The best Spanish restaurants Mexico

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 option for Spanish food: you have the choice between two restaurants. The first offers different rooms, some of which are beautiful and intimate, with à la carte meals (dishes from 100 to 200 pesos, spaghetti at 70 pesos, paella at 100 pesos), and the second offers a menu that changes every day for just over 100 pesos.

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!

La Gran Vía is a restaurant serving Spanish and international cuisine in the historic centre. The good families of the city come here for lunch at the weekend. The beautiful restaurant is built around a light well along which small rooms follow one another: stone, parquet, beams and classical music in the background. A refined atmosphere for good dishes, both refined and generous: tournedos, beef medallions, shrimps, fish fillets, etc. The jamón serrano is a little extra not to be missed.

A small, pre-Hispanic kitchen, whose secrets have passed on to apprentices since 1934. Specialities, in addition to traditional Mexican dishes, are to be found on the side of the curiosities: grasshoppers, worms, ant eggs and mosquito (Mexican caviars), wild boar or crocodile. The old chef has just left us, but his successor has now taken over the reins in his new premises right in front of the old one. To follow and test.

There are few places that carry on Spanish know-how and traditions as well as Le Cid. This medieval-style restaurant captures the style, music, and of course, the regional gastronomy of Spain, offering dishes such as jamón Serrano, Rioja snails, paella, and whole suckling pig from Segovia cooked in its own juices and carved before your eyes. Medieval dinners have been held here every Saturday for over forty years. The dancers and musicians will make your evening more enjoyable.