30 Best Mexican Restaurants in Miami (2026) 🌮
The 30 best Mexican restaurants in Miami for 2026, from Los Félix and The Mexican to birria spots, taquerias and Homestead classics. Checked October 2026.
🌮 Tacos · 🌶️ Birria · 🍹 Margaritas · 🇲🇽 Regional Mexican · 📅 Checked October 2026
The best Mexican restaurants in Miami in 2026 are Los Félix in Coconut Grove, The Mexican on Brickell Key, Bistro 8 in Little Havana, Maíz y Agave in Coral Gables and Talkin' Tacos in Wynwood. These 30 spots were chosen by the Out.Miami team, and every one was checked as open in October 2026.
Pick your mexican
- Chef-driven and dining rooms: Los Félix, The Mexican, Bistro 8, Maíz y Agave, Cha Cha Chá, Cantina La Veinte, Rosa Negra, Jacinta de México
- Taquerias: Talkin' Tacos, The Taco Stand, Tacombi, Coyo Taco, Sr. de los Tacos, Mezquite, Mexico 1810, Q'Onda, La Diosa, Tacos La Potranca
- Birria and red tacos: Uptown 66, Chito's Red Tacos, El Primo Red Tacos
- Neighborhood classics: Mi Rinconcito Mexicano, Taqueria Viva Mexico, Don Maguey, No Manches! Que Rico, La Cruzada, La Quebradita
- Plant-based: Jajaja Mexicana
- Beach and bar: Bodega Taqueria y Tequila, Lolo's Surf Cantina
Where they are
- Wynwood, Design District and MiMo: Talkin' Tacos, The Taco Stand, Coyo Taco, Sr. de los Tacos, Chito's Red Tacos, Cha Cha Chá, Jajaja Mexicana, Tacombi, Uptown 66
- Brickell and Downtown: The Mexican, Cantina La Veinte, Rosa Negra, El Primo Red Tacos
- Little Havana, Flagami, Coral Way and Allapattah: Bistro 8, Mi Rinconcito Mexicano, Taqueria Viva Mexico, Don Maguey, No Manches! Que Rico, Mezquite, Mexico 1810
- Coral Gables and Coconut Grove: Los Félix, Maíz y Agave
- Kendall, Doral and Miami Lakes: Q'Onda, Tacos La Potranca, La Diosa
- Aventura: Jacinta de México
- Homestead: La Cruzada, La Quebradita
- Miami Beach: Bodega Taqueria y Tequila, Lolo's Surf Cantina
Before you go
- Book the dining rooms: Los Félix, The Mexican and Rosa Negra fill up on weekends.
- Go late in Wynwood: Chito's Red Tacos stays open until 1 a.m. Thursday to Sunday.
- Bring an appetite: Taqueria Viva Mexico runs a 24-taco eating challenge.
- Make a day of Homestead: La Cruzada and La Quebradita pair well with a drive to the Redland farms.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Mexican restaurant in Miami?
Los Félix, The Mexican, Bistro 8, Maíz y Agave and Talkin' Tacos are the best Mexican restaurants in Miami for 2026.
Where are the best tacos in Miami?
Talkin' Tacos, The Taco Stand, Sr. de los Tacos, Coyo Taco and Q'Onda Taqueria make the best tacos in Miami.
Where can I get birria tacos in Miami?
Uptown 66 Taqueria, Chito's Red Tacos, El Primo Red Tacos and Q'Onda Taqueria are the go-to spots for birria and red tacos in Miami.
What are the best new Mexican restaurants in Miami?
The Mexican on Brickell Key opened in April 2026, Jajaja Mexicana brought plant-based Mexican food to Wynwood in late 2025, and Jacinta de México opened in Aventura Mall.
Where can I find authentic Mexican food in Little Havana?
Mi Rinconcito Mexicano, Taqueria Viva Mexico and Bistro 8 on Calle Ocho, plus Don Maguey and No Manches! Que Rico to the west, are the best picks.
Is there good Mexican food in Homestead?
Yes. La Cruzada and La Quebradita in Homestead are some of the most authentic Mexican spots in Miami-Dade.
Where can I get Mexican food in Miami Beach?
Bodega Taqueria y Tequila and Lolo's Surf Cantina are the best Mexican spots in Miami Beach.
How did you choose these restaurants?
Every pick was chosen by the Out.Miami team for 2026 and was checked as open in October 2026. See how we rank our guides for the full method.
Which Mexican restaurants in Miami have the highest ratings?
Jajaja Mexicana rates 4.9, and The Mexican, Talkin' Tacos and La Diosa Taqueria rate 4.8, based on places with at least 300 reviews.
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Compare at a glance
| # | Name | Area | Rating | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Félix | Coconut Grove | 4.6 (1,465 reviews) | a special night out |
| 2 | The Mexican | Brickell | 4.8 (795 reviews) | a waterfront dinner |
| 3 | Bistro 8 | Little Havana | 4.9 (130 reviews) | Mexican-French tasting |
| 4 | Maíz y Agave | Coral Gables | 4.7 (4,380 reviews) | Oaxacan moles |
| 5 | Cha Cha Chá | Wynwood | 4.5 (180 reviews) | snacks and drinks |
| 6 | Cantina La Veinte | Brickell | 4.4 (5,900 reviews) | Mexican on the river |
| 7 | Rosa Negra | Brickell | 4.7 (1,884 reviews) | a party dinner |
| 8 | Jacinta de México | Aventura | 4.6 (460 reviews) | handmade tortillas |
| 9 | Talkin' Tacos | Wynwood | 4.8 (4,064 reviews) | late-night tacos |
| 10 | The Taco Stand | Wynwood | 4.7 (4,081 reviews) | al pastor |
| 11 | Tacombi | Design District | 4.7 (2,221 reviews) | an easy taco lunch |
| 12 | Coyo Taco | Wynwood | 4.6 (8,675 reviews) | tacos and a night out |
| 13 | Sr. de los Tacos | Wynwood | 4.7 (1,063 reviews) | a quick Wynwood lunch |
| 14 | Chito's Red Tacos | Wynwood | 4.7 (245 reviews) | late-night birria |
| 15 | El Primo Red Tacos | Downtown | 4.3 (763 reviews) | birria ramen |
| 16 | Uptown 66 Taqueria | MiMo | 4.5 (1,457 reviews) | award-winning birria |
| 17 | Jajaja Mexicana | Wynwood | 4.9 (1,059 reviews) | plant-based Mexican |
| 18 | Mi Rinconcito Mexicano | Little Havana | 4.5 (3,905 reviews) | a Calle Ocho classic |
| 19 | Taqueria Viva Mexico | Little Havana | 4.4 (903 reviews) | offal tacos |
| 20 | Don Maguey | Flagami | 4.6 (1,243 reviews) | Oaxacan mole |
| 21 | No Manches! Que Rico | Flagami | 4.5 (760 reviews) | barbacoa tacos |
| 22 | Mezquite | Coral Way | 4.8 (181 reviews) | tacos and micheladas |
| 23 | Mexico 1810 | Allapattah | 4.4 (987 reviews) | quesadillas |
| 24 | Q'Onda Taqueria | Kendall | 4.7 (5,018 reviews) | tacos in Kendall |
| 25 | La Diosa Taqueria | Miami Lakes | 4.8 (2,939 reviews) | fusion tacos |
| 26 | Tacos La Potranca | Doral | 4.7 (1,154 reviews) | tacos and mezcal |
| 27 | La Cruzada | Homestead | 4.4 (3,083 reviews) | a Homestead classic |
| 28 | La Quebradita | Homestead | 4.5 (2,635 reviews) | a molcajete |
| 29 | Bodega Taqueria y Tequila | South Beach | 4.3 (5,348 reviews) | late-night tacos on the Beach |
| 30 | Lolo's Surf Cantina | South Beach | 4.5 (2,786 reviews) | Baja-style brunch |
1. Los Félix
Chef Sebastián Vargas's Coconut Grove dining room holds a top culinary star, cooking around heirloom corn from across the Americas and local seafood. On the pricier side. Open daily except Monday, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: a special night out · 📍 3413 Main Hwy, Coconut Grove · ⭐ Chef-driven
2. The Mexican
The Miami branch of a Dallas favorite, opened on Brickell Key in April 2026, with northern Mexican cooking like barbacoa de arrachera and a Miami-only tuna tomahawk. A splurge. Open daily, opening as early as noon and closing as late as midnight on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: a waterfront dinner · 📍 601 Brickell Key Dr #100, Brickell Key · 🆕 New in 2026
3. Bistro 8
Veracruz-born chef Pancho Ibáñez blends Mexican and French cooking on Calle Ocho. Try the king-crab brioche and flan de naranja. On the pricier side. Open daily except Monday and Tuesday, opening as early as noon and closing as late as 10pm on Wednesday to Saturday.
✅ Best for: Mexican-French tasting · 📍 2069 SW 8th St, Little Havana · 🇲🇽🇫🇷 Fusion
4. Maíz y Agave
A Oaxacan restaurant on Miracle Mile, opened in 2024, with mole negro and tlayudas, plus an upstairs room serving five traditional moles. On the pricier side. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 1am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: Oaxacan moles · 📍 375 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables · 🌶️ Oaxacan
5. Cha Cha Chá
A Mexico City–born botanero in Wynwood with Yucatán-style pescado tikin-xik and 12-hour carnitas. A splurge. Open daily except Monday, opening as early as noon and closing as late as 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: snacks and drinks · 📍 2637 N Miami Ave, Wynwood · 🇲🇽 Mexico City
6. Cantina La Veinte
An upscale waterfront Mexican at Icon Brickell, open since 2014, with stone crab tostadas and a big tequila selection. On the pricier side. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 1am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: Mexican on the river · 📍 495 Brickell Ave, Brickell · 🌊 Waterfront
7. Rosa Negra
The first U.S. outpost of the Mexico-born group, inside the Dua Miami hotel since 2024, with a giant octopus, a DJ and dancers. A splurge. Open daily except Monday, opening as early as 5pm and closing as late as 2am on Thursday to Saturday.
✅ Best for: a party dinner · 📍 1346 S Miami Ave, Brickell · 🎉 Scene
8. Jacinta de México
A 2025 opening inside Aventura Mall that makes heirloom blue-corn tortillas in-house, with Oaxacan tetelas and enmoladas. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as noon and closing as late as 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: handmade tortillas · 📍 19501 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura · 🌽 Heirloom corn
9. Talkin' Tacos
Childhood friends Mo Farraj and Omar Al-Massalkhi started it as a food truck in 2020; the halal taqueria now has a Wynwood home. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 4am on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: late-night tacos · 📍 172 NW 24th St, Wynwood · 🌮 Halal
10. The Taco Stand
The Tijuana-style taqueria from San Diego opened its first East Coast shop in Wynwood. Get the al pastor carved from the spit. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 10:30am and closing as late as 1am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: al pastor · 📍 313 NW 25th St, Wynwood · 🌮 Tijuana-style
11. Tacombi
The taqueria brand that started out of a VW bus in Playa del Carmen, with a bright, easygoing room in the Design District. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 10pm on Tuesday to Saturday.
✅ Best for: an easy taco lunch · 📍 3930 NE 2nd Ave, Design District · 🌮 Tacos
12. Coyo Taco
A Wynwood original since 2014, known for cochinita pibil tacos and a hidden bar in the back. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 3am on Thursday to Saturday.
✅ Best for: tacos and a night out · 📍 2300 NW 2nd Ave #3, Wynwood · 🍹 Hidden bar
13. Sr. de los Tacos
A casual Wynwood lunch taqueria with chorizo and shrimp tacos and a ribeye in chipotle sauce. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 10am and closing as late as 2am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: a quick Wynwood lunch · 📍 2055 NW 2nd Ave, Wynwood · 🌮 Tacos
14. Chito's Red Tacos
A food truck in North Wynwood for birria red tacos and cheesy vampiro tacos, open until 1 a.m. Thursday to Sunday. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 5pm and closing as late as 1am on Thursday to Sunday.
✅ Best for: late-night birria · 📍 3110 NW 2nd Ave, Wynwood · 🌶️ Birria
15. El Primo Red Tacos
Started in 2020 as a birria pop-up on Flagler Street, serving consomé-dipped red tacos and birria ramen. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 3am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: birria ramen · 📍 20 W Flagler St, Downtown · 🌶️ Birria
16. Uptown 66 Taqueria
Dominican-born chef Nuno Grullon's MiMo taqueria, whose birria taco won a national best-taco contest on morning TV. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 4am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: award-winning birria · 📍 6600 Biscayne Blvd, MiMo · 🌶️ Birria
17. Jajaja Mexicana
The plant-based Mexican brand from New York's Lower East Side opened in Wynwood in late 2025. Order the vegan birria tacos. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: plant-based Mexican · 📍 2775 NW 3rd Ave, Wynwood · 🌱 Vegan
18. Mi Rinconcito Mexicano
Sisters María Dolores Chávez and María Guillermina Gutiérrez have run this Calle Ocho spot since 2005. Get the queso fundido with chorizo. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 10am and closing as late as 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: a Calle Ocho classic · 📍 1961 SW 8th St, Little Havana · 🇲🇽 Family-run
19. Taqueria Viva Mexico
A small, bright blue taqueria on Calle Ocho known for tripa, lengua and oreja tacos, plus sopes and gorditas. Moderately priced. Open daily except Monday, opening as early as noon and closing as late as 2am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: offal tacos · 📍 2516 SW 8th St, Little Havana · 🌮 Taqueria
20. Don Maguey
Chef Daniel Zeledón's family-run Oaxacan restaurant on West Flagler, with mole he learned from his aunt in Oaxaca and lamb birria tacos. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: Oaxacan mole · 📍 4747 W Flagler St, Flagami · 🌶️ Oaxacan
21. No Manches! Que Rico
A small Flagami taqueria for barbacoa, al pastor and asada tacos, plus elote and queso fundido. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 11:30am and closing as late as 11:30pm on Thursday to Saturday.
✅ Best for: barbacoa tacos · 📍 6212 SW 8th St, West Miami · 🌮 Taqueria
22. Mezquite
A Coral Way taqueria with five styles of michelada, al pastor tacos, wood-fired chicken and a small Mexican pantry. Open daily, 11am to 9:30pm.
✅ Best for: tacos and micheladas · 📍 2280 SW 22nd St, Coral Way · 🍺 Micheladas
23. Mexico 1810
An Allapattah taqueria known for overstuffed quesadillas and Monday-only gorditas with stews like chicharrón. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 10am and closing as late as 10:30pm on Friday.
✅ Best for: quesadillas · 📍 1778 NW 36th St, Allapattah · 🌮 Taqueria
24. Q'Onda Taqueria
A lively Kendall taqueria for quesabirria, queso fundido and passion-fruit margaritas, with live music on weekends. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 11am and closing as late as 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: tacos in Kendall · 📍 10575 SW 109th Ct, Kendall · 🎶 Live music
25. La Diosa Taqueria
A Cuban-influenced fusion taqueria in Miami Lakes, with creative tacos, loaded nachos and a strong cocktail list. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as noon and closing as late as 1am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: fusion tacos · 📍 7321 Miami Lakes Dr, Miami Lakes · 🌮 Fusion
26. Tacos La Potranca
A Doral taqueria and cantina with traditional tacos and a tequila and mezcal bar. Its motto: the real taco doesn't have lettuce. Moderately priced. Open daily except Monday, opening as early as 10am and closing as late as 1am on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: tacos and mezcal · 📍 2600 NW 87th Ave #27, Doral · 🥃 Cantina
27. La Cruzada
A Homestead family favorite for its taquiza plate of five tacos with avocado and pozole, with a colorful back porch. Budget-friendly. Open daily, 9am to 10pm.
✅ Best for: a Homestead classic · 📍 331 Park Pl, Homestead · 🇲🇽 Family-run
28. La Quebradita
A long-running Krome Avenue grill in Homestead for lengua tacos, sizzling fajitas and a molcajete mixto. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 9am and closing as late as 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
✅ Best for: a molcajete · 📍 702 N Krome Ave, Homestead · 🔥 Grill
29. Bodega Taqueria y Tequila
A South Beach taco counter since 2014, serving street tacos from an Airstream with a tequila bar and late-night DJs. Budget-friendly. Open daily, opening as early as 11:30am and closing as late as 3am on Thursday to Saturday.
✅ Best for: late-night tacos on the Beach · 📍 1220 16th St, South Beach · 🍹 Bar
30. Lolo's Surf Cantina
A Baja-style cantina in South of Fifth with aguachile rojo and torta ahogada a block from the beach. Moderately priced. Open daily, opening as early as 6:30am and closing as late as 9pm.
✅ Best for: Baja-style brunch · 📍 161 Ocean Dr, South Beach · 🌊 Baja