condé Nast Traveler 2024 · The best new restaurants in the world
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 61. ER RRE Un Bistro
International
A cozy little bistro tucked near the Museum of Anthropology, so you can pair ancient civilizations with grilled sardines and feel very cultured about the whole thing. The menu is short and quietly international, leaning Mediterranean and French but grounded in Mexican ingredients. It fills up fast, so book ahead. The bar seats are the move if you like watching the kitchen work while you drink.
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Rank 62. PLONK
Mexican Wine Bar
A natural wine bar in La Condesa where the kitchen blurs Mexican and Asian flavors in ways that actually make sense together. Snag a seat outside if you can, where the patio wraps around a living tree like the neighborhood just grew furniture. Inside it's candlelit and cozy, full of people on dates they're hoping go well. The Bib Gourmand-recognized menu is built for sharing, and the wine list rewards the curious.
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Wine Bar: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 63. Ultramarinos De Mar
Seafood
Bib Gourmand seafood in Roma Norte, which already sounds like a good afternoon. This corner diner-bistro hybrid has the stainless steel, the counter stools, and the open kitchen that make you feel like you're somewhere between a clam shack and a proper restaurant. The menu swings from raw bar to pasta to sandwiches, and the daily specials tend to be where the real action is. The crowd looks like people who know exactly what they're doing.
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2025 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
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- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Panadería: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Panadería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 65. Hugo
Contemporary Wine Bar
- MexBest 2023 · Chef Promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Michael Crespo
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 66. Fugaz
Mexican
A low-key cafe in Roma Norte that punches well above its weight, with a Bib Gourmand to prove it. The menu leans Mexican but with a quiet Mediterranean drift, heavy on vegetables and whatever looked good at the market that morning. The crowd is mostly locals who found it before anyone else and intend to keep it that way. The green facade is hard to miss, which is lucky because this one is worth finding.
- MexBest 2025 · Chef Promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Giuseppe Lacorazza
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 67. Masala y Maiz
Fusion
Masala y Maiz holds a Michelin star for doing something genuinely hard to explain, which is part of the appeal. The chef duo behind this buzzy restaurant in Centro cook where African, Indian, and Mexican traditions meet so naturally you stop wondering how and just eat. The crowd skews curious and cosmopolitan, people who read the menu twice and still get surprised by what shows up. Portions are real, the vibe is warm, and nothing tastes like anything else you'll have in the city.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- MexBest 2025 · Best of the Best: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
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Rank 69. Sarde
Contemporary Seafood
A sleek seafood spot tucked into a three-story townhouse in Roma Norte, Sarde is built around what's fresh off the Mexican coasts, done in a contemporary style that leans Japanese in places. The crowd skews creative-professional, the kind who appreciate good presentation without needing it explained. If you're flying solo, grab a seat at the bar and let the cocktails do the work.
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 70. Nicos
Mexican
Nicos is the kind of family-run Mexican restaurant that makes you feel guilty about every tourist trap you've ever eaten at. Been around forever, out in Azcapotzalco, drawing loyal regulars who've been coming so long they probably remember when it was a snack stand. The tasting menu leans into classic Mexican cooking done with real conviction, the sort of place where the food has a point of view and the room feels genuinely lived-in.
- 50 Best #84 · Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants
- MB100 2024 · The 35 Classic Restauraunts
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 71. Martínez
Contemporary
A laid-back bistro in Roma Norte that pulls off something genuinely hard: unpretentious food that actually makes you want to stay for another glass of wine. The menu wanders happily between Mexican, French, and Japanese without an identity crisis. It's young and loose in the best way, full of people who came for a quick bite and are still there two hours later. Order at the bar if you want to watch the kitchen do its thing.
- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor servicio: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
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Rank 72. LINA
Contemporary Mexican
A cozy seafood and contemporary Mexican spot in Roma Norte where the cooking feels genuinely personal rather than performative. The open kitchen keeps things honest, and the menu leans on seasonal ingredients with enough confidence that nothing needs to be over-explained. The crowd is mostly locals and a few in-the-know visitors who've figured out that the places without a line out front are usually the better call.
- MexBest 2024 · Chef promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Mariana Villegas
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out The best restaurants in Mexico City
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- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Experiencia de Vino: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2023 · Chef Promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Fabiola Escobosa
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Experiencia de Vino: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 74. El Hidalguense
Rustic Mexican
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Taquería: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
- The Infatuation The Best Tacos in Mexico City
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Rank 75. Expendio de Maíz
Mexican
No sign, no menu, no reservations, and somehow a Michelin star. This cash-only sidewalk spot in Roma Norte runs four communal tables and just keeps sending food until you wave the white flag. Everything is built on heirloom corn ground in house, so even a simple tortilla hits differently. Show up early because the waitlist moves fast and nobody's waiting for you. Bring cash, bring patience, and prepare to eat more than you planned.
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Rank 76. Marisquería Mi Compa Chava
Pacific Mexican
- MexBest Dónde comer los mejores mariscos en México
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
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Rank 77. Panadería Rosetta
Bakery
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Panadería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation 21 Classic Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 78. MeroToro
Baja Mexican
Baja California cooking done right, in a fine dining room on one of Condesa's prettiest tree-lined streets. The menu moves easily between seafood and meat, and nothing on it feels fussy, which is a real trick at this price point. The terrace draws the sunglasses-and-linen crowd, while inside it's date night and slow lunches. Michelin noticed, and for once the hype is quiet enough to trust.
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Trayectoria Empresarial: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Jair Téllez
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 79. Propio
Northern Mexican
- MexBest 2025 · Chef Promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Shary Romo y Alex Chávez
- MB100 2024 · Emerging Chefs of the Year · Alex Chavez y Shary Romo
- MB100 2024 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 80. Makan
Singaporean
- MexBest 2024 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Time Out The best restaurants in Mexico City
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- MexBest 2023 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 82. La Cocina del Bizco
Spanish
- MexBest 2025 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Time Out The best restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 83. Gia
American Italian
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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A Bib Gourmand Thai restaurant tucked into a bamboo-lined courtyard in Roma Norte, which already sounds like something you'd make up to impress people. The team grows their own herbs and harvests them to order, so everything tastes genuinely alive. The menu pulls from several regions of Thailand, and the crowd tends to be the kind of people who actually know the difference. Casual enough for jeans, serious enough to make you feel like you found something real.
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 85. Rincón Tarasco
Mexican
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Taquería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation The Best Tacos in Mexico City
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Rank 87. Galea
Italian
Galea is a cozy Italian spot in Roma Norte where the pasta is reason enough to go and the prices won't make you wince. The menu is short and focused, with daily specials worth asking about, and the kitchen will split pasta dishes into half portions so you can try more than one, which is the kind of policy that makes regulars out of people. Neighbourhood crowds fill the terrace like they own it, because they basically do. Michelin Bib Gourmand, if that seals it.
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Rank 88. El Tigre Silencioso
Creative Mexican Cocktail Bar
Roma Norte runs on mezcal and good vibes, and El Tigre Silencioso fits right in. It's a cantina with serious ambition, set inside a leafy old building with ivy-wrapped columns, a stone courtyard, and enough terrace seating that you'll want to linger. The kitchen takes Mexican classics somewhere unexpected, in a way that earns its creativity. The crowd is the kind that moved here from somewhere cooler and somehow made it work.
- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out The best restaurants in Mexico City
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- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 90. Taquería El Vilsito
Mexican
The setup sounds like a joke: a taqueria that operates out of an auto repair shop, opens only after dark, and has a Michelin Bib Gourmand. Nobody's there for the oil changes. They're there for the al pastor, stacked high on a spinning trompo and shaved to order onto a tortilla. The gringa version, loaded with melted cheese, is the move. Come hungry, come late, and don't wear anything you'd mind getting a little messy.
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Taquería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 91. El Califa de León
Mexican
A Michelin-starred taco stand that fits maybe six people standing at a counter is either a fever dream or proof that Mexico City operates on a different level entirely. El Califa de León has been around forever, and the move is the Gaonera, thinly sliced beef seared to order with salt, lime, and a fresh tortilla. That's it. The crowd outside will confirm you're not the only one who got the memo.
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- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation The Best Bars in Mexico City
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Rank 95. Restaurante El Cardenal
Mexican
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Trayectoria Empresarial: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Marcela Briz
- MB100 2024 · The 35 Classic Restauraunts
- The Infatuation 21 Classic Restaurants in Mexico City
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- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Wine Bar: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation The Best Bars in Mexico City
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Rank 97. Pargot
Mexican
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Rank 100. Havre 77
French