Welcome Rubra & Chef Daniela Soto Innes

The first time I came across Daniela Soto – Innes was on a visit to Enrique Olveras Cosme restaurant in New York a few years back now. It has been a couple of years now since I heard she would be setting up shop here in the destination !! I was excited and thrilled !! Last year Rubra opened here in Punta de Mita !! I have been a number of times now and it lives up to the expectations and some !! Since opening I have tried the Tasting menu with wine pairings as well as a la carte – you cant go wrong either way !!

Tucked away inside the W Punta de Mita hotel, Rubra marks itself out as an embodiment of Soto-Innes’ creative vision, blending swanky fine dining with authentic cuisine. While she traded the buzz of the Big Apple for the sleepy tropical surrounds of Riviera Nayarit, her focus on celebrating the cuisine of Mexico – with a modern edge – remains.

Although Mexico City-born Soto-Innes has worked in restaurants across Mexico, the US and Europe, it was in New York City that she really made her name. In 2014, she opened Cosme as executive chef (under the lead of chef-owner Enrique Olvera, who is also the brains behind the two-Michelin-starred Pujol in Mexico City), and in 2017, they opened Atla, which offered a more casual take on Olvera’s signature Mexican cuisine.Word of Soto-Innes’ skill quickly spread. In 2019, she became the youngest and first Mexican recipient of the World’s Best Female Chef by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants and was also named the Most Exciting Chef by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

But, over two years since she departed Cosme, Rubra opened as Soto-Innes’ solo venture. Joining her on the (predominantly women-led) team are Estefanía and Valentina Brito, Venezuelan sisters who worked with Soto-Innes at Cosme. It is the attention to detail throughout the Rubra experience that catches you – the design, the cutelry, the winelist, the service and more – it is a fantastic experience and one that I am thrilled is nearby for all who visit Punta Mita and surroundings !! Viva Rubra rubramx.com