The Best Restaurants in Mexico City, by the Record
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Rank 111. Hunan - San Angel
Chinese
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Rank 112. Caracol de Mar
Mexican
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.
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Rank 112. Castacán
Mexican
A Roma Norte taco spot where the pork does all the talking. The cochinita pibil arrives slow-roasted and shredded under a pile of pickled red onion, and the lechon taco layers tender suckling pig with shards of crispy skin, so ordering both is less a suggestion than a logical outcome. Good tortillas, a spread of salsas running from habanero heat to sesame aioli, and a room full of people who came with a plan.
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Rank 112. Gruta Ehden
Middle Eastern
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Rank 112. 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.
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Rank 112. Restaurante Loma Linda
American
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Rank 112. 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.
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Rank 112. Suntory
Traditional Japanese
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Rank 112. Tacos Del Valle
Mexican
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Rank 112. Taqueria Los Cocuyos
Mexican
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Rank 124. Arturo's Restaurant
Classic French
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Rank 124. Balcón del Zocalo
Mexican
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Rank 124. Costa Guadiana
Contemporary Mexican
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Rank 124. Eloise
French
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Rank 124. Romina
Modern Italian
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Rank 124. Sartoria
Italian
The terrace fills early with couples and the kind of people who dress like they read Italian Vogue, making Sartoria feel more Milan than Roma Norte. It's a neighborhood osteria at heart, with an industrial-chic interior and a focused menu that runs from antipasti through pasta to secondi. The kitchen takes presentation seriously, and the tiramisu is the kind that makes you question every other version you've had.
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Rank 124. Yoshimi
Japanese
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Rank 124. Zagala
Basque
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Rank 124. Zeru - Lomas
Basque
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Rank 137. BAJEL
Contemporary Mexican
Inside the Sofitel on Reforma, Bajel runs two tasting menus of contemporary Mexican cooking inside a room where the open kitchen is very much part of the show. The French hotel might greet you with a bonsoir, but the menu corrects course immediately. A white mole made from 25 ingredients arrives with a card listing all of them, which is either endearing or a lot, depending on your mood.
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Rank 137. Baldío
Mexican
The menus print on paper made from recycled corn husks, which tells you everything about where this zero-waste Mexican restaurant's head is at. Inspired by London's Silo, the chef runs a tasting menu (or à la carte) built around chinampa vegetables and freshwater fish, with in-house water purification rounding out the commitment. The cooking is precise enough that the philosophy never feels like the main course.
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Rank 137. Lorea
Mexican
The name is the Basque word for flower, which sets the tone for a fine dining room in Roma Norte where a single seasonal tasting menu drifts from Mexican roots toward wherever the chef's curiosity leads. Multi-level, wood-tabled, and quiet enough to hear yourself think, with the chef's counter as the obvious place to sit. The kitchen runs clean and calm, and the menu changes enough that regulars keep showing up.
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Rank 137. Margarita
Mexican
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Rank 137. Supplì
Roman
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Rank 137. Taverna
Mediterranean
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Rank 143. Botánico
Contemporary Mexican
The entrance on Calle Alfonso Reyes gives nothing away, but step inside this contemporary Mexican restaurant and there are tall cacti, a small fish-stocked lake, and the feeling of a courtyard that somehow forgot it was in the middle of the city. The menu moves between aguachile and pasta without apology, and a crème brûlée finished with Kalamata olive is the kind of move that sounds wrong until it isn't. Good for a date, fine for a family, easy for anyone.
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Rank 143. El Turix
Yucatan-Style Mexican
The cochinita pibil comes out electric orange from achiote, and it will absolutely stain your shirt. El Turix is a bare-bones Yucatan taqueria in Polanco with a steel counter, no real seating, and a line that parks itself outside regardless. The slow-roasted pork lands on panuchos or in tacos, topped with pickled red onion. Office workers in loosened ties eat next to construction crews, which is about as reliable a quality signal as any.
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Rank 143. Jowong
Korean
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Rank 143. Taquería El Greco
Mexican
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Rank 147. Almara
Fusion Mexican
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Rank 147. Tacos Hola El Güero
Mexican
Big ceramic pots of guisado tacos lined up at the counter in Condesa, this old-school taqueria has been feeding the neighborhood forever. You order at the window, pick your fillings, tortilla count, and toppings, then find a table outside. The stewed options run from picadillo to chorizo con papa, and the crowd moves fast, which means the pots stay fresh. The Michelin Guide has it listed, which tells you what you already suspect from the line.
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Rank 147. Taqueria Los Parados
Mexican
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Rank 151. Aleli Rooftop
Mexican
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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Rank 151. Comedor Jacinta
Mexican
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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Rank 151. 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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Rank 151. 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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A second-floor taqueria in Del Valle where the built-in charcoal grill does double duty: cooking the tacos al carbon and keeping the dining room warm enough that the breezy patio starts to look appealing. The thinly sliced meats are grilled and then diced before hitting the tortilla, and the arrachera comes with a rosy pink center that argues its case without any help. Vegetarian options hold their own too. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 151. Los Milanesos Taqueria
Mexican
The orange awning and the smell of frying pork will find you before you find this taqueria in a quiet residential corner of Álvaro Obregón. The specialty is Milanese-style tacos, breaded cutlets sliced into strips and piled onto corn tortillas, finished with lime and house-made green or red salsa. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks. Bring cash, and don't plan anything too athletic afterward.
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Rank 151. Molino "El Pujol"
Mexican
Six counter seats, a handful outside, and almost everything else given over to the kitchen: Molino El Pujol is a compact neighborhood spot in La Condesa built around corn nixtamalized on-site daily. Tamales, chilaquiles, tacos, and enfrijoladas are the focus, and the tortillas are available to take home warm. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which is either a reason to go or a reason to arrive early, probably both.
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Rank 151. Pink Rambo
Mexican
A buff Jesus doing pull-ups on a crucifix above the kitchen sets the tone for this cantina in Santa María la Ribera, and the menu follows suit. Empanadas share space with shrimp dumplings and fried chicken, small plates that roam freely across any tradition they please. The flan, improbably, is the thing people come back for. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and a room that earns its eccentricity rather than performing it.
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Rank 151. Tacos Charly
Mexican
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Rank 151. Tacos Los Alexis
Mexican
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Rank 151. Vigneron
Contemporary French
A sliver of a room in Roma Norte, all dark wood and candlelight, with just enough tables that you'll feel like you got in on something. Vigneron is a contemporary French restaurant where the menu stays short and the wine list, mostly European, runs long. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks: this is the kind of cooking that shows off without announcing itself. Share everything you can.
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Rank 151. Voraz
Contemporary Mexican
Tool cabinets moonlight as the host stand in this Roma Sur gastropub, a former mechanic's shop that leaned into its bones rather than hiding them. The menu is contemporary Mexican, built around snacks, small plates, and shareable mains that shift with the seasons. A churro infused with chaya leaf, pulled up next to aged Cotija sauce, tells you immediately that the kitchen is having fun. The Michelin Guide has noticed, awarding it a Bib Gourmand.
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Rank 163. Bella Aurora
Contemporary Italian
The pink facade on Calle de Puebla gives away nothing except that someone here has good taste. Bella Aurora is an all-day Italian spot in Roma Norte, from the same team behind Rosetta and Lardo, and it runs from breakfast pastries through pasta lunches to full dinners without ever feeling like it's trying too hard. The room is green and airy, the crowd is local and unhurried, and the tiramisu is a reasonable argument for skipping the main course entirely.
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Rank 163. CANA
Contemporary Mexican
A light-flooded bistro on Calle Liverpool where the room manages to feel elegant and relaxed at the same time, which is harder than it sounds. The short menu rotates with the seasons and leans into contemporary Mexican cooking, so what lands on the table shifts but the approach stays consistent. Small enough that the kitchen clearly means every dish, and the kind of place that works equally well for a quiet date or a louder table of friends.
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Rank 163. Cariñito Tacos
Southeast Asian Mexican
Tacos served on dried corn husks instead of plates is a reasonable signal that this Roma Norte taqueria is doing something different. The white-tiled counter runs with quiet efficiency, and everything is made to order, which you can watch happening if you linger before grabbing a seat outside. The menu pulls from Southeast Asia as readily as Mexico, folding hoisin, sriracha, and nam jim jaew into flour tortillas without making a fuss about it.
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Rank 163. Casona Roma Norte
Contemporary New American
A floral mural climbs one wall and live greenery fills another at Aquiles, the all-day dining room inside this Roma Norte hotel. It skews contemporary Mexican, with dinner being the main event and a short, confident à la carte that moves from tortilla soup to braised short rib. The burger is exactly what a good hotel restaurant owes you. Weekends add breakfast and lunch to the mix.
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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.
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Rank 163. Gonzalitos
Northern-style Mexican
Northern-style tacos in Roma Norte, served from a small kitchen with a few tables and a sidewalk counter for overflow. The barbacoa de res is the reason to show up, and ordering it dorado-style, shallow fried until the tortilla crisps up, is the move most regulars make without thinking twice. The kitchen chooses flour or corn depending on the filling, and the whole operation stays refreshingly unbothered by the neighborhood around it.
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Rank 163. Guzina Oaxaca
Oaxacan
An upscale Oaxacan restaurant on Masaryk, where the luxury boutiques give way to mole negro and grasshoppers, which is not a pairing you'd expect but Polanco contains multitudes. The team behind the menu comes from Oaxaca itself, and the cooking roots everything in corn and chile, from breakfast through afternoon tlayudas. It's the kind of place that makes a cup of chocolate feel like the logical end to a serious meal.
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Rank 163. Malix Restaurant
Mexican
The U-shaped bar counter and open kitchen give this Polanco restaurant a lively transparency, everything visible, nothing hidden behind a pass. The menu wanders freely, pairing local Mexican producers with global instincts, Lao-style sausage alongside house mole, pâté with madeleines, a long cheese list. Beige leather banquettes and lacquered tables fill the room with a calm that the food quietly contradicts. The Michelin Guide has it selected.
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Rank 163. Meroma
Contemporary Mediterranean
A contemporary Mediterranean restaurant in Roma Norte, Meroma runs its menu through Italian and Mexican lenses at once, landing on house-made pastas, soft-shell crab from Veracruz, and an affogato finished tableside with a hot pour of espresso. The room is hip and modern without straining for it, and the cooking has the kind of quiet confidence that doesn't need to announce itself. The Michelin Guide has taken notice.
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The open kitchen at this fine dining room in Roma Norte runs at a steady clip, turning out plates that wander confidently across borders: think charred mamey with foie gras, or yuzu beurre blanc over charcoal-cooked striped bass. The cooking is international but never unfocused, and the young team keeps the room warm without the stiffness that sometimes comes with white-tablecloth ambition. A good place to eat seriously without feeling like you're being graded.
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Rank 163. Ricos Tacos Toluca
Mexican
Handmade Toluca-style chorizo and sausages are the whole point at this tiny taqueria near the Mercado de San Juan in the Centro Histórico. A handful of red stools fill up fast, so arriving late means eating standing at the counter, which plenty of regulars do without complaint. The obispo, a thick pork sausage seared to a light crisp, and the tamarind chorizo are the ones to order, then pile on salsa, cilantro, and onions.
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Half a block off the Zócalo, a line spills onto the sidewalk for tacos de canasta, the steamed, basket-carried style that Mexico City has perfected forever. Tokens at the door track your order, cash is the only currency accepted, and the dining room inside is bigger than the street would suggest. The menu runs to four fillings, the price is almost nothing, and the salsa, pickles, and guacamole spread at the counter is the move everyone makes.
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Rank 163. Tacos El Paisa
Mexican
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Rank 176. El Pescadito Taquerías
Mexican
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Rank 177. Al Andalus
Lebanese
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Rank 177. Alfil Restaurante
Mexican
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Rank 177. Auna Restaurante
Modern Mexican
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Rank 177. Bar Nino
Italian
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Rank 177. Barbacoa Los 3 Reyes
Mexican
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Rank 177. Bellopuerto
Seafood Mexican
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Rank 177. Café Aúna
Mexican Coffee Shop
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Rank 177. Cananea
Sonoran
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Rank 177. Cantina El Sella
Mexican
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Rank 177. Chuan Bai Wei
Sichuan
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Rank 177. Estoril
Oaxacan
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Rank 177. Klein's
Mexican
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Rank 177. La Polar
Jalisco Mexican
White tiles, cold tap beer, and one thing on the menu: birria, the goat stew from Jalisco that La Polar has been making forever. This old-school restaurant in San Rafael keeps it simple and loud, with dueling mariachi bands and, apparently, a talking parrot. Fold the tender meat into warm tortillas, chase each bite with a spoonful of consommé, and let the afternoon dissolve. Thursday or Friday, late afternoon, is when the locals arrive to do exactly that.
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Rank 177. Lempicka Bistro
Mexican-inspired French
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Rank 177. Maleza
Mexican
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Rank 177. Maza Bistrot
Indian
Amber light, tall ceilings, and a menu that has no business being in the Juárez neighborhood, in the best possible, wait, simply: Indian food done this carefully is rare anywhere. Maza Bistrot is a compact bistro where biryani arrives baked under pastry and mussels come with rasam instead of white wine. French touchstones appear here and there, but northwestern India is the main argument. In a city where the high end keeps rerunning Mexican and Mediterranean hits, this one is quietly doing something different.
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Rank 177. Roselle
Italian
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Rank 177. Superette
French