El Vino y La Sal — Restaurant in Oaxaca

This place was super cool! There was upstairs seating so that's where we went. There was some weird construction going on in the distance though so we constantly got heart attacks when we heard the big BOOM's! from a few blocks away. Wasn't too pleasant. The staff were very understanding and showed some sympathy about the big booms, and they said they get used to it. Besides from that, the vibes were really cool and airy, and the decor made you feel like you were on a beach or something. I ordered pasta pomodoro con camorones and I'd highly recommend it! It was super good. We also ordered pesto pasta with octopus (I'm not a huge fan of octopus, so that wasn't for me). The rosemary water was quite good in my opinion, but I know some people don't like it. Either way, real cool place for some pasta and Italian food if that's what you're...

This rooftop terrace overlooks El Llano. You enter below through La Pasión, the Casa Oaxaca bakery. El Vino is also their project. The tapas were creative and tasty, the mezcal margarita smoky and reasonably priced. They start you off with a basket of homemade potato and sweet potato chips. Cold, greasy and most def not crunchy. The Caesar salad was ok, lacking lemon and crispy romaine and the dressing is very anchovy heavy. We got the pasta in a red sauce with shrimp. The pasta was cooked just right as we’re the shrimp but the sauce was so sweet it was more like a desert than not. Good service and a lovely setting and you can get a sweet from the bakery brought...

Manuel and Fransisco were great and very attentive hosts. Very informative about the food, very aware of our needs. They even gave some recommendations for the next stop of our Mexico journey. The food was very delicious. We were given some extra starters to begin with. The atmosphere is cozy. Quiet vibe, with nice traditional Mexican music playing in the background. Perfect for our last...