The Top 100 Restaurants Near Hotel Esencia
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- MexBest 2025 · Experiencia de maíz: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Experiencia de maíz: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest 2024 · Chef promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Gustavo Macuitl
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- MexBest 2025 · Experiencia de maíz: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Restaurante Puebla: Ganador · Premios MexBest
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- MexBest 2025 · Experiencia de maíz: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest Los 5 mejores restaurantes en Puebla que no puedes perderte
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- MB100 2024 · The 35 Classic Restauraunts
- MexBest Los 5 mejores restaurantes en Puebla que no puedes perderte
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- MB100 2024 · Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- MexBest 2023 · Mejor Restaurante Puebla: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MexBest Los 5 mejores restaurantes en Puebla que no puedes perderte
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Rank 10. 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 11. 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 13. 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 14. 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 15. Restaurante El Cardenal
Mexican
Old-world Mexican dining at its most festive, where roaming musicians and big families dressed to the nines set the tone before you've even sat down. El Cardenal has been around forever in the Centro Histórico, and the classic dishes are made with dairy from the restaurant's own ranch, which you'll taste. The crowd is a mix of multigenerational celebrants and tourists who stumbled in and clearly won the day.
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Trayectoria Empresarial: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Marcela Briz
- MB100 2024 · The 35 Classic Restauraunts
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Voraz is a gastro-cantina in a converted auto shop in Roma Sur, and it's exactly as cool as that sounds. The chef trained at Noma and a handful of other serious kitchens, then came home to Mexico City and made something genuinely his own. The crowd is youngish, loud, and clearly thrilled with themselves, which is fine because the food earns it. The vibe is controlled chaos, more or less by design.
- 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. 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 18. 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 19. 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 20. 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 22. 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 23. Marisquería Mi Compa Chava
Pacific Mexican
- MexBest Dónde comer los mejores mariscos en México
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Rank 24. 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 25. El Hidalguense
Rustic Mexican
Pit-roasted lamb and goat trucked in overnight from Hidalgo, eaten at wooden tables with colorful runners, this is a barbacoa spot that cleans up nicely without losing its soul. It's only open Friday through Sunday, so the weekend crowd treats it like a religion. Order by weight, get the consommé, wrap everything in warm tortillas, and keep going until your body sends a firm message to stop.
- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Taquería: Ganador · Premios MexBest
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Meroma has been around long enough to earn the word "institution" without anyone rolling their eyes. It's a cozy, ingredient-driven dinner spot in Roma Norte where the husband-and-wife team behind the kitchen clearly likes feeding people more than impressing them. Grab a stool at the street-level bar for a cocktail first, then head upstairs where the crowd leans local and the seasonal menu quietly overdelivers. The wine list holds its own too.
- 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 27. 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 28. 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 29. Limosneros
Mexican
Limosneros is a sit-down Mexican restaurant in Centro Histórico that takes old recipes seriously enough to actually revive them, then finishes everything with a modern edge. The dining room is genuinely beautiful, full of Huichol embroidery and talavera tiles, so the crowd tends to dress up a little. Go for the tasting menu or, if you're feeling adventurous, the taco tasting, which somehow ends with dessert.
- 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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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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- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Wine Bar: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Mexico City
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Rank 32. 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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Rank 33. 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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Rank 34. Los Danzantes
Contemporary Mexican
Tucked into a historic building on Coyoacán's main plaza, Los Danzantes is a contemporary Mexican restaurant that draws a relaxed mix of locals and tourists who actually made the trip south of the centro. The kitchen has real conviction, keeping certain dishes on the menu for decades because they've earned it. The mezcal program is solid too, which makes sense given the name. Go for lunch when the light through the plaza is good.
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Rank 35. Ramen Deigo
Noodles
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Rank 36. Azul
Mexican
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Rank 37. Pargot
Mexican
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Rank 39. 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 46. Havre 77
French
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- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Wine Bar: Ganador · Premios MexBest
- The Infatuation The Best Bars in Mexico City
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- MexBest 2024 · Mejor Bartender: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Daniela Negrete Leal
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Rank 68. Taqueria Los Cocuyos
Mexican
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Rank 69. Balcón del Zocalo
Mexican
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Rank 70. La 89
Mexican
Plastic stools, metal tables, fluorescent light, and some of the most carefully grilled tacos in Roma Norte. La 89 is a no-frills taqueria that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand by doing the basics with real conviction: carne asada with a proper sear, birria that works with or without the consommé, and tortas built on bread that actually deserves the fillings. The crowd is locals who know, plus the occasional visitor who did their homework.
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Rank 71. El Gran Abanico
Mexican
The line snaking down the block outside this no-frills taqueria is actually a good sign, not a reason to keep walking. It moves fast, and the locals who make up most of it know exactly what they're getting: carnitas piled onto a double layer of soft corn tortillas, generous portions, and prices that won't make you wince. Cash only, two floors, zero pretension. This is the real thing.
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Rank 72. Tacos Del Valle
Mexican
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- MexBest 2023 · Chef Promesa: Nominados · Premios MexBest · Pako Cortés
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Rank 74. Gruta Ehden
Middle Eastern
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Rank 75. Suntory
Traditional Japanese
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Rank 77. Sartoria
Italian
A Michelin-selected Italian osteria in Roma Norte that draws the kind of crowd where everyone looks like they made a reservation weeks ago and still managed to look effortlessly cool doing it. The kitchen keeps the menu focused, which means everything landing on your table is actually good. Grab a spot on the terrace if you can, order the pasta, and finish with the tiramisu because that's not even a debate.
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Rank 78. Supplì
Roman Italian
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Rank 79. Taverna
Mediterranean
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Rank 80. Margarita
Mexican
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Rank 81. BAJEL
Contemporary Mexican
Bajel is a contemporary Mexican tasting menu inside the Sofitel on Reforma, which means the French front-of-house staff might greet you in French before the kitchen reminds everyone exactly where they are. The open kitchen is the centerpiece, and the food is serious, rooted in Mexican tradition but plated like it has something to prove. The white mole alone, with its 25 ingredients and accompanying card, is the kind of flex that actually earns it.
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Rank 82. Taqueria Los Parados
Mexican
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Rank 83. Almara
Fusion Mexican
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Rank 84. Tacos Charly
Mexican
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Rank 85. Tacos Los Alexis
Mexican
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Rank 86. Vigneron
Contemporary French
Tiny room, big personality. Vigneron is a moody little bistro tucked into Roma Norte where the tables are few and the wine list is suspiciously long for such a small place. The contemporary French cooking rewards sharing, so order everything and argue about the last bite. It's the kind of spot where couples lean in close, partly because of the candlelight and partly because there's no room not to. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks.
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Rank 87. Voraz
Contemporary Mexican
A gastropub in Roma Sur that used to be a mechanic's shop, and the team kept enough of the bones to make it interesting without being try-hard about it. The menu is creative contemporary Mexican, meant for sharing, and it earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand without taking itself too seriously. The crowd is relaxed, local-leaning, and definitely not reading from a menu for the first time.
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Rank 88. El Jarocho
Mexican
A taqueria that's been around forever and run by the same family for three generations, El Jarocho in Roma Sur is the kind of place regulars visit on autopilot. The move is the guisado tacos, proteins and vegetables slow-stewed until they're deeply flavored and piled onto fresh in-house tortillas. The campechano with chopped steak and crispy chicharron is hard to argue with. Locals, workers, the occasional tourist who did their homework.
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Rank 89. Pink Rambo
Mexican
A cantina in Santa María la Ribera where the decor includes a buff Jesus doing pull-ups on a crucifix, so you know the kitchen isn't playing it safe either. The menu is gleefully all over the place, empanadas next to shrimp dumplings next to fried chicken, and it works. Order a bunch of small plates, let things get weird, and save room for the flan. Michelin gave it a Bib Gourmand, which feels about right.
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Half a block from the Zócalo, this no-frills taco spot has a line out the door for good reason. You pay up front, get tokens, and hand them to the taquero like a very delicious arcade. The menu is short, the prices are absurdly low, and the room opens up way bigger than you'd expect. Load your tacos from the salsa and pickle spread, bring cash, and order more than you think you need.
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Rank 91. Ricos Tacos Toluca
Mexican
A tiny Michelin-selected taqueria in the Centro Histórico that lives or dies on its handmade Toluca-style chorizo and sausages, and it very much lives. There are a handful of red stools, so get there early or you're eating standing up like everyone else who showed up late and doesn't regret it at all. Load your taco with onions, cilantro, and salsa, then let the chorizo do the talking.
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Rank 92. Cariñito Tacos
Southeast Asian Mexican
A taqueria in Roma Norte that decided the tortilla was just a vessel waiting for its true calling. Order at the tiled counter, watch the tiny kitchen move fast, and eat outside on the sidewalk with the rest of the neighborhood regulars who've quietly figured this out. The tacos lean hard into Southeast Asian flavors, hoisin and sriracha and nam jim alongside proper pork, and it all lands better than it has any right to.
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Rank 93. Gonzalitos
Northern-style Mexican
Northern-style tacos are a different beast from what most people picture when they think Mexico City, and Gonzalitos in Roma Norte is where you go to understand why that matters. It's a humble sidewalk taqueria with a few tables and counter seats, nothing fancy, full of people who clearly come here on rotation. Get the barbacoa dorado-style, fried until the tortilla crisps up, and you'll stop asking questions.
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Rank 94. CANA
Contemporary Mexican
Cana is a light, airy bistro in Juárez that pulls off the rare trick of feeling both polished and genuinely relaxed. The menu is short and seasonal, which usually means the kitchen actually cares, and the contemporary Mexican cooking here delivers. It draws a first-date crowd and friend groups in equal measure, which tells you the vibe is right for pretty much anything. Dress like you made an effort, but not too much of one.
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Rank 95. Meroma
Contemporary
Meroma is a sleek contemporary restaurant in Roma Norte where the menu cheerfully ignores borders, mixing Italian and Mediterranean ideas with serious Mexican ingredients. The room draws a well-dressed creative crowd who look like they already know the waiter. House-made pasta sits comfortably next to Veracruz seafood, and it all hangs together because the cooking is genuinely confident rather than just ambitious.
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Rank 96. Migrante
International
Fine dining in Roma Norte with an open kitchen, a young crew that actually seems happy to see you, and a menu that pulls from everywhere without trying to explain itself. The crowd skews creative, well-dressed but not stiff, the kind of people who know their wine but won't lecture you about it. The food is precise and a little playful, which is the right combination.
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Rank 97. Tacos El Paisa
Mexican
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Rank 98. Bella Aurora
Contemporary Italian
The team behind Rosetta runs this all-day Italian spot in Roma Norte, and the good taste carries over. The pink facade and plant-filled dining room draw a crowd of stylish locals who look like they live nearby and probably do. Come morning, the bakery stuff is the real reason to show up early. Pasta holds it down at lunch and dinner, and dessert is not optional. Cute and genuinely good without trying too hard about either.
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Rank 99. Al Andalus
Lebanese Middle Eastern
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Rank 100. Charco
Latin