Restaurante Catedral ★ 4.2
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs a generous courtyard with live music nightly and a seven-moles platter on the standard menu.
Signature: Seven moles, Chile relleno, Sopa azteca
Zandunga Sabor Istmeno is an istmeno (tehuano) restaurant in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Garnachas istmenas, Tamales tehuanos
Address: Calle de Manuel Garcia Vigil 512-E, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs a generous courtyard with live music nightly and a seven-moles platter on the standard menu.
Signature: Seven moles, Chile relleno, Sopa azteca
Las Quince Letras on Abasolo near Santo Domingo is Celia Florian's women-owned mole room since 1992, where the mole negro runs more than thirty ingredients.
Signature: Mole negro, Duo de moles
La Olla on Reforma is Pilar Cabrera's twenty-year converted-house room two blocks from Santo Domingo, the kitchen that built the Casa de los Sabores school.
Signature: Mole oaxaqueno, Chiles rellenos, Sopa de guias
Los Pacos on Abasolo with a rooftop terrace runs seven moles on one tasting board (negro, coloradito, amarillo, verde, chichilo, manchamanteles and rojo).
Signature: Seven moles tasting, Tlayuda
La Teca in Reforma is Deyanira Aquino Pineda's 30-year Istmo institution, a five-table room where banana-leaf tamales and garnachas arrive on enamel plates.
Signature: Garnachas istmenas, Tamales de mole tehuano
Yu Ne Nisa (Land and Water in Zapotec) on Amapolas runs Istmo cooking in a quiet Reforma residential strip, with cocina de autor takes on Tehuano classics.
Signature: Totopos istmenos, Chile relleno de marlin
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs a generous courtyard with live music nightly and a seven-moles platter on the standard menu.
Signature: Seven moles, Chile relleno, Sopa azteca
Las Quince Letras on Abasolo near Santo Domingo is Celia Florian's women-owned mole room since 1992, where the mole negro runs more than thirty ingredients.
Signature: Mole negro, Duo de moles
La Olla on Reforma is Pilar Cabrera's twenty-year converted-house room two blocks from Santo Domingo, the kitchen that built the Casa de los Sabores school.
Signature: Mole oaxaqueno, Chiles rellenos, Sopa de guias
Los Pacos on Abasolo with a rooftop terrace runs seven moles on one tasting board (negro, coloradito, amarillo, verde, chichilo, manchamanteles and rojo).
Signature: Seven moles tasting, Tlayuda