This restaurant in the heart of Puebla is a genuine gem. It is inside the Hotel Cartesiano. The…read morefood is tremendous and very healthy. I spent the weekend here touring Puebla. There are two restaurants in the hotel. However, they have completely different menus. Both are tablecloth restaurants. I have to give credit to Max for his food, wine, and mezcal suggestions. Service is extraordinary. Everyone tries to do their best to keep customers happy. If I may suggest, the mole, the huaraches, and the churros are must-tries! Unfortunately I would eat right away and then realized I didn't take a pic of the food!

The restaurant staff is EXCEPTIONAL including the chef! He shared a recipe with me of his amazing…read morebabaganoush and he said he was pleased to share it with me so that i would have a piece of them with me! The staff was also very creative and these awesome decorations in the restaurant ! The juices smoothies and infusions were amazing! The babagnaoush also! There were vegetarian options and if i remember correctly there were no grasshoppers on the menu thank god I didn't absolutely love my main dishes for dinner(vegetarian ones and soup) BUT it was still the best place to have dinner in town and i ate dinner twice and breakfast Service was exceptional and it was clean! Breakfast was very good and they had this amazing media luna chocolate cake

We didn't love the cholupa much but the Mole Poblano is our favorite mole the entire trip so far…read more We weren't really hungry so we only ordered 1 appetizers and 1 mole. They were very nice, they splited it into 2 portions for us evenly without us asking. Our server was so nice, friendly and warm. Appreciate him very much!

Somewhat upscale Mexican cuisine with a nod to local dishes. Expansive menu, everyone will find…read moresomething to enjoy. Bright, colorful and well decorated; we really enjoyed eating here. If pomegranates are in season, didn't miss their Chile en Nogada - a cheese stuffed, mild pepper with a creamy walnut sauce. It's a fantastic local dish and they do it well.

They have very low standards. A month ago while visiting their sister restaurant La Noria, I found…read morea cockroach in my coffee which ended up IN MY MOUTH !!!!

We tried to get a drink next-door. The service next-door took too long. It was horrible so we ended…read moreup coming here. This was a much better decision as the food and the service was amazing! The service itself for second and the food was delicious! So glad we came here! It was a great ambience just watching all the shoppers and the surroundings. More importantly , the food and service was great!

I thoroughly enjoyed the menudo and pozole at the lunch buffet. I also really liked the beautiful…read morepatio and being serenaded by the guitar music!

Avoid this place. Food is awful. Chicken is not properly cleaned -- gristle and fat everywhere. The…read moremain ingredient in the paella besides rice is hotdogs. There are flies and gnats sitting in the food. Ambiance includes cheap furniture and tacky decorations. I did not enjoy this place one bit. The city of Puebla is known for its mole. Go to a place that makes a good one because it's not this one.

The best mole I have had in my life. Good service, plenty of…read moremenu options and one of the best wine selections (full bottle) you will find in Puebla

Five for the service and atmosphere, 3.75 for the food…read more The room is beautiful and the murals make a lovely backdrop for the meal. Be aware that the prices are high for the locale. There is an English menu available online but not in the restaurant. Here's where I get confused. The service is excellent, full white tablecloth treatment, old-school European style. No detail is missed. Then we get to the food. It's really pretty good, all told. Here's where the attention to details goes sideways. The bread rolls felt as if they had been sitting since yesterday. The beans, although delicious, had sat around on the plate long enough to be room temperature and develop a crust. The totopos stuck in the beans were in the beans long enough to get soggy. The rice served alongside the moles was barely above room temperature and a bit dried out. All the food, in general, needed to arrive from the kitchen much warmer. Essentially, anything that could be made ahead of time was, and then left sitting out. It doesn't fit and I don't get it.

Came to this restaurant because I had heard about the dishes with HUITLACOCHE which I really wanted…read moreto try. Arrived at 6:15pm and sadly, much like most restaurants in Puebla these days, the beautiful dinning rooms were without patrons. Do not take this as a sign of a problem with the restaurants; it is a sign of the Mexican economy, fear of travel to Mexico and results of the current US President's actions. In any event, there are two dinning rooms, the first one is less formal and only had tables for 5 or more, but has a beautiful carved wood alter and is inviting. We chose to go ahead and sit at large table in the informal dinners area. Wait staff was attentive and while I was attempting to improve my Spanish, I did ask for an English menu and the had them. Also the staff were happy to explain ingredients we had not heard of such as an edible semi-succulent leaf that accompanied 2 of my 3 dishes. The meal started with an amuse-bouche of the day, which was like tiny empanada. We requested margaritas mas fuerte and were happy we did. The next dish we both order was the both beautiful and tasty Tayuda Itsmeña. This dish is substantial enough to constitute a whole meal! My second dish was the salmon tartar which was delicious and equally beautiful. The salmon flavor was a bit overpowered, but I loved the sweet flavors of the mango sauce and passion fruit intertwined with the raw red onions and cabbage strips. For mains I had the chicken breast and my friends dined on the filet fillet mignon both dishes had HUITLACOCHE as an ingredient and both were delicious! The deserts were very interesting. My dinner companion enjoyed a sponge cake made with special leaves that was presented with crystalized parsley and arranged to look like trees in a terrarium. As for price, this is the most expensive restaurant I have been to in my week of dining in Puebla, however my (1person) total bill for 3 courses, a margarita and a still-water was $26.50 which is less than a main course alone in a less nice restaurant in California. If you want a fine dinner or are a foodie this is your place.

The setting of this restaurant was and is amazing. We went during lunch. The food took a while to…read morearrive at our table. It was cold and my pasta was not Al dente. Despite the room temperature food, the service was great and the flavors were good. I'm hesitant to return to eat, simply because of the low amount of people there and it took quite some time for the food to arrive to our table. I would go for the décor and setting. Perfect venue for an intimate dinner or date.

One would be hard pressed to find a better caldo of wild mushrooms and chicharones. And a serving…read moreof mole Poblano is perfect. I shall let the photos speak.

Espacio y servicio increíbles. Durante nuestra estancia, una cantante clásica nos amenizó mientras…read moredisfrutábamos de nuestra comida y bebida. La sopa de tortilla estaba deliciosa, al igual que las tres enchiladas para probar las diferentes salsas locales.

Great ambience, good and service. Value priced for what you receive. Not loud but nice background…read moremusic. Beautiful views if the pyramid and church above provide a magical touch.

We visited the pyramid and the church on top of it in Cholula. Fortunately, we had a reservation at…read morethis terrific restaurant. It sits in a little oasis surrounded by birds and plants and trees. The service was very good. They were kind enough to split the meal into two portions so that we shared a single order of each item. We enjoyed all of our food. We had a Caprese salad, a nicely grilled fish, and a frangipani dessert. We thought the pricing was very reasonable, given the high-quality and the ambience.