The best restaurants Around Mexico City

In a very pleasant, nicely decorated and slightly upscale setting, you'll find a mix of Spanish and Puebla specialties. On the menu: lamb with butter and mushrooms, green pipián , tacos filled with shrimp and cheese, and turrón ice cream. It was here that Chile en nogada, the national dish, was first served. The establishment also organizes workshops on local cuisine and wine tasting. A classic of the city, still as good as ever despite the passage of years.

Good restaurant, located near the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán (5 min drive). Ideal for a little hunger after the pyramids visit. Good regional and economical cuisine. Among the specialties of the house: Aztec lasagna, prepared based on maize and piments tortilla, Teotihuacán soup and flower enchiladas in Jamaica.

A coffee worthy of this name. You will find the taste of a good espresso from home. A range of derivatives, such as cappuccino you can choose with aroma (amaretto, kernel…). Moka and hot chocolate.

Terrace where you can eat hamburgers, tortas, breakfasts. Bright, clean, economical and very nice location.

Perfect for breakfasts, fruit juices and small light meals. Guaranteed animation.

This is the hotel restaurant of the same name. The frame is sumptuous, especially for dinner, and Mexican and international cuisine of high quality.

In the heart of the small craft market, high-ceilinged, bright and nicely furnished, here is a space dedicated to regional cuisine. Here, the freshness of the ingredients, fruit and vegetables is paramount. You can find typical meat and poultry dishes, as well as some pasta and salad proposals. The lunch menu is very cheap, but perhaps a little light to relieve big appetites. Don't hesitate to order the magnificent enmoladas. The restaurant room, which resembles an inner courtyard, is bright and pleasant.

When the English mining company employees arrived from Cornwall in 1824, they took with them a recipe for a small loaf of bread with a potato and meat filling called pasty . Over time, miners' wives throughout the region began to develop this dish, which was easy to transport to the mine, by adding local ingredients. This restaurant offers a wide variety of these traditional fritters, both savoury (potato and meat, beans, mole, tuna, chicken, vegetables) and sweet (apricot, blackberry, pineapple, strawberry, chocolate, guava, etc).

The place has two premises in the same street, this one looking like a small bistro set up under the porticos: two small tables inside and the others - all very colourful - on the terrace. The menu offers more elaborate and international dishes than elsewhere in the village: cassolettes of melted cheese, tripe and marrow bones as starters, remarkably well-cooked meats and fish (tuna, salmon), and the inevitable local trout with different sauces. The burger is very well prepared (especially since you can choose the cooking).

We can't recommend you enough to stop by this restaurant, known as the best table in the village (and we tend to agree). Locals and visitors alike come here to enjoy a good meal. The platillo del bosque offers a mix of proteins to wake the dead: arrachera, sausage, nopales, bean puree, guacamole and quesadilla. And the plato huasteco is not bad either... For the shy, the salad with snatch. The whole thing is very hearty, for an excellent value for money. Look no further.

Opened in 2014, this excellent restaurant was on a mission to push the culinary envelope around the cemita, the traditional bread roll used to make sandwiches all over the Latino continent. Here, the contemporary touch is clear, clean and precise. Mission accomplished, the chef still serves his beautiful cemitas, but also adapts and interprets the cuisine of the other Puebla: that of the mountains, the pastures, the mist, the smoke, the icy streams, the fruit, the pure air and the volcanoes.

Until 2012 there was a Gaia restaurant in the historic centre of Cuernavaca, opposite the Palace of Cortés. Unfortunately it closed its doors. The lovers of good cuisine will therefore have to travel outside the historic centre to sample the dishes of this restaurant. Finally, by taxi, we don't have for a long time. And the kitchen of this modern and desirable restaurant is worth a visit. Good value for money.

100% Natural is a chain of restaurants that seeks to produce healthy and quality food at decent prices, offering fish dishes, fruits, vegetables, cereals, salads. In 2012 it opened a brand new restaurant in the centre of Cuernavaca, opposite the Jardín Morelos. The freshness of the menu is good, given the warmth it makes in Cuernavaca. 

Don't miss a break in this pleasant café with its warm, minimalist decor and beautiful terrace. Whether you want a quick coffee before you hit the road or a bite to eat, you won't be disappointed. Breakfast includes fresh juice, coffee and a dish (e.g. an omelette with ham and mushrooms). At lunchtime, the formula includes a homemade soup or a salad, typical dishes and a dessert. There is a wide choice of sandwiches, always with a sophisticated touch. Healthy, delicious and friendly.

This is a very nice restaurant founded in 1956, in this 19th century house with a nice patio. It serves full breakfasts(omelet huasteco), Puebla specialties( greenpipián , mole) and Mexican dishes(pechuga al ajillo), all at moderate prices. Very good option to taste the local cuisine, at any time of the day, and they even serve aperitifs, wines and cocktails. A traditional foundation that has evolved with the times. The setting, reminiscent of a flowery courtyard, is particularly pleasant.

A nice setting for lunch. Typical dishes of Puebla  : mole poblano, mixiote, enchiladas to the three moles, served on coloured tables.

Another typical restaurant in Puebla. The specialty of the house is, of course, chalupas, corn tortillas fried with chicken and sauce go down. 

Since 1906, this beautiful restaurant located in an underground cave has been offering a pre-Hispanic inspired dining experience. The menu includes indigenous ingredients such as xoconoxtle (cactus fruit), escamoles (ant eggs), quelites (aboriginal plant) and chinicuil (chili worm). Various personalities have passed through this mythical place: Charles de Gaulle, John F. Kennedy, Emperor Akihito, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and María Felix. Oh, and a nice surprise awaits you at the end of the meal. A must-see.

This cooperative is run by a committee of village women who take turns over three years to bring this place to life after your visit to the archaeological zone. The buildings are charming and the place is well maintained. It is an essential break after your visit, to enjoy a fresh orange juice or a small ice-cold beer, without forgetting to spend the day in the fresh water pools. As far as food is concerned, you will have a hard time finding more typical dishes, as they only serve a very nice home cooking of the region.

Away from the hustle and bustle of San Diego Avenue (itself crowded with restaurants), this hacienda-style building opens onto an oasis of greenery and offers its well-to-do clientele a fine Mexican cuisine revisited with an international twist: huachinango with mustard and ceviche with mango (fish), soups, salads and grilled meat dishes. A nice stop for a quiet afternoon. The place is cosy and also has a large garden and a huge playroom for the kids. One of the best addresses in town.