MEXTA Mexican Restaurant

Walk in past the wall of angel wings and Mexta announces itself before you sit down. The room reads less like Downtown Mexican and more like a resort carved into stone, warm surfaces, a beige palette that should be dull and instead comes off polished. It's a serious setting for serious drinking, and the bar delivers on that promise, mezcal and tequila worked into riffs that taste as sharp as the room looks.

The kitchen doesn't match that standard every time. Plates can arrive over-charred, over-salted, or thrown together without the same care as the cocktails. The tableside pours and the smoke under glass are built for a photo, not always for the palate, and when a dish leans on theater instead of technique, it shows.

Even with that unevenness, Mexta earns its keep. The Michelin Guide selected it in 2025, and that recognition tracks with what the space and the bar program actually deliver. Go for the room and the drinks, let the food be the second act, and you'll leave satisfied rather than let down.