8 mexican rooms in Austin we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Austin | Mexican across every city.
Austin's Mexican dining reaches well beyond Tex-Mex into the regional kitchens of Oaxaca, the Yucatan and the coast. Fonda San Miguel on North Loop is the interior-Mexican pioneer, El Naranjo on South Lamar is Iliana de la Vega's James Beard-winning regional kitchen, and Este on Manor Road brings a seafood-driven coastal Mexican menu to an East Austin bungalow.
Este ★ 4.6
manor-road · 2113 Manor Rd, Austin, TX 78722
Este in Austin is Fermin Nunez's seafood-driven Manor Road bungalow, charcoal-cooked coastal Mexican food and ceviches in the old Eastside Cafe space.
Fonda San Miguel ★ 4.5
north-loop · 2330 W North Loop Blvd, Austin, TX 78756
Fonda San Miguel in Austin is Tom Gilliland's 1975 interior-Mexican dining room on North Loop, a pioneer of regional Oaxacan and Yucatecan cooking.
El Naranjo ★ 4.6
south-lamar · 2532 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
El Naranjo in Austin is Iliana de la Vega's James Beard-winning regional Mexican kitchen on South Lamar, serving Oaxacan moles and coastal ceviches.
Joann's Fine Foods ★ 4.2
south-congress · 1224 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
Joann's Fine Foods in Austin is the Bunkhouse Group's Tex-Mex diner at the Austin Motel on South Congress, a palapa-bar patio of fajitas, queso and frozen.
Cisco's Restaurant Bakery & Bar ★ 4.0
east-austin · 1511 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78702
Cisco's in Austin is Rudy Cisneros's East 6th Tex-Mex breakfast counter since 1948, the room that ran the city's politician breakfasts and helped make huevos.
El Naranjo ★ 4.6
south-lamar · 2532 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
El Naranjo in Austin is Iliana de la Vega's James Beard-winning Oaxacan dining room on South Lamar, a family kitchen of regional moles, ceviches.
Cuantos Tacos ★ 4.6
1108 E 12th St, Austin, TX 78702
Cuantos Tacos is michelin-recognised mexico city-style trompo tacos on a $4-a-taco price scale at a small east 12th truck the visitor lists tend to skip past.
El Naranjo ★ 4.6
2532 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
El Naranjo is a mexican room in Austin. The mole negro is the canonical order; daughter Ana Torrealba's Sunday-supper menu is the most experimental window.