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Restaurante ChonvsEl Cardenal
Restaurante Chon and El Cardenal are both endorsed by professional travelers. Overall, El Cardenal is preferred by most reviewers compared to Restaurante Chon. El Cardenal ranks #5 in Mexico City with endorsements from 7 publications including Time Out, Gayot and The Infatuation.
Restaurante Chon
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Gayot
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
National Geographic
Regina 160, Mexico City 06090
From $15/night
Fodor's "This unpretentious family-style restaurant, deep in a downtown working-class neighborhood, is famed for its menu of pre-Hispanic dishes." Full review
Lonely Planet "Pre-Hispanic fare is the specialty of this cantina-style restaurant. Sample maguey (agave) worms, grasshoppers, wild boar and other delicacies." Full review
Gayot13.0
"It is also most apt for the culinarily adventurous; the specialties of the house are from a pre-Hispanic menu." Full review
DK Eyewitness "The most famous restaurant in the city for pre-Hispanic food, the emphasis is on the food, not the mismatched furniture."
Rough Guide "A veritable eating adventure, with starters such as mescal worms, escamoles (ant eggs) or chapulines (grasshoppers), served with or without guacamole."
National Geographic "Pre-Hispanic cuisine spot at a rougher edge of the city center attracts the adventurous." Full review
El Cardenal Lonely Planet Gayot DK Eyewitness
Travel + Leisure
Tasting Table
The Infatuation
Time Out
Av. de las Palmas 215 City 11000
From $20/night
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Possibly the finest place in town for a traditional meal, El Cardenal occupies three floors of a Parisian-style mansion and has a pianist playing sweetly in the background." Full review
Gayot14.0
"A favored hangout for Mexican politicians and TV actors---as well as big families---El Cardenal serves well prepared renditions of time-honored Mexican dishes." Full review
DK Eyewitness "El Cardenal’s stately appearance, with cloth covered tables and refined atmosphere, is foil for reasonable prices, and pre-Hispanic food specialties, as well as just plain good home cooking."
Travel + Leisure "When a restaurant has trademarked their hot chocolate, you know it’s a place where you’ll enjoy a memorable breakfast." Full review
Tasting Table "This tourist trap is worth the wait for its classic Mexican breakfasts of conchas, natas and hot chocolate served on starched white tablecloths." Full review
The Infatuation "This place serves arguably the best breakfast in the city, in the midst of Centro Historico, a block away from el Zocalo." Full review
Time Out "If you want to taste the authenticity, we say try the breakfast. It’s essentially a Bajío region tour with your palate." Full review
