Morelia is as rich in history as it is in gastronomy.
If you visit this city of Michoacán, you cannot stop eating at its best restaurants, where you will taste exclusive dishes of traditional Michoacan and international cuisine. Let's get to know each one of them.
1. The Mirasols
Los Mirasoles is one of the most impressive restaurants. Its viceregal style combines with the architecture of the historic center, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
Its menu is comprised, in most of the dishes, by traditional Michoacan cuisine, as well as select cuts based on salmon. Some are a perfect fusion of state food with international.
You can start with golden trout tacos and pear-watercress salad. Try the Enchiladas Placeras (traditional Morelia stuffed with cheese and onion), the Uruapán Trout Tartar or the Arrachera Parián in spicy sauce accompanied by nopales and roasted onions.
Reserve your table and organize a family reunion, work, 15-year party, wedding, romantic dinner and tastings, as its facilities are perfect for this.
2. San Miguelito Restaurant
If you want to eat tasty and also get a boyfriend, San Miguelito is your restaurant.
Popular culture and the variety of dishes grew in the establishment located 8 minutes from the historic center.
San Miguelito has an altar dedicated to San Antonio in the Rincón de las Solteronas. There, hundreds of diners, in addition to coming for its excellent cuisine, bring requests for the saint to perform the miracle of finding them a partner.
Decorated in the colonial style, in the restaurant you have to choose between several spaces such as the Tiendita del Abuelo, El Altar de las Conversaciones, El Rincón de las Solteronas and the dining room, where each table is different.
It also has a terrace for smokers; even an art gallery in Morelia.
You can choose light dishes such as the "Here I Am" salad, with lettuce, strawberry, apple, sunflower seeds, caramels and mango dressing; or a strong meat one like the "Pattern Medallions".
The "Fish in banana leaf" dish with mushrooms, butter, onion and fine herbs is also delicious and one of the most recommended.
3. Restaurant Bar Las Trojes
Just 11 minutes by car from the Plaza de Armas, the most important in the city, is the Restaurant Bar Las Trojes.
Its construction on a typical house of the Michoacan Indians of the 19th century, known as Troje Purépecha, is striking.
It has been delighting the palate of Morelians for three decades. The menu is varied but grilled meat and traditional regional cuisine predominate. At first you can ask for marrow or adobera cheese.
As main dishes you can choose charcoal flank steak or roasted beef steak. Fish, seafood, salads and wines will not be missing from the menu.
4. Emilianos
Away from the hustle and bustle of the city center, Emilianos specializes in pasta, charcoal cuts of meat and salads with fresh products. Good wine is never lacking.
This restaurant is one of the most recognized in Morelia and is located in the area of large corporations, which moves away from traditional Mexican food to offer its most exquisite modern dishes with an international gastronomic concept.
The atmosphere goes hand in hand with luxury. The elegance makes it ideal for a business or couple lunch. It offers both variety and quality.
You can try from an Irish coffee to a marinated flank steak or flambéed bananas that are prepared at the table.
5. Restaurant Bar Hoyo 19
Tasting a delicious dish overlooking a spectacular golf course is one of the main attractions of the Hoyo 19 Bar Restaurant: a different place that you will fall in love with.
This beautiful place, ideal to relax, is located inside the Altozano Club, about 25 minutes from the Cathedral of Morelia.
It has a covered terrace where you can maintain contact with nature and follow a golf tournament live, while enjoying its classic Tarascan soup.
The menu is multiple. It includes enchiladas, roast beef, salads, chicken wings, sandwiches, among other succulent delicacies. It has a buffet service on weekends.
Something that you should not miss are its carefully prepared Mexican dishes, its tapas and pastas.
Guarantee your table when reserving and safeguard your car in the private guarded parking lot.
6. Frida Kahlo Restaurant
"We cook art": that is the motto of Frida Kahlo Restaurant.
The elegant establishment promises that your senses will awaken to the call of the extraordinary and the touch inspired by passion.
The varied menu, with perfectly decorated dishes, includes entrees such as Calavera Guacamole, a mixture of avocado with xoconostle, strawberry, red onion, fresh cheese and pork rinds.
It also offers the Sopa Diego, a substantial green broth with bits of catch of the day, flavored with epazote and a touch of serrano pepper.
You cannot miss trying the Frida Khalo Arrachadera, one of its specialties. It is cooked in the oven with the chef's recipe and care, served on a banana leaf accompanied with tortillas.
7. Chango Restaurant
Elegance is what is found in the Chango Restaurant in downtown Morelia, 1 kilometer from the majestic Cathedral.
It is a restaurant that specializes in contemporary international food, with a decoration vintage eclectic that goes from the tables to the bar area.
Taste their Orange Risotto with ginger, zucchini and shrimp; the spectacular Salmon in dijonnaise sauce with glazed carrot and apple and crunchy almonds.
Finish with a delicious dessert of Warm Apple Pie in an almond crumble, homemade vanilla ice cream and walnut sugar.
Chango is a very pleasant environment, with live music: a good option if you go as a couple or family. They can even reserve a private space for you if you go with a large group of diners.
8. The Roof
In La Azotea you will have the best view of all Morelia. A panoramic view of the historic center of the city, with the Cathedral in the foreground, will make the tasting of a dish an unforgettable experience.
Located at the top of Hotel Los Juanitos, it combines contemporary Mexican cuisine with traditional Michoacan cuisine.
The casual atmosphere allows diners to taste wines from a careful Mexican and international selection.
The restaurant has two private rooms with capacity for 20 people each. It is ideal to turn a business meeting or a family reunion into a sublime moment.
9. LU Restaurant
The LU restaurant safeguards in its dishes the Michoacan identity and the richness of the recipes of traditional cooks.
Located inside the Hotel Casino, in the heart of the historic center of Morelia, it becomes a neo-rustic space decorated with local crafts.
Eating carefully, valuing quality is one of the purposes of the establishment. That is why when you order a dish you will be guaranteed natural products, taking into account the origin of the raw materials and the way of cooking them.
The restaurant is known for being a relaxed space without formalities. Although it is in an 18th century building, the avant-garde is its hallmark and it is observed in each change not only of dishes, but also of wines.
LU offers Mexican wine cellar services, menu suggestions for events and a tasting menu specialized in products from the region.
All its services and dishes made it the winner of the Gourmet Awards 2016, as “Best local restaurant”.
10. Tata Mezcalería
A must in Morelia is the Tata Mezcalería. 8 blocks from the Cathedral in the historic center, this establishment promises to be a space not only for eating and drinking, but also for spiritual growth.
The place and its setting were very well achieved, taking care of every detail.
Everything has its order at the Tata Mezcalería. Its chairs are from Opopeo, a Michoacan town known for its artisan production and have been carved in Pátzcuaro. The catrinas were made in Capula.
The bar is designed with more than 50 suitcases and trunks found in various bazaars and flea markets, some more than 100 years old.
The large plank is an ideal space for numerous groups and the central patio, under the shade of a large tree, is perfect for a relaxing tasting session.
A complimentary mezcal and soup break the ice before seeing the menu. There are international dishes, native flavors and a great variety of mezcals and artisanal liquors.
You can't leave the city without trying their lamb enchiladas or shrimp taquitos.
11. Marogui
One block from the majestic Cathedral is the Marogui restaurant, inside the Hotel La Soledad. It has the best flavors of regional Mexican food in an intimate and seductive atmosphere in each of its spaces.
The menu rescues Michoacan cuisine. It offers an excellent Brisket to the Great Chapel, Enchiladas Morelianas and its famous Arrachera Soledad.
As is tradition, on Sundays you will have different dishes, but always maintaining the characteristic seasoning.
Marogui makes a gastronomic proposal focused on seducing diners so that you never want to leave.
12. My Lola Morelia
Because in Morelia not everything is regional food, pizza —one of the most popular dishes in the world— is also present.
10 minutes from the Casa Natal de Morelos Museum, Mi Lola Morelia offers you an extensive menu that includes gourmet pizzas to the firewood, very thin and crisp, pasta, carpaccio, as well as grilled cuts, salads and desserts.
It is a place with unique decoration.
Just admiring every detail of its colorful interior makes your visit an unforgettable experience. Live music will make you have a good time and children can enjoy in a space designed to make their own pizzas.
Book and forget about the queue to wait for a table.
Morelia awaits you so much for its history, culture, hotels and gastronomy. Enjoy it as much as you want and stay, you will always be welcome!
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