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Restaurante ChonvsEl Hidalguense
Both restaurants are praised by professional reviewers. On balance, Restaurante Chon ranks marginally higher than El Hidalguense. Restaurante Chon comes in at #9 in Mexico City with positive reviews from 6 reviewers such as Rough Guide, Fodor's and DK Eyewitness.
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 Hidalguense Fodor's Lonely Planet
Tasting Table
The Infatuation
Condé Nast Traveler
Campeche 155 | Cuauhtemoc, Roma Sur Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
From $0/night
Fodor's "This restaurant has been serving Hidalgo-style barbacoa to grateful Mexico City residents for over 15 years." Full review
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An order of barbacoa comes with everything you need to make tacos you'll remember for days; be sure to order the consommé, flavored with meat drippings, chili, and lime, and wash it all down with a glass of pulque (the freshly fermented sap from the heart of one type of agave plant).
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Slow-cooked over aged oak wood in an underground pit, the Hidalgo-style barbacoa at this family-run eatery is off-the-charts delectable." Full review
Tasting Table "Like all good BBQ restaurants, you can order by weight here, then fashion tacos with all of the fixings from the meltingly rich meat." Full review
The Infatuation "El Hidalguense is only open three days a week (Friday-Sunday), but come to this massive Roma Sur restaurant any time during those hours and expect to walk into the biggest party in the neighborhood." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Weekend barbacoa, cold beers, pulque
The vibe
Revelers repairing themselves; families enjoying barbacoa
The crowd
Wholesome
The drinks
Beer and tequila
The food
Barbacoa; you don't need..." Full review
