Barra de Navidad
Across the lagoon, this waterfront restaurant's family-run kitchen has been winning folks over with its superb seafood dishes for more than 50 years. The…
Must-see restaurants in Mexico
Condesa
Fondas are traditionally small, local restaurants where you can get a hearty breakfast or lunch throughout the week. At this upmarket Condesa-style 'fonda…
Oaxaca City
This bright lunch spot serves up hearty helpings of home-style Oaxacan favourites to an appreciative, mostly local clientele. Daily specials usually…
Bahías de Huatulco
The beauty of Crucecita is that is looks, feels and is Mexican despite its actual youth. Indeed, if you grab a cafeteria-style table in this very simple…
Morelia
If you'd like to try a range of Morelian delicacies, head for this low-key eatery 2km southeast of the cathedral specializing in antojitos regionales …
Cholula
This cavernous gem gives a nod to Frida Kahlo's home in Mexico City. Mexican handicrafts (plus the artist-owner's murals) are splashed throughout the…
Morelia
Opening onto the leafy Jardín de las Rosas, this charming bistro-bakery serves up a superb breakfast and lunch menu, including a handful of vegan and…
North of Mexico City
Fresh, locally grown vegetables, herbs and wild mushrooms are proudly on display and cooked up on the spot when you order at 'The Grilled Trout'…
Veracruz City
With large windows overlooking the malecón, it’s hard to resist this fancy place on the ground floor of Hotel Emporio. It specialises in à la mode Spanish…
Zacatecas
Unless you have a reservation you're unlikely to be allowed into this revolutionary-themed restaurant – and even with a reservation you'll need to knock…
Parador Gastrónomico de Cocteleros
Campeche
This is a great place to sample the area's bountiful seafood. Over a dozen thatched-roof restaurants all serve pretty much the same thing: shrimp…
Puebla
Set in the delightful colonial patio of the Mesón Sacristía de la Compañía hotel, this is an elegant place for a meal of authentic mole and creative…
Palenque
In El Panchán, popular Don Mucho’s provides great-value meals in a jungly setting, with a candlelit ambience at night. Busy waiters bring pasta, fish,…
North of Mexico City
Taking La Catrina (elegant skeleton) as mascot and turning up the volume on Mexican colors, this restaurant has handy set-lunch meals such as enchiladas…
San Luis Potosí
The place for the local enchiladas potosinas – the tortilla dough is red from chili. This place was started by a woman selling antojitos (Mexican snacks)…
Polanco & Bosque de Chapultepec
In a languid stretch of Polanco, the Mexican breakfasts and lunches at this modern bistro are more wonderful than the fair prices suggest. Try chicken…
Guadalajara
On Saturday and Sunday afternoons it feels like half of Guadalajara has packed into this Tlaquepaque patio seafood restaurant with an open fire. Dressed…
East of Mexico City
Beautifully decorated with plants, antiques and ancient jukeboxes, Yoloxóchitl has views over the cathedral and a selection of salads, antojitos (tortilla…
Puebla
The restaurant at La Purificadora, one of Puebla’s chicest boutique hotels, is set in a spare, loft-like space with unfinished walls and long, narrow wood…
Izamal
Traditional, tasty and home-cooked food (you can watch your tortillas being made), prepared in a huge open-sided thatched hut, which adds to the charm…
Guadalajara
Quality comida típica (home-style food), affordable prices and ample portions mean this family diner always has a queue out front. Fortunately, hard…
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…
Todos Santos
Star Mexican chef Javier Placensia brings his signature Baja Med cuisine to Baja Sur via this warm, open-concept place just out of town and up a tiny hill…
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…
Mazatlán
This street-front cafe across from the malecón (beach promenade) is popular with Mazatlán's middle-aged locals. Breakfasts pack out for chilaquiles with…
Chiapas
With two trained chefs as the owners, you're in safe hands at this new place, a stylish spot that's housed within the small courtyard of a restored home…
Veracruz
On the waterfront, closest to a pedestrian-only suspension bridge, this long-established restaurant specializes in fresh and saltwater fish and seafood…
Chiapas
The food is tasty at this courtyard restaurant specializing in Chiapas food, but you're either going to love or loath the live marimba music and show of…
Mazatlán
Going strong for decades, this family-run restaurant specialises in typical Sinaloan dishes. Come here in the morning for tacos with machaca (spicy dried…
Ciudad Universitaria & Tlalpan
Chef Ricardo Muñoz searches Mexico high and low for traditional recipes and reinvents them to perfection. Fruits of his labor include buñuelos rellenos de…
Puerto Vallarta
For one of Jalisco's most emblematic snacks, head to this tiny taco joint named after the sole stool (banquito) parked on the sidewalk. Watch the chefs…
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…
Valles Centrales
A new parador turistico favored by passing tour groups, the Embajador is also a distillery making its own mezcal. Order lunch and you’ll usually get a…
Puerto Vallarta
Since 1989, this brightly tiled family-run place with upstairs terrace seating and a tree-shaded back patio has specialized in stuffed poblano peppers,…
Puebla
Comal is your old dependable in Puebla. Come for flavorful, good-value poblano dishes like mole (spiced chocolatey sauce on chicken), cemitas (overloaded…
Guadalajara
The chef, known as 'El Socio', started serving his sensational ceviche and delicious shrimp and octopus cocktails from his stainless-steel cart on…
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…
Tijuana
Delicious, innovative contemporary Mexican cuisine plus traditional dishes such as sopa Azteca with avocado and tortilla strips, crepes de huitlacoche …
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.
Puebla
Chef Angel Vázquez has brought international flavors to Puebla in other ventures, but with Augurio he creates gourmet experiences in an intimate space out…
