Chinicuil

Top choice in Querétaro


Being hidden away on the fringe of the old town and discreetly signed inside the entrance to a building means that this is one of those 'in the know' kind of places. Even so, it's fast getting a reputation for cooking up creative and wholly unexpected modern Mexican cuisine such as hibiscus-flower quesadillas or delicately stuffed prawns.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Querétaro attractions

1. Casa de la Zacatecana

0.12 MILES

This is a finely restored 17th-century home with an impressive collection of 18th- and 19th-century furniture and decorations, which veer between the…

2. Museo Regional de Querétaro

0.25 MILES

The ground floor of this museum holds interesting exhibits on pre-Hispanic Mexico, archaeological sites, the Spanish occupation and the state's various…

3. Templo de San Francisco

0.27 MILES

This impressive church fronts Jardín Zenea. Pretty colored tiles on the dome were brought from Spain in 1540, around the time construction of the church…

4. Templo y Convento de la Santa Cruz

0.31 MILES

One of the city's most interesting sights, this convent was built between 1654 and about 1815 on the site of a battle in which a miraculous appearance of…

5. Monumento a la Corregidora

0.34 MILES

Plaza de la Corregidora is dominated by the Monumento a la Corregidora, a 1910 statue of doña Josefa Ortiz bearing the flame of freedom. It's a rather…

6. Museo de Arte de Querétaro

0.37 MILES

Querétaro's art museum, adjacent to the Templo de San Agustín, occupies a splendid baroque monastery built between 1731 and 1748. It's worth visiting to…

7. Teatro de la República

0.4 MILES

This lovely old functioning theater, complete with impressive chandeliers, was where a tribunal met in 1867 to decide the fate of Emperor Maximilian…

8. Fuente de Neptuno

0.41 MILES

A block west of Jardín Zenea is the Fuente de Neptuno, designed by noted Mexican neoclassical architect Eduardo Tresguerras in 1797.