El Balcon del Centro - Cuauhtémoc

I made a reservation two weeks in advance, was sent numerous texts to verify the reservation. When we arrived, my reservation couldn't be found. We were given a table next to a black plastic wall and the wait station that was busy and somewhat frantic. Quite a distraction. The food was good, but the atmosphere was awful. Such a disappointment for my birthday dinner.

The menu proposal is excellent, gourmet and light at the same time, nice wine list, the staff is courteous, the service is professional, the fish is fresh and the meat is delicate

Went for lunch. Nice view of the Zocalo. The food was good (I posted some pictures). There was a shift change while we were there which was odd (it was 1pm) so the service was a little off.

This restaurant is on the roof of the Zocalo Central Hotel where we were staying. The food was excellent and the service too. The view from the balcony over the central square is superb. Highly recommended for a good breakfast and excellent dinner menu

We arrived in Mexico City quite late on a Saturday night and stayed at an airport hotel. As our flight to Manzanillo on the Sunday didn't leave until the early evening, we took the metro into Zocalo square (20 pesos return for the 2 of us). After walking around the square, and checking out the cathedral, and a few other sights, we want up to El Balcon del Centro for lunch. They were finishing breakfast and didn't start lunch until 1pm but they sat us in the lovely restaurant foyer and offered us tea, coffee or water. We were seated in the restaurant just after 1pm. We were given a small amuse bouche to get us started, then both had the tortilla soup to start, with my wife having the red snapper for the main course and myself having the duck ravioli with seared foie gras. All the food was excellent the best food we had in our 2+ weeks in Mexico. My wife's snapper was very substantial, allowing me to have my duck ravioli as a second starter and have quite a bit of her fish a main. The service was excellent, and, with a couple of drinks each, the cost was no more than a basic one course lunch at home. As a bonus, from the balcony of the restaurant you can get a great view of the cathedral, and the square. This was altogether a great way to start our Mexican vacation.