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4 mexican modern places in Mexico City we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Mexico City | Mexican Modern across every city.

Contemporary Mexican fine dining is concentrated in Polanco, where the tasting-menu kitchens reinterpret native ingredients. Pujol and Quintonil are the two reference rooms, both in Polanco, leading the modern Mexican movement that put the city on the global dining map.

Pujol ★ 4.9

$$$$Contemporary MexicanPolanco

Pujol in Mexico City is Enrique Olvera's two-Michelin-star Polanco room on Tennyson, the kitchen that put modern Mexican on the world map with its mole madre.

OrderThe Mole Madre Mole Nuevo, served with fresh tortillas.

TipBook at least four weeks ahead via the website; lunch is shorter and slightly easier to land than dinner.

Quintonil ★ 4.9

$$$$Contemporary MexicanPolanco

Quintonil in Mexico City is Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores' two-Michelin-star Polanco kitchen on Newton, ranked number three on the World's 50 Best.

OrderThe tasting menu; the charred avocado tartare is the room's signature.

TipClosed Sundays; book six weeks out via the website. Lunch is the easier window.

Pujol ★ 4.9

$$$$Contemporary MexicanPolanco

Pujol in Mexico City is Enrique Olvera's two-Michelin-star Polanco tasting room on Tennyson, the kitchen that built modern Mexican fine dining around mole.

OrderThe Mole Madre Mole Nuevo at the dining-room table; taco omakase at the bar.

TipLunch is the easier service to land than dinner; the bar runs an a la carte taco omakase for walk-ins on quieter nights.

Quintonil ★ 4.9

$$$$Contemporary MexicanPolanco

Quintonil in Mexico City is Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores' two-Michelin-star Polanco tasting room on Newton, the kitchen ranked number three.

OrderThe full tasting menu; the charred avocado tartare is the signature.

TipClosed Sundays.

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