The best restaurants Oaxaca

Just a stone's throw from the Zócalo, this excellent restaurant, inaugurated in 1976, serves regional and international specialities in a beautiful, bright, elegant and welcoming room. You can also enjoy a meal outside in the courtyard, where the fountain provides a relaxing backdrop. The " lechón al horno estilo tehuantepec " ("suckling pig in the oven in the tehuantepec style") is a real delight and not to be missed. The staff is very pleasant and will be able to guide you to choose regional dishes that meet your desires.

His specialty  : bakeries and comedors ("restaurants") that serve typical dishes of the region. This is the perfect place to enjoy hot chocolate. Everywhere in the city it is made of milk, but amateurs know that the real chocolate is preparing with water. As chocolate is considered the drink of the gods in Oaxaca, you are in the heart of his kingdom.

This new (because he moved) a Spanish restaurant is well decorated and offers you a warm space. Gazpacho, smoked ham and good dishes of meat, fish and seafood. The slogan is: " El agua para el buey, el vino para el rey. » You can translate!

The best sushi in the city.

This is the restaurant of the Hotel Parador San Miguel. We recommend this very nice restaurant, both simple and elegant, overlooking the street. Oaxaca dishes, original salads, for example: spinach, walnut, apple, bacon and yogurt salad; pasta and moles of all colors! They make a delicious bread for breakfast.

Surrounded by two «luxury» restaurants, the Fonda offers local cuisine more popular and organizes events. Pleasant and living. Sale of crafts.

Beautiful restaurant with view over the Zócalo above the arches. The kitchen is typical of the state: mole negro, rellenos chiles, parillada oaxaqueña, soups and chapulines (fries). Open from 13 am to 23 pm every day.

A small restaurant serving fish fillets and dishes not exceeding 100 pesos. Its specialty is the sea. For example, eat a chili relleno of mariscos (pepper stuffed with seafood).

Breakfast at the edge of the square and meals. Huevos to oaxaqueña are eggs accompanied by a slightly tangy prothonotary sauce. We can eat ice cream.

El Morocco café offers you the Moroccan atmosphere in Mexico. You can enjoy typical Moroccan dishes like Hello. The hotel also offers Arab-Lebanese dishes such as humus. The central location, the frame and the decoration of the restaurant also make it a good idea to change Mexican cuisine.

A traditional grandmother's recipe , executed by grandchildren for a well-polished cuisine with an exemplary presentation: the stage is set. Because Celia Florian transmits here her passion and knowledge of the real Oaxacan cuisine, the one of the villages and the families in celebration: triologia de moles, chiles de agua, coloradito, tasajo and some small deviations of conduct which smell good the Pacific coast. The kind of place not to be missed when you want to know more about the (good) cuisine of the region; to be enjoyed in the dining room or in a pretty green patio.

A must-see in Oaxaca, Boulenc attracts the crowds in the early morning! This café is flanked by a delicious little bakery offering European-style pastries to start the day. Their bread is homemade, and you can feel it. At the café, you can enjoy international dishes such as gluten-free pancakes, croque-monsieur and bánh mì (Vietnamese sandwich). The products used to prepare them are seasonal and come from the region. An excellent address, a little hipster and in the air of time.

Located above Alcala Lago. It serves delicious pancakes, sandwiches and salads. The decor and the idea of marrying French crêpes and typical food works very well. The crepe at "the flor of calabaza" is the perfect illustration. From the balcony you can enjoy the magnificent view of Santo Domingo. Count between 60 and 80 pesos for this real delight.

Restaurant of Hotel Marqués del Valle. For breakfast, lunch or dinner with a breathtaking view of the Zócalo. On the menu, international cuisine and specialities from the region at very affordable prices.

Small Italian restaurant near Santo Domingo: good ingredients and good location.

Located in a renovated patio and surrounded by beautiful shops, Los Danzantes offers contemporary Mexican cuisine in a superb decor that is half lounge, half nature where you are surrounded by greenery. We appreciate the original combination of flavours and the accuracy of the cooking. For a classic of the region revisited, do not miss the shrimp tlayuda . The mole, which you can taste, is excellent. It's beautiful and it's simply good! The restaurant is a branch of the restaurant of the same name located in Coyoacán, in the capital.

Located opposite the Santo Domingo church in the heart of the th century San Bartolomé college, there are excellent regional and international dishes. El platon Oaxaqueño or the moles dish, among others, are excellent. The shaded patio is beautifully decorated with flowers, the colour tables make the place very cool and very pleasant. The ideal place to blend the past and present and enjoy the oaxaquenienne architecture. Excellent value for money.

The land, its farmers and fishermen, is at the centre of this proposal which invites travellers to discover a true gastronomic tradition, from the Central Valleys to the Pacific coast. Here, everything is impeccable and the names of the dishes and concepts are avoided. In the end, this is what you expect when you come to discover a region: to taste the aromatic herbs, peppers, sauces and key products used in the preparation of dishes that are certainly sophisticated, but not too far from their family origins either.

Located on the outskirts of the city, the Alfonsina restaurant, named after the maternal grandmother of chef Jorge León (also known as El Moles), was established in her family home. You guessed the main course! Mole (Spanish for "sauce") is a typical Oaxacan dish made with roasted chiles, cocoa, tomatoes, nuts and chocolate, which is pounded in the Molcajete, the traditional Mesoamerican mortar. The one from León is definitely worth the detour, especially when you know that he would have spent 6 years in the kitchen of the emblematic Pujol, in the Mexican capital.

This restaurant was created by nine students from the province of Mixteca (northwest of Oaxaca) straight out of culinary school. Their main objective is to bring their guests to appreciate the delicacies of the indigenous cuisine through a service of seven seasonal dishes. It's like eating in a Michelin star restaurant, but without pretension or extravagance. Delicate and attentive staff. Many guests will leave the place saying that it was one of the best meals they have ever had. A rare gem.