Contemporary Mexican · Polanco · Two MICHELIN Stars (Mexico 2024); World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024
Enrique Olvera's Polanco landmark, open since 2000 and the restaurant that pushed modern Mexican fine dining onto the world stage — now holding two stars in Mexico's first Michelin guide. The signatur...
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Quintonil
Contemporary Mexican · Polanco · Two MICHELIN Stars (Mexico 2024); World's 50 Best Restaurants 2025 (#3)
Jorge Vallejo and Alejandra Flores opened Quintonil in 2012 and have climbed to #3 on the 2025 World's 50 Best with two Michelin stars to match. The seasonal tasting menu leans hard on heirloom vegeta...
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Rosetta
Mexican-Italian · Roma Norte · One MICHELIN Star (Mexico 2024); Elena Reygadas — World's Best Female Chef 2023
Elena Reygadas cooks Mexican ingredients through an Italian lens inside a restored Roma Norte townhouse, open since 2010 and holding a Michelin star. Reygadas trained at Locanda Locatelli and was name...
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Contramar
Seafood · Roma Norte
Gabriela Cámara's 1998 Roma Norte seafood room is the city's defining lunch — bright, loud, packed daily. The tuna tostada and the pescado a la talla (a whole butterflied fish painted half red, half g...
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Sud 777
Contemporary Mexican · Jardines del Pedregal · One MICHELIN Star (Mexico 2024)
Edgar Núñez's vegetable-forward kitchen in the leafy southern district of Jardines del Pedregal, open since 2008 and Michelin-starred in the 2024 guide. French technique meets Mexican produce through ...
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Máximo Bistrot
Mexican-French · Roma Norte · One MICHELIN Star (Mexico)
Eduardo 'Lalo' García and Gabriela López opened Máximo in 2011 and moved it to a bigger Álvaro Obregón space in 2020; it carries a Michelin star. The seasonal, market-driven menu changes with whatever...
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Em
Contemporary Mexican · Roma Norte · One MICHELIN Star (Mexico 2024)
Lucho Martínez runs Em out of the Tonalá Street space that used to hold Máximo Bistrot, earning a Michelin star in the 2024 guide for contemporary Mexican cooking threaded with Japanese technique. Exp...
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Taquería El Califa de León
Tacos · San Rafael · One MICHELIN Star (Mexico 2024) — first taquería ever starred
A tiny standing-room taquería in San Rafael, open 70-plus years, that made history in 2024 as the first taco stand ever to earn a Michelin star. The menu is four tacos; the Gaonera — thin-sliced beef ...
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Expendio de Maíz Sin Nombre
Mexican · Roma Norte · One MICHELIN Star (Mexico 2025)
Jesús Salas built a Michelin star around one ingredient: heirloom corn, nixtamalized and ground in house. This no-sign, no-menu, cash-only counter in Roma Norte has a few communal tables and a simple ...
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Nicos
Traditional Mexican · Clavería · Latin America's 50 Best — Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
A family institution in working-class Clavería, open 60-plus years under María Elena Lugo Zermeño and her architect-turned-chef son Gerardo Vázquez Lugo. It's slow-food, locally sourced traditional Me...