Oaxaca City - Where to Eat & Drink

The question we get the most often is “Where should we eat and drink in Oaxaca?” The answer is simple…EVERYWHERE! This is a city with the best food and drink you can find! In this article though I will tell you about a few of our favorites and a few that are on our shortlist to try…

LEVADURA DE OLLA - hands down our favorite restaurant for dinner. The restaurant is stunning, the food is authentic and delicious. I good place to order a bunch of dishes and share so you can try as many things as possible. You have never tasted tomatoes as good as the ones in their tomato salad (the cover photo for this blog entry). Be sure to reserve a table in advance.

LA POPULAR - our top pick for a casual lunch or dinner. I think we ate here three or four times on our last trip! Our favorite place for Tlayudas. The vegetable one is beautiful. (below)

There are a few restaurants we will be trying for the first time on our next visit later this summer. I will be sure to write up some notes after we go.

TIKA’AYA - sounds like a culinary adventure.

LOS DANZANTES - lots of write ups on this one and the only restaurant that required a credit card to book so it must be popular.

EL TENDAJON - we were supposed to eat here the last time we were in town but we never made it so it is on the Summer 24 list.

Oaxaca has some of the best places for cocktails. Our favorite is SABINA SABE. We enjoy sitting on the bar side of the restaurants watching their mixologists work but they also have a dining room side and have a nice light bar menu.