Diners' Choice: Romantic restaurants in Oaxaca

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Updated May 05, 2026

Looking for restaurants that are the most romantic in Oaxaca? You’re in the right place. Each month, OpenTable analyzes nearly 2 million global diner reviews from the past four months. We sort the results by location and category to help you discover new favorite restaurants. It's a great partnership: you reserve, eat, and review. We listen...and deliver the results for all to benefit. Enjoy!

Glou Glou

4.8

4.8 (165)

MXN500 and over

Contemporary Latin

Puerto Escondido

About the restaurant

An exceptional culinary experience by a Chef-Sommelier couple, Luis Pabón & Gaby Moreno featuring seasonal dishes and natural wine.
The seven-courses tasting menu emphasizes local, seasonal ingredients and a masterful natural wine pairing (with local beer and mezcal thrown in).
Prepare for a memorable meal in a beautiful space that is open to the surrounding tropical forest and sky.

A la carte is also available.

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SatchelGold

Dined on Apr 24, 2026

Simply the greatest culinary experience I have had in years

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Casa Bocana

4.8

4.8 (9)

MXN310 to MXN500

Contemporary Mexican

La Crucecita

About the restaurant

Casa Bocana, our à la carte restaurant for guests and external diners. Combining national and international dishes with regional products, our chef Ansony presents fantastic creations that surprise even the most discerning palates time and time again.

Our wine pairing dinners: A fresh culinary proposal with sommeliers and guest chefs who never cease to surprise us with their culinary creations. Exceptional flavors and great service in a sophisticated setting.

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Ryan

Dined on Apr 17, 2026

Great food. Great flavors. Cudos to the chef and team

Brio Cocina Local

4.7

4.7 (80)

MXN310 to MXN500

Contemporary Mexican

Oaxaca

About the restaurant

Brío Cocina Local is nestled in the heart of Oaxaca, just one block from the Zócalo, and features a terrace with a direct view of the majestic Templo de San Agustín. We offer a Contemporary Oaxacan Cuisine experience, featuring signature dishes by our chef, Oscar García Bretón. At Brío, our mission is to honor the richness of Oaxacan local ingredients. We also offer a variety of vegetarian and vegan options. To complete your dining experience, enjoy our house-crafted cocktails and curated wine list.

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Allison

Dined on Apr 9, 2026

Had a lovely bday dinner here. Great view from the terrace and the staff is great. My short rib was a little on the dry side but aside from that it was delicious

Restaurante Catedral

4.6

4.6 (576)

MXN310 to MXN500

Mexican / Southwestern

Oaxaca

About the restaurant

Restaurante Catedral brings local, regional and international dishes together to offer a truly unique menu. Start your day off with a breakfast of Teotitlan Del Valle Style eggs or the Socorrido, which is a pork rind casserole with sausage, egg and cheese served in a red sauce with Water Chiles stripes. Restaurante Catedral is the perfect place for a date night. Come enjoy the house specialty of homemade ravioli with Hierba santa that is filled with suckling pork and topped with grated cheese. Restaurante Catedral also serves meat and seafood dishes, like the roasted beef tenderloin, grilled octopus and fried mullet.

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Teresa

Dined on Apr 23, 2026

Breakfast is always amazing! Our favorite Delicious food and many options...

Criollo

4.6

4.6 (2239)

MXN500 and over

Contemporary Mexican

Oaxaca

About the restaurant

Criollo is located in a neighborhood adjacent to the center of the city of Oaxaca.
Chef Luis Arellano is a cook with a spirit that is both attached to his roots and creative and evolutionary.
He builds the menu adapting to the local products available and the seasons, inspired by the different techniques of Oaxacan cuisine, making nods to the coast, the valleys, the mountains and the Istmo of the state of Oaxaca.

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ToddGold

Dined 6 days ago

The food was incredible as well as the ambiance. Definitely the best meal, out of many excellent meals, we had during our stay in Oaxaca!

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Casa Oaxaca El Restaurante

4.6

4.6 (1620)

MXN500 and over

Regional Mexican

Oaxaca

About the restaurant

Aquí, un ritmo animado acompaña la transparencia de luz que hace vibrar los colores. La sutileza de lo esencial subraya el poder evocador de los olores y sabores que surgen de la cocina de Alejandro Ruiz.

Se mezclan los aromas y los sabores de hierbas mediterráneas con las oaxaqueñas. Así, la albahaca y el romero comparten sus tintes con la hoja santa, la pitiona y el shorobobo. Asimismo, granada, pescados y mariscos, venado y cordero alternan con chapulines, huitlacoche y quesillo.

Cinco sentidos influenciados por una extraordinaria vivencia gastronómica.

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Lisa

Dined 1 day ago

Spectacular in all ways! Beautiful and delicious! We loved our meals!

Kakurega Omakase

4.6

4.6 (197)

MXN500 and over

Japanese

Puerto Escondido

About the restaurant

Kakurega Omakase is an intimate dining experience on the coast of Oaxaca, where Japanese haute cuisine meets the richness of the Pacific. This omakase features a daily-changing 8-course menu, based on fresh, sustainable seafood sourced from local fishermen and divers.

Led by Japanese chef Keisuke Harada, each dinner becomes a ritual of trust, creativity, and respect for the ingredients. There is no à la carte menu—only what the sea provides and the chef imagines.

Designed by TAX Arquitectura (Alberto Kalach), the space blends brick, concrete, charred wood, and a traditional Oaxacan palapa, creating an open, wall-free environment where nature is part of the experience. Ideal for those seeking Japanese restaurants in Oaxaca, chef-driven cuisine, and fresh ingredients from the Mexican Pacific. Kakurega Omakase is more than a meal—it’s a culinary destination where Japan and Oaxaca meet in every bite.

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andrea

Dined on Mar 19, 2026

Set in a locale hard beat, with the sounds of birds and the ocean waves crashing in the distance, eating at Kakurega so close to our stay at Casa Tiny down the road, was lovely and memorable. Having eaten a lot of Omakase in many places I'd say this stacks up at 4 stars for the area and expectations: the offerings were unique to the area (sailfish, some traditional Oaxaxan touches) and the knowledge of their materials was evident. The lighting was SO low at the point of viewing the plated food you cannot quite see your meals and how pretty they likely are. So if you're a foodie with the desire to document, good luck to you. Otherwise, if you're lucky enough to stay or encounter this private strip of land off the ocean and score a seating, Kakurega must be a stop on your path.

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Enna Restaurante

4.6

4.6 (22)

MXN310 to MXN500

International

Puerto Escondido

About the restaurant

Discover how our chef Rodolfo Castellanos fuses tradition with innovation in each of our dishes offered at ENNA RESTAURANT, to surprise you with stories from our beautiful and colorful Oaxacan land and sea. In our restaurant you can find a variety of breakfasts, we stand out for our avocado toast with sourdough, homemade French bread and many other dishes. To enjoy your lunch or dinner we always offer our guests homemade and fresh pasta, catch of the day, hamburger made with 100% Silver beef, these are some of the dishes that have been planned and prepared with great effort and dedication by our kitchen team. At ENNA RESTAURANT, we will not only delight you with our gastronomy and great flavors, we also have excellent architecture and environment to make sure your stay is unique and unrepeatable experience, here at Punta Zicatela.

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PoojaGold

Dined 6 days ago

Loved the beautiful setting and the fresh food! Everything was perfect. The only downside was it was so hot but the staff was so kind about refilling our water and checking on us!

Blu - Huatulco

4.5

4.5 (101)

MXN310 to MXN500

Global, International

La Crucecita

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Kelly

Dined on Apr 10, 2026

Great birthday dinner celebration! Watermelon salad and catch of the day was amazing. Live music, wine, ambience and food was 10/10

Pitiona Cocina de Autor

4.3

4.3 (1280)

MXN500 and over

Contemporary Mexican

Oaxaca

About the restaurant

PITIONA COCINA DE AUTOR - RESCUE THE TRADITIONAL OAXACAN CUISINE, USING VANGUARD THECNICS. IT IS A RESTAURANT WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO CREATE MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

THE QUIET AND HARMONY THAT INVOLVES PITIONA IS ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTFUL PLEASURES THAT WE CAN OFFER TO OUR VISITORS.

RESTRICTIONS: WE DO NOT ALLOW ACCESS KIDS UNDER 12 YEARS OLD.

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Yali

Dined on Apr 5, 2026

I had to choose between Pitiona and Los Danzantes. I ended up choosing Pitiona because they didn't require a credit card deposit at the time of reservation. I came here to celebrate my cousin's 60th birthday. It was absolutely perfect: elegant, excellent customer service, refreshing drinks, and an extremely delicious dinner. I got the fish, my cousin got the chicken mole, my husband got the tuna with risotto, and my cousin's wife got steak. The chef sent us a complimentary seafood soup (in a little cup); it was super tasty. Everything we ate was DREAMY. We will visit them again if we go back to the historic center of Oaxaca. If I could give it more stars I would. DELICIOSO!

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