Huniik ★ 4.9
Roberto Solís's Huniik on Calle 60 facing Parque Santa Ana in Mérida picked up one Michelin star and the 2026 Mexico Guide Service Award in November.
OrderRoberto Solís tasting menu, Pibinal corn, Recado-driven seafood
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La Barra de Huniik ★ 4.9
La Barra de Huniik is the chef's-counter sibling at Roberto Solís's Huniik in Mérida, a six-seat omakase-style room, one Michelin star plus Service Award.
OrderChef's-counter tasting, Yucatecan small plates, Mezcal pairings
Pujol ★ 4.9
Pujol in Mexico City is Enrique Olvera's two-Michelin-star Polanco room on Tennyson, the kitchen that put modern Mexican on the world map with its mole madre.
OrderThe Mole Madre Mole Nuevo, served with fresh tortillas.
TipBook at least four weeks ahead via the website; lunch is shorter and slightly easier to land than dinner.
Quintonil ★ 4.9
Quintonil in Mexico City is Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores' two-Michelin-star Polanco kitchen on Newton, ranked number three on the World's 50 Best.
OrderThe tasting menu; the charred avocado tartare is the room's signature.
TipClosed Sundays; book six weeks out via the website. Lunch is the easier window.
Contramar ★ 4.9
Contramar in Mexico City is Gabriela Camara's lunch-only Durango Street seafood room in Roma Norte since 1998, the kitchen that made the tuna tostada Mexico.
OrderThe tuna tostada and the pescado a la talla, split red and green down the middle.
TipOpen lunch only; arrive by 13:00 or expect a 45 minute wait. Half the dining room books out for the same lunch every Wednesday.
Levadura de Olla ★ 4.9
Levadura de Olla on Garcia Vigil is Thalia Barrios Garcia's Michelin-starred room (2024, retained 2025), Mexico's first regional star outside the capital.
OrderSierra Sur tasting menu, Tetelas, Mole negro
Alcalde ★ 4.8
Alcalde in Guadalajara is Paco Ruano's one-Michelin-star Avenida Mexico tasting-menu room since 2013, a Lafayette anchor for modern Mexican plates.
OrderTuetano asado, Short rib taco, Mole negro
K'u'uk ★ 4.8
Pedro Evia's K'u'uk in Itzimná Mérida runs an 11-course modern Yucatecan tasting menu inside a restored mansion near the Monumento a la Patria.
OrderEsquite pibinal, Tostada negra blackfish, Cerdo pelón mamey, Ceviche pibinal
Maximo Bistrot ★ 4.8
Maximo Bistrot in Mexico City is chef Eduardo Lalo Garcia's one-Michelin-star Roma Norte room on Alvaro Obregon, the seasonal Mexican kitchen with a French.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu; whatever vegetable arrives that morning from the chef's farm.
TipClosed Mondays; book three weeks ahead. The taller dining room moved to Alvaro Obregon in 2021 from the original Tonala location.
Rosetta ★ 4.8
Rosetta in Mexico City is Elena Reygadas' one-Michelin-star Roma Norte room in a 1920s townhouse on Colima, the kitchen where Italian technique meets Mexican.
OrderThe hoja santa ravioli; the seasonal pasta of the week.
TipClosed Sundays; sister Panaderia Rosetta is across the street for morning conchas. Reygadas was named World's Best Female Chef 2023.
Tierra del Sol ★ 4.8
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.
OrderTetelas, Chichilo, Tlayuda al comal
Augurio ★ 4.8
Augurio is chef Angel Vazquez's Pueblan dining room on 9 Oriente, added to the 2026 Michelin Guide selection and built around a six-mole tasting in Puebla.
OrderThe six-mole tasting menu, which is the fastest education in Puebla cooking.
TipSunday service stops at 20:00, so book the mole tasting for a weekday if you want the full run of the kitchen.
Néctar ★ 4.7
Néctar in Mérida's San Antonio Cucul (Plaza Jardín) is Roberto Solís's original Yucatecan room, Michelin-recommended in the 2026 Mexico guide.
OrderBlack onions, Nueva cocina yucateca tasting, Cebolla negra
Em ★ 4.7
Em in Mexico City is chef Luis Lucho Martinez's one-Michelin-star Roma Norte tasting room on Tonala, the contemporary Mexican kitchen with Japanese.
OrderThe full tasting menu; the wagyu carnitas course is the room's signature.
TipClosed Sundays and Mondays; tasting menu only. Book three weeks ahead via OpenTable. Originally opened as Emilia in 2018 before relocating.
Sud 777 ★ 4.7
Sud 777 in Mexico City is chef Edgar Nunez's one-Michelin-star Pedregal room on Boulevard de la Luz, the vegetable-driven Mexican kitchen with a 12-course.
OrderThe 12-course tasting; the garden vegetable course built from the on-site greenhouse.
TipClosed Sundays; book three weeks ahead. Worth the ride south from Polanco for the courtyard dining room and the in-house farm.
Itanoni Flor del Maiz ★ 4.7
Itanoni on Belisario Dominguez is Amado Ramirez Leyva and Gabriela Fernandez Orantes's criollo-corn tortilleria since 2001, a room that nixtamalizes rainbow.
OrderMemelas de criollo, Tetelas de frijol, Tlayuda con asiento
Origen ★ 4.7
Origen is Rodolfo Castellanos's Benito Juarez flagship since 2011, a Michelin-Guide selected room where modern technique meets criollo corn.
OrderDuck enchiladas in mole, Catch of the day with clam risotto, Mezcal sour
El Mural de los Poblanos ★ 4.7
El Mural de los Poblanos on 16 de Septiembre pours three moles at once in Puebla: the 26-ingredient house recipe, mole de Xico and mole de Quimixtlan.
OrderThe house mole, 26 ingredients ground on a volcanic stone mill.
TipChiles en nogada only run from July to September, when the criollo walnut and the pomegranate are in season in the valley.
Kiosco Verde ★ 4.6
Kiosco Verde, a family seafood palapa in Puerto Juárez, Cancún, open since 1974 and in the MICHELIN Guide, serves lobster empanadas and pulpo zarandeado.
OrderPulpo zarandeado and the lobster empanadas, then the Cozumel-style conch ceviche.
TipClosed on Tuesdays; the blackboard specials follow the market catch, so ask what came in that day.
María Dolores ★ 4.6
María Dolores, inside ATELIER Playa Mujeres beyond Cancún's Hotel Zone, is in the MICHELIN Guide, with a tasting menu from chef Edgar Núñez.
OrderThe signature tasting menu, or à la carte the tempura shrimp taco and mole coloradito with quail.
TipThe room is reservation-led and open 18:00 to 23:00 daily; guests must be 16 or older.
Pancho Maíz ★ 4.6
Pancho Maíz on Parque de la Mejorada in Mérida is chef Xóchitl Valdés's native-corn antojería, Bib Gourmand and 2026 Michelin Young Chef Award winner.
OrderNative-corn antojitos, Tlacoyos, Quesadillas, Nixtamalized masa
Masala y Maiz ★ 4.6
Masala y Maiz in Mexico City is chefs Norma Listman and Saqib Keval's one-Michelin-star Juarez room on Marsella, the kitchen that bridges Mexican.
OrderThe garam masala mole; the plantain dosa to start.
TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays; the room is small and books out a week ahead via Resy.
El Cardenal ★ 4.6
El Cardenal in Mexico City is the Briz family's 1969 Centro Historico room on Palma, the traditional Mexican breakfast institution where hot chocolate.
OrderThe hot chocolate with pan de nata; chiles en nogada when in season July to September.
TipOpen 08:00-18:00; the Centro location seats four floors and still queues by 09:30 on Sunday morning.
Nicos ★ 4.6
Nicos in Mexico City is Gerardo Vazquez Lugo's family-run Azcapotzalco room on Cuitlahuac, the traditional Mexican kitchen ranked on the Latin America 50.
OrderThe mole almendrado; the sopa seca de natas, a layered creamy casserole.
TipClosed Sunday dinner and Monday; the slow-cooked moles are the move at lunch. Worth the cab from Polanco for the home-cooking depth.
Expendio de Maiz ★ 4.6
Expendio de Maiz in Mexico City is chef Jesus Salas' tiny no-reservations heirloom-corn counter on Yucatan in Roma Norte, the kitchen that built its name.
OrderWhatever the daily handwritten menu lists; the blue-corn tlacoyo with squash blossoms.
TipNo reservations; only ten counter seats. Open Wed-Sun 13:00-19:00; arrive at opening and bring cash.
Casa Oaxaca el Restaurante ★ 4.6
Casa Oaxaca el Restaurante is Alejandro Ruiz's 18th-century townhouse below Santo Domingo, the rooftop terrace room with contemporary Oaxacan menus.
OrderMole negro, Tableside guacamole with chapulines, Pescado a la talla
Criollo ★ 4.6
Criollo is Enrique Olvera's Pujol-backed Madero room with Luis Arellano on the stoves, a courtyard-built tasting menu of Oaxacan recipes since 2017.
OrderTasting menu, Cacao-on-cacao dessert
Restaurante Casareyna ★ 4.6
Restaurante Casareyna holds a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand in Puebla, serving a four-mole tasting plate under Talavera vaults on Privada 2 Oriente.
OrderThe four-mole tasting plate: poblano, pipián verde, pipián rojo and mole blanco.
TipMole de caderas appears only from October, and the escamoles and gusanos de maguey only in the spring months.
Cultivo ★ 4.6
Cultivo runs a seasonal tasting menu in a Barrio de Santiago house in Puebla, a 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand built on zero-waste cooking and local growers.
OrderThe seasonal tasting menu, rewritten each season around local growers.
TipCultivo only opens Wednesday to Sunday and runs a single seating pattern, so book before you travel rather than on the day.
Hueso ★ 4.5
Hueso in Guadalajara is Alfonso Cadena's bone-walled installation on Efrain Gonzalez Luna, a Colonia Americana tasting-menu room with a Mexico-Guide listing.
OrderAguachile, Octopus, Short rib in mole
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