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Best restaurants in Mexico City

Counters, dining rooms and neighbourhood favourites, chosen for the way they actually eat — not for how loudly they market.

Contramar
KEY2 Pick

Seafood • $$$

Contramar

Gabriela Cámara's Roma lunch institution: tuna tostadas and the red-and-green pescado a la talla.

Best for: Lunch / Groups

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El Hidalguense
KEY2 Pick

Barbacoa • $$

El Hidalguense

Weekend-only Roma Sur barbacoa: lamb wrapped in maguey leaves, pit-cooked in Hidalgo, consommé to start.

Best for: Lunch / Family

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Pujol
KEY2 Pick

Fine Dining • $$$$

Pujol

Enrique Olvera's Polanco room and its mole madre, aged for years and served with one tortilla.

Best for: Special Occasion / Date Night

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Quintonil
KEY2 Pick

Fine Dining • $$$$

Quintonil

Jorge Vallejo's vegetable-driven tasting menu, routinely ranked the best restaurant in North America.

Best for: Special Occasion

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Rosetta
KEY2 Pick

Italian-Mexican • $$$$

Rosetta

Elena Reygadas in a Roma Norte mansion — handmade pasta, Mexican produce, and the bakery next door.

Best for: Date Night / Special Occasion

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Máximo Bistrot

Bistro • $$$

Máximo Bistrot

Eduardo García's market-driven Roma bistro — the menu is decided the morning it is cooked.

Best for: Date Night / Lunch

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Sud 777

Modern Mexican • $$$$

Sud 777

Edgar Núñez's garden-driven Pedregal restaurant, with its own greenhouse behind the dining room.

Best for: Date Night / Lunch

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