The Top 100 Restaurants Near El Bajío
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Rank 2. Taquería El Vilsito
Mexican
A taquería operating from an auto repair shop after dark, all industrial clatter and fluorescent glow, where al pastor arrives as a towering stack of tender pork spinning down from the trompo, hitting soft corn tortillas with pineapple, cilantro, and onion. The gringa variation—same meat splayed across a cheese-slicked flour tortilla—is a greasy, necessary mess.
- 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 3. El Gran Abanico
Mexican
A line snakes down the block at this bi-level taqueria where locals queue for carnitas stacked on doubled corn tortillas and bone-in costilla de res. The portions are large, the prices fair, and the operation refreshingly unselfconscious—cash only, no pretense, just the work of feeding people well.
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Rank 4. Em
Contemporary Mexican
An intimate ground-floor room where Chef Lucho Martinez treats Mexican seafood and produce with contemporary refinement: young corn grilled and dressed in coffee-browned butter and yuzu, a tostada layered with Veracruz fish stew and caviar, a mamey dessert composed as Swiss roll and frozen tartlet. Bold flavors arrive with precision, the kind of cooking that rewards a quiet evening for two.
- 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 5. Máximo
French-influenced Mexican
Chef Eduardo Garcia's French-inflected Mexican cooking unfolds in a soaring Roma Norte space of white brick and tile, where a tasting menu pivots between caviar-topped beet tartare and abalone tostada with restraint and creativity. Desserts like black truffle ice cream and caviar flan signal a kitchen unafraid of savory flourishes.
- MB100 2024 · Restaurant of the Year
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- 50 Best 2025 · #30 · Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 7. Rosetta
Creative Mexican
Elena Reygadas's Rosetta in Roma Norte draws crowds craving Mexican cooking remade through global technique—cabbage tacos with pistachio puree and a sweet potato tamal with buttermilk sauce exemplify her appetite for unlikely flavor pairings. Dishes arrive meant for sharing, each one a small argument about what Mexican food could become.
- 50 Best 2025 · #46 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- MexBest 2023 · Best of the Best: Nominados · Premios MexBest
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Rank 8. 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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Rank 9. Masala y Maiz
Fusion
A cramped Centro dining room where Norma Listman and Saqib Keval splice Indian, African, and Mexican traditions into something genuinely new: samosas stuffed with suadero, Veracruz prawns grilled hard and finished with vanilla butter, chilpachole reimagined with softshell crab. The cooking is confident and unselfconscious, more interested in flavor than fusion credentials.
- 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 12. Taqueria Los Cocuyos
Mexican
At a cauldron near the front counter, a chef breaks down meat with balletic efficiency as the dining room—cavernous and perpetually packed—fills with the smell of decades-old cooking. Cabeza arrives tender enough to melt, al pastor charred and alive, both finished tableside with lime and salsa; suadero, if you arrive late enough to catch it properly braised, is reason alone to stay.
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Rank 13. Ultramarinos De Mar
Seafood
A stainless-steel corner counter in Roma Norte where Chef Lucho Martinez's seafood menu spans raw preparations and pastas, anchored by a blue corn tostada with shrimp and a clam chowder that demands every spoonful. The lobster roll, when it appears, tastes like the work of someone who understands that restraint and quality catch make the argument better than flourish.
- MexBest 2025 · Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 14. Limosneros
Mexican
In the Centro Histórico, amid salvaged fountains and Puebla talavera, Limosneros resurrects old recipes with contemporary restraint. The tasting menu moves through precisely executed dishes that honor tradition without genuflection; the taco progression—savory through sweet—is the more adventurous choice for those willing to follow the kitchen's logic.
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 15. LINA
Contemporary Mexican
Chef Mariana Villegas Martínez works an open kitchen in this Roma Norte seafront, where contemporary Mexican cooking emerges from seasonal ingredients and careful technique rather than flourish. A charred squash with smoky pine nut sauce and chicken with roasted peaches and mole coloradito show the thoughtfulness beneath the straightforward plating. Warmth runs through both the room and the plate.
- 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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- 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 17. Al Andalus
Lebanese Middle Eastern
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Rank 18. Azul
Mexican
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Rank 19. Marisquería Mi Compa Chava
Pacific Mexican
- MexBest Dónde comer los mejores mariscos en México
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 20. Martínez
Contemporary
A small bistro named for its owner, Martínez channels Paris through Mexico City with a concise menu that moves between Mexican, French, and Japanese influences. Young and bustling, it's a place to order at the bar and watch the kitchen work while eating grilled chicken that lands.
- 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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- 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 27. Restaurante Danubio
Basque Seafood
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Rank 28. 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 29. 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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Rank 30. Ramen Deigo
Noodles
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Chef Ana Somsri Raksamran's courtyard restaurant, sheltered by bamboo and hanging vines, delivers regionally varied Thai cooking with herbs harvested to order. The gaeng kiew wan arrives bright and herbaceous; the mango sticky rice with coconut ice cream justifies the pilgrimage alone.
- 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 32. Expendio de Maíz
Mexican
A cramped sidewalk kitchen in Roma Norte where heirloom corn, nixtamalized in-house, becomes tortillas and sopes molded to order and dressed with seasonal ingredients and tableside salsas that crackle with heat. Four communal tables, no menu, cash only, and a waitlist that forms immediately—a place where the cook decides what you eat, and you're better for it.
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Rank 34. Contramar
Seafood
A busy Roma street hosts this seafood-focused restaurant where chef Gabriela Cámara has maintained momentum since 1998. Raw scallop tostadas in salsa macha and pulpo a la Gallega—octopus with potato, olive oil, paprika—set the table before pescado a talla, its dual-sided spice rubs marking the kitchen's signature approach. The dessert trolley rounds out a meal that demands reservations.
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Trayectoria Empresarial: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Gabriela Cámara
- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Servicio: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · The 35 Classic Restauraunts
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Rank 35. 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 36. MeroToro
Baja Mexican
A tree-lined corner in Condesa where Chef Jair Téllez plates the straightforward pleasures of Baja—ceviche tostadas, soft-shell crab, braised oxtail—in a dining room whose contemporary warmth matches its ambition. The cooking asks nothing of you but attention, and gives back clarity.
- 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 37. Pizza Félix
Neapolitan Pizza
- MexBest El conteo definitivo: Las mejores 6 pizzerías de la CDMX
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 38. Taqueria Los Parados
Mexican
A standing-room operation in Roma Sur that's been grilling meat over charcoal since 1965, with nothing but metal shelving for a counter and no concession to comfort. The bistec arrives medium-well with a whisper of smoke, the costilla paper-thin and cooked through, and the al pastor tacos arrive in that perfect state where technique becomes invisible.
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Rank 39. Charco
Latin
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A line snakes down the street to this modest taqueria half a block from the Zócalo, where you buy tokens for potato, beans, carne en adobo, or chicharrón tacos at prices that invite gluttony. The dining room opens generously behind the cramped entrance, and the salsas, pickles, and guacamole elevate what could be casual fuel into something worth the wait.
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Rank 42. Sarde
Contemporary
In a Roma Norte townhouse, Sarde pursues the sea with methodical care: kampachi and mackerel cut in the Japanese style, fish and chips remade with contemporary restraint. The exposed brick dining room and compact bar suggest a place more interested in the quality of what lands on your plate than in announcing itself, which is exactly the point.
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 43. Pargot
Mexican
In a spare Roma Norte dining room, Chef Alexis Ayala works from a tightly edited menu that moves from delicate to substantial with the precision of a controlled argument. Baja fish arrives as kebbe crudo under grasshopper XO sauce; leeks transform into pâté on tostadas dusted with chili ash. The cooking is rooted in Mexico but restless, always reaching for the next small revelation.
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Rank 45. La 89
Mexican
A narrow taquería on a Roma Norte side street where carne asada hits the grill to order, emerging with a dark crust and restrained seasoning. Quesabirria arrives crisp-edged and tender, the consommé optional but welcome; tortas are built with equal care on bread that tastes like it matters. Plastic stools and a no-frills room mean you're here for the work, not the comfort.
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Rank 47. Tacos Del Valle
Mexican
A retro diner setup of bar stools and mirrors frames this Roma Norte taqueria's straightforward mission: meat cooked on the trompo, spun near open flame until charred outside and tender within, then plated on corn tortillas for you to dress with three salsas in squeeze bottles. Other tacos arrive more elaborately garnished, but the stripped-down versions reveal the craft.
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Rank 48. Taverna
Mediterranean
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Rank 49. Tacos Los Alexis
Mexican
The covered sidewalk tables at Alexis Ayala's Roma Norte taqueria offer a front-row seat to carefully considered preparations: volcanoes and costras alongside tacos built on excellent yellow masa, their fillings—huitlacoche, crisped cheese—arranged with quiet intelligence. It is, in short, a taqueria that takes itself seriously without announcing the fact.
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Rank 51. Almara
Fusion Mexican
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Rank 52. Ricos Tacos Toluca
Mexican
A cramped corner counter in the Centro Histórico where Toluca-style chorizo—handmade, variable—takes center stage: the obispo sausage arrives with a whisper of char, the tamarindo chorizo with diced texture and subtle sweetness. Few seats mean standing, but two decades of relocation prove the tacos are worth it.
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Rank 54. Baldío
Mexican
Chef Max MacLean's zero-waste kitchen in Condesa sources from chinampas farms and local fisheries, purifies its own water, and prints on recycled corn husks—but the cooking is what commands attention. Fluke crudo arrives shingled with jicama and star fruit in leche de tigre; heirloom tomatoes meet sikil pak, a Yucatán sauce of toasted pepitas and charred chiles.
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Latin America & Caribbean
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 55. Margarita
Mexican
- The Infatuation 21 Classic Restaurants in Mexico City
- Condé Nast Traveler The 36 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 56. Cananea
Sonoran Mexican
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Rank 57. Cantina El Sella
Mexican
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Rank 58. Sartoria
Italian
Sartoria's industrial space fills nightly with young couples drawn to carefully plated Italian pastas, especially delicate tortellacci crowned with creamy burrata. The modest menu prizes ingredient quality over ambition, finishing reliably with tiramisu.
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Rank 59. La Opera
Global
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- MexBest BLT · Los mejores sándwiches en CDMX: dónde comerlos ahora mismo
- MexBest El Rubén · Los mejores sándwiches en CDMX: dónde comerlos ahora mismo
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- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Panadería: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Panadería: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest Sándwiches en pan de la casa · Los mejores sándwiches en CDMX: dónde comerlos ahora mismo
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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 64. Ardente Pizzeria Napoletana (Condesa)
Neapolitan Pizza
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Rank 65. Supplì
Roman Italian
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Rank 66. Esquina Común
Mexican
A rooftop in Condesa draped in greenery hosts Chef Ana Dolores González's tasting menu, plated for two with confident technique and personality. The daily fish arrives in green mole with plantain and fava beans; a masa tamal harbors chile-tinged fish with salsa macha. Reservations demand persistence.
- 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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Rank 68. Vigneron
Contemporary French
A sliver of a room in Roma Norte where chef Aram Abisahi's French-inflected cooking—roasted carrots with stracciatella, crispy polenta with stone crab—rewards shared plates and close attention. The wine list sprawls unexpectedly wide for such an intimate, dark space.
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Rank 69. 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 70. Balcón del Zocalo
Mexican
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Rank 71. Tamales Doña Emi
Mexican
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Rank 72. Los Danzantes
Contemporary Mexican
In a colonial-era building on Coyoacán's central plaza, Los Danzantes draws a steady crowd with contemporary takes on Mexican cooking. The hoja santa—goat cheese anchored by miltomate and chile—has anchored the menu for decades, while grilled beef arrives under a dark, complex mole that justifies its starring role. This is cooking that knows its tradition and doesn't need to announce itself.
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Rank 73. Gia
American Italian
- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Restaurante Nuevo: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 75. Cariñito Tacos
Southeast Asian Mexican
At a counter in Roma Norte, a taqueria that marries Cantonese technique with the taco format: confit pork belly with hoisin and sriracha in flour tortillas, crispy siu yuk with nam jim and pickled vegetables. Everything is fired to order in a kitchen you can watch, then eaten standing or outside on corn husks instead of plates—a small gesture that captures the place's refusal of expectation.
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Rank 76. Travieso
Natural Wine Bar
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Rank 77. Çuina
Mexican
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Rank 79. Voraz
Contemporary Mexican
A corner gastropub in Roma Sur housed in a converted mechanic's shop serves inventive Mexican small plates with industrial-casual style. Chaya-leaf churros and wood-fired chicken with bitter orange showcase refinement without pretension.
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Rank 81. Tenampa
Mexican
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Rank 82. Gaba
Innovative Mexican
A Condesa café that transforms at night: bare concrete and brick give way to Chef Victor Toriz's inventive cooking, where crispy tripe meets Ocosingo cheese and roasted beet, sweetbreads nestle into chileatole cream. Seasonal plates arrive in sharable portions, bold yet approachable, paired with house cocktails and a discerning wine list—the formula of a place that knows how to stay full.
- 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 84. Gonzalitos
Northern-style Mexican
In a modest storefront on Calle de Colima, this taqueria executes northern Mexican technique with precision: beef barbacoa arrives juicy and deeply flavored, best ordered dorado-style in a crisped tortilla, though machacado con huevo and tempura chile rellenos prove equally assured. Diners perch at sidewalk counter or cramped indoor tables, watching the small kitchen work.
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Rank 85. Maizajo
Mexican
Upstairs from a standing-room taqueria, Maizajo's dining room pairs industrial chic—I-beams and rebar furniture—with Santiago Muñoz Moctezuma's precise corn cookery, announced by house tostadas and habanero salsa. A blue corn tostada crowned with tuna and black sesame oil sits alongside a poblano tamal sweet with achiote and stewed greens, each plate revealing the grammar of the kernel.
- 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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- MexBest 2025 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation The Best Bars in Mexico City
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Rank 88. Roselle
Italian
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Rank 89. Havre 77
French
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Rank 90. El Jarocho
Mexican
A former tortillería in Roma Norte where three generations have perfected the guisado taco—slow-cooked proteins and vegetables in mole-dark sauces, the pork flank with morita chile particularly worth the visit. Fresh tortillas arrive at the table still warm, the room spare and purposeful, service unhurried.
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Rank 92. Campobaja
Seafood
Warehouse-high ceilings and timber salvaged from fishing boats set the stage at this Roma Norte seafood restaurant, where Chef Alejandro Zarate channels the straightforward cooking of Ensenada's fish camps. Impeccably sourced catches move through ceviches, aguachiles, and grilled octopus—dishes built for sharing, stripped of pretense, anchored by ingredient quality alone.
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Rank 95. Meroma
Contemporary
At Meroma in Roma Norte, Mercedes Bernal and Rodney Cusic craft a cosmopolitan menu that moves fluently between Mexican, Italian, and Mediterranean idioms. House-made pasta, tempura zucchini flowers with parmesan, and grilled fish dressed in hoja santa and black sesame read as essays in ingredient quality and precise technique. The sleek dining room matches the ambition on the plate.
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Rank 96. The Lamb
British
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Rank 98. Caracol de Mar
Mexican
A spiral staircase rises to soaring windows and vaulted ceilings where seafood and contemporary Mexican cooking meet casual group dining. The tostada de coco—blue corn, avocado, chintextle, coconut—balances sweet and savory with architectural precision; chocolate tamale with hoja santa ice cream closes the meal with equal confidence. Hipódromo's creative energy is felt here as much as tasted.
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Rank 99. El Tigrillo
Cocktail Bar
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Rank 100. Taquería Orinoco
Late-Night Mexican