# Top 10 Restaurants in Mexico City

Where Mexico City actually eats, from tasting menus to taquerías. · community starter list

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.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Mexico](/mexico.md) / Mexico City
**Updated:** 2026-08-25 18:28:23

1. **[Pujol](/e/pujol---1361.md)** (restaurant) — Enrique Olvera's tasting-menu landmark, known for its taco omakase bar and mole madre. Retained two Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://elrestaurante.com/news/7-new-michelin-stars-in-mexico/, https://pujol.com.mx
2. **[Quintonil](/e/quintonil---1362.md)** (restaurant) — Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores's contemporary Mexican tasting menu, ranked in the World's 50 Best and holding two Michelin stars in 2026. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://elrestaurante.com/news/7-new-michelin-stars-in-mexico/, https://quintonil.com
3. **[Taquería Los Cocuyos](/e/taqueria-los-cocuyos---1363.md)** (cart) — Round-the-clock taco stand on Bolívar street since 1980, chopping suadero, campechano and tripa to order over a bubbling cazo. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.rico.guide/en/restaurantes/los-cocuyos/, https://www.theinfatuation.com/mexico-city/reviews/los-cocuyos
4. **[El Huequito](/e/el-huequito---1364.md)** (restaurant) — Credited with Mexico City's first vertical al pastor spit in 1959; the tiny original Ayuntamiento location still stacks its signature campechano. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://mexicohereandthere.com/2013/08/26/el-huequito-mexico-city-tacos-al-pastor/, https://elhuequito.mx
5. **[Taquería El Turix](/e/taqueria-el-turix---1365.md)** (cart) — Yucatán-style stand serving little beyond cochinita pibil tacos and panuchos, run by the family of its founder Arturo "El Turix" Nabte. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://digin.substack.com/p/cochinita-cravings, https://www.theinfatuation.com/mexico-city/reviews/el-turix
6. **[Fonda Margarita](/e/fonda-margarita---1366.md)** (cafeteria) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.terra.com/nacionales/2026/7/2/el-local-de-cdmx-donde-encuentras-platos-desayunos-guisados-y-cafe-de-olla-baratos-de-calidad-y-hech-32033.html, https://fondamargarita.com.mx
7. **[El Vilsito](/e/el-vilsito---1367.md)** (cart) — Auto repair shop on Avenida Universidad that rolls out spinning trompos after dark, serving al pastor tacos and tortas among the car lifts. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://atlasobscura.com/places/el-vilsito-al-pastor-tacos-auto-shop, https://www.theinfatuation.com/mexico-city/reviews/el-vilsito
8. **[Cantina La Peninsular](/e/cantina-la-peninsular---1368.md)** (restaurant) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/cantina-la-peninsular.html, https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/food-and-drink/2025/11/15/asi-es-la-peninsular-cantina-historica-donde-se-grabo-una-pelicula-de-salma-hayek/
9. **[Tortas El Cuadrilátero](/e/tortas-el-cuadrilatero---1369.md)** (restaurant) — 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. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.chilango.com/comida-y-tragos/tortas-el-cuadrilatero/, https://lasillarota.com/yo-soi-tu/sazon-sabor/2025/7/2/quien-es-el-dueno-de-la-torteria-de-la-cdmx-que-fue-fundada-por-un-luchador-donde-se-ubica-455283.html

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