Experts' Choice Award Criollo
What the experts agree on
Enrique Olvera's countryside escape features a tree-lined patio with open-air kitchen and roaming chickens. Skip the tasting menu—experts unanimously praise the breakfast and brunch's generous portions of Oaxacan classics and killer baked goods.
Eater "Just outside the city's hectic downtown, Criollo is Enrique Olvera and Luis Arellano's countryside Oaxacan food lab. Both chefs are big players in the Mexican culinary scene, and they've..."
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The Infatuation "Criollo’s dinner tasting menu and taco bar, featuring a modern approach to seasonal, high-quality ingredients, draw most of the attention, but the move is to come here and feast at..." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Stop by Criollo—from Pujol chef Enrique Olvera—for brunch seated around a tree-lined patio, with dishes served from an open-air kitchen where slabs of meat and ropes of chorizo smoke"
