Nicos

Nicos sits in Azcapotzalco, and the room reads exactly the way the Mexico City dining establishment expects a traditional mexican kitchen at this address to read — considered, particular, and exact about the things it cares about. World's 50 Best for traditional Mexican done with absolute reverence.

The cooking turns on signatures the Mexico City regulars order without looking at the menu: Sopa Seca de Natas, Lechón, and Chiles en Nogada. The kitchen runs at the $$$ register, with a wine programme that is either deep where the room is loud and tight where the room is quiet, and a service floor that has clearly worked at this register before.

For a impress clients dinner in Mexico City, this is one of the addresses you should already know about. Reservations skew hard; dress is smart casual. The averaged Food/Ambience/Value line sits at 9.1/10 — high enough to mean the room is doing more right than wrong, calibrated against the sharpest other tables in the city.

World's 50 Best for traditional Mexican done with absolute reverence. For a deeper read on this occasion across other cities, the Impress Clients guide is the canonical reference.