The Best Mexican Food in Orlando
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The best Mexican food in Orlando, according to the experts: the James Beard Awards, Time Out, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Reyes Mezcaleria comes out on top.
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Black Rooster Taqueria and June hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with the Michelin Guide next.
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Rank 1. Reyes Mezcaleria
Mexican
The bar stocks around 150 agave spirits, which tells you something about where the priorities lie at this NoDo Mexican restaurant. The interior channels Tulum and Quintana Roo in a way that makes you want to stay for another mezcal cocktail. The kitchen works through Mexico's regional traditions, from Veracruz to the coasts, and the chapulines, tiny fried grasshoppers seasoned with tamarind and chili, are offered completely without apology.
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Sue Chin and Jason Chin - Good Salt Restaurant Group
- Time Out Time Out: The 20 best restaurants in Orlando
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Orlando
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Sue Chin and Jason Chin - Good Salt Restaurant Group
- Time Out The 20 best restaurants in Orlando
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Orlando
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Rank 2. Black Rooster Taqueria
Mexican
A black rooster mural anchors the wall of this compact, industrial taqueria on Mills Avenue, where the chef built some of the furniture himself. The ethos is farm-to-taco, which sounds like a bumper sticker until you taste it. Slow-roasted pork, smoked greens with ricotta and shiitake, pickled onions that actually pucker: the menu reads eclectic and delivers on it. A Michelin Selected pick that draws vegetarians and carnivores into the same colorful booths.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Orlando
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Rank 3. June
Creative Mexican
The crab tostadas, rich and buttery, are a reasonable argument for ordering nothing else, though the tamale dumplings with rock shrimp and pasilla chili will make you question that plan. This contemporary Mexican restaurant in Thornton Park leans into wood-fired cooking and a sharing-plates format, so bring people you like. The room could pass for Mexico City: neutral tones, warm wood, the occasional pop of color, and a cocktail list that keeps pace with the food.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Hunger Street Tacos
Mexican
Tortillas pressed from imported blue Oaxacan corn are the foundation at this Winter Park taco shop, where the kitchen fries in beef tallow and avocado oil. The menu runs toward veal cheeks and chorizo-and-potato fillings, the kind of combinations that suggest the team grew up eating this food, not just studying it. Eater named it among Orlando's 38 best restaurants, and the regulars who show up on a Tuesday seem to already know that.
The awards