Mexico City — Where We Ate & Drank
We've eaten our way through Mexico City over 3 trips—24 restaurants, 12 bars, and a taco scene that refuses to quit. From El Cardenal to Ling Ling by Hakkasan.
Three trips to CDMX, two of them wrapped around Día de Muertos, and the city still out-eats almost everywhere. Our saves run from El Cardenal's breakfast institution to Kaito del Valle's Japanese-Mexican cocktails—part of a bar scene with 14 Top-500 entries. The altitude is real; the taquería El Gran Abanico is realer.
We've mapped 24 restaurants and 12 bars across neighborhoods we actually walked, plus a handful of museums and markets worth the detour. This is Mexico City through the places we returned to, not a bucket list we copied.
- 3 visits since 2022, most recently October 2024
- Best months to visit: October–May
- 8 Michelin-starred tables · 14 Top-500 bars · 3 UNESCO sites
- Also covers Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad López Mateos
- Worth timing: Día de Muertos (October–November), Independence Day (El Grito) (15 September)
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Restaurants
- Ling Ling by Hakkasan
- El Cardenal Alameda
- Esquina Común
- Taquería El Gran Abanico
- Taquería Orinoco
- Taquería Orinoco
- Churreria El Moro Centro
- La Casa de Toño en Narvarte
- La Casa de Toño en Zona Rosa
- Contramar
- Churrería El Moro
- Pujol
- La Casa de Los Tacos Coyoacán
- Quintonil
- Expendio de Maiz
- El Vilsito
- Los Panchos Restaurant
- Taquería Los Parados
- Restaurante Nicos
- Sud 777
- Tacos Hola El Güero
- Pizza Roma
- Tacos Chupacabras
- Restaurante Rosetta
- See all 26 restaurants in Mexico City →