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  1. Rank 269. Lumbre

    Mexican

    Grilled bread arrives with bone marrow butter served in the bone, dusted with hibiscus salt, and that sets the tone for everything that follows at Lumbre. This contemporary Mexican restaurant near San José del Cabo's art walk runs on live fire and a kitchen that likes to pull apart familiar dishes and reassemble them as something new. The chile relleno alone has opinions. Selected by the Michelin Guide and named to Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants.





  2. Rank 269. Nectar

    Modern Mexican





  3. Rank 269. Primitivo Restaurante

    Rustic American

    Down a dirt road past a fence hung with wine bottles, this open-air restaurant in Baja's Valle de Guadalupe wine country is anchored by a large fire pit where cast iron and open flame do all the heavy lifting. The menu follows a loose arc, oysters first, then a protein, then sharing plates that use the whole animal or fish. The cooking is rooted in local sourcing and fire, and the chocolate cake at the end earns the trip on its own.


  4. Rank 269. Romina

    Modern Italian




  5. A long dirt road through pepper fields is your navigation, and finding Tenoch feels like part of the deal. This open-air contemporary Mexican restaurant sits inside a resort in Todos Santos, serving seafood and produce pulled largely from the surrounding land. The kitchen's ideas are more serious than the breezy palapa vibe suggests, and the mole alone makes a case for the detour.




  6. Rank 269. Yoshimi

    Japanese


  7. Rank 269. Zagala

    Basque






  8. Rank 324. Coyul

    Mexican

    The dining room at this Four Seasons Tamarindo restaurant sits on artificially built clifftops above a run of infinity pools, with the Pacific spreading out beyond. The menu, shaped in collaboration with Elena Reygadas, pulls local Mexican ingredients through French and Italian technique. Order something, then spend most of dinner watching the horizon do its thing.



  9. Rank 324. De La O

    Mexican Cocktail Bar





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    Orizaba 219 Roma Norte 06700, CDMX Mexico · Mexico City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–11 PM

    Reserve
    Tock
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  11. Rank 332. Carolina

    Contemporary Mexican

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  12. Rank 332. Don Manuel's

    Modern Mexican

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  13. Rank 332. Humo

    Latin American

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  14. Rank 335. Manta

    Mexican

    Floor-to-ceiling glass frames Land's End straight on, which is either a distraction or the whole point, depending on your priorities. This is a contemporary Mexican restaurant inside the Cape Hotel, operating under Enrique Olvera, where the kitchen folds in Peruvian and Japanese influences without apology: ceviche alongside bao, tempura alongside tacos. You can order à la carte or go tasting menu, and the room is dressed to match the ambition.



  15. Fine dining inside the Atelier Playa Mujeres resort, with a balcony where live music drifts over your table and service that borders on theatrical. Celebrity chef Edgar Núñez shapes a contemporary Mexican menu that moves through the country's regional traditions, from Sonoran to Oaxacan, with obvious ambition. A tasting menu anchors the room, though the à la carte runs deep. It took Mexico's Best Restaurant at the 2025 World Culinary Awards.


  16. Terracotta walls and communal tables set the tone at this casual all-day Mexican restaurant in San Miguel Chapultepec, where the comal does most of the heavy lifting. Gorditas, flautas, chilaquiles, enmoladas, the menu reads like a greatest-hits of comforting classics cooked with care. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand. Come weekend brunch, a wait is part of the deal.


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  18. Rank 339. Almara

    Mexican

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  19. Rank 339. Arbol

    Indian

    Lantern-hung branches cast a rosy glow over the stone patio at this indoor-outdoor Indian restaurant inside Rosewood's Las Ventanas al Paraiso. The menu leans into Punjabi classics and tandoor cooking, then widens to charcoal-grilled meats, seafood, and broader Asian dishes. The fish masala uses whatever came off the boat that morning, which at a Los Cabos resort is not a bad starting point. A Michelin Selected Restaurant.


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    Address
    Campos Eliseos 218, Ciudad de México, DF 11560, Mexico · Mexico City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday Midnight–11:59 PM

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  21. Rank 339. Bisou

    French

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  22. Rank 339. Gustino

    Italian

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    Address
    levard Kukulkan KM 14.5, Cancún, ROO 77500, Mexico · Cancún
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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    OpenTable
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  23. Rank 339. Indochine

    Pan-Asian

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    Paseo Kanai 16, SOLIDARIDAD, Playa del Carmen, ROO 77730, Mexico
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Friday 7 AM–11:30 AM, 1 PM–5 PM, 6 PM–10:30 PM, 1 PM–11 PM

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    OpenTable
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  25. Rank 339. La Frida

    Mexican

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  35. A blue corn tostada piled with avocado, chintextle, and coconut is the dish that tells you what kind of seafood restaurant this is: creative, coastal, not remotely predictable. The second-floor dining room in Hipódromo sits behind floor-to-ceiling windows under a vaulted ceiling, with a colorful art installation doing most of the decorating. The menu is built for sharing, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps it approachable on the bill.


  36. Rank 358. Mestixa

    Asian fusion Mexican

    A snake mural and paper lanterns set the tone before you've touched the menu at this cozy Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant tucked into Tulum Pueblo. The kitchen leans into the collision: birria ramen built with cascabel chili and tamarind, bao stuffed with pickled pear and hoja santa. The whole thing holds together in a way that sounds chaotic on paper and somehow isn't. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.


  37. Rank 359. Cetli Restaurant

    Mayan Mexican

    On the road toward the Cobá ruins, just past where the tourist noise of Tulum fades, Cetli serves Mayan Mexican cooking in a whitewashed room brightened by folk paintings and old artifacts on rustic wood tables. Fish cooked in seawater with almond mole and dark chocolate is the kind of dish that makes the drive feel incidental. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks for a room where the food is doing most of the talking.


  38. Rank 359. Metate

    Mexican

    Down a dirt road off the hotel strip, this open-air Mexican restaurant earns its Michelin Bib Gourmand with antojitos and wood-fired grilled meats served on a stone patio strung with lights. The name refers to the flat stone used for grinding maize, which tells you where the kitchen's head is at. Blue corn tortillas and squid ink batter show the cooks aren't just playing it safe. Casual, affordable, and easy to miss if you're not looking.


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    Address
    77733 Solidaridad, Q. Roo., Mexico
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–11 PM

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  48. Rank 361. Frida

    Modern Mexican

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  54. Rank 361. Mision 19

    Mexican

    The restaurant sits on the second floor of what's billed as Mexico's second self-sustaining building, which gives you a sense of how seriously the team takes its ethos. This is avant-garde Mexican dining in Tijuana, where the kitchen sources everything within 200 kilometers, leaning hard into Baja's coastal and agricultural abundance. Valle de Guadalupe wines make the obvious pairing. A Michelin Selected restaurant.


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    Address
    63735 Nuevo Vallarta, Nay., Mexico · Nuevo Vallarta
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    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–11 PM

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  67. Corn sourced from small family farms around Mexico gets nixtamalized and ground in-house here, then pressed into tortillas on a comal you can watch from the front of the room. This warm, airy Mexican spot in Tijuana keeps the menu tight: tacos, tostadas, ceviche, egg dishes, and a daily tamal wrapped in banana leaf. The room has tile floors, wood furnishings, and a screen-covered roof. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.


  68. Rank 389. La 89

    Mexican

    Plastic stools, metal tables, and a kitchen that refuses to rush anything, which is not nothing when you're talking carne asada grilled to order. This bright Roma Norte taqueria does birria, tortas, and quesabirria, the last of which holds up fine without the consommé but really wants it. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks. You will stand in line with people who know exactly what they're ordering before they reach the front.


  69. Rank 389. Siembra Tortillería

    Modern Mexican

    The black awning covers two storefronts of counter stools facing an open kitchen where a Venezuelan chef who has spent decades in Mexico treats tortilla-making as the main event, selling them by the stack to locals and using them as the foundation for tacos, tlacoyos, and squash blossom quesadillas made to order. This Polanco taqueria holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the corn here is the argument.




  70. Rank 394. Agricole Cocina de Campo

    Contemporary Mexican

    A farm shop sits at the entrance, which tells you what kind of restaurant this is going to be. Agricole is a garden-set contemporary Mexican spot on the highway between Cabo and Todos Santos, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand for cooking that steps back and lets ingredients argue for themselves. The tomato plate, the fried fish tacos, the ribeye tacos, and the cocktail menu all do their part. Bring sunscreen; you're eating outside.

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  71. Smoke from the wood grill drifts across the open-air terrace before you've even sat down, which tells you most of what you need to know about this rooftop restaurant in Roma Norte. The menu is short and Mexican, built around whatever's coming off those embers, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps the prices from matching the view. Grab a bar seat if you can and watch the grill up close while the cocktails arrive.

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  72. Rank 394. Axiote

    Mexican

    The guano leaf roof sets the palapa mood before you even sit down. This is a casual Yucatan restaurant in Gonzalo Guerrero where the salsas arrive first and pull no punches on heat. The kitchen runs familiar regional dishes with modern plating, and the desserts quietly steal the meal. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, it keeps portions generous and prices grounded. A full tasting menu exists if you want the longer conversation.


  73. Bougainvillea drapes the front of this Ensenada courtyard restaurant, where wood slats and old trees shade the tables. The owner's family has been making cheese in Valle de Ojos Negros for generations, and that artisanal cheese turns up on the chilaquiles at breakfast, which is the main draw. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand. Lunch runs to tostadas and cochinita pibil, all built around ranch ingredients. Casual, unhurried, and cheap enough that you'll order more than you planned.

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  74. Handmade tortillas arrive at the table still warm, which tells you most of what you need to know about Comedor Jacinta. It's a cozy neighborhood Mexican spot in Polanco run by chef Edgar Núñez, who built the menu around childhood food memories rather than a concept. Corn, molcajetes, guacamole, generous portions, and prices that won't require a moment of hesitation. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks.

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  75. Rank 394. El Jarocho

    Mexican

    A coffee shop in Roma Sur that's been slinging guisado tacos for generations, El Jarocho started life as a tortilleria and still makes its tortillas in-house. The format is simple: sit down, a server takes your order, and you pick from a rotating spread of stewed meats and vegetables. The campechano with chopped steak and chicharron does a lot of convincing on its own. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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  76. Rank 394. Filigrana

    Mexican

    Full-grown trees punch through the dining room floor at this Mexican restaurant in Roma Norte, where the concrete-and-glass space feels more like a greenhouse someone forgot to finish. Chef Martha Ortiz runs a kitchen that treats familiar dishes as open questions, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand crowd arrives expecting surprises. Gorditas, tamales, pozole: they all show up looking nothing like you remembered, which is apparently the whole point.

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