🌮 Best Mexican & Tex-Mex in Los Angeles
38 mexican & tex-mex spots in Los Angeles, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Mexican & Tex-Mex Spots
1
Holbox
Gilberto Cetina runs a counter inside Mercado La Paloma that has no business being this good given the food court setting — and that disconnect is half the charm. The eight-course $130 tasting moves t...
94
2
Mírate
Sibling to Michelin-recognized Mírame in Beverly Hills, Mírate is Chef Joshua Gil's Alta California take on regional Mexican cuisine spread across a multi-level Los Feliz space designed by Alexa Nafis...
94
3
Guelaguetza
The Lopez family has been running this Koreatown Oaxacan room since 1994, and it remains the city's primary education in the seven moles. Order the mole negro over chicken, a tlayuda for the table, an...
91
4
Damian
Enrique Olvera — the chef behind Pujol in Mexico City and Cosme in New York — brought his modernist Mexican approach to the Arts District. The tortillas are made in-house from heirloom corn, and the r...
91
5
Loreto
Paco Moran's Mexican seafood kitchen occupies a stylish industrial space in Frogtown along the LA River. The ceviches and aguachiles hit with bright, clean acid, the whole fish is the table anchor, an...
90
6
Sonoratown
Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez Jr. and Jennifer Feltham brought Sonoran flour tortillas to LA and built a taqueria around them. The tortillas are made fresh, rolled thick, and stuffed with carne asada or chor...
90
7
Daisy Margarita Bar
The Mírate team — proprietor Matt Egan, chef Alan Sanz, and beverage director Max Reis — brought their Mexican hospitality across the hill in June 2025, reworking the old Sherman space into an upscale...
90
8
Mariscos Jalisco
Boyle Heights taco truck behind one of LA's most-copied seafood tacos — deep-fried shrimp, housemade red salsa, avocado. Shrimp aguachile and tostadas round out the order. Decades in, still a TimeOut ...
90
9
Taqueria Frontera
Cypress Park's corner taqueria with a trompo that doesn't stop spinning. The al pastor is the draw, but quesatacos and mulitas hold their own. Eater LA 38 certified, walk-in only, priced the way tacos...
89
10
Leo's Taco Truck
One of LA's most-copied taco trucks, built around al pastor carved tableside from a vertical spit with pineapple. The late-night lines are real, the tacos justify every minute, and TimeOut keeps putti...
89
All 38 Mexican & Tex-Mex Spots in Los Angeles
Le Draq
88
Mariscos Los Corchos
88
Madre
88
Salazar
88
Guisados Echo Park
88
Tacos Los Cholos
88
Burritos La Palma
88
Angel's Tijuana Tacos
87
Casa Vega
87
Komal Molino
86
Cielito Lindo
86
Chego!
86
Tacos 1986
86
El Moro Echo Park
85
La Isla Bonita
85
Alejandra's Quesadilla Cart
85
Bar Flores
85
Tito's Tacos
85
Javier's Century City
85
Escuela Taqueria
85
Mariscos El Faro
84
Saint Felix
84
Pez Cantina
84
Baja Subs Market & Deli
83
Lares Restaurant
83
Tacolina
83
Pink Taco Beverly Hills
83
El Cocinero
81
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