Alcalde
- ★ 4.8
- Modern Mexican
- $$$$
- Lafayette
Alcalde in Guadalajara is Paco Ruano's one-Michelin-star Avenida Mexico tasting-menu room since 2013, a Lafayette anchor for modern Mexican plates.
The restaurants worth the trip in Guadalajara: bistros, neo-classics, neighbourhood favourites, and the rooms locals book first.
Our picks in Guadalajara
14 places
Hueso
- ★ 4.5
- Modern Mexican
- $$$
- Lafayette
Hueso in Guadalajara is Alfonso Cadena's bone-walled installation on Efrain Gonzalez Luna, a Colonia Americana tasting-menu room with a Mexico-Guide listing.
Magno Brasserie
Magno Brasserie in Guadalajara is the Jose Guadalupe Zuno French brasserie under chef Paul Bentley, a Colonia Americana wood-oven room for porchetta.
Taste birria with a local in Guadalajara
4 of the restaurants on this list are known for birria.
Allium
- ★ 4.4
- $$$
- Providencia
Allium in Guadalajara is the Adolfo Galnares garden-driven tasting room on Avenida Providencia, a vegetable-forward kitchen sourcing from its rooftop urban.
La Docena Oyster Bar Andares
La Docena Oyster Bar at Andares in Zapopan is the raw-bar room on Puerta de Hierro, a Guadalajara metro favourite for ceviche, oysters and grill plates.
I Latina
- ★ 4.3
- Latin American
- $$$
- Providencia
I Latina in Guadalajara is the Avenida Inglaterra Latin-American tasting room, a Lafayette and Providencia favourite since 2011 for ceviche and grill plates.
Casa Fuerte
- ★ 4.2
- $$
- Tlaquepaque
Casa Fuerte on Calle Independencia in Tlaquepaque is the courtyard room in a 19th-century mansion, a Guadalajara metro classic for traditional plates.
El Parian
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Tlaquepaque
El Parian in Tlaquepaque is the historic arches plaza on Calle Madero, the largest cantina in Mexico with mariachi music, tequila flights and Jalisco plates.
El Sacromonte
- ★ 4.2
- $$$
- Lafayette
El Sacromonte in Guadalajara is the Pedro Moreno upscale Mexican restaurant, a Colonia Americana fixture since 1990 for traditional plates and mole.
La Tequila Cocina de Mexico
- ★ 4.1
- $$$
- Lafayette
La Tequila Cocina de Mexico in Guadalajara is the Avenida Mexico Tapatio room serving traditional Jalisco plates and a 100-tequila cellar in Vallarta Norte.
Where to stay in Guadalajara
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Gran Hotel Galerias Plaza
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Hotel Occidental
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Mezcalito Blue Hostel
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Hotel Flamingos
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Casa Bariachi
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Lafayette
Casa Bariachi on Avenida Vallarta in Guadalajara is the mariachi-and-mexican-food institution, a tequila-soaked Tapatio room serving pozole, mole and tacos.
Fonda Dona Gabina Escolastica
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Centro Historico
Fonda Dona Gabina Escolastica in Guadalajara is the colourful Mexicaltzingo fonda serving traditional Jalisco plates: pozole, birria and chiles en nogada.
Bruna
- ★ 4.2
- Contemporary Mexican
- $$$
- Lafayette
Contemporary Mexican restaurant and gallery in Colonia Americana, Guadalajara. Oaxacan moles, coastal aguachiles, garden-courtyard tasting room.
Fonda Canela
- ★ 4.0
- $$
- Tlaquepaque
Fonda Canela in Tlaquepaque is the home-style courtyard fonda serving birria, sopa de tortilla and pozole near the El Parian plaza in San Pedro.
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