Au Pied de Cochon — Restaurant in Mexico City

First of all if you are lucky enough to get Victor Navarro as your waiter you will have first world and top class service. Victor has been in the service industry well over 25 years, that's a quarter of a century for you and me.

He takes his duties and job seriously and is well versed in all aspects of the menu and can honestly suggest what dishes will complement what you are looking for in an experience, and not necessarily the most expensive dishes either, which is a common ploy in the restaurant business.

This is a man that strives for perfection in creating the absolute best experience possible. If you have a special request, he is more than happy to check with the chef to see if such request can be fulfilled. If it cannot, he returns with other options rather than just a simple no. This is a hallmark characteristic of a true professional, a person that problem solved in order to create the most pleasant dining experience possible at the time.

The restaurant itself has a variety of dishes ranging from the traditional French classics such as Duck Confit, Coq Au Vin, Foie Gras, and other delicacies.

They also introduce new items into the menu on a regular basis which are well prepared by the chefs in house.

If you're looking for a wide selection of fresh oysters that are delivered fresh twice a week, both national and imported from Baja California and from France, this is the place.

They have an incredible wine and alcohol selection, as well as indoor and terrace seating. If you must smoke, you are allowed to on the terrace.

As an executive chef myself, I highly recommend this restaurant for those looking for great service, dishes that are properly prepared, and an extensive wine &...

We have dined at Au Pied de Cochon 4 times. Awful, Dreadful, Terrible Service / Excellent Cuisine. The cuisine served at Au Pied de Cochon is superb. Authentic, properly prepared, quality ingredients. The service staff however are comically incompetent. We have experienced catastrophic service problems at each and every visit. Once we waited 32 minutes for two simple desserts. At our most recent visit the staff completely forgot about my wife's main course. They brought main course for the other three diners but never my wife. after waiting 4-5 minutes I left the table to notify staff of the missing plate. No response so again 2-3 minutes later I AGAIN left the table to find a staff member and AGAIN explained that three main courses were delivered to the table but not my wife's. Finally, 8-10 minutes after the first three plates arrived at the table my wife received hers. Each and every time we have dined at Au Pied de Cochon I see service staff milling around a central area relaxing and chatting about sports while diners are in need of attention. Each and every time we have dined at Au Pied de Cochon we sense gruff, contemptuous attitudes from front of house staff. The sommeliers have provided proper service but not the waiters. The maître d'hôtel looks at the customers as if he is looking at inferiors. Meanwhile, the cuisine at Au Pied de Cochon is excellent, so we return time after time expecting the usual poor service....

I'm from Paris. But I don't live in France anymore. I missed the bistro food, our French junk food.

But above all I was so surprised to find out they had a "au pied de cochon" in CDMX. The reason why is that this restaurant is a nightlife fixture in Paris, where the party animals and the noctambules hang out if they are hungry late at night or if all the parties in town suck, or any other reasons to be honest.

Please tell you taxi that the restaurant is located within the hotel, our Uber driver was a bit confused when he dropped us at the entrance of the hotel.

So here we go, from the popular neighborhood of Les Halles to the super chic Intercontinental where people are dressed like they are attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. This glimpse into glamorous CDMX was refreshing. You walk through the lobby and feel the cosmopolitan ambiance all around you. There is a bar that feels like the early 00s, very geometric filled with some kind of outdated jet set vibe. You keep walking and pass these big sculptures and a watch display: price tag, a bunch of 0s.

We are sit by this group of young kids, they are drinking and having a lot of fun. At another table there are 2 buff dudes, short hair and only drinking a beverage. No alcohol. Hmm this reminded bodyguards on duty.

More stories to tell and overall a great experience.

Oh and the food, you are wondering, it's French, it's...