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El Pegaso

4.4 (92 reviews)
ModerateMexican

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Good for groups
Good for kids

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Huevos El Pegaso, Ensalada Mixta, Huevos Benedictinos de Espinacas

Where do I begin!? Miguel made impeccable lunch recommendations, and Lucero made excellent drinks! My favorite was the Pink Lady, which was gorgeous and ready to post on socials! The food was incredible and I cannot wait to revisit. Por dónde empiezo? Miguel hizo recomendaciones impecables para el almuerzo, ¡y Lucero preparó bebidas excelentes! Mi favorita fue la Pink Lady, que estaba preciosa y lista para subir a redes sociales. La comida fue increíble y no puedo esperar para volver.

Ardy R.

This rooftop dining experience was excellent! There is a lovely view of the cathedral from 5-6 of the tables. And the prices are not ridiculous, like some of the rooftop restaurants. The service was excellent and the food was delicious. 2 meals and 2 drinks for about $23USD! We will definitely be back to try other items on the menu.

Chile en Nogales in the dining room.
Sharon S.

One of the best Chile en Nogales in SMA. The picadillo filling is scrumptious, the sauce creamy and the pomegranates fresh! I return here regularly for this dish. I highly recommend the senior server in the front room (across street from the bakery) for his attentive service. Sangria is delicious too. The terrace seating overlooks the roof & steeples of La Parroquia.

Arnold Palmer
Alison P.

Rooftop seating! Arnold Palmer to drink, grilled artichokes, shrimp & cheese tacos! Lunch with good friends, great views, friendly wait staff! Such a relaxing restaurant and no rush to get anywhere. This is the life! Artichoke was grilled to perfection, but I would request mayo over the butter they actually serve with it. The shrimp & cheese tacos were pretty fabulous. Sipped on an Arnold Palmer which was quite tasty! I would definitely return to this place!

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Catalina A.

Man o man. If you ever find yourself in this charming little town (Dab Miguel se Allende) you must take the time to go to El Pegaso. This quaint little restaurant has a menu packed with amazing selections and anything you try is sure to satisfy. My boyfriend and I shared the sopa azteca and the chiles en nogado. The soup was out of this world, but the chiles really hit the ball out of the park. They were stuffed with perfectly seasoned meat and raisins and covered in a white sauce with a few pomegranate seeds on top. I had never tried anything as delicious as those chiles in my life and I hope I have a chance to go back to San Miguel just to eat at this wonderful spot.

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Jonathan J B.

I have no words that could possibly describe the amazing food we experienced at pegaso, but i will try. We ordered tortilla soup, nogada beef stuffed peppers, refried beans, rice, and aperol spritz's. The tortilla soup was packed with flavor; nothing was really missing at all..even though we added some picante, it would have been fine without as well. The beans were simple and delicious, but when you add them to chips, salsa, and pico, it becomes a tower of flavor. The highlight of the meal was by and far the nogada peppers. Cooked with some raisins, a bit spicy, and topped with a creamy sauce, we were without words when we took our first bites. Asked for some extra picante sauce, they brought out some homemade salsa made with 2 peppers & onions, which added both kick and a whole new dimension to this already amazing dish. We finished our meal with the aperol spritz. Perfect for a sunburnt canadian in mexico. If we could have, we would have returned for seconds.

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It was our first stop 15 years ago and it still is the first restaurant we go to every year!

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Diverse menu and great food and service keeps us coming back. The Thai rice is wonderful and the pintos de res are great.

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Excellent food , ambience and views of the city and square. The staff was attentive without being overbearing.

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Food is not good, meats tasted bad and sauces were poorly made - we ordered octopus a la Diabla and got chewy octopus on ketchup

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We only ordered desserts to go. They were big portions, well priced and the staff was very accommodating.

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Los Milagros - Photo 4: Guacamole and Refried Beans

Los Milagros

4.1(153 reviews)
0.1 km
$$

I kind of stumbled across this place because I was hungry and didn't have a lot of time…read more I sat at the bar and the bartender was super helpful. First, he brought out a very big bowl of tortilla chips. They were excellent as was the accompanying pico de gallo. I had the chicken street tacos, which were also terrific. There was live music starting right as I left. That's not my thing, but if it's your thing you might like it.

Even though there are hundreds of YouTube vlogs of varying quality about San Miguel de Allende,…read morechef Pati Jinich was the one that triggered my interest in coming here through her long-running PBS travel and cooking series. She went to this particular traditional restaurant known for their signature dish, Molcajete. The term first refers to a Mexican mortar bowl made of basalt volcanic rock standing on three stubby legs. The same term also refers to the food inside. It's quite simple because it's all about the ingredients and the execution. Jamie W and I ordered the MX$550 Mix Volcanic Bowl where they grilled large amounts of arrachera (skirt steak), chicken, and cecina (cured beef) while heating up the molcajete. The meat was then layered in the bowl along with nopales (cactus), green onion, chiles, peppers, and queso blanco cheese. A spicy green chile verde sauce was drizzled all over the gluttonous mix (Photo 7). Fresh guacamole and creamy refried beans were served on the side (Photo 4). A stack of freshly made tortillas was provided in order to gorge on all of the hearty indulgence which continues to stream well after its arrival at the table. The total amount could've easily served four ravenous people with both the arrachera and nopales the delectable standouts. Out of blissful ignorance, we both ordered salads as if the volcanic bowl wasn't going to satisfy us. Jamie had the MX$135 Mixed Salad with lettuce, grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, red onion, pasilla chiles, mushrooms, and a rosette of avocado slices (Photo 8). I went with the MX$200 House Salad with lettuce, hearts of palm, cubes of chihuahua cheese, green olives, grape tomatoes, and red onion (Photo 9). Both were more than freshly satisfying as we were filling up on housemade tortilla chips with red salsa and fresh pico de gallo (Photo 5). The space was cavernous with plenty of room for large parties as families converged on this place. We could totally envision live music performances in here, especially with a long, fully stocked bar beckoning. Although I've seen mocajetes on random Mexican menus around San Francisco, I agree with Pati that this type of place would be quite successful stateside. If you're planning a trip to San Miguel de Allende, I recommend following Pati's advice. FOOD - 5 stars...a deliciously eruptive volcanic bowl AMBIANCE - 4.5 stars...huge space, plenty of room during off-peak hours SERVICE - 4.5 stars...efficient and quite accommodating TOTAL - 5 stars...trust Pati on this one RELATED - Exploring San Miguel de Allende? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/fUKxOmWUmr

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Los Milagros - Photo 3: Interior

Photo 3: Interior

Los Milagros - Beef Mole

Beef Mole

Los Milagros - Mezcalita de Tamarindo

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Mezcalita de Tamarindo

La Cocina Cafe del Viajero

La Cocina Cafe del Viajero

4.5(43 reviews)
0.4 km
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This was the fourth of five stops that Jamie W and I made on our Tequila and Tacos tour of San…read moreMiguel de Allende. From our third stop, Le Pegaso (review: https://yelp.to/rmPAJsgLVf), we had to cross the cobblestone streets around the central plaza, Jardin Allende. Normally an uneventful stroll, it felt more precarious after three bar stops. We made it without injury though. This spot was a spacious, more traditional restaurant with two bars in front. Our group was seated around a dining table. I noticed our Tequila Paloma was a bit skimpier this time (Photo 7), perhaps an acknowledgement that we were tapering off our alcoholic consumption. However, we ended up with the evening's best plate, a pair of Emmoladas, an enchilada-like house specialty filled with shredded chicken and covered liberally in a savory-sweet dark chocolate mole sauce (Photo 8). I would definitely have that again. FOOD / DRINKS - 4 stars...tasty emmoladas overshadowed the tequila and the pomegranate juice (Photo 9) AMBIANCE - 4 stars...spacious and relatively calm SERVICE - 4 stars...pretty attentive staff TOTAL - 4 stars...more like a real restaurant than just a tequila bar RELATED - Exploring San Miguel de Allende? Here's a collection of places I've visited and reviewed: https://yelp.to/zEgMm5ax3J

Fantastic really, really home-made and as they claim Artisanal Mexican food. Down home, streetwise…read moreand Mama's way of putting viands together, from the aromas, the décor, the atmosphere and the service extraordinaire!. This obscure place from outside, when you walk in becomes what appears to be a Hacienda along with a patio, Terraza and balconies all around and cantina where you walk in! Not only was this place beautiful in the most traditional of Mexican styles, with tiled and wrought iron stairs to upper balconies, built in shelves and niches withing stone, wallpapered and muralled walls, a typical bar inlaid with the structure with magnificent woodwork and an excellent bartender I might add, clay flower pots galore hanging from the balcony flooring, and an incredible full skylight, wall to wall, but that's not the best of it. The food. The food was magnificent. I have had many a meal in Mexico, I have tried many, many styles of regional cuisine, but I had never ever had the specialty of this house - the Enmolada! The unique specialty of the house at La Cocina Café del Viajero are Enmoladas which are a dish consisting of tortillas in mole sauce... stuffed with fillings of almost any inkling! Enmoladas are a established indigenous dish made with corn tortillas that is coated in mole sauce. This is what I had to have. First let me mention that the food here is incredible, overall. We obviously started with bottled water, a couple of okay Margaritas and some Modelos. As is the custom, we had the Guacamole, which was extraordinarily excellent, with homemade chips, really, really good chips. Someone at the table ordered the Enchilada Capital with Mexican rice - extraordinary and very picoso! To make a long story short, my order of the Enmolada was exquisite. Most folk like me, were only familiar with enchilada sauce, but Enmolada sauce is unique. The enchiladas are smothered in mole sauce, offering a exceptional merge of flavors that stretch from spicy and sweet to savory and smoky. Totally overwhelming the palate, as your tastebuds go in a freefall. They compacted shredded chicken, then rolled it, then garnished it with fresh toppings of crema and cheese. Wow! Needless to say, this was an experience! An exquisite location, excellent service, terrific atmosphere and one of the most life changing taste adventures I had in Mexico. Try an Enmolada, maybe here, it's terrific.

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La Cocina Cafe del Viajero - Photo 2: Bar #2

Photo 2: Bar #2

La Cocina Cafe del Viajero - Photo 8: Emmoladas

Photo 8: Emmoladas

La Cocina Cafe del Viajero

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Nicasio

Nicasio

4.8(23 reviews)
0.3 km

Cute, family owned spot in a cute balcony of a hotel with great ambiance and great service. I was…read morehaving stomach issues my whole time in San Miguel so I didn't get to order anything as fun as I'd have liked, but pancakes seemed ok (bland, carby foods are good when you're sick) and they were tasty and didn't exacerbate the problem. My mom's huevos rancheros breakfast looked delicious and I'd love to go back one day and order up the works. The big standout for me here was the service - so friendly and pleasant to be around. Definitely a spot to check out!

There are some places that captivate you, and you find yourself WILLING them to succeed--this is…read moreone of them. I'm going to say it was our favorite place to eat in San Miguel. Staffed by three buddies who have all worked in high end restaurants (here in San Miguel as well as the US and Europe), this tiny establishment doesn't even have a sign outside (just take down the address and you'll see a sign that says "Hotel" by the door. Enter and ascend a flight of stairs and it'll be on your right. The meal begins with chips and a warm black bean dip (made with exotic ingredients they'd needed to pick up the previous day in something that sounded like a drug deal!). Next order the mushroom soup--a highlight of our 7 day trip to San Miguel. We also shared an order of guacamole (excellent as you'd expect, with thick chunky chips), and an order of Requeson (never heard of that, but turned out to be a cheese log with spicy/tangy flavor, served with hot corn tortillas). For mains, we had the torts de lingua (delicious if you're not weirded out by beef tongue), duck floutas, and the pork dish (Costilla en Abodo Oaxaqueno), which had excellent flavor but was a battle (large bone in the middle so difficult to eat). They've only been open for a few months and they have a few kinks to work out--the menu is not organized in a logical way (green salad and mushroom soup appear at the end rather than first). Meals did not all arrive together, but to be fair we were a large party (8), and ordered multiple items per person. They also need to update their Google entry, which failed to note that they're closed on Tuesdays. And as noted before, having a sign would be helpful. Remember to BYOB because they don't serve alcohol, but in the end that's yet another thing that makes this place an incredible bargain! We managed to eat VERY well for less than $16 per person. Just wish we'd discovered it sooner because we would've returned if we had time. Maybe for breakfast, which I hear is also fantastic.

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The Restaurant

The Restaurant

4.4(196 reviews)
0.1 km
$$$

This is my favorite restaurant here in San Miguel de Allende by far. The food is incredible…read more Starting with the Brussel sprouts and kale salad and shrimp cakes. Crispy on outside and fluffy inside. Amazing. Best I've had. For dinner entree I had the short rib. Melt in your mouth and so flavorful. All I can say is that the dishes are common but the execution is extraordinary. The restaurant itself is beautiful. A courtyard with a fountain in the middle with thousands of red rose petals for Valentine's Day weekend. Better than any rooftop restaurant. It was so wood I went back for brunch on Sunday. Also had a cool bar area that had a DJ spinning vinyls of various genre including classic r and b.

Best to set reservations if you want to dine in the evening at this gorgeous restaurant. However if…read moreyou show up during their first hours, you'll get a seat right away. The main dining area has an open ceiling and fountain, but there is also a back dining room with retractable patio roof. The bar is so cool too, with a large DJ table loaded with records. I loved seeing a photo of Tupac and Biggie on the wall. Even this place knows that they are still the best rappers of all time. We got to be the very first guests for the day, hence the serene photos and video. I absolutely love the decor, vibe, and the music. The menu has an English and Spanish version, but it is kinda limited. Still there are some really interesting dishes like the fusion Tandoori Chicken Tacos in flour tortillas, which I got. The Miso soup does have a lot of seaweed in it, so just be aware of that. And then there was the burger; so juicy and delicious served with seasoned wedge potato's. And to end the meal you get a small dish with complimentary mini cookies. It was a great experience. I highly recommend.

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The Restaurant - The bathroom waiting area

The bathroom waiting area

The Restaurant
The Restaurant - The back dining area with retractable patio roof

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The back dining area with retractable patio roof

El Pegaso - mexican - Updated May 2026

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