Sanborns, Mexico City

Sanborns is a popular Mexican chain restaurant that is attached to a department store. The food is good, and I found it was easy for people with all kinds of eating limitations to eat there. I'm a vegetarian, and found it difficult at other places to find food, but not here. They make very good guacamole, salads and other traditional Mexican dishes. The prices are medium - I would say about $5 or $6 per person to eat a full meal here with drinks and appetizers.

beautiful building, beautiful courtyard space, good service, but the food was just average
my food arrived luke warm but the waitress was very nice about it and offered to heat it right away. the manager checked up on everyone's table several times to see if everything was ok.
the food wasn't horrible but nothing to rave about
we'd likely return but probably just for drinks or coffee and enjoy the ambiance of the place

Favorite Dish: no favorite dish (from this one visit)

Sanborns in Mexico is like Mcdonalds, there's one everywhere! It's a store with its own restaurant (or vice versa?). The one in downtown called Casa de los Azulejos is the most beautiful one (in my opinion). It's not the best reastaurant but it worths a visit.

Favorite Dish: Molletes, Enchiladas Suizas, Chilaquiles

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The inner courtyard of the historic and beautiful Casa Azulejos (House of Tiles) is put to good use as a very pleasant restaurant. Locals and tourists alike fill the tables here. The food is fine, well cooked Mexican fare at a reasonable price and a menu wide ranging enough to suit anybody. Good service, good coffee - it may be a chain but they do it all very well, they're open early till late and the setting is gorgeous. Make sure to have a good look around the whole building - there are lovely architectural details to catch your eye everywhere.

Favorite Dish: Chilaquiles, soft corn tortillas in green chile sauce smothered with cheese were yummy, spicy enough to be interesting. And I do love my huevos rancheros for brekkie - the ones here were excellent.
This isn't fine dining by any stretch but Sanborns is a something of a Mexico City institution and they do what they set out to do very well.

Just being in the restaurant and watching people is great. All I did was stare and look up at the glass ceiling and wonder when they put it in. The architecture is great...and I preferred sitting in the first floor near the fountain. There is a second floor where you can look down--great view.

Favorite Dish: Enchiladas...

If want to combine history and food together then this is your place.
The casa de azulejos is situated in the historic center.
This beautiful Baroque construction is now owned by the Sanborn store-restaurant chain, so you might like to have a snack while you're here. Originally built as a palace for the Marqués del Valle de Orizaba, the tiles (azulejos) on the façade date back to the 18th century and are said to be Chinese in origin. The interior is quite stunning: a Moorish patio and a mural by Orozco are just two of its special features.

Favorite Dish: Enchiladas Suizas. Can be hot for some people but I love it

Sanborns is the giant department store chain owned by the wealthiest man in Central America, and Sanborns Cafe is an offshoot of that chain. Often located in the same building as the department store, but also often found by themselves, these places are everywhere in Mexico City. They have a very casual diner-like atmosphere with decent food at decent prices. Nothing spectacular, but they're clean and the you know what you'll get.

You should go at least once to Sanborns while being in México - especially the one in the centro historico. The waitresses wearing their liveries look really nice and are doing a great job, always looking for your best.

Specials are changing all the time.