Oaxaca Streets Food Tour with 14+ Tastings
Experience the real Oaxaca on this evening food tour through lively street stalls and neighbourhood kitchens. With 14+ tastings, discover the bold flavours beloved by locals.
Los Pacos is a mexican fine-dining restaurant in Centro Historico, Oaxaca.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Skip mains and order the moles-de-Oaxaca tasting plate; bring an appetite and a friend to share the seven.
Experience the real Oaxaca on this evening food tour through lively street stalls and neighbourhood kitchens. With 14+ tastings, discover the bold flavours beloved by locals.
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Address: Abasolo 121, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
El Asador Vasco on the Zocalo's upper Portal de Flores is Oaxaca's long-running Spanish-Basque grill with a balcony table that locals book for nights.
Tip: Ask specifically for a balcony table when booking; the chuleton steak for two is the headline.
Levadura de Olla in Oaxaca is Thalia Barrios Garcia's Garcia Vigil room, Mexico's first regional Michelin star (2024, retained 2025) on the Andador.
Tip: Reservations open one month out on the website and disappear within hours; the Sierra Sur tasting menu (six courses) lands around $1,800 pesos.
Tierra del Sol on Reforma is Olga Cabrera's three-floor Oaxaca room, named Mexico's Restaurant of the Year for 2026, with a rooftop comal of tetelas.
Tip: Skip the prix fixe and graze through the rooftop comal section; the chichilo and mole amarillo are the headlines.
Origen in Oaxaca is Rodolfo Castellanos's Benito Juarez flagship since 2011, a Michelin-Guide-listed room where modern technique meets criollo corn and mole.
Tip: The duck enchiladas in mole and the catch-of-the-day with clam risotto headline the a la carte; book the small inner courtyard.
Casa Oaxaca el Restaurante is Alejandro Ruiz's 18th-century townhouse in the shadow of Santo Domingo, the room that built modern Oaxacan technique.
Tip: Book the rooftop terrace for sunset; the guacamole prepared at the table with grasshoppers is the canonical opener.
Pitiona is Jose Manuel Banos's cocina de autor room on Allende, a tasting menu running seasonal Oaxacan ingredients through fine-dining technique.
Tip: The seven-course tasting menu with pairings is the recommended order; ask about the mole amarillo course.
El Asador Vasco on the Zocalo's upper Portal de Flores is Oaxaca's long-running Spanish-Basque grill with a balcony table that locals book for nights.
Tip: Ask specifically for a balcony table when booking; the chuleton steak for two is the headline.
Levadura de Olla in Oaxaca is Thalia Barrios Garcia's Garcia Vigil room, Mexico's first regional Michelin star (2024, retained 2025) on the Andador.
Tip: Reservations open one month out on the website and disappear within hours; the Sierra Sur tasting menu (six courses) lands around $1,800 pesos.
Tierra del Sol on Reforma is Olga Cabrera's three-floor Oaxaca room, named Mexico's Restaurant of the Year for 2026, with a rooftop comal of tetelas.
Tip: Skip the prix fixe and graze through the rooftop comal section; the chichilo and mole amarillo are the headlines.
Origen in Oaxaca is Rodolfo Castellanos's Benito Juarez flagship since 2011, a Michelin-Guide-listed room where modern technique meets criollo corn and mole.
Tip: The duck enchiladas in mole and the catch-of-the-day with clam risotto headline the a la carte; book the small inner courtyard.
Casa Oaxaca el Restaurante is Alejandro Ruiz's 18th-century townhouse in the shadow of Santo Domingo, the room that built modern Oaxacan technique.
Tip: Book the rooftop terrace for sunset; the guacamole prepared at the table with grasshoppers is the canonical opener.
Pitiona is Jose Manuel Banos's cocina de autor room on Allende, a tasting menu running seasonal Oaxacan ingredients through fine-dining technique.
Tip: The seven-course tasting menu with pairings is the recommended order; ask about the mole amarillo course.