Las Quince Letras

September 26, 2025

Las Quince Letras Our restaurant experience in Mexico City left us nervous but Oaxacas food scene has revived my faith! Our guide for the day actually recommend this location for something that represented Oaxaca food on a high end scale. The restaurant was beautiful, the staff fluent in Spanish/English and very attentive. We got the Oaxacan plate 9.1/10 the meats on this dish were well marinated and the flavour lingered in your mouth! Red mole enchilada was my favourite part as it was just packed with flavour, and the stuffed chile was out of this world. We had to get the indigenous mole trio of course! 8.2/10 Big fan of the mole rojo, was seasoned beautifully and I could eat it all day. Other moles weren’t my cup of tea but you’re never gonna like everything and that’s okay. Definitely worth the price.

November 12, 2025

Wow! On my first night visiting Oaxaca, I was meandering and just was looking at my maps to see some restaurants— to be quite honest I missed the one I was looking for but happy to report I stumbled upon this restaurant instead. Please forgive me, I cannot remember his full name, but my waiter, whose name started with an E, was absolutely amazing. He encouraged me and helped me with my Spanish, but quickly stepped in with English if I was struggling. He was kind and attentive, and made many wonderful suggestions! Also— i was very chilly and he offered me a shawl. My meal was absolutely fantastic. I cannot remember the name of the soup— but it was brothy, full Of cilantro, corn, onion and tortilla. Absolutely amazing, I could eat this every day forever. The guacamole that was served with my entree was some of the best I’ve ever tasted! My cocktail was delicious, and entertaining— cinnamon was burnt tableside for some aromatics. I really enjoyed this meal, and the service was outstanding. Gracias!

October 15, 2025

First off service was excellent, our waiter was friendly and attentive. The ambiance was also nice for a rooftop dinner at night, so kudos to them for nailing that part. But it pains me to say the food was a letdown and my family found their food underwhelming as well. I personally got a fish dish (I know Oaxaca isn't exactly known for their seafood but after eating so much meat throughout my stay, I wanted something on the lighter side) and while the sauce was okay, it couldn't mask how overcooked the fish was. My family all got different types of mole dishes and said it was their least favorite mole they've tried on this whole trip and some of their proteins were tough and chewy. None of the moles really stood out and were on the bland side. Also the desserts we ordered felt very basic and unremarkable. I did like the Chile de agua a la vinegreta, a cold, refreshing small dish with a good balance of acidity, spice, and savoryness. The Octopus I tried was decent as well. Hopefully it was just an off night for the kitchen staff, but I wouldn't recommend this place based on the food.

October 6, 2025

I loooooved the guava mousse desert, amaaazing. Super awesome mezcalitas. The 3 mole mix is superb. The tacos are more like tlayudas for me, and not my favourite, but I’d definitely go back for the amaaazing mole and guava mousse! The mousse is caramel and has mezcal as well. It got a Michelin star so, you know, they obviously have high standards.

October 14, 2025

I went at a slightly off hour so the restaurant was only 40% full. Originally they let me choose my table in the pretty courtyard area but shortly after I sat they asked me to move tables because they wanted to sweep that area. Uggggh, ok... I moved but then realized they'd shoved me in a dark corner by a very busy service door. After they were done sweeping I insisted on moving back to my original table. Awkward and annoying but let's move on to the food. I ordered the trio of moles and each came with a different protein. The pork (mole coloradito) and chicken (mole negro) were horribly dry and tough. Just because your covering something in sauce doesn't mean it's ok to cook proteins that badly. Even the flavor of those 2 moles was pretty lackluster compared to the others I've tried during my month-long stay in Oaxaca. When I mentioned the dry meat to the waiter he tried to mansplain to me that that's just how it is when cooking pure proteins. Nope. The 3rd mole, almenda with beef was pretty good though and the meat was tender. Especially at this price, I would not recommend this restaurant.