27 upscale places in Oaxaca, editor-picked. Occasion restaurants in Oaxaca: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Oaxaca food.

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Mezcaloteca

Drink Five-mezcal educational flight

Mezcaloteca on Reforma has poured by appointment since 2010: small-batch mezcals from family producers, agave cooked in earthen ovens, no chemicals used.

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In Situ Mezcaleria

Drink Ulises Torrentera-curated flight

In Situ on Vicente Guerrero is Ulises Torrentera's mezcaleria with 180-plus mezcals and the author often behind the bar pouring on his own flights all night.

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Almu

  • ★ 4.4
  • Mexican
  • $$$
  • Valle De Tilcajete

Almu in San Martin Tilcajete (the alebrijes village south of Oaxaca) is the open-air, open-fire countryside kitchen in the 2025 Michelin Guide.

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Sabina Sabe

Drink Sabina Sabe house cocktail

Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo 209 is named for Mazatec medicine woman Maria Sabina, a cocktail bar with one of the world's largest mezcal collections.

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Cuish Mezcaleria

Drink Wild-agave mezcal flight

Cuish on Diaz Ordaz is Felix Hernandez Monterrosa's mezcaleria since 2009, with wild-agave mezcals downstairs and a small art and live-music room upstairs.

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Mezcalogia

Drink El Jolgorio Tobala flight

Mezcalogia on Garcia Vigil is the Casa Cortes family's El Jolgorio and Nuestra Soledad mezcaleria, with a kitchen of Oaxacan plates and 200-bottle cocktails.

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Neta Tasting Room

Drink Neta Spirits flight

Neta Tasting Room on Cinco de Mayo 506 in Jalatlaco is the official Neta Spirits showroom, with mezcal flights, small plates and barrio-evening rhythm.

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Comala

Drink Mezcal cocktail and craft beer

Comala on Pino Suarez is a Centro courtyard restaurant-bar with all-day Oaxacan plates and a mezcal-and-cocktail bar that runs to 1am most nights of the week.

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Los Amantes

Drink Los Amantes mezcal flight

Los Amantes on Macedonio Alcala is the mezcaleria from one of the city's older mezcal brands, with a poetry-and-cocktail program in a small Andador room.

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Pulqueria Jalatlaco

Drink Pulque curado de tuna

Pulqueria Jalatlaco on Aldama serves traditional pulques and curados (tuna, mango, apio) with a small botana, the most local-feeling drink room in the barrio.

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