Origen
Mexican restaurant · Oaxaca City ·
Inventive global cuisine with regional produce focus
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Av Benito Juárez 308, RUTA INDEPENDENCIA, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico Get directions
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Inventive global cuisine with regional produce focus
Av Benito Juárez 308, RUTA INDEPENDENCIA, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico Get directions
$$$
"In a historic manor home, this modern restaurant from renowned Oaxacan chef Rodolfo Castellanos (the first winner of Top Chef Mexico) honors tradition with a contemporary approach and a strong sense of place, serving roasted grasshoppers as a crunchy starter, wild greens dotted with agave worms and hoja santa pesto, and a huitlacoche (corn smut) tamal doused in mole negro." - Kate Nelson
"Combining tradition and innovation might sound like something out of a luxury car commercial, but that’s exactly what’s happening at Origen. Here, the food is definitely Oaxacan but presented in a fine dining context. Although there’s an à la carte menu—with options like crab paella, mushroom-stuffed pasta, and duck confit enmoladas covered in mole—the four- to six-course tasting menus are the best way to experience Origen. We like this place for nicer sit-down dinners in Oaxaca’s historic center." - liliana lopez, mariana camacho
"Combining tradition and innovation might sound like something out of a luxury car commercial. But that's exactly what's happening at Origen, where the food is definitely Oaxacan but presented in a fine dining context. Although there’s an à la carte menu—with options like fish in coconut sauce with peanuts, mushrooms and chepil sofrito, and enmoladas of duck confit—the tasting menu is the best way to experience Origen. Definitely check out this spot in the historic center of Oaxaca if you’re looking for a nicer sit-down dinner." - liliana lopez, kylie han
"Combining tradition and innovation might sound like something out of a luxury car commercial, but that’s exactly what’s happening at Origen. Here, the food is definitely Oaxacan but presented in a fine dining context. Although there’s an à la carte menu—with options like crab paella, mushroom-stuffed pasta, and duck confit enmoladas covered in mole—the four- to six-course tasting menus are the best way to experience Origen. We like this place for nicer sit-down dinners in Oaxaca’s historic center." - Liliana López
"The chef at Origen, Rodolfo Castellanos, might be a bona fide celebrity for his win on Top Chef Mexico, but you’ll still find him here at his restaurant almost every day. If you’re lucky, you may also spot Castellanos’s mom, Eve Fuensanta, stirring the giant black or red mole pots on the floor of the prep kitchen, as she does a couple of times each month. Rodolfo learned the trade from her, and you can taste the heritage in some of the specialty dishes like the chichilo mole with beef tongue — the dish that won him the title of Top Chef México. [$$$ - $$$$]" - Omar Alonso