The Best Mediterranean Food in Mexico City
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The best Mediterranean food in Mexico City, according to the experts: MexBest, MB100, and Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Meroma comes out on top.
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Taverna and ER RRE Un Bistro hold the next two places. Michelin Guide and The Infatuation show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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Rank 1. Meroma
Contemporary Mediterranean
A small bar spills onto Calle de Colima at street level, and you're meant to linger there with a drink before heading upstairs to the dining room, which is cozy, neutral-toned, and quietly confident. The husband-and-wife team behind Meroma keeps the menu seasonal and the sourcing deliberate, turning out the kind of elegant, composed plates that make Roma Norte feel like it's doing something right. An old-school institution this is not, but it eats like one.
The awards
- MexBest MexBest: Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 MB100: Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- MexBest Casual Dining: Nominados · Premios MexBest
- MB100 Mexico's Best 100 Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 2. Taverna
Mediterranean
A candlelit Mediterranean tavern in a restored townhouse that spent decades in inheritance limbo before anyone thought to fix it up. The result is all greenery, vintage details, and mismatched elegance, the kind of room that makes whatever you're eating taste better. Fire-cooked fish and roasted vegetables anchor the menu, but cozy lounges and aged Negronis suggest nobody is in a hurry. Bring someone you want to impress.
The awards
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Rank 3. ER RRE Un Bistro
Mediterranean Bistro
A compact bistro steps from the National Museum of Anthropology, small enough that reservations feel less optional and more obligatory. The short menu roams internationally, grilled sardines edging Mediterranean, pasta going Italian, crêpes suzette tipping French, but Mexican ingredients run through all of it. Bar seats face the open kitchen for those who prefer their dinner with a side of controlled chaos.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Lardo
Mediterranean
Lardo is an all-day Mexican-Mediterranean restaurant in Condesa where the move is to sit at the bar and eat something with a fork. It runs from power breakfast to date night without changing its shirt, and the grilled octopus in peanut and tomato sauce explains the stool situation. Expect tourists and laptop people more than neighbors, and know that the croque madame at breakfast is a little indulgent.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 17 Best Restaurants In Condesa