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Marlindo

4.7 (29 reviews)
Open • 11:30 am - 7:00 pm

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Casual
Good for groups
Outdoor seating
Good for kids

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Adrian B.

This place is awesome. This restaurant had been on our bucket list for weeks, and we needed to try it because it is just blocks away from the place where we were staying. I was torn between the cerviche de palmitos and Marlin al escabeche. Both meals were reasonably priced and they are both such exotic meals for this city. I already know what cerviche is and I've tried it over a dozen times in more South American countries like Peru. The Marlin however would have been a first for me. In the end, instead of taking the risk, I settled for what I already know- cerviche. It was good however it wasn't exactly how I remembered it tasting. I loved every bite of it. This restaurant is definitely unique for the city, and it's located in a great area as well.

Marlin tacos = yum
Javi N.

The aguachile here is next level--so fresh and authentic, I felt like I was kicking it beachside in Nayarit. Perfect balance of heat and citrus, super refreshing. The marlin tacos were packed with flavor--smoky, savory, and satisfying with every bite. You can tell they're not cutting corners in the kitchen. The Pura Vida Ceviche was super tasty too--bright, citrusy, and loaded with fresh seafood. Straight-up delicious. But the best part? The Mezcal Chela--a shot of mezcal and a cold beer for one solid price. It's a no-brainer. Marlindo is that spot that hits all the right notes: good food, chill vibes, and flavors that make you wanna come back tomorrow. But I can't since I live in San Diego. So, until next time Marlindo.

Shrimp tostado y guac
Will W.

Marlindo: A Hidden Gem in Mexico City's Culinary Sea Sometimes the best meals come when plans go awry. After a much-anticipated visit to another restaurant turned into a 45-minute wild goose chase--thank you, Google--I found myself stumbling upon Marlindo, a Marlin-themed taqueria that instantly piqued my curiosity. Specializing in a game fish I'd never had the chance to try, this restaurant turned my day around and delivered an unexpected culinary adventure. The menu at Marlindo is a celebration of the sea, and I dove in headfirst. Naturally, we started with guacamole--fresh, vibrant, and exactly what you'd hope for in Mexico City. A tuna tostada followed, layered with silky fresh tuna and bright flavors. The tuna ceviche? A standout--bursting with citrus, perfectly fresh, and almost too good to share. The true star of the show, however, was the Marlin. I tried the Marlin enchiladas, which were delightfully satisfying. While the fish didn't assert itself as a bold, unmistakable flavor, it had a delicate, smoky quality that paired beautifully with Marlindo's vibrant salsas. Each salsa brought its own personality to the table, from zippy and bright to smoky and robust, elevating every bite. And of course, there were tacos--because when in Mexico City, tacos are non-negotiable. Marlindo's were simple, flavorful, and utterly satisfying. If you're feeling indecisive, know that you can't go wrong with any taco on the menu. The ambiance added to the charm. Set in a cozy space with a relaxed vibe, the restaurant even featured two guitar-playing gentlemen who serenaded the diners. It was a sweet, unexpected touch that made the experience feel uniquely Mexican. While I initially set out for a different culinary destination, Marlindo turned out to be the serendipitous gem of the day. If you're looking for a spot in Mexico City to try something different--something Marlin-themed--you won't regret stopping here. It's a fresh, flavorful, and delightfully memorable experience I'm glad I stumbled upon.

Yummy seafood, great service, great drinks Definitely recommend , I had tuna ceviche, garlic shrimp, mezcalita and melon margarita

Octopus tacos
Prasiddha H.

Had a chance to try Marlindo - and if you are looking for a well priced spot with great seafood items and dishes - this one's for you! The service is fast here and the ambiance is cute - it's a nice spot to hang with friends! When we got here around 2:30pm on a Monday, thankfully there were plenty of seats open and we were able to sit down. We ended up ordering: *tuna tostadas - honestly this was fantastic - me and my brother devoured this and enjoyed every bite. The fish was delicious and the sauces and fried leeks went perfectly together! *fish ceviche - this was surprisingly very delicious - the fish was nice and tasty and the tarty flavor went really well together. *octopus tacos : these were our least favorite but it was seasoned octopus in small bits with cheese. I would skip these next time and order the shrimp and fish items! * shrimp tacos: I can't remember the exact name but it was the garlic shrimp ones. Imagine taking a seasoned garlic butter shrimp and cheese with delicious salsas and eating it. It was magical and enjoyed every bite! A little on the heavy side though Overall, experience was great and would definitely recommend all to check this place out - you won't be disappointed!

Jumbo shrimp, shrimp and octopus tacos, fish ceviche, and marlin something
Nhu N.

Everything tasted so good and flavorful. It was our first meal in CDMX and it set the bar high. Highly recommended!

Cubana!
Mely S.

El lugar esta muy limpio y en buena ubicación. Los meseros todos muy amables y nos explicaron muy bien todo lo del menu. Pedimos varios platillos para compartir y la verdad todo estaba super sabroso, los ingredientes muy frescos y la cerveza bien helada! Los precios están accesibles y las porciones no son pequeñas. 100% recomendado! --------------------------- The place is very clean and in a good location. The waiters are all very friendly and explained everything on the menu very well. We ordered several dishes to share and everything was really tasty, the ingredients were very fresh and the beer was very cold! The prices are reasonable and the portions are not small. 100% recommended!

Amazing
Yenny M.

Food was amazing, and the service. I had the tuna tostada, fish tacos, and mussels. The food comes out fresh and fast.

Valerie N.

We happened to stumble across this gem while walking through the area. Not only was the service amazing but every single plate we ordered was amazing! The fresh seafood was on point! This is definitely a place I will visit again next time I'm in town! The ambiance was so welcoming as well.

Ceviche pura vida
Aheli P.

This cute little cafe is perfect for a mid-afternoon meal and people watching. The seafood is fresh, and it's very affordable. There is plenty of outdoor seating. We tried: - Aqua de dia (juice) - Ceviche Puro Vida - Aquachile tatemado - Tostado de Atun - Tinto de Verano Would highly recommend all of these dishes- light and refreshing!

Main entrance
Israel C.

I just love it. A lot of options mostly seafood. The place is chil out for relaxing mode. Tue price is perfect.

Tuna al pastor
Jason X.

We stumbled upon this place after a nearby restaurant had too long of a wait, and it became one of our favorite meals of the trip! The tacos were delicious, the guac was a generous portion size, and the atmosphere was great with outdoor seating and beachy music. My favorite were the Baja fish tacos with a glass of beer. I probably wouldn't order the peacadilla again - those tacos were fully fried (like the shell encloses the filling and they fry that), which was a little too much for us.

Aunya S.

Food was very, very good and extremely fresh. The service was highly attentive and the patio seating was great.

Ceviche de Atún con Jengibre

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Comedor de los Milagros - Ceviche

Comedor de los Milagros

4.2(28 reviews)
0.5 km•Roma Sur

Comedor de los Milagros will always hold a special place in my heart. After dropping off my…read morebelongings at the Airbnb, my friends and I walked here, and I got to experience my first meal in Mexico City. We had to wait quite awhile (maybe 20 minutes) at the front for a table to open up, but there was plenty of décor to photograph in the meantime. We were escorted upstairs. Our bench table overlooked the rest of the venue. So colorful and breathtaking!! Love all the Instagrammable plant walls with neon lights. The menu for this place is insane. So many different vendors to order from. The waitress came by, and I gave my partner the freedom to order a cocktail for me. And our shared food, for that matter. The cocktail was pretty good. I'm especially obsessed with the stylish mug it came in. For dinner, we shared a Brazilian dish containing stredded beef, black beans, white rice, egg, yucca, and plantains. SOOOO delicious. My mouth waters just writing this review. Service is great but slow as expected in CDMX. Overall I can't wait to come back and try many more menu items!!

Variety of Latin American food, my wife and I ordered tequeños (Venezuelan) to start and Bandeja…read morePaisa (Colombian) for lunch. Food was good. The service was excellent, our waiter Juan David was awesome and super friendly. There was soccer game between Colombia and Chile on TV and there were lots of Colombians in the house, they were rowdy. If you do not mind loud music and loud sports on TV, this is a place for you.

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Comedor de los Milagros - The vibes

The vibes

Comedor de los Milagros - Tacos with shrimp

Tacos with shrimp

Comedor de los Milagros

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La Sazón de la Ñaña - La Sazón de la ñaña, sazón 100% ecuatoriana

La Sazón de la Ñaña

5.0(4 reviews)
2.5 km•Álamos
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I can't tell you how much I loved this place; it is absolutely incredible! The chef is an amazingly…read moretalented Ecuadorian, who puts love into each of her dishes. You are sure to have a special experience when you come to La Sazon de Ñaña. Check the changing menu and make a reservation to enjoy some of the most delicious food I have ever tasted. The menu when I went was ceviche de pescado con chifles y canguil, sancocho, colada morada y guagua de pan. It's been 13 years since I last had sancocho and this did not disappoint. If you haven't had sancocho before, put a bit of lime in to make it delicious. Que riquísimo que fuera todo!

This is a must go place if you want to try Ecuadorian food!…read moreMeals are made by a very proud Ecuadorian lady, you can rest sure these are authentic home-made dishes. I tried arroz navideño and seco de pollo and it was delicious! You can also try dishes like: locro de papa, hornado con tortillas de papa, patacones, tigrillo, encebollado de pescado, bolones de chicharrón, etc. Make sure you book your reservation before going there as they are not open every day. They also have take out service, so you can also order ahead and go pick up your meal once it is ready. Easiest way to contact them is through their facebook webpage: https://www.facebook.com/sazon.ecuatoriano or https://www.facebook.com/SazonDeLaNanaDF I'll make sure I come to this place next time I'm in Mexico City!

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La Sazón de la Ñaña - Guatita con arroz blanco, maduro frito y aguacate

Guatita con arroz blanco, maduro frito y aguacate

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Bowie - Pulpo Torero

Bowie

4.3(30 reviews)
0.7 km•Roma Norte
•$$$

A few months back I was in Mexico City with a buddy and we decided to go all out and splurge on a…read moremeal rather than eat cheap street food. Our Internet searching brought us to Bowie, where a splurge on a 7 course tasting menu ran us 490 pesos, or a mere $25. I made a photo collage from the entire menu, but it doesn't even do it justice. Most courses were brought out and presented in a smoky glass being removed from your plate, and the flavor of everything was really good... it wasn't _just_ the presentation. We left feeling full but not stuffed, and I remember enjoying every course. The best presentation was the dessert, where the smores were done tableside with a blowtorch. You really wouldn't think this would be such a fun & enjoyable meal from the looks of the restaurant, so thank you Yelp for helping me find a great meal for a really reasonable price.

I made reservations for Bowie based on the great reviews. We were free the evening before our…read morereservation so we dropped in to eat without a reservation (it was early enough there wasn't a wait), and after some broken Spanish and comical hand gesturing we canceled our initial reservation. I ordered the grilled bone marrow and my friend got the grilled octopus. Amazing presentation on the octopus, served on its own cute little barbecue grill still smoking away. I think it was mole that accompanied the octopus on the plate...whatever it was it was delicious and my favorite thing from Bowie. The bone marrow portion was very generous and came with unlimited tortillas. However, I found it to be just a little too greasy for me. The drinks and ambience were great and service was impeccable. I would definitely recommend and be back for the octopus and drinks.

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Bowie - Brisket Chalupita

Brisket Chalupita

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Bowie - Mai tai &  baked apple pie martini

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El Cardenal - Enchiladas cochinita pibil

El Cardenal

4.5(514 reviews)
3.7 km•Centro Sur
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Came in for breakfast 7/27/27, table for 4 on 2nd floor…read more Definitely a nice place to have breakfast outside of eating tacos every wherelse. We order pan de dulce for the table and we got 2 conchas, soft and warm just made. A chocolate roll and a fig and nata pastry along with coffee for the table. We order hievos rancheros with the red sauce. Huevos revueltos con chorizo, omelete con flor de calabaza y tamal de elote con crema. We also order a birria de res to share with the table. Service was very quick, efficient and friendly menus can be had in english or Spanish . My daughter order a hot chocolate with preparation table side, she said it was amazing. Fantastic place for brunch but arrive before 9:45am otherwise lines and some slight wait after 10am.

Found on Yelp as we were in the area. Yelp rating is earned. Came in at dinner time, like 5:45 on a…read moreweekday. Sent to 2nd for right away and seated right away as place was maybe 1/2 full. No music beyond the 2 guitar player going around table to table to see if you wanted a serenade. Skipped their offer 1st time around. Pretty quiet, bright and clean. Found that waiter spoke a little English and with our little Spanish got things done. Menus are bilingual Spanish-English. Ordered 4 lamb tacos, chile en nogada, cooked chicken in green sauce and a fish dish (forgot name, little spicy) then a coke, horchata and a pineapple drink. We got chips, cheese, sauce while waiting. Those were all nicely done but average. Dishes out maybe 10 min later. All presented well and hot. We shared each dish. Lamb tacos nicely done, little dry, but they give you some guacamole, a brown sauce, along with the green sauce and cheese with the tortilla chips. Nice, not fatty. Next was the chiles en nogada. First time tried this and really enjoyed, many flavors and nicely flavored beef. In general little on sweet side, so probably couldn't eat more than 1. The chicken in green sauce was a homey, comfort food. Nicely cooked chicken leg and thigh was an ever so slightly spicy sauce. Also came with tortilla wraps and Spanish riceLastly was the spicy baked fish. Done well, fell apart pretty easily, was spicy, but not too much. Had green beans on side done well, not too soft or hard, and Spanish rice. Drinks were all a hit. Coke is coke. Horchata and pineapple juice served in big mugs. Pineapple tastes freshly squeezed and horchata was a super solid example in every way. Oh almost forgot, later in the meal we figured out how to get the 2 guitar fellows to play for us. 2 songs for 300 peso, about 7min total. They did a good job with both the guitar and singing, was enjoyable to listen to them. Would stop back again if in area.

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El Cardenal - One of many dining rooms

One of many dining rooms

El Cardenal - Oaxacan enchiladas

Oaxacan enchiladas

El Cardenal - Hot chocolate

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Pujol - abalone gordita

Pujol

4.1(977 reviews)
3.8 km•Polanco
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Where to start?! I guess I will say I feel lucky to have gotten a reservation within a 2 1/2 week…read morewindow. Even though it was at 9:15 p.m. I had awoken that morning at 230 a.m. Eastern standard time and flew to Mexico City and conducted business all day long and finally after checking into the hotel was able to eat dinner really late at night. The staff from the very beginning were impeccable. Made sure that we were relaxed and had everything we possibly could want. We did opt for the tasting menu with the wine pairings. The evening started with a couple glasses of sparkling Mexican wine. It is the second time in my Life I had sparkling from Mexico, the first occasion being at my oldest daughter's wedding... This time the quality of the sparkling was much higher. The meal also begins with a local Crudité, fresh guacamole, and Panera cheese. You didn't get to choose four more courses, each course with 4 to 6 options...and another mole course. We then got to choose a cold starter: abalone and pork ear tiradito, and I chose the Wagyu salpicon. both were excellent. Next comes the warm starter: she went with the octopus (as she always does when she sees it on the menu it being one of her favorite mariscos) and I decided to go with the Chile ancho stuff with squash blossoms and cheese. We both agreed she won this round! The next course is the main course: she opted for the beef cheek Barbacoa and I with the pork belly chicharron. We both agreed that we tied on this one because they were both delicious! Then comes the mole course! This is the interesting you get two more one darker and one more of a reddish brick color. And if I'm not mistaken we were told that the one mole had been going for almost 7 years and the reason for is because there was no meat in it. I can tell you that I was so tired at that point and after so many Great glasses of wine I was starting to relax to the point that we're almost didn't care what they said in front of me! Finally dessert came: and she selected the corn pudding with a Cajeta ice cream, I decided to go with the lemon Carlota (but only because they were out of the chocolate cake which I so badly wanted). We all have to make choices in life and sometimes our first choice is not there. I can say that my dessert was delicious and I was not upset at all, but I am a chocolate kind of a guy lol. They also brought a special dessert of tiramisu. Again both desserts were phenomenal; they were delicious. This is a perfect example of how wonderfully elevated Mexican cuisine can be. I challenge anyone reading this who feels that Mexican food is beans and rice and tortillas to make it a point to get here. It will change your mind on what Mexican food is and what Mexican astronomy can be.

Booked this two months in advance & came in for the taco omakase on my second day in CDMX. I'll…read morestart by saying the interior is beautiful. Loved the al fresco feel when you walk in. Host quickly found my resy & walked me over to the indoor bar area where the menu for the evening was already placed on my plate. Started w/ a glass of white wine & then moved into the first course 10 mins later. Each course took around that time to come out before they explain the dish & then you enjoy. I will say...the scallop/snail cocktail with the cucumber tostada was one of my favorites of the night. The other being the dessert (churro was melt-in-your-mouth good). Service was where it got a bit spotty at times. For starters, the sommelier disappeared before I finished my first glass of wine & I had to call him over when he finally reappeared. For the last course, they told us we would be eating our dessert in the lower bar area, near the entrance. One of the servers proceeded to grab my wine glass without explaining he would bring it down for me (I can carry my own wine glass, but thanks lol). It had started raining when we were eating our earlier courses so the downstairs bar was cold & they neglected to turn on the heaters (though they were on closer to the host stand). Asked a few of the other patrons if they wanted a blanket but didn't extend the offer to everyone else. Overall, service could be more attentive & the food was pretty good but some dishes (even the mole) were a bit underwhelming. Tasty but not out of this world amazing. Plating/presentation was fine. Glad I tried it & definitely left full....so got my money's worth at least.

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Pujol - Minimal contrast

Minimal contrast

Pujol - Wagyu memela with cactus and ranchero cheese

Wagyu memela with cactus and ranchero cheese

Pujol - Kampachi taco with green raw salsa

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Kampachi taco with green raw salsa

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