Expendio

To thoroughly enjoy this restaurant you need time...a lot of it. Make sure you're not in a hurry. We arrived at 10am, sat down approx 45 minutes later and weren't finished until ~1:25pm. In this timeframe we were served 4 rounds of food 🌮 and 1 dessert 🍰. Everything is freshly prepared so it takes a bit of time from one dish to the other. As for the food itself, everything was well seasoned and delicious. There are both meat and vegetarian options. As you may already know there is no food menu (there is a beverage menu) however they do cater to allergies and food preferences. Great communal ambiance and wonderful flavors. Overall this was a lovely experience; just make sure you have the time to enjoy. ✌🏿

Tried this spot for a special occasion with my partner on a Friday. No reservations only walk ins with a wait list. They give you a call when a spot will be avaliable so you aren't stuck lined up in front of the store. For us the wait was a bit over 2 hours but near the end of the meal waitlist was up to 3 hours so plan accordingly. The food is absolutely phenomenal, great flavors and combinations with unique additions to classics as well. We liked all the food we ate except for the coffee they served with dessert which was too acidic for our taste. The only downside of the restaurant is the limited large seating with benches that are not comfortable and hard to move and half the seating being under tress which lead to leaves and debris falling into your food and drink while you are trying to eat. It's a bit pricey but worth it, I will be returning in the future but won't make it a weekly trip.

*CASH ONLY* Great experience. There is no menu, you sit down and you eat what the chef's are making that day. The waitress will keep bringing you 1 plate at a time until you say stop (you can eat up to 6 I believe). You are seated with strangers which is a great way to meet new people because there are no single tables, just long benches where everyone at the table gets the new dish at the same time.

We went there around 5 PM and were only able to get a table around 7:30 PM, so be prepared for a wait. The concept is interesting, the atmosphere is cozy and the food is really fresh and tasty, but overall it felt a bit expensive for what was offered, with some dishes becoming repetitive and the tacos too salty for our taste. After three courses we asked only for dessert (which was my favorite dish, really amazing), yet coffee was also brought out automatically and added to the bill, which we didn’t really want, especially late in the evening. It’s also worth noting that payment is cash-only, which felt inconvenient for a place with no menu or clear pricing. The experience is certainly unique, but a few details made it less enjoyable than expected. Worth trying if you’re curious, but go in with realistic expectations.

We arrived at 8:50 in the morning and supposedly the restaurant opened at 9. The staff told us that on that day they would start service at 9:30. Not that big of a deal so far. There is no menu in this taco omakase type of experience so you will get a dish and then the staff will ask if you want to continue to the next dish, although you won't know the exact taco you will get next. However the service was slow since the first round with dishes coming every 15-20 minutes on average. One of the cooks had an accident in the kitchen and she had to be transferred by a colleague and understandably that slowed the service even further from the third round onwards. Completely understandable and hopefully nothing serious for the cook, so further delays was not the issue, rather the fact that in the morning shift even when there was a full roster the pace was slow. Moreover it wasn't until round 6 or so that some other members of the staff arrived for their shift and we started getting explanations for our dishes, before that they just served it without walking us through it neither in English nor in Spanish. People that came later actually got explanations for all dishes and were served at a faster pace. The inconsistency in the service level is what had the most impact to me in terms of the experience and that's without of course considering as an issue the slow pace after the kitchen accident since the time between each round was substantial before that. I understand that the kitchen during opening will need to accommodate a large number of guests at once, but that's something that should be accounted for especially for a restaurant with a Michelin star in which the consistency in the experience is one of the main factors to its success. In terms of the food itself, I would say that it was good but most of the dishes were not memorable. The highlight is the handmade tortillas. Considering the waiting time which can be over 3 hours, the level of service and the taste I think there are better options overall in CDMX.