29 pueblan restaurants worth the trip across Mexico, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Mexico.
Augurio ★ 4.8 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 16, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Augurio is chef Angel Vazquez's Pueblan dining room on 9 Oriente, added to the 2026 Michelin Guide selection and built around a six-mole tasting in Puebla.
Tip: Sunday service stops at 20:00, so book the mole tasting for a weekday if you want the full run of the kitchen.
Augurio ★ 4.8 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 9 Oriente 16, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Augurio is chef Angel Vazquez's Pueblan dining room on 9 Oriente, added to the 2026 Michelin Guide selection and built around a six-mole tasting in Puebla.
Tip: Sommelier Gina de la Mora runs the wine list, and the six-mole tasting is the reason to sit here rather than anywhere else.
El Mural de los Poblanos ★ 4.7 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 506, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
El Mural de los Poblanos on 16 de Septiembre pours three moles at once in Puebla: the 26-ingredient house recipe, mole de Xico and mole de Quimixtlan.
Tip: Chiles en nogada only run from July to September, when the criollo walnut and the pomegranate are in season in the valley.
El Mural de los Poblanos ★ 4.7 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 506, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
El Mural de los Poblanos on 16 de Septiembre pours three moles at once in Puebla: the 26-ingredient house recipe, mole de Xico and mole de Quimixtlan.
Tip: Mole plates run between 245 and 395 pesos, and the Encuentro de Moles in May adds guest recipes from outside Puebla.
Restaurante Casareyna ★ 4.6 · Puebla
centro-historico · Privada 2 Oriente 1007, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Restaurante Casareyna holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla, serving a four-mole tasting plate under Talavera vaults on Privada 2 Oriente.
Tip: Mole de caderas appears only from October, and the escamoles and gusanos de maguey only in the spring months.
Restaurante Casareyna ★ 4.6 · Puebla
centro-historico · Privada 2 Oriente 1007, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Restaurante Casareyna holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla, serving a four-mole tasting plate under Talavera vaults on Privada 2 Oriente.
Tip: Mole plates land between 205 and 245 pesos, which is what the 2026 Bib Gourmand is recognising more than the dining room.
Restaurante La Noria ★ 4.5 · Puebla
la-noria · Avenida 41 Poniente 2120, La Noria, 72410 Puebla
Restaurante La Noria works the grounds of an old hacienda in Puebla, cooking mole, pipian and huazontles, plus chiles en nogada from July to September.
Tip: Chiles en nogada run from July to September here, and the kitchen also teaches a workshop on how the nogada is made.
Restaurante La Noria ★ 4.5 · Puebla
la-noria · Avenida 41 Poniente 2120, La Noria, 72410 Puebla
Restaurante La Noria works the grounds of an old hacienda in Puebla, cooking mole, pipian and huazontles, plus chiles en nogada from July to September.
Tip: From July to September the hacienda fills with chiles en nogada bookings, so reserve at least a week out in August.
La Casa del Mendrugo ★ 4.4 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 4 Sur 304, Centro, 72000 Puebla
La Casa del Mendrugo cooks mole poblano and pipian verde inside a former Jesuit college on 4 Sur in Puebla, with a museum and a jazz room attached.
Tip: The restaurant sits inside a former Jesuit college with its own museum, and there is live jazz in the bar on some evenings.
Salón Mezcalli ★ 4.4 · Puebla
analco · Calle 8 Sur 501, Barrio de Analco, 72505 Puebla
Salon Mezcalli sits in Barrio de Analco in Puebla, matching manchamanteles con lechon and mixiote de cordero with a wall of artisanal agave distillates.
Tip: Analco is a fifteen-minute walk east of the Zocalo, so allow for the crossing if you are coming from the cathedral.
Comal ★ 4.4 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 311-B, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Tip: The upstairs tables look straight at the cathedral, and they are the first to go on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Comal ★ 4.4 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 311-B, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Comal looks straight at Puebla cathedral from 16 de Septiembre, cooking blue-corn chilaquiles, chanclas, pelonas and mole poblano from breakfast to midnight.
Tip: Breakfast starts at eight and the kitchen runs to midnight, which makes Comal the one Centro address that covers both ends of a day.
La Casa del Mendrugo ★ 4.4 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 4 Sur 304, Centro, 72000 Puebla
La Casa del Mendrugo cooks mole poblano and pipian verde inside a former Jesuit college on 4 Sur in Puebla, with a museum and a jazz room attached.
Tip: The mole here runs about 190 pesos and the ticket includes the museum, which is a rare pairing in the Centro Historico.
Salón Mezcalli ★ 4.4 · Puebla
analco · Calle 8 Sur 501, Barrio de Analco, 72505 Puebla
Salon Mezcalli sits in Barrio de Analco in Puebla, matching manchamanteles con lechon and mixiote de cordero with a wall of artisanal agave distillates.
Tip: Budget 500 to 600 pesos a head, and let the bar pour the agave flight rather than ordering mezcal by the label.
Casa Barroca ★ 4.3 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 7 Oriente 205, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Casa Barroca occupies an 18th-century house on 7 Oriente in Puebla, pairing artisanal Mexican cooking with a tapas bar and a gallery courtyard.
Tip: The building dates from the 1700s and doubles as a gallery, so the courtyard tables fill first at weekends.
Antojitos Tomy ★ 4.3 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 5 Poniente 145, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Antojitos Tomy on 5 Poniente is where Puebla eats cemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas at one counter, from nine in the morning until nine at night.
Tip: Chanclas here run about 55 pesos and are milder than the version at Comal, which drowns them in more guajillo.
Antojitos Tomy ★ 4.3 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 5 Poniente 145, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Antojitos Tomy on 5 Poniente is where Puebla eats cemita poblana, chanclas and chalupas at one counter, from nine in the morning until nine at night.
Tip: The cemita poblana here is genuinely large, so order one between two before adding the chalupas.
Casa Barroca ★ 4.3 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 7 Oriente 205, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Casa Barroca occupies an 18th-century house on 7 Oriente in Puebla, pairing artisanal Mexican cooking with a tapas bar and a gallery courtyard.
Tip: The courtyard tables are the ones to ask for, and the tapas bar runs later than the main dining room on Friday and Saturday.
Áttico 303 ★ 4.2 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 303, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Attico 303 crowns Hotel Casa Rosa in Puebla with a cathedral-level terrace, pouring cocktails beside Spanish plates and contemporary Pueblan cooking.
Tip: Friday to Sunday the bar runs to 02:00, and weekend reservations are worth making because the terrace is small.
Antojitos Mellos ★ 4.2 · Puebla
los-remedios · Avenida Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 2008, Barrio de los Remedios, 72377 Puebla
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Tip: Pozole and mole de panza cover the weekdays; the mole and pipián are Saturday and Sunday only, from one in the afternoon.
Antojitos Mellos ★ 4.2 · Puebla
los-remedios · Avenida Don Juan de Palafox y Mendoza 2008, Barrio de los Remedios, 72377 Puebla
Antojitos Mellos is the weekend mole and pipian stop in Barrio de los Remedios, Puebla, with pozole and mole de panza on the board the rest of the week.
Tip: Barrio de los Remedios is a taxi ride from the Zocalo, which is exactly why the queue is local rather than visiting.
Áttico 303 ★ 4.2 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 16 de Septiembre 303, Centro Histórico, 72000 Puebla
Attico 303 crowns Hotel Casa Rosa in Puebla with a cathedral-level terrace, pouring cocktails beside Spanish plates and contemporary Pueblan cooking.
Tip: Ask for a terrace table when you book: the interior room has none of the cathedral view that makes this worth the climb.
Fonda Típica la Poblana ★ 4.0 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 8 Norte 402, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Fonda Tipica la Poblana cooks mole poblano and chalupas on 8 Norte in Puebla, a plain fonda that opens at half past eight and runs until eight at night.
Tip: This is a plain fonda rather than a restaurant, so come at lunch when the mole has been on the heat for a few hours.
Fonda Típica la Poblana ★ 4.0 · Puebla
centro-historico · Calle 8 Norte 402, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Fonda Tipica la Poblana cooks mole poblano and chalupas on 8 Norte in Puebla, a plain fonda that opens at half past eight and runs until eight at night.
Tip: Open from 08:30 to 20:00 daily, so the mole is freshest between one and four in the afternoon.
Clementina Cocina Poblana ★ 3.9 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 6 Oriente 411, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Clementina Cocina Poblana keeps a short mole and pipian list on 6 Oriente in Puebla, a daytime kitchen a block from the Calle de los Dulces.
Tip: It sits one block from the Calle de los Dulces, so finish lunch here and walk straight into the camote shops.
Clementina Cocina Poblana ★ 3.9 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 6 Oriente 411, Centro, 72000 Puebla
Clementina Cocina Poblana keeps a short mole and pipian list on 6 Oriente in Puebla, a daytime kitchen a block from the Calle de los Dulces.
Tip: Sits on 6 Oriente, the sweet street, so the natural order is lunch here then camotes two doors down.
La Ververa ★ 3.8 · Puebla
arboledas-de-guadalupe · Guayacan 52, Arboledas de Guadalupe, 72260 Puebla
La Ververa cooks chalupas, memelas and mole poblano at neighbourhood prices in Arboledas de Guadalupe, Puebla, on Saturdays and Sundays only.
Tip: Arboledas de Guadalupe is residential rather than touristy, and the kitchen only opens on Saturday and Sunday, nine until six.
La Ververa ★ 3.8 · Puebla
arboledas-de-guadalupe · Guayacan 52, Arboledas de Guadalupe, 72260 Puebla
La Ververa cooks chalupas, memelas and mole poblano at neighbourhood prices in Arboledas de Guadalupe, Puebla, on Saturdays and Sundays only.
Tip: Open Saturday and Sunday only, from nine until six, so this is a weekend lunch rather than a dinner.
Cemitas y Tortas La Poblanita ★ 3.8 · Puebla
centro-historico · Avenida 5 Oriente esquina Calle 4 Sur, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Puebla
Cemitas y Tortas La Poblanita cooks a mole poblano worth ordering alongside its cemitas, at the corner of 5 Oriente and 4 Sur in central Puebla.
Tip: One of the few cemita counters in Puebla that also cooks a mole worth sitting down for, at the 5 Oriente corner.