Puebla
It’s easy to see why this excellent wood-oven pizzeria – with dim lighting, terracotta walls and beamed ceilings – is a popular date spot. In addition to…
Must-see restaurants in Around Mexico City
Tepoztlán
This wonderful bakery-restaurant on the town’s main drag is the best bet for a full breakfast, with excellent omelettes and Mexican standards such as…
East of Mexico City
This unassuming home-style restaurant has been a local favorite for four decades. The menu focuses on traditional Tlaxcalteca cuisine, including gusanos …
Valle de Bravo
A large restaurant with colorful indoor spaces and a great terrace with excellent wide-angled views of the town and lake. Mexican favorites include…
Cuernavaca
This sloped bar, which opens onto the bustling crowds on Galeana, serves up superb pozole (shredded meat and hominy in a pork-based broth) and other…
Cuernavaca
With authentic Mexican dishes this good and cheap, it would easy for Iguana to be another anonymous fonda (inn) and still draw crowds, but the friendly…
Cuernavaca
The Israeli chef here dishes up an eclectic menu that includes dishes like chicken marsala Tel Aviv–style, pita with smoked salmon dip, and polenta. The…
Cuernavaca
Quiz any local on their favorite place to eat and you'll be directed to the thatched roof of homey Emiliano's. Complex mole and other Mexican sure things,…
South of Mexico City
Set in a 17th-century building filled with plants and koi ponds, Golondrinas offers an attractive atmosphere and excellent service. House specialties…
Tepoztlán
Head here for the best pastries around – the smell drifting over the zócalo alone will probably bring you in on autopilot. There’s also good coffee and a…
Valle de Bravo
Restaurante Paraíso has fantastic lake views and a sprawling menu of seafood specialties, plus excellent and imaginatively prepared local trout. Come…
East of Mexico City
Seafood paella, potato tortilla and tapas are some of the Spanish favorites at this tidy little bistro-style restaurant. Drinks have a Mexican twist…
Cuernavaca
Italian dishes, including a broad range of excellent, thin-crust pizzas, and an attractive setting just across from the cathedral make this a decent…
Puebla
The 6570-sq-meter Mercado de Sabores Poblanos is a budget-friendly complement to Puebla’s food scene with everything from snacks to full meals. A…
Cuernavaca
This popular, no-nonsense joint specializes in Guerrero-style pozole verde, the all-curing Mexican soup but here made 'green' with pepitas and mild green…
Taxco
No fine vistas or breezy terrazas here – just authentic pozole, served up in Auntie Calla’s basement. Pick your poison: chicken or chicharrón (fried pork…
Taxco
In business for over 50 years, Santa Fe is a favorite among locals for its fairly priced traditional fare such as conejo en chile ajo (rabbit in garlic…
Tepoztlán
This Swiss Family Robinson–style sprawling treehouse, just off the pathway to the archaeological site, is set amid thick forest. There’s a good selection…
Taxco
Far from the sea, Taxco is perhaps the last place you’d expect to find a great marisquería. But La Caletilla’s small, fish-only menu is loved by locals…
Toluca
A meal or a wine in the courtyard of Mecha makes for a pleasant escape from shopping frenzy of central Toluca. European bistro-style dishes feature,…
Valle de Bravo
This friendly outdoor terrace across from the wharf is a popular local hangout. The shrimp empanadas are delicious. Choose from three sizes and 10 degrees…
Cholula
Decorated with antique photos of Cholula, this lively, family-friendly hangout has been a Cholula institution since 1955. Besides pizza, pasta and burgers…
South of Mexico City
Whether you want a meat-free quinoa-topped tostada (crispy tortilla), pizza, soy burger, set lunch, avocado 'prawn' cocktail or simply good-value healthy…
Taxco
On the 2nd floor of the Hotel Casa Grande, this popular pizza-and-pasta place serves food and drink until midnight. You can watch the action on Plazuela…
Puebla
If the main Ranas restaurant across the road is too fancy, this small sister diner does the trick for top-notch tacos al pastor, a kebab-like dish of…
Taxco
For a quick, affordable meal try this popular diner on the west side of Plazuela San Juan. It serves five styles of set breakfasts in the morning and…
Puebla
There's always a hungry queue for the delicious, crispy churros (doughnut-like fritters) here. Half the fun is the spectacle of watching them being made…
Tepoztlán
A homegrown ice-cream emporium, Tepoznieves serves some 100 flavors, including exotic scoops such as cactus and pineapple-chili. There are several…
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