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The 43 Best Mexican Restaurants in Los Angeles, Ranked

From the Valley to Long Beach, these restaurants make L.A. the most exciting city in the world outside of Mexico to enjoy peak Mexican cooking and hospitality.

9:35 AM PDT on September 25, 2025

Mexican food is the best cuisine in the world. 

It’s a global sensation, too, with its recipes, evolutions, and adaptations found from Tokyo to Eastern Europe to the North Pole. And if Mexico is its sun, then Los Angeles is its moon.

Now more than ever, we need to support Mexican restaurants because their sheer existence is an act of resistance in these times.