Restaurants

Oaxacan fusion. Just up the street at Parque Santa Lucia. A Mérida staple and consistently excellent. We love the stuffed zucchini blossoms and their steaks and seafood are always good. Good cocktails too, we like the Chikka! Reservation recommended.

Very good Italian, great pastas and meats. On the corner of Calles 47 and 54. Always busy so reservation recommended.

On Calle 54. Just opened in 2023, Oliva Enoteca’s more casual sister. Good pizzas and salads.

Casual Italian with pizzas and salads on Parque Santa Lucia.

Just around the corner from Casa Wayib at Parque Mejorada. Opened at the end of 2023. Great atmosphere in an amazing old house with good cocktails and a smaller menu, mainly pizzas. Music can be loud. We’ve only been once but we loved it.

New high end Yucatecan fusion restaurant with a great bar. Food is innovative and delicious. Right up the street from Wayib on C. 60 opposite Parque Santa Lucia.

Modern Mexican in a beautiful space on the main square. Request the roof terrace, it has incredible views of the Cathedral. Can be $$$. Reservations recommended.

On Calle 47. Food is fire cooked and the setting is in a beautiful garden.

Modern Mexican. Situated right at the base of Paseo Montejo. The roof deck has great views.

Excellent modern Mexican on Calle 47. Very strong on seafood. Can be $$$. Often busy, reservations recommended.

On Calle 55 opposite Parque Santa Lucia. Authentic Mayan cuisine. Always busy so you may have to wait a bit for a table.

A fun indoor food court with various vendors and often live music. Just up the street on Calle 60 near Parque Santa Lucia.

Casual Mediterranean on Calle 55 right up the street.

Casual tacos and margaritas on Calle 47.

Great Mexican food in a beautiful space on Calle 60 just north of Parque Santa Lucia.

Casual tacos just up the street on Calle 55.

A fusion of Yucatecan and Lebanese food. It’s a cool space in Mejorada that is a combo restaurant, cinema and wine bar.

Jus a block east of Casa Wayib at the corner of C. 55 and C. 50. The Golden Lizard is a fun, hip cantina open from lunch until late. Great drinks, a tasty menu and often live music.

Open since the 1950’s, feels like an American diner. Good for a casual burger and fries.

Surprisingly good sushi on Calle 47.

Beautiful collective of boutique stores on Paseo Montejo. The restaurant/cafe in the courtyard is great for lunch

High end Mexican fusion in Santa Ana. Reservations recommended. Slightly longer walk or a quick Uber. $$$

Casual food and cocktails on Paseo Montejo.

Stunning space with a gorgeous garden. It’s in Itzimná just to the north of Centro so you’ll want to take an Uber. Reservations recommended.

The restaurant at Hacienda Chablé. About a 45 minute drive from Mérida. Incredible space in an old hacienda and the food is excellent. Featured in Eva Longoria’s Finding Mexico. Reservation recommended $$$.

A stunning restored hacienda that is now a luxury hotel. We love their restaurant for lunch - it’s fairly near Uxmal so a good spot to eat after visiting the ruins. Reservations recommended.

On Calle 55 just past Parque Santa Lucia. Amazing local ice cream with imaginative flavors. A favorite!

Excellent coffee, fresh baked pastries, french toast and egg dishes

In a lovely courtyard of the Lagalá art complex on C. 56. Great for breakfast, brunch, lunch.

On C. 47, good cafe for breakfast, brunch or lunch.

Hipster café on C.54 close to Wayib. Smoothie bowls, egg dishes etc.

Oaxacan coffee, great omelettes.

Sweet small café on C.47 with good coffee and pastries.

Just around the corner from Wayib at Parque Mejorada on C. 57. This is a home goods store out of Mexico City and has a chic little café in the back with good coffee and fresh pastries.