Oaxaca: Taste Mole & Authentic Mexican Flavors
Explore Oaxaca’s colorful streets and markets! Taste a variety of local dishes, from handmade tlayudas to rich black mole, while learning the stories and flavors behin...
Mole manchamanteles ("tablecloth stainer") is the fruity-sweet mole with pineapple, plantain, apple and ancho chile, named for the tablecloth stains it leaves.
Mole manchamanteles is the fruity-sweet mole, made with pineapple, plantain, apple, sweet potato and ancho chiles. It is the rarest mole at restaurant level (often replaced by coloradito) but appears on the seven-mole tasting platters at Catedral, Los Pacos and Ancestral. The Spanish name refers to the dramatic red-orange stains it leaves on the tablecloth.
4 editor picks for Mole manchamanteles in Oaxaca, ranked by editorial score. All Oaxaca signature dishes · Mole manchamanteles across every city.
Ancestral Cocina Tradicional ★ 4.4
xochimilco · C. Jose Lopez Alavez 1347, Barrio de Xochimilco, 68040 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Ancestral Cocina Tradicional in Xochimilco is a thatched-roof grove on Lopez Alavez, the seven-moles tasting platter room since 2017 in the weaving district.
Las Quince Letras ★ 4.4
centro-historico · Mariano Abasolo 300, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
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.
Restaurante Catedral ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Calle de Manuel Garcia Vigil 105, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs a generous courtyard with live music and a seven-moles platter (negro, chichilo, amarillo).
Los Pacos ★ 4.2
centro-historico · Abasolo 121, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Los Pacos on Abasolo with a rooftop terrace runs seven moles on one tasting board (negro, coloradito, amarillo, verde, chichilo, manchamanteles, rojo).
Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide
Mole manchamanteles makes more sense with someone from Oaxaca explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
Taste Mole manchamanteles with a local in Oaxaca
Oaxaca: Oaxacan Mole Workshop with a Traditional Cook
Explore traditional Oaxacan mole with local touches. Begin with an exciting market tour to gather essential ingredients.
Oaxaca: Traditional Mole Cooking Class with Market Visit
Learn how to prepare authentic Oaxacan mole with a traditional cook. Visit a local market, cook together, and enjoy the meal before returning to your lodging.