Top 10 Restaurants in Mexico City
A list of the 9 best restaurants in Mexico City, including Pujol (Polanco, Mexico City). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.
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Pujol
restaurantPolanco, Mexico City
Enrique Olvera's tasting-menu landmark, known for its taco omakase bar and mole madre. Retained two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide.
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Quintonil
restaurantPolanco, Mexico City
Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores's contemporary Mexican tasting menu, ranked in the World's 50 Best and holding two Michelin stars in 2026.
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Centro Histórico, Mexico City
Round-the-clock taco stand on Bolívar street since 1980, chopping suadero, campechano and tripa to order over a bubbling cazo.
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El Huequito
restaurantCentro Histórico, Mexico City
Credited with Mexico City's first vertical al pastor spit in 1959; the tiny original Ayuntamiento location still stacks its signature campechano.
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Polanco, Mexico City
Yucatán-style stand serving little beyond cochinita pibil tacos and panuchos, run by the family of its founder Arturo "El Turix" Nabte.
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Fonda Margarita
cafeteriaDel Valle, Mexico City
Clay-pot breakfast fonda running since 1948, dishing chicharrón in green salsa and chilaquiles from 6:30am to a line of regulars and taxi drivers.
Checked againstterra.comfondamargarita.com.mx
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El Vilsito
cartNarvarte, Mexico City
Auto repair shop on Avenida Universidad that rolls out spinning trompos after dark, serving al pastor tacos and tortas among the car lifts.
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Cantina La Peninsular
restaurantCentro Histórico, Mexico City
One of the city's oldest registered cantinas, pouring drinks and shrimp broth in a nearly 500-year-old building since 1872, near the old Merced canal.
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Tortas El Cuadrilátero
restaurantCentro Histórico, Mexico City
Lucha libre shrine on Luis Moya run by a wrestling family for 20-plus years, home of the kilo-plus "Gladiador" torta eaten free if finished in 15 minutes.
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