Monday, August 31, 2026

The Best Places to Eat in Mexico City, by the Record

  1. Rank 196. Bellopuerto

    Seafood Mexican


  2. Rank 196. Café Aúna

    Mexican Coffee Shop


  3. Rank 196. Cananea

    Sonoran






  4. Rank 196. Çuina

    Mexican


  5. Rank 196. El Minutito

    Italian-Inspired Wine Bar


  6. Rank 196. El Tigrillo

    Cocktail Bar


  7. Rank 196. Estoril

    Oaxacan


  8. Rank 196. Ficelle

    French Bakery



  9. Rank 196. Klein's

    Mexican




  10. Rank 196. 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.


  11. Rank 196. Lagerbar Hércules

    German/Czech Beer Bar


  12. Rank 196. Lempicka Bistro

    Mexican-inspired French


  13. Rank 196. Maleza

    Mexican


  14. Rank 196. Marne

    French Bakery


  15. Rank 196. Mätre

    Sourdough Bakery


  16. Rank 196. MATSUBA

    Sushi


  17. 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.


  18. Rank 196. Nadefo

    Korean Barbecue


  19. Rank 196. Neveria Roxy

    Mexican Dessert



  20. Rank 196. Pancracia

    Mexican Bakery



  21. Rank 196. Pastelería Suiza

    Swiss Bakery


  22. Rank 196. Roselle

    Italian




  23. Rank 196. Superette

    French


  24. A walk-up tamale shop on a quiet Roma Sur corner that sells out most mornings before the city has properly woken up. The masa is unusually light, and the roster runs from squash blossom with cheese to pork loin with olives to a sweet fig and cream cheese version that has no business being that good at 8 a.m. A handful of sidewalk tables for those who can't wait, but most people just grab and go, fast.


  25. Rank 196. Taquería Orinoco

    Late-Night Mexican


  26. Rank 196. Tenampa

    Mexican


  27. Rank 196. Tetetlán

    Mexican


  28. Rank 196. The Lamb

    British


  29. Rank 196. Travieso

    Natural Wine Bar


  30. Rank 196. Vacaciones

    Italian





























  31. Rank 244. La Onda

    Mexican



















  32. Rank 244. Taquería Orinoco

    Late-Night Mexican







  33. A gleaming La Marzocco anchors the tiny bar at this Condesa coffee shop, pulling shots from beans sourced out of Veracruz, with a whole wall of AeroPress, Chemex, and V60 gear behind it. The geometric mosaic floor and a pastry case loaded with morning buns eat up the rest of the space. On good days the sidewalk chairs are the real seating plan. The name means "very tiny," and the room commits to that.



  34. Rank 293. Malcriado

    Mediterranean Mexican

    The name translates to "badly raised," which tells you something about the attitude. Malcriado runs as a cafe through the morning and a natural wine bar by evening, taking both halves seriously enough that neither reads as the excuse for the other. The team cups the beans twice daily, the coffee comes from Chiapas, and the kitchen carries a Mediterranean sensibility built on Mexican ingredients. Tables spill onto Atlixco, fully absorbed into Condesa's sidewalk rhythm.



  35. Rank 297. 25dos

    Contemporary Mexican





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