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The best Mexican food restaurants you should visit.

Updated: Feb 21, 2022

Sometimes it can be complicated to know which restaurant to choose and in CDMX it can be an even more complicated task due to the enormous offer of gastronomic options. If what you don't have is time, here we leave you our favorites to visit in restaurants that offer you authentic Mexican food, with the best style, quality and unbeatable flavor.

We have options from traditional food to the new and contemporary avant-garde Mexican food.

Dress them today and discover the best flavor and a unique experience!

DULCE PATRIA

Chef Martha Ortiz's restaurant is a work of art not only for its splendid decoration with Mexican pink details everywhere, but also for the splendid presentation of each of its dishes that make them the perfect protagonists for your Instagram profile. Its contemporary Mexican cuisine and its artistic atmosphere are the ingredients that will make your meeting the best meeting.

Address: Anatole France 100, Polanco, Polanco III Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11560 Mexico City, CDMX. Telephone: 55 5282 1976.

CHAPULÍN

Its kitchen, directed by chef Josefina López, seeks to delight even the most demanding palates with dishes such as the traditional black mole or its exquisite short rib pozole. The best thing is that its facilities are a work of art, with a beautiful mirror of water, large windows, wood everywhere, talavera from Puebla and a contemporary style that will invite you to stay for hours in the place..

Address: Campos Elíseos 218, Polanco, Polanco IV Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11560 Mexico City, CDMX. Telephone: 55 5327 7789.

TESTAL

The restaurant is located right in the Historic Center of CDMX, next to the Palace of Fine Arts and with an atmosphere that exudes history and tradition, as well as a menu of national specialties and unique flavors. His cuisine is born from the simplicity of the ingredients, enhancing them in unforgettable dishes such as his escamoles casserole in pulque sauce, his fried tacos stuffed with Testal lamb, or his beef chambarete in pasilla chili sauce.

Address: Dolores 16, Historic Center of the City. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 Mexico City, CDMX. Telephone: 55 5510 1358.

PUJOL

Pujol restaurant is one of the best Mexican restaurants that, if you have little time to taste the gastronomic proposal in CDMX, you definitely have to visit. It offers an evolutionary reinterpretation of the flavors of Mexico, always rooted in national ingredients and techniques, but constantly transforming. Its most iconic dish is the mother mole, aged for more than 2000 days and available both in its tasting menu and in its omakase..

Address: Tennyson 133, Polanco, Polanco IV Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11570 Mexico City, CDMX. Telephone: 55 5545 4111.

QUINTONIL

Directed by chefs Alejandra Flores and Jorge Vallejo, with the purpose of personally expressing the most representative flavors and ingredients of Mexico. An experience that you cannot miss if you want to try local haute cuisine, with special attention to the quality of its ingredients and the proximity to regional producers. Its menu can be adapted to vegan, ovolactovegetarian and pescatarian diets, so you can expect optimal and personalized attention.