Restaurants near Hotel las Mariposas

Fantastic service definitely authentic Oaxaca cuisine. The Molay sauces and flavors take precedence over the meats beautiful rooftop great view of the mountains. Highly recommend for a visit.

I don’t understand why this restaurant wasn’t packed. The food and price point are excellent. We met the owner and his wife, the chef. They are charming and excellent guides to the cuisine. We found the indoor seating to be airy, yet warm and quiet, which we preferred to being upstairs on an open balcony in February. Their speciality is the moles, all seven of which are offered, and we finished every bit of the two that we were given with our dishes. The watercress salad had the most awesome local tomatoes (in February, no less). Dessert for us was an amazing chocolate layer cake with buttercream and chocolate mousse in each layer, studded with truffles. With a tad of syrup the cake would have been perfect. It was a touch dry. My only comment was that we arrived early in the evening and communication with staff was hard, because we didn’t speak spanish well. In about 15 minutes a native english speaking server was on the scene, who would have solved our issue. Highly recommended

This was the best mole (by far) that I found in Oaxaca city. In my opinion the food and service was better than other Michelin restaurants I tried in the city. The space is quaint and the waiter we had in the afternoon was knowledgeable and attentive. I ended up at La Olla twice on my trip because of how amazing the food and service was.

This was our first visit here and it was a wonderful experience. The service is top notch and the tapas assortment that I ordered was incredible. I felt like I was back in España again! We’ll definitely be coming back to try the paella!