Guzina Oaxaca

5 Sarahí Aguilar - 7 months ago

Delicious food from Oaxaca! The attention they payed to every detail both in food and service made the restaurant 100% recommended and totally worth it to come back. For example, after taking our order, they prepared at our table, for free, a handmade traditional salsa with fresh ingredients just as spicy as we chose. My favorite dishes were the pumpkin flower with cottage cheese and honey (picture) and the duck tamales with mole.

5 Alan - a month ago

Oaxacan cuisine with a modern interpretation. The quality of the ingredients are authentic and excellent.
We start with a simple salsa made right at the table made from roasted tomatillos and tomatoes. It’s a bit too watery for my liking, but overall very tasty - so much so that we probably ate too much of it that we couldn’t finish the rest of the plates.
The Oaxaca platter to start is like a Oaxacan charcuterie with tons of variety. The chicharron is particularly crispy yet still airy. The quesadilla allows the cheese to really shine through. The cheeses, a stringier kind as well as a grittier kind with jalapeño mixed in, are fresh but maybe a bit overly salted. The grasshoppers are have a fun ting. The slice of roasted pork is textbook perfect, while the stuffed chili with pineapple and meat is awesome with a fun sweet flavor mixed in.
For mains, the octopus is lightly coated with a layer of butter, perfect in terms of texture to yield a soft chewy texture. There isn’t so much an exciting array of flavors, but the textures are quite interesting. The esquites on the side provides an excellent chewy texture with the shells not completely removed.
The duck tamales and mole is done exceptionally well. The duck is very soft and stringy, which is contrasted from a mushy texture that the masa yields. The mole is sweet and flavorful, which goes quite fittingly with the duck. Unfortunately, we were very full by the time we started the tamal that it was almost painful to finish the dish. The portions are huge here.

5 Sean Emer - 4 days ago

Best taco and best tamales I've ever had. Great spot with great staff, a must-go for anyone visiting Mexico City

5 Kristi Mabry - 8 months ago

Amazing service, amazing food. Highly recommend! Even got a private mezcal tasting lead by Victor the manager.

5 Emanuel Salinas - a year ago

Excellent food, excellent service, excellent settings. Definitely worth visiting if/when in Polanco/CDMX. The neighborhood is great for walking, shopping and meeting friends, which adds to the attraction of the restaurant. The food was excellent; interesting flavors and perfect portions. Outdoor seating makes you feel at ease.

3 Sagar Shah - 2 years ago

The restaurant has a very friendly staff but the food was decent. We had me as the vegan in the group which they did a great job accommodating but I had a lot of help from my coworker who explained it in Spanish. But even the folks who are not vegan thought the food was good not great. The presentation of the food was very nice. The cocktails were better than the food. We had a couple of nice bottles of wine but not sure if me or the folks I was with would go back. I'd give it a 3.5 star if I could because it was slightly better than okay.

4 anslem lobo - 2 weeks ago

Food was good but a tad expensive for two people. Considering that we are converting from GBP. Food tasted great and portions were about standard. You will need a side dish to accompany your main meal. Without alcohol, including starters and mains came to £70.00 for two. 10% tip included.