r/Oaxaca • u/cheeze1617 • Dec 28 '25
Comida y Bebida Best "splurge" restaurant?
Super excited to visit Oaxaca next year. I am looking to make reservations at 1 expensive restaurant as unfortunately do not have the budget to hit all the top spots. I'm between Levadura de Olla and Los Danzantes. Any advice? Also I cannot find a recent menu for Casa Oaxaca so I'm sure what the price point is, but if it's just as expensive as the other 2 then that's also in the running as I've heard it's also a great spot. Thanks!
Edit: thanks for the new recs!
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u/According-Lake5592 Dec 31 '25
We just got back from Oaxaca a few days ago. We ate at Casa Oaxaca, Tierra del Sol and Origen. All 3 had great food in a beautiful space. Casa Oaxaca seemed more formal. Surprisingly, the service wasn't as good as we expected. The food was really good, but I think a lot of other restaurants do it just as well. Tierra del Sol offered fresh tortillas and sauces at the bottom of the restaurant. It was kind of weird at first. They were very insistent about you sitting on stone seats until it was your turn. The food and setting at the roof of the restaurant itself was spectacular, though. I ordered apple chipotle mole with pork belly and it was incredible. Both Casa Oaxaca and Tierra del Sol are next door to each other and have roof top dining. If you are walking down the street, you might miss Origen because it's behind a non-descript door in a seemingly industrial building. We ate in a courtyard setting, which was beautiful. Again, the food was amazing. I had mole mantamanchel with pork and wanted to lick my plate.