Welcome to MetroGuide.Network's Mexico City DiningGuide, a directory of restaurants and related restaurant information for Metropolitan Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Use MetroGuide's DiningGuide service to find Mexico City restaurants by location or cuisine.
Mexico’s capital, a quintessential stronghold for traditional Mexican cuisine, also has become a city where experimental chefs at top restaurants resurrect ancient dishes for an evolving nueva cocina Mexicana. Basic Mexican food is simple -- consisting of tortillas, beans, chiles, squash and tomatoes -- similar to before Europeans arrived. Staples of cocoa and vanilla, garlic and onions, olives and citrus add to variations. Although many dishes have piquancy, most Mexican favorites aren’t incendiary when served. Chiles and sauces add the picante flavor, and restaurant tables inevitably provide such condiments. Traditional tortillas are made from corn cooked in water and lime, ground into grainy masa dough, pressed into thin cakes, and finished off on sizzling griddles. Bread rather than tortillas may be offered to travelers in some restaurants, but tortillas are always on hand. The tortilla is the foundation of several Mexican dishes, including the humble enchilada, becoming far more elaborate of late with cheese, chicken, pork, or even seafood fillings and a multitude of toppings. For the day’s main meal, restaurants often offer a multicourse blue-plate special called comida corrida. Most dining enclaves do not have non-smoking sections, but many dining spots are open-air. More cultures have lived in the Mexico City area than anywhere else within the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in an unsurpassed variety of cuisines and food preparation styles.
DiningGuide Mexico City is part of MetroGuide Mexico City, offering guides to hotels, entertainment and more for the entire region.
To perform a quick search for restaurants in the Metropolitan Mexico City area, please select one of the locations below (restaurant listings will be grouped by cuisine / category):
·Zona Rosa Zona Rosa. Restaurants in the fashionable 'Pink Zone' nearest the premier hotels, craft shops and boutiques
·Mexico City Restaurants outside of the city center but within the Mexico City limits |
·Downtown Mexico City Restaurants in the heart of the commercial, cultural and business center
·Surrounding Communities Restaurants in communities near Mexico City, such as Toluca, Cuernavaca and more |
Or, select a cuisine / category from the list presented below (restaurant listings will be grouped by location).
| ArgentinianContinentalDinerFrench | InternationalItalianJapaneseMexican | SeafoodSpanishSteak |
To return to the DiningGuide Mexico City home page during your search, follow the navigation links provided at the top of the pages.

WonderfulNon-Member, Reader - Actually the Fonda has been open since 1954. we ate there on our honeymoon and almost every year since. We were there on
Said about: Fonda El Refugio
Wonderful Surroundings"David", Miami - Wonderfully romantic atmosphere. Beautiful restaurant overlooking the fountains in Chapultepec Park. Great food, great s
Said about: Restaurant Del Lago
Don't Go There!"Robert", San Francisco - Not Mexican food, deep fried items, very oily, everything very over cooked and tough, don't go there.....
Said about: Konditori
Dining Nightmare"John", Philadelphia - Since I suffer from gall bladder problems I asked the waiter if my fajita plate could be prepared without much oil or
Said about: Parri Pollo
Good Vegetarian FoodNon-Member, Reader - I liked los tacos al pastor and they serve in house baked bread.
Said about: Restaurante Vegetariano Yug
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