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Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Mexico City 2026

Here is the hard truth about a Mexico City Monday: the tasting-menu elite rest. Pujol and Quintonil both close Sunday and Monday, and several of the chef-driven Roma and Condesa rooms follow. The city that runs two of Latin America's most decorated kitchens has neither of them on a Monday. What stays open is arguably more useful for a Monday traveller: the iconic seafood rooms, the regional kitchens and the everyday tables that built the city's eating long before the Michelin Guide arrived in 2024. Five confirmed Monday rooms follow, in dollars.

The dining room at Contramar, Roma Norte Mexico City
Photo: Google Places. The dining room at Contramar, Roma Norte, Mexico City.

Why a Monday list matters in Mexico City

Mexico City's fine-dining week is built around a Monday close at the top end. The starred and Latin America's 50 Best rooms, Pujol in Polanco and Quintonil among them, both rest Sunday and Monday, and several of the chef-driven Roma and Condesa rooms keep the same close. A visitor who lands on a Monday and aims straight for the famous names finds locked doors, which makes a confirmed Monday list genuinely useful.

The rooms that stay open are the city's daily backbone: the iconic seafood tables, the regional kitchens and the everyday rooms run by serious chefs. The order below leads with Contramar, Gabriela Cámara's Roma seafood room and a Michelin Guide listing, then runs through a regional archive, Elena Reygadas' casual table, a breakfast institution and the 24-hour French brasserie. Hours are checked against each restaurant's published schedule. Every name links to its full review. For the rest of the week, start with the Mexico City dining guide.

The Monday list

1

Contramar

Seafood · Roma Norte, Mexico City · around $45 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 12:00–20:00

Gabriela Cámara has run the liveliest lunch in Mexico City from Calle Durango 200 in Roma Norte since 1998, and the Michelin Guide lists Contramar for good reason. The tuna tostadas and the pescado a la talla, half red-chile and half parsley, are the order, with tequila and a packed room, around 45 dollars a head. It opens Monday from noon to eight, so the city's signature table is fully in play on the day the tasting rooms close. It does not take dinner bookings, so arrive before two or after four.

2

Azul Histórico

Regional Mexican · Centro Histórico, Mexico City · around $40 per head

Monday hours: Monday, from 09:00

Ricardo Muñoz Zurita, the country's leading culinary anthropologist, sets his table in a tree-filled colonial courtyard at Isabel la Católica 30 in the Centro Histórico. The menu is a working archive of regional Mexican cooking: chiles en nogada in season, moles from several states, masa worked by hand, around 40 dollars a head. Azul Histórico opens Monday from 9 in the morning, so it covers a Monday breakfast, lunch or dinner under the courtyard canopy. The shaded patio tables are the ones to request.

3

Lardo

Mediterranean wood-oven · Condesa, Mexico City · around $35 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 08:00–23:00

Lardo at Agustín Melgar 6 is Elena Reygadas' casual Condesa room, the everyday counterpart to her tasting-menu work at Rosetta. Reygadas was named the World's Best Female Chef in 2023, and Lardo is the way to eat her food at the start of the week. The wood-oven dishes, the house bread and the daily pastas are the order, around 35 dollars a head. It opens every day including Monday, from breakfast to dinner. With Rosetta closed Monday, the corner tables here are the booking, and walk-ins are easy off-peak.

4

El Cardenal

Traditional Mexican breakfast · Centro Histórico, Mexico City · around $30 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 08:00–18:30

El Cardenal at Calle de la Palma 23 is the city's grand breakfast and lunch institution, the Centro Histórico room where the hot chocolate is whisked tableside and the pan de nata arrives warm. The breakfasts, the morning pastries and the regional lunch dishes are the order, around 30 dollars a head. It opens Monday from 8am to 6:30pm, breakfast through to a late lunch. It is the best Monday-morning table in the city, so go early for the chocolate and the room before the lunch crowd arrives.

5

Au Pied de Cochon

French brasserie · Polanco, Mexico City · around $60 per head

Monday hours: Monday, open 24 hours

Au Pied de Cochon sits inside the Presidente InterContinental at Campos Elíseos 218 in Polanco, and it has run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, since it opened. The onion soup, the namesake pig's trotter and the shellfish platters are the order, around 60 dollars a head. Monday is no exception to the round-the-clock service, which makes it the city's reliable late or early Monday seat when everywhere else has closed. The booth seating suits a long, old-school dinner that has no reason to end.

How to book a Monday table in Mexico City

Mexico City is a reservation city for its famous rooms even on a Monday, and a walk-in city for the rest. Contramar does not take dinner bookings and runs as a lunch-into-evening room, so arrive before two or after four to skip the worst of the wait; it is the city's great solo-dining counter. For a Monday first date, the courtyard at Azul Histórico reads better than a loud room, and Lardo's corner tables suit a relaxed evening. El Cardenal is the Monday-morning booking, best taken early. Au Pied de Cochon needs no plan at all, since it never closes. Entertaining a group on a Monday? The shaded patio at Azul Histórico settles an argument about what to order, with moles from several states in one place.

Frequently asked questions

Which good restaurants are open on Monday in Mexico City?

Several of the city's best-loved rooms open Monday even though the tasting-menu names rest. Gabriela Cámara's Contramar serves noon to eight, Ricardo Muñoz Zurita's Azul Histórico opens from 9am, Elena Reygadas' Lardo runs all day, El Cardenal covers breakfast and lunch, and Au Pied de Cochon never closes. The starred rooms, Pujol and Quintonil, both close Monday, so a Monday plan needs the iconic and regional kitchens instead.

Is Pujol open on Monday?

No. Pujol, Enrique Olvera's Polanco room and one of Latin America's most decorated kitchens, closes Sunday and Monday. Quintonil keeps the same Monday close, running Tuesday to Saturday only. For a Monday at the top of the city's cooking, the substitute is Contramar in Roma Norte, a Michelin Guide listing open Monday from noon, around 45 dollars a head. See the wider Mexico City dining guide for the rest of the week.

Is Contramar open on Monday?

Yes. Contramar opens Monday from noon to 8pm at Calle Durango 200 in Roma Norte. Gabriela Cámara's seafood room is the city's signature table, built on tuna tostadas and the half-and-half pescado a la talla, with a meal around 45 dollars a head. It does not take dinner reservations, so a Monday visit means arriving before two or after four to avoid the longest wait. It is the strongest single Monday booking in the city.

Where can I eat Elena Reygadas' cooking on a Monday?

Lardo, Elena Reygadas' casual Condesa room at Agustín Melgar 6, opens every day including Monday, all day from morning to dinner. The wood-oven dishes, house bread and daily pastas run around 35 dollars a head. Her tasting-menu restaurant Rosetta closes Monday, so Lardo is the way to eat her food at the start of the week. Reygadas was named the World's Best Female Chef in 2023, which makes the everyday room a real draw.

Do Mexico City restaurants close on Mondays?

Many of the fine-dining rooms do. The tasting-menu kitchens that top international lists, Pujol and Quintonil among them, rest Sunday and Monday, and several Roma and Condesa chef rooms follow. What stays open is the city's daily backbone: iconic seafood like Contramar, regional kitchens like Azul Histórico, everyday rooms like Lardo, breakfast institutions like El Cardenal and the 24-hour Au Pied de Cochon. A confirmed Monday list is worth keeping.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Mexico City dining guide, or by occasion: a Mexico City first date and solo dining at the counter. By cuisine, see the best Mexican restaurants worldwide, the best seafood restaurants worldwide and the best French restaurants worldwide. Need a Sunday plan too? See where to eat open Sunday in Mexico City, or further afield open Monday in Houston. For the global view on closing nights, read where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule in June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.