Location: Guanajuato
Top Restaurants in Guanajuato
Top Things to do in Guanajuato
- 1. Juarez Theater (Teatro Juarez)
- 2. Museo Exhacienda San Gabriel de Barrera
- 3. University of Guanajuato
- 4. Jardin de la Union
- 5. Don Quixote Iconographic Museum (Museo Iconografico del Quijote)
- 6. Basilica of Our Lady of Guanajuato
- 7. Alhondiga de Granaditas
- 8. Templo La Valenciana
- 9. Santuario de Cristo Rey
- 10. Monumento al Pipila
Where to Eat in Guanajuato: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Best known for its Festival Cervantino, an arts festival that draws attendance from around the world, Guanajuato is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its old town dates back to the 16th century, and you can visit many of Mexico’s important religious and artistic sites. Guanajuato was also home to the Mexican independence movement and the site of the first failed rebellion against colonial rule.
Things to do in Guanajuato
1. Casa Valadez
Overall Ratings
4 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By ptesche - Guelph, Canada
During a day-long visit to Guanajuato from San Miguel de Allende, we searched TA for restaurants. Casa Valadez came up near the top so we stopped in for lunch. Expertly managed, it has excellent food. The Daily Menu at MXP169 is great value.
2. La Capellina
Overall Ratings
4 based on 446 reviews
Reviewed By Sebastián B - Santiago Chile
As family we like to visit the recommended restaurants as we travel for holidays. Not always an easy path, having three kids.
We selected this restaurant because of its, relatively, high score on trip advisor and foursquare.
Following the recommended dishes mentioned in the reviews, from the aforementioned sites, my wife ordered fettuccini with duck and I ordered pizza with duck.
Big surprise! Instead of duck it was chicken. We were sure, we like duck!, and know for sure how it looks and tastes.
We asked the waiter to check with the chef, and after waiting for more than 15 minutes, we called the waiter over because he had been avoiding our table.
The waiter told us that it was duck, and smoked duck at that! Are you kidding me? Smoked??? It was plain, white chicken. Tasty, but chicken nonetheless.
Neither the chef nor the owner showed up, and the waiter didn’t know what else to do.
We payed and left, feeling disappointed. The restaurant has a high score on trip advisor and foursquare, but they couldn’t get our dishes right; worse of all, nobody cared about us.
Now we have a good family-holiday story, so at least something positive came out of this visit.
3. Casa Mercedes
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 731 reviews
Reviewed By yalahabibti - puerto vallarta
Small,cozy restaurant. Best tables are near the view windows. Food presentation good and the dinners (chicken breast and chili poblano) were tasty, but arrived cold. Waiter not attentive to this problem and there was only one other table of two in the restaurant. Waiter failed to refill water glasses, and these little services do matter. Probably would not go back.
4. Delica Mitsu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 155 reviews
Delica Mitsu is Guanajuato based Japanese style Deli Restaurant. We offer best lunch option with variety of healthy salad, Deli, Sushi roll etc.. Delica Mitsu has two location in the city of Guanajuato Mexico. one is near Plaza San Fernando : Callejon de cantaritos #37, zona centro. and the other one is Campanero #5 zona Centro. both location open 12pm to 6 pm
Reviewed By ryokogasuki - Chicago, Illinois
What is called sushi here is just rolls and there is no fish in it. Still,the rolls, especially when dunk in shoyu sauce, have the taste of the real thing! Most of the food is not real japanese but its interpretation utilizing the locally available material with a Japanese touch. Overall it is creative and gives the customer a different taste than the Mexican dishes you can find everywhere in GTO. Small restaurant,several tables outside. No Japanese beer.
5. La Trattoria de Elena
Overall Ratings
4 based on 469 reviews
Reviewed By NicMant - Minneapolis, Minnesota
We stopped for a simple lunch. We were served a gourmet meal. Likely the best beef carpaccio I've ever had. Garnished with olive oil capers and shaved parmesan cheese. (Typical so far), then they add artichoke hearts, slivers of tomato, smoked onion straws and large sliced button mushrooms. Oh My. The tomato cream soup has a beautiful presentation with a bowl first presented with pine nuts, ham, tomatoes, cheese, to which the soup is added table side. Everything we tried, we loved.
6. Santo Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 286 reviews
Reviewed By BethWallace - Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
What's not to like about a small hip restaurant that packs them in and has two tables outside on the bridge! We were lucky enough to get one of those tables. The Cafe had a nice menu and a good beverage selection of artesanal beers from Mexico. We had the Enchiladas and Quesadillas, and both were great. Good service and a beautiful location. Well worth the rating others have given it too.
7. Mestizo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 431 reviews
Reviewed By KristynP - Washington DC, District of Columbia
My partner and I chose Mestizo due to its fantastic reviews on TA and Yelp. We arrived and the restaurant was almost empty. We asked to sit by the window (there were several tables available) and were told they were reserved (they remained empty the 30 minutes we were there). I ordered a limonada and my partner ordered a margarita de tamarindo. I was served naranjada and he was served jugo de tamarind. We let that go and laughed it off and chalked it up to our poor Spanish accents. We then ordered as an appetizer taquitos con pato con adobo y queso fresco (we read that verbatim from the menu) and were served tacos de carnitas. They were delicious, but again, not what we ordered. By this point, we were debating whether they were testing us or deliberately not giving us what we ordered. When our entrees arrived, I received what I ordered- pollo con mole- which was again, delicious, but my partner received medium rare pork (he ordered steak (res) medium rare). By this point, we felt really uncomfortable and not welcomed, so we immediately asked for la cuenta. The server seemed surprised, and we pointed out that the dish we were served looked and tasted like pork rather than beef. She insisted it was beef, but there was no way this light grayish/light pink meat was beef. We felt insulted, unwelcome, paid our check, and promptly left.
8. La Taberna de Diego y Frida
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 355 reviews
In our dishes coexist tradition and contemporary. Our goal is to generate unique flavors, appealing to memory, but also to the extraordinary variety of dishes that make our kitchen.
Reviewed By Ernest S - West Hollywood, California
We shared a huge huge cowboy steak, which was flavorful and perfectly cooked. The chef came out of the kitchen to personally check on our satisfaction. Overall, a highly pleasent meal in a pleasing environment. Look forward to coming back on my next visit to Guanajuato.
9. Habibti Falafel
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 141 reviews
Habibti Falafel offers Falafel sandwiches, mixed plates, soup and salads. Except for some of the salsas all the food is vegan. Drinks (lassis and coffees) are optionally offered with soy-milk. The food and drinks like Chai and agua frescas are prepared daily. We serve beer. Open from 9:30 - midnight, food served from 11am - 11pm.
Reviewed By MarkfromtheIsland - Victoria
K - so first off - the name is HABIBI, not HABIBTI. I dunno how TA got the name wrong - habibi is arabic for 'my dear'. This is a tiny little place that serves nothing but falafel in different forms. They do a great...MoreThank you so much for liking our food :) The name of our restaurant really is Habibti, which is the feminine form of Habibi. I chose it because I am a woman ;-) also "la comida" is feminine. thanks again Julia
10. Bistro de la Presa Restaurante
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 137 reviews
Reviewed By Planecover - California
We went to this restaurant because of the great reviews and because it was walking distance from our hotel. The dining room was very nicely decorated. The whole place has an European feel to it. The owner/chef Domingo personally came out to greet and translate...MoreThanks a lot for your compliments, we are glad you enjoyed your stay in Guanajuato and the food in our restaurant, would be great to see you again some time in the future, keep in touch, new plans ahead! Domingo Martinez Chef/Owner
