Gaba Restaurante

Condesa, Mexico City · $$$$

Gaba takes its name from the neurotransmitter that calms the nervous system - an apt choice for a restaurant in Condesa that operates at a different register than the city's loudest fine-dining rooms. The menu draws on Mexican ingredients and techniques without the nationalist signaling that marks some of the city's tasting menus, and the room is the kind of place where the food does the talking. A 4.7 rating across nearly 400 reviews suggests it's doing something right without yet having crossed into fully discovered territory.