La Candela

Top choice in Xalapa


This brightly decorated place attracts a crowd of loyal regulars who come for the inventive Mexican cuisine and great steaks at lunchtime, but it's the breakfasts, which are accepted by nearly all xalapeños as being the best in town, that really please hungry tummies.

It's downstairs from Mesón del Alférez Xalapa.


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