Casa Virginia on Postcard

"Upstairs from her flagship Delirio boutique (also worth a duck-in), a beautiful town house is home to chef Mónica Patiño’s Casa Virginia, featuring a changing seasonal menu that takes creative advantage of Mexico’s wide-ranging culinary variety. Its sunny dining room and nostalgic "shabby chic" details cannot fail to delight; its family-style servings are great for sharing. Recent specials included an endive salad and two artichoke preparations, a squash soup, a Mexican-style osso buco, and a rack of lamb. All ingredients are locally sourced and most of the herbs—a key element in everything Patiño does—are grown on the roof. There can be few more civilized meals anywhere in Mexico City ."

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"After opening their wonderful café, Delirio, on a busy corner in the Roma, prominent chef Monica Patiño and her daughter Micaela Miguel managed to charm the building's owner, an elderly woman named Virginia, into renting them the entire building—a 1920's French Beaux Arts-style home with high ceilings, tall windows, and old-fashioned tiled floors. They then created Casa Virginia, a homey and refined space. The menu changes often, including ratatouilles—the restaurant's now-famous red snapper covered in tapenade—and a great assortment of veg-centric, seasonal dishes are all served family-style in the airy, white-washed dining room. Meanwhile, up on the rooftop, they've installed a small but fully-functioning garden where many of the kitchen's ingredients are sourced."

The Mexico City Guide

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Beautiful space, veggie centric daytime spot, walking distance from Contramar

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Romer TEK

Google

This place gets 10 out of 10 on everything. The house itself is beautiful, old and well maintained. Staff very courteous and professional. The food is one of the best we had in the city with local products and excellent quality. We definitely recommend to try Mexican wine which ended up to be the nicest discover of the country. The menu is simply, few dishes and all made with heart. I think everyone should try this place and obviously make a reservation before because it gets busy.

Emma Kidnie

Google

Very cute date night spot. Delicious food. Very attentive wait staff. Great aesthetic.

Christopher Rogers

Google

“Hands down, one of the best restaurant experiences I’ve had. The setting was great—an old home. The service was top-notch, and most importantly, the food was amazing. We had the seasonal salmon dish and pumpkin soup—both were awesome. A couple of other appetizers and the steaks were also good. The dessert was fantastic—it’s the berries one with a cake that melts in your mouth. I wish this place existed in my hometown of Tampa, FL.”

Carlos Jacobo

Google

This a great Mexican french fusion restaurant, excellent service. Great food, and nice wine list.

Duncan Macdonald

Google

Lovely intimate spot. We weren’t overly hungry as came here after a 12 hour flight (so I cant say I’ve tried most of the menu). But what we did have was delicious, such amazing flavours and beautifully presented. Nice location and staff were really professional. We really enjoyed ourselves.

Amarpreet C

Google

We had an amazing lunch and would recommend coming here for food. The tostadas were excellent and so was the filet mignon. Service was great.

Philip Montgomery

Google

I was excited to take my fiance to a celebration dinner last night at Casa Virginia after proposing to her earlier in the day. Our dining experience was memorably awful. The service was a disaster, lacking both attention and experience. On multiple occasions, our waiter, seemingly completely inexperienced, forgot requests we had just told him. The staff seemed completely lost. Our main dishes were cold, prompting us to leave our dinner early without finishing our entrees (Sea Bass and Risotto). We asked that the food be wrapped up and packaged so we could then take it home to reheat. After paying the bill and asking multiple times for our packaged up food, we were forced to awkwardly stand in the main area of the restaurant having to again ask multiple times for our food which was now seemingly missing. In a panic, the staff hurried to package up something while laughing in our faces. I have since tried to contact the restaurant and have not received any response. Their email address does not work. Needless to say, this is all extremely disappointing for a meal that was over $2600 MXN. There are far better options throughout Mexico City where the quality of the food and staff are reflective of the prices they charge.

Kristopher Kordek

Google

A fabulous and very special dining experience. We were personally welcomed by the chef and given a tour of the restaurant. We were so attended to the entire time and the food was beyond incredible. Every bite was so delicious and savory, I wish I could come here for dinner every night!

Romer TEK

Google

This place gets 10 out of 10 on everything. The house itself is beautiful, old and well maintained. Staff very courteous and professional. The food is one of the best we had in the city with local products and excellent quality. We definitely recommend to try Mexican wine which ended up to be the nicest discover of the country. The menu is simply, few dishes and all made with heart. I think everyone should try this place and obviously make a reservation before because it gets busy.

Emma Kidnie

Google

Very cute date night spot. Delicious food. Very attentive wait staff. Great aesthetic.

Christopher Rogers

Google

“Hands down, one of the best restaurant experiences I’ve had. The setting was great—an old home. The service was top-notch, and most importantly, the food was amazing. We had the seasonal salmon dish and pumpkin soup—both were awesome. A couple of other appetizers and the steaks were also good. The dessert was fantastic—it’s the berries one with a cake that melts in your mouth. I wish this place existed in my hometown of Tampa, FL.”

Carlos Jacobo

Google

This a great Mexican french fusion restaurant, excellent service. Great food, and nice wine list.

Duncan Macdonald

Google

Lovely intimate spot. We weren’t overly hungry as came here after a 12 hour flight (so I cant say I’ve tried most of the menu). But what we did have was delicious, such amazing flavours and beautifully presented. Nice location and staff were really professional. We really enjoyed ourselves.

Amarpreet C

Google

We had an amazing lunch and would recommend coming here for food. The tostadas were excellent and so was the filet mignon. Service was great.

Philip Montgomery

Google

I was excited to take my fiance to a celebration dinner last night at Casa Virginia after proposing to her earlier in the day. Our dining experience was memorably awful. The service was a disaster, lacking both attention and experience. On multiple occasions, our waiter, seemingly completely inexperienced, forgot requests we had just told him. The staff seemed completely lost. Our main dishes were cold, prompting us to leave our dinner early without finishing our entrees (Sea Bass and Risotto). We asked that the food be wrapped up and packaged so we could then take it home to reheat. After paying the bill and asking multiple times for our packaged up food, we were forced to awkwardly stand in the main area of the restaurant having to again ask multiple times for our food which was now seemingly missing. In a panic, the staff hurried to package up something while laughing in our faces. I have since tried to contact the restaurant and have not received any response. Their email address does not work. Needless to say, this is all extremely disappointing for a meal that was over $2600 MXN. There are far better options throughout Mexico City where the quality of the food and staff are reflective of the prices they charge.

Kristopher Kordek

Google

A fabulous and very special dining experience. We were personally welcomed by the chef and given a tour of the restaurant. We were so attended to the entire time and the food was beyond incredible. Every bite was so delicious and savory, I wish I could come here for dinner every night!

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