Mérida: 3-Hour Walking Food Tour
Taste your way through Mérida on a 3-hour food tour. Explore the downtown areas of the city and savor authentic Mexican specialities.
11 mexican places in Mérida we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Mérida | Mexican across every city.
Beyond its Yucatecan core, Merida cooks a broader Mexican repertoire of tacos, seafood cocteles and mezcal-driven plates that pull from across the country. The spread runs from Centro Historico through Santa Lucia to the northern districts. Micaela Mar y Leña in Centro Historico and El Marlin Azul on Santa Lucia carry the mar y tierra and seafood side, while Los Trompos in the Norte district handles the taco end.
Micaela Mar y Leña ★ 4.5
Centro Histórico · Calle 47 458 x 52 y 54, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Micaela Mar y Leña on Calle 47 in Mérida brought a seafood and wood-fired kitchen into Centro, chef Vidal Elias Murillo, Michelin-recommended in 2026.
El Marlin Azul ★ 4.5
Santa Lucía · Calle 62 488, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
El Marlin Azul on Calle 62 in Mérida's Centro runs the city's dependable lunch ceviche and tostada de pulpo, cash only, kitchen closes at 18:00 every day.
Los Trompos ★ 4.0
Norte · Plaza Las Américas, Calle 21, Altabrisa, 97133 Mérida, Yucatán
Los Trompos in Mérida's Altabrisa is the city's reliable late-night taco al pastor, kitchen running past midnight on weekends with a sprawling alambre menu.
El Marlin Azul ★ 4.5
Santa Lucía · Calle 62 488, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
El Marlin Azul on Calle 62 in Mérida's Centro runs the city's go-to lunch ceviche and tostada de pulpo, cash only, kitchen closes at 18:00 every day.
Los Trompos ★ 4.0
Norte · Plaza Las Américas, Calle 21, Altabrisa, 97133 Mérida, Yucatán
Los Trompos in Mérida's Altabrisa is the city's reliable late-night taco al pastor, kitchen running past midnight on weekends with sprawling alambres.
Mercado 60 ★ 4.0
Santa Lucía · Calle 60 461, entre Calle 53 y Calle 51, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Mercado 60 on Calle 60 Mérida is an open-air food hall with around twenty stalls, eight kitchens and two live-music stages, open 18:00-03:00.
El Doctor Cocteles ★ 4.0
Centro Histórico · Calle 65 entre 56 y 58, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
El Doctor Cocteles in Mérida's Centro runs ceviche, aguachile and shrimp cocktail near Lucas de Gálvez market, a lunch counter open through 18:00.
Los Trompos Altabrisa ★ 4.0
Norte · Plaza Las Américas, Calle 21, Altabrisa, 97133 Mérida, Yucatán
Los Trompos in Mérida's Altabrisa keeps the trompo turning until 02:00 on weekends, taco al pastor, alambres and gringas for the north-side late-night crowd.
Tacos Don Armando ★ 4.0
Centro Histórico · Calle 70 entre 59 y 61, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Tacos Don Armando on Calle 70 Mérida runs the trompo from 19:00 until 02:30, al pastor and lengua tacos, the late-night Centro standby for taxistas.
La Fundación Mezcalería ★ 4.2
Calle 56 463 x 53 y 55, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
La Fundacion Mezcaleria is a small upstairs mezcaleria above a Calle 56 tortilleria, Wed-Sat only; single-village mezcal flights from Oaxaca pour here.
Tacos Don Armando ★ 4.0
Centro Histórico · Calle 70 entre 59 y 61, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Tacos Don Armando on Calle 70 Mérida runs the trompo from 19:00 for al pastor and lengua tacos under 90 pesos, a late-night Centro standby for taxistas.
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