Los Aguachiles.

Listed · Mexican, tacos · Gonzalo Guerrero · $

walk-in

They cut tacos al pastor off the trompo from noon until eleven, seven days a week, and quesadillas, gringas and alambres sit behind them.

Listed · Mexican, antojitos · Gonzalo Guerrero · $

walk-in

They cook quesadillas, tlacoyos and traditional soups on Avenida 30, from five in the evening until eleven. A local told Jeff to eat here. They close on Mondays.

Listed · Veracruz seafood · Gonzalo Guerrero

walk-in

Jeff had a seafood lunch here and what he wrote down afterwards was the cheesy soup. It sits on Avenida 30 in Gonzalo Guerrero, away from the Quinta.

Destination · Mexican, heirloom corn · Roma Norte · $$

walk-in

Four shared tables sit on the Roma Norte sidewalk under no sign, and there is no menu: Jesús Salas Tornés asks whether you eat everything and the kitchen sends plates until you tap out.

Solid · Mexican, moles · Villas Tulum · $$

book ahead

Claudia Pérez Rivas grinds her spices and herbs on stone metates and builds the moles from there. The istak is a fish fillet poached in seawater under a white almond mole.

Solid · Mexican, wood fire · Tulum Beach · $$$

booking essential

Everything cooks over open fire in a wood-burning oven and grill the kitchen built by hand, and solar panels run the lights.