Cafe Brujula
- ★ 4.8
- Coffee roaster
- $$
- Centro Historico
Cafe Brujula is Oaxaca's specialty-coffee anchor on the Andador, roasting small lots from Sierra Norte and Pluma in-house at the Garcia Vigil sister branch.
40 mid-range places in Oaxaca, editor-picked. The comfortable everyday-good restaurants in Oaxaca, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Oaxaca food.
The mid-range list
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Tlayudas Libres
- ★ 4.7
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Tlayuda
Tlayudas Libres on Calle de Los Libres opens at 21:00 and runs to 03:00 with wood-fire tlayudas, tasajo and quesillo, the canonical Oaxaca late-night stop.
Muss Cafe
- ★ 4.6
- Coffee roaster
- $$
- Centro Historico
Muss Cafe on Miguel Hidalgo sources organic Finca Las Nieves beans from the Pacific-brushed Sierra Sur farms above 1850 metres, roasting on-premises.
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Lechoncito de Oro
- ★ 4.6
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Tacos de lechon
Lechoncito de Oro on Calle de Los Libres runs 20:00-03:00 with suckling-pig tacos, tostadas and tortas, the most famous late-night lechon in town.
Boulenc
- ★ 4.6
- Brunch
- $$
- Centro Historico
Order Sourdough toast with avocado, eggs and asiento
Boulenc on Porfirio Diaz is Oaxaca's all-day breakfast headliner, a courtyard with sourdough toast, mushroom banh mi and vegan-marked plates from 08:00 daily.
Itanoni
Order Memelas with frijol and quesillo, atole
Itanoni in Reforma serves the Oaxacan breakfast canon from 07:00 daily: memelas with frijol, tetelas with hierba santa and a chocolate or atole de granillo.
Boulenc Coffee
- ★ 4.5
- Coffee roaster
- $$
- Centro Historico
Boulenc's coffee program ships Oaxacan single-origin beans through espresso and filter brews paired with the in-house masa-madre sourdough toast platters.
Selva
- ★ 4.5
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Cocktails and mezcal
Selva on Macedonio Alcala stays open 16:00-01:00 Mon-Sat, a 50-Best-Discovery bar with hoja santa and Oaxacan-cheese cocktails on the late-night list.
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Yu Ne Nisa
- ★ 4.4
- Istmeno (zapotec)
- $$
- Reforma
Yu Ne Nisa (Land and Water in Zapotec) on Amapolas runs Ofelia Jimenez's Istmo cooking in a quiet Reforma residential strip, with cocina de autor.
Las Quince Letras
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.
Zandunga Sabor Istmeno
Zandunga on Garcia Vigil runs Tehuantepec-isthmus food in a corner-room courtyard, with garnachas and banana-leaf tamales since 2002 on the Andador strip.
Tlayudas Las Animas
- ★ 4.4
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Tlayuda
Tlayudas Las Animas on Mariano Matamoros 203 runs Thursday-Saturday 18:00-23:30 near Carmen Alto, quieter than the Libres stand just blocks away.
Cuish Mezcaleria
- ★ 4.4
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Wild-agave mezcals and snacks
Cuish on Diaz Ordaz runs Tuesday to Saturday 17:00-03:00 with wild-agave mezcals downstairs and live music and art shows in the upstairs hall after dark.
Sabina Sabe
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Mezcal cocktails
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 runs until midnight most nights as a 50-Best-Discovery cocktail bar named for Maria Sabina, with multiple drinking rooms.
Marito y Moglie Cafe
- ★ 4.4
- Brunch
- $$
- Centro Historico
Order Turkish eggs with toasted ciabatta
Marito y Moglie on Pino Suarez is the brunch room famous for Turkish eggs, ciabatta sandwiches and pastries baked in the in-house oven, with pour-over coffee.
La Olla
La Olla on Reforma is Pilar Cabrera's twenty-year converted-house room two blocks from Santo Domingo, kitchen behind the Casa de los Sabores school.
Mezcalogia (kitchen)
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil is the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio mezcaleria with a strong kitchen of Oaxacan plates and a 200-bottle mezcal cocktail bar.
Cafebre
- ★ 4.3
- Coffee roaster
- $$
- Centro Historico
Cafebre on Manuel Bravo is Centro Oaxaca's freshest-roast option, with small-batch coffee from the Mixteca Alta and Sierra Norte and a new Reforma sister.
Mezcalogia
- ★ 4.3
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Try Mezcal flights and plates
Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil stays open Tuesday to Saturday until 00:30, with the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio mezcaleria and the kitchen on Oaxacan plates.
Santa Hierba
Order Vegan chilaquiles with cashew crema, herbal tea flight
Santa Hierba in Jalatlaco runs a plant-based brunch on Cinco de Mayo 505: vegan chilaquiles, sourdough tartines and herbal teas in a rooftop courtyard.
Restaurante Catedral
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs a generous courtyard with live music and a seven-moles platter (negro, chichilo, amarillo).
Los Pacos
Los Pacos on Abasolo with a rooftop terrace runs seven moles on one tasting board (negro, coloradito, amarillo, verde, chichilo, manchamanteles, rojo).
Cabuche
- ★ 4.2
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Cabuche near the Zocalo is an inviting Oaxacan room with a deep pulque, mezcal and craft-beer list and a 100-peso two-course lunch that locals book daily.
Marito y Moglie
- ★ 4.2
- Coffee roaster
- $$
- Centro Historico
Marito y Moglie on Pino Suarez pours Sierra Sur and Mixteca-region single-origin pour overs alongside an in-house bakery and a tight brunch room.
Oaxaca Brewing Co
- ★ 4.2
- Brewery
- $$
- Centro Historico
Oaxaca Brewing Co on Tinoco y Palacios is the city's flagship craft taproom, with stouts, IPAs, fruit ales and a small kitchen of pizzas in a Centro house.
Pan:am
- ★ 4.2
- Brunch
- $$
- Centro Historico
Order Chilaquiles with mole or huevos a la oaxaquena
Pan:am on Abasolo is the all-day breakfast cafe with chilaquiles, enchiladas suizas and an in-house bakery, generous portions in a tight Centro room.
Hierba Dulce
- ★ 4.2
- Brunch
- $$
- Centro Historico
Order Tostadas plate with cashew crema
Hierba Dulce on Porfirio Diaz is the Centro vegan brunch room, with tostadas, vegan chilaquiles and namesake-herb tisanes in a small courtyard.
Comala
- ★ 4.1
- Oaxacan
- $$
- Centro Historico
Comala on Pino Suarez is a Centro restaurant-bar with a leafy courtyard, serving Oaxacan plates from morning to 1am, with a mezcal and craft cocktail program.
Pan:am Reforma
Order Bakery basket with chilaquiles verdes
Pan:am Reforma on Belisario Dominguez is the leafier branch, with in-house bakery, chilaquiles, omelettes and a brunch terrace for the slow mornings.
Suculenta
- ★ 4.0
- Mexican
- $$
- Centro Historico
Suculenta on Porfirio Diaz is Paulina Garcia Hernandez and Daniel Lopez's food gallery, with hand-crafted jellies and wild Sierra Norte mushrooms.
Hierba Santa Cocina Oaxaquena
Hierba Santa on Independencia is a Centro Oaxacan kitchen that runs around the namesake leaf, with a mole program and a Pacific-catch second course.
El Asador Vasco
El Asador Vasco on the Zocalo's upper Portal de Flores is Oaxaca's long-running Spanish-Basque grill with a balcony table over the plaza for nights out.
Cafe SL28
- ★ 4.0
- Coffee roaster
- $$
- Centro Historico
Cafe SL28 on Garcia Vigil is a premium single-origin roaster working closely with Sierra Norte and Pluma farmers, with sustainable sourcing on the small bar.
Oaxaco Cerveceria
- ★ 4.0
- Brewery
- $$
- Centro Historico
Oaxaco Cerveceria on Allende is a small Centro taproom with house IPAs, pulque-cerveza experiments and a wood-fired pizza kitchen running long evenings.
Consejo Cervecero
Consejo Cervecero is the Reforma taproom with a rotating lineup of Mexican craft beers, IPAs and stouts on a 12-tap wall and a snack-board program.
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