Movida

Movida is a scene restaurant that actually has a kitchen worth paying attention to, which is rarer than it should be. The room does the nightclub thing hard — velvet couches, a DJ booth, a crowd that stays late — but the Persian-Mexican fusion on the menu isn't a gimmick riding on the atmosphere. It's the other way around: dishes built from two cuisines that don't usually meet, backed by drinks like the Como La Flor, pisco and sumac working a spicy, floral angle that actually tastes considered.

The move here is to stay small. The shareable plates are where the kitchen's ideas land — inventive, well-balanced, worth building a meal around. The entrees don't keep pace, and skipping straight to a second round of starters is the smarter order. Portions run tight and the inconsistency shows dish to dish, but when it connects, it connects in a way nothing else in the neighborhood is attempting.

A Michelin Selected nod for 2026 backs up what the room already proves: this is a legitimate kitchen wearing a lounge's clothes. Order carefully, lean on the small plates, and it's a genuinely good night out.