Oaxaca City
Oaxaca’s best bakery comes with a trendy cafe next door where the most popular dish is – guess what? – avocado toast. Guys with beards or girls in Doc…
Must-see restaurants in Oaxaca City
Oaxaca City
Excellent Mexican fusion food in a spectacular architect-designed patio makes Los Danzantes one of Oaxaca’s special dining spots. The hierba santa …
Oaxaca City
It’s not easy living up to the mantle of Oaxaca's best restaurant, but this place consistently achieves. A glamorous rooftop terrace, theatrical tableside…
Oaxaca City
Named after a type of indigenous agave plant, the new and unashamedly hip Tobaziche slams down complimentary mezcals on selective nights and trumpets some…
Oaxaca City
La Olla (the cooking pot) is very much its own invention. It’s not a trying-too-hard bohemian cafe, or a fancy fusion restaurant or a purveyor of nouveau…
Oaxaca City
Perhaps Oaxaca’s most refined and romantic eating choice, with sharp but nonshowy service on a patio or in a variety of interior rooms. The specialty is…
Oaxaca City
Food as art. Oaxacan chef José Manuel Baños, who has worked at the renowned El Bulli in Spain, takes the ingredients and flavors of his homeland to new…
Oaxaca City
Cheap, quick, boisterous and – as the name implies – popular, this little corner restaurant with a sideline as an art gallery does a variety of…
Oaxaca City
It might smell more like a blacksmith’s forge than a restaurant, but don’t be put off. A dip inside the charcoal-y interior of this city institution is…
Oaxaca City
Belly up to the bar here and order a Mexican corn whisky, a small-batch mezcal or one of the innovative cocktails. Or simply go for a local craft beer,…
Oaxaca City
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec has its own take on Oaxacan cuisine based on ingredients like tropical fruits and seafood, with many dishes cooked in banana…
Oaxaca City
Locals and visitors alike jam the large colonial courtyard for well-rendered nouveau-Oaxacan fusion dishes. The choices are chalked on blackboards: you…
Oaxaca City
This bright lunch spot serves up hearty helpings of home-style Oaxacan favourites to an appreciative, mostly local clientele. Daily specials usually…
Oaxaca City
Moles are the prize here and, to make things easier, a tasting menu allows you to sample all seven of the revered sauces along with tortillas for dipping…
Oaxaca City
Looking for cheap street food? Look no further. Dozens of good, clean comedores (food stalls) fill this large market where wait staff will thrust menus to…
Oaxaca City
Like a cross between a deli and a tapas bar, Gourmand does baguettes and deli sandwiches with roast beef, hummus or turkey breast, tablas (boards) of cold…
Oaxaca City
Casa Crespo offers up dishes from Oaxaca state’s seven regions made with market-fresh ingredients and served on a dramatic roof terrace with views of the…
Oaxaca City
The local's choice, this small indoor food market is where you'll end up shopping when you book a cooking class and go out searching for ingredients.
Oaxaca City
Perched like a theater box overlooking the twilight entertainment in the Zócalo, the Asador Vasco lays on good Oaxacan, international, and – as the name…
Oaxaca City
The mellow Jícara is not just a restaurant but also an alternative cultural center, with films, live music and a bookstore selling titles from independent…
Oaxaca City
What wonderful treats emerge from this small place specializing in cuisine from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Regional dishes include pescadillas (fish…
Oaxaca City
This relaxed family-run restaurant has relocated to a new location in the Colonia Reforma neighborhood. It's a little less central than it used to be but…
Oaxaca City
The best Oaxaca tapas experience supported by some small Italy-worthy pasta, all served on typically Mexican ceramics, can be found in the pleasantly…
Oaxaca City
Ask where to get the best tlayudas in town and locals will often point you in the direction of El Negro, where large grilled tortillas are filled with…
Oaxaca City
A popular local haunt for more than 50 years, this is the classic Oaxaca market-food experience. There's no printed menu, so you might try the salsa de…
Oaxaca City
Mellow little cafe that makes an ideal spot for breakfast although it's open all day, every day. You can relax in peace with a fruit smoothie, organic…
Oaxaca City
The best coffee in Oaxaca comes from the mountains overlooking the Pacific and is served in this quietly hip but unmistakably Mexican cafe that also does…
Oaxaca City
Every city needs an Italian restaurant and Oaxaca has several, though few are better than the authentic and casually refined Vieja Lira with its thin…
Oaxaca City
Small complex opposite Parque Juárez (El Llano) with a crafts shop, walk-up food concession and little outdoor cinema club with a bias (at last visit)…
Oaxaca City
You'll usually see a long row of cars double-parked on the street beside this popular late-night stall known for its tacos de lechón con chicharrón …
Tamales de San Agustín Yatareni
Oaxaca City
Find out why oaxaqueños queue up to buy these large tamales filled with ingredients such as squash blossom, chicken in salsa verde, mole and chapulines …
Oaxaca City
Does a good range of breakfasts, light meals, teas and coffees next to Hotel Casa Arnel.
