The 32 Best Bars in Mexico
Mexico has four bars in the top 50 of the world list this year, and the best bars in Mexico reach well beyond the capital. In Mexico City, Handshake Speakeasy, which topped The World's 50 Best Bars 2024, seats just 32 guests in 90-minute sittings inside the NH Hotel in Colonia Juárez and is No. 6 on The 50 Best Bars list for 2026; its Banana Manhattan pairs ripe bananas with sweet vermouth. In Guadalajara's Colonia Americana, Freddy Andreasson's El Gallo Altanero pours from small, independent tequila producers at a square 13-seat bar under a stained-glass agave window, and is No. 28 on the same list. Fabiola Padilla's Bekeb, which moved into the Live Aqua hotel in San Miguel de Allende in 2025, is No. 24 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 and uses raicilla, a wild agave spirit from the coast of Jalisco, as a cocktail base. El Gallo Altanero takes no reservations and opens Wednesday to Sunday. These are the thirty-two we would start with.
★ TOP 1050 BESTSpeakeasyHandshake Speakeasy
Eric van Beek, the 2018 Bacardi Legacy World Champion, operates a thirty-two-seat Art Deco speakeasy inside the NH Collection hotel that held No. 1 on North America's 50 Best Bars and No. 2 on the World's 50 Best Bars in 2025. Ninety-minute seatings move through a sixteen-drink menu where preparations run up to forty-eight hours: the Mexi-Thai fat-washes tequila with coconut oil and finishes with makrut lime leaf distillate and clarified tomato cordial. The black-and-gold room trades on intimacy and precision in equal measure. No bar in the Western Hemisphere operates at a higher level of sustained excellence. It won World's Best Cocktail Menu at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. It currently stands at No. 6 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, where it was named The Best Bar in North America, and No. 12 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Amberes 65, Col. Juarez, Ciudad de México, CDMX 06600Sun-Thu 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-02:00Full profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarBar Mauro
Brothers Ricardo and Eduardo Nava won the Campari One to Watch Award in 2025 with a 1970s Italian aperitivo bar that honors their grandfather's legacy. The Garibaldi, Campari, Cynar, bitter Italian aperitif, passion fruit, anchors a program that bridges Italian drinking culture with Mexican neighborhood hospitality. A cheeseburger anchors the food side. At No. 2 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 and No. 10 on The 50 Best Bars 2026 (No. 54 on the 51-100 list in 2025), with the Highest New Entry Award, Bar Mauro is built for the kind of repeat visits, two, three times a week, that sustain a bar beyond its opening buzz. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best International Bar Team at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
Tabasco 149, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 06700Thu-Mon 17:00-00:00, Tue-Wed closedFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarTlecān
Bernardo Serna and Eli Martínez Bello, who won the 2025 Altos Bartenders' Bartender Award, built a mostly standing-room mezcalería on Álvaro Obregón whose name translates from Nahuatl as "place of fire." Its program channels pre-Hispanic drinking traditions through thirteen mezcals sourced from small-batch makers, with emphasis on female distillers. The Paloma Blanca, carbonated clarified grapefruit, mezcal, lime, grapefruit salt, distils the philosophy into a single glass. At No. 5 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026 and No. 47 on The 50 Best Bars 2026, Tlecān burns with conviction. It won World's Best Spirits Selection at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
Av. Álvaro Obregón 228, Roma Norte, Mexico City, 06700Tue-Sun 18:00-02:00, Mon closedFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarLicorería Limantour
The bar that launched Mexico City's modern cocktail era in April 2011 received the Rémy Martin Legend of the List Award in 2025, recognition of a venue that has appeared on every major ranking for over a decade. Bar Manager José Luis León Martínez, a 2010 World Class Mexico winner, runs the program from the original Roma Norte location with a menu that rotates seasonally and celebrates Mexican roots. The Margarita al Pastor, tequila, orange liqueur, and a house-made taco-spice blend, remains the signature. At No. 9 on North America's 50 Best Bars and No. 63 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026 (No. 52 on the 51-100 list in 2025), Limantour is the foundation the rest of the scene stands on. It currently stands at No. 20 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Av. Álvaro Obregón 106, Roma Norte, Mexico City, 06700Mon-Wed 18:00-00:00, Thu 18:00-00:00, Fri-Sat 15:00-02:00, Sun 15:00-00:00Full profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTSpeakeasyHanky Panky
Opened in 2016 behind an Oaxacan food fonda, Hanky Panky still operates under co-founders Walter Meyenberg, Gina Barbachano, and Ismael Martínez. Named after Ada Coleman's famous cocktail, the program delivers clever twists on classics in a 1920s-aesthetic room reached through a dark hallway. The Michter's Art of Hospitality Award in 2022 and a former No. 13 ranking on the World's 50 Best Bars confirm that Hanky Panky defined a format that the city's subsequent speakeasies have spent years trying to equal. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best International Bar Team at the 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.
Turín 52, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, 06600Tue-Sat 17:00-02:00, Sun 17:00-00:00, Mon closedFull profile
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★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarBaltra Bar
José Luis León, who also oversees Licorería Limantour, runs this Galápagos-themed Hipódromo bar as an informal counterpoint to its sibling. Gray couches, light wooden tables, and Charles Darwin paraphernalia, vintage maps, butterfly lithographs, taxidermy, create a living-room warmth that encourages lingering. The seasonally evolving menu takes experimental liberties that Limantour's established identity does not permit. Ranked No. 20 on North America's 50 Best Bars in 2025, Baltra operates as the creative laboratory of León's expanding empire. The bar placed No. 78 on The World's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2025 and holds No. 48 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Iztaccihuatl 36D, Colonia Condesa, Mexico CitySun-Wed 18:00-00:00, Thu-Sat 18:00-02:00Full profile
★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarRayo
Inspired by the Aztec legend of Mayahuel and the lightning bolt (rayo) that created agave, this Roma Norte bar builds theatrical cocktails around Mexican spirits with a storytelling ambition that matches its technique. The Soldado Medina layers tequila, chilli-infused liqueur, green herbal liqueur, Maraschino, cactus sorbet, and lime into a drink that functions as both narrative and flavor experience. It reached No. 5 on North America's 50 Best Bars in 2024, a recognition that reflects the bar's theatrical approach to Mexican spirits and its commitment to treating every drink as an origin story.
C. Salamanca 85, Roma Norte, Mexico City, 06700, MexicoMon 18:00-00:00, Tue closed, Wed-Sat 18:00-02:00, Sun 18:00-00:00Full profile
★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarCafé de Nadie
Carmen Huizapol, Mapo Molano, and Jimena Lopez, celebrated Pujol veterans and vinyl enthusiasts, built a cocktail bar around 1,500 albums displayed on the walls and a program where each drink draws inspiration from a song. La Borrachita folds tequila, Earl Grey tea, lychee liqueur, tomato juice, and guava oil into a composition that sounds unlikely and tastes inevitable. The high-fidelity sound system receives the same investment as the spirits shelf. Café de Nadie proves that a bar's soundtrack can be as curated as its cocktail list. Mexico City's cocktail culture draws from sources that no other city can access, pre-Hispanic tradition, agave biodiversity, and a culinary heritage that Pujol and Quintonil translate into fine dining while Roma Norte's bars translate into liquid form. The CDMX bar scene does not follow trends; it sets them. Book the seat, or the standing spot. It currently stands at No. 60 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
Chihuahua 135, Roma Norte, Mexico City, 06700Wed-Sat 17:00-00:00, Sun 12:00-22:00, Mon 16:00-23:00, Tue closedFull profile
★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTSpeakeasyBijou Drinkery Room
Hidden inside the Colegio Superior de Gastronomía with a password that requires only a smile, Bijou entered North America's 50 Best at No. 34 as a new entry in 2025. The menu system, a Rubik's Cube that guests twist to determine cocktail base and flavor, translates Harry Johnson's 1882 Bijou cocktail into an interactive format. Piet Mondrian-inspired interiors with stained-glass panels in clear, ruby, and emerald tones frame golden-age cocktails built with contemporary technique. Bijou turns the act of ordering into part of the experience.
Av Sonora 189-B, Hipódromo, Cuauhtémoc, 06100Tue-Sat 19:00-02:00, Sun-Mon closedFull profile
★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail BarBrujas
An all-women staff operates from the Casa de las Brujas, a Roma Norte building whose peaked roof resembles a witch's hat, producing herbal-led cocktails that honor female Latin American writers and activists. The menu changes frequently, the ingredients draw from Mexican herbalism traditions, and the atmosphere runs dark, esoteric, and intimate. At No. 65 on North America's 50 Best extended list, Brujas represents a vital current in Mexico City's bar culture: feminist, ingredient-driven, and rooted in traditions that predate cocktails by centuries.
Calle Rio de Janeiro 56 Local B, Col. Roma Norte, 06700Full profile
50 BESTCocktail BarEl Gallo Altanero
El Gallo Altanero is an agave bar in Guadalajara's Colonia Americana, entered through a cafe, with thirteen seats, rooster artwork and a backlit stained-glass agave window. The menu changes regularly and rebuilds classics with tequila, raicilla and mezcal, led by its Jalisco Old Fashioned.
Calle Marsella 126, Col Americana, Lafayette, 44160 GuadalajaraFull profile
50 BESTCocktail BarForm + Matter
A cocktail bar occupying a Roma Norte apartment building, with a minimalist interior of wood, marble and concrete and an entrance on Calle Mérida. It was founded by David Rocha and José Olivas, both formerly of Handshake Speakeasy, with restaurateur Po Tsai. A custom-built laboratory is visible to guests through floor-to-ceiling windows, where the team works with clarification, fat-washing and the reuse of by-products. It sits at No. 13 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
San Luis Potosí 37, Roma Norte, Cuauhtémoc, 06700Thu and Sun-Tue 18:00-01:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-01:30Full profile
50 BESTCocktail BarArca
A contemporary expression of Mexican cuisine rooted in Tulum's Mayan jungle. Guided by fire and seasonality, Arca honors bold flavors and ancestral techniques. It was a Top 4 finalist for Best International Restaurant Bar at the 2026 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. It sits at No. 67 on The 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026, after No. 77 on the 51-100 list in 2025.
Km 7.6, Carr. Tulum-Boca Paila, Tulum, Q.R. 77760Full profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarMecenas
A bar and kitchen in a converted garage in Colonia Americana, named after the Roman arts patron Gaius Cilnius Maecenas. It is led by José Luis Hinostroza with head bartender Arturo Santos and draws on art, culture and craft for its drinks program. The team makes its own liqueurs from cane alcohol infused with botanicals and fresh fruit, works with the local distillery Satvrnal, and produces fortified wines with Discográfica winery. It currently stands at No. 18 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Av. La Paz 2133, Colonia Americana, 44150Tue-Thu and Sun: terrace from 13:00, bar 19:00-01:00; Fri-Sat: terrace from 13:00, bar 19:00-02:00Full profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarBekeb
Bekeb opened in 2019 inside Hotel Live Aqua in San Miguel de Allende, founded by the mixologist Fabiola Padilla. The name comes from the Tzotzil word bek, meaning seed, and the list is built on agave distillates, plants, flowers and roots, drawing on pre-Hispanic ingredients and ancestral processes such as fermentation and distillation.
Calzada de la Presa 85, Hotel Live Aqua, San Miguel de Allende, GTO 37700Full profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarKaito del Valle
Kaito del Valle, the name is a keepsake from its original Del Valle location; the bar now hides behind a vending-machine door on Hamburgo in Juárez, is led by co-founder and bar director Claudia Cabrera, Roku Industry Icon 2024, with an all-female bar team. Inside: an izakaya menu, a karaoke room and the 'Rising Sun Journal' cocktail list. No.25 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2026.
Order thisThe GeishaHamburgo 70B, Colonia Juárez, Mexico CityFull profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarAruba Day Drink
Aruba Day Drink runs on music, color and pachanga, pairing each drink with both. The bar explains that the way a drink's color is perceived shapes how it is appreciated, just as music shapes feeling, so it deliberately combines the two. The room sits in Tijuana's Zona Este, away from the tourist center.
Av. Andres Quintana Roo 2106, Zona Este, 22000 TijuanaMon-Wen 16:00 -11:00 Thu- Sat - 14:00 12:00 Sun 14:00-11:00Full profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTHotel BarZapote Bar
A cocktail bar and lounge within the Rosewood Mayakoba resort, named after the zapote tree native to the Yucatán Peninsula. The drinks program, directed by head bartender Joshua Monaghan, draws on Mayan cultural heritage and regional ingredients, and includes reworked classics such as the Wana Bana. The kitchen emphasizes locally sourced produce, with charcoal-cooked dishes including lamb chops with agave and pink peppercorn. It sits at No. 95 on the North America's 50 Best Bars 51-100 list in 2026.
Carretera Federal Cancún-Playa del Carmen Km 298, Solidaridad, 77710Daily 12:00-00:00Full profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarSelva Oaxaca Cocktail Bar
Opened in March 2019 by the Art Cocktail Club as 'an ode to the diversity and richness of local ingredients and Mexican spirits', SELVA drinks its way through Oaxaca's markets, plants and communities under beverage director Alexandra Purcaru, mid-century rooms filled with agaves and indigenous art around a courtyard on the Alcalá. No.29 on North America's 50 Best Bars 2025, No.43 in 2026.
Order thisSelva en una CopaAlipús mezcal, hoja santa, lemon, agave, Ancho Reyes, juniper bitters, Oaxacan cheese, basilC. Macedonio Alcalá #403-int. 6, RUTA INDEPENDENCIA, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., MexicoFull profile
NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarSabina Sabe
'A love letter to mezcal': Sabina Sabe runs through a series of rooms with vast amounts of the spirit on display, compelling cocktails built on Oaxacan ingredients, traditional dishes, and artwork throughout by Mexican artist Alejandro Magallanes. Down-to-earth and comfortable, it reached No.20 on North America's 50 Best Bars in 2022 and No.22 in 2023.
5 de Mayo 209, Ruta Independencia, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de JuárezWed-Mon, closed TueFull profile- Fifty Mils50 BESTHotel Bar
Fifty Mils
The Four Seasons Mexico City's cocktail flagship, Fifty Mils entered the World's 50 Best list in 2018 and was ranked No.4 among Food & Wine's Top 10 International Hotel Bars in 2025. Head bartender Mosh Blanco leads the program from behind a seven-meter marble bar; signatures include the Jungle Sour (tequila, mezcal, passion fruit, sour orange) and the Niña Fresa, crowned with salty beer foam.
Order thisJungle Sourtequila, mezcal, passion fruit, sour orangePaseo de la Reforma 500, Col. Juárez, 06600Sun-Wed 12:00-01:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-02:00Full profile - King Cole BarHotel Bar
King Cole Bar
The St. Regis Mexico City's King Cole Bar carries the brand's bar tradition onto an iconic terrace over Paseo de la Reforma, with bar manager Juan Miranda running the program. It picked up recognition from Condé Nast Traveler and Tales of the Cocktail in 2024.
Av. Paseo de la Reforma 439, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Ciudad de MéxicoMon-Sat 11:30-02:00, Sun 11:00-01:00Full profile - Bar FandangoCocktail Bar
Bar Fandango
Bar Fandango is a cocktail bar on Calle Nicolás Romero in Colonia Americana, Guadalajara, and its Instagram bio sums it up in four words: "Es lo que es." The program is built on the classics, and the martini, served very cold, sits at its center. Monday is martini night, which the bar bills as a club for martini lovers and lovers in general, and its line is that the classics never die. The club idea stretches to themed evenings, such as a Negroni and pasta night in September 2026. In 2026, Tales of the Cocktail named Bar Fandango one of its Spirited Awards Latin America and Caribbean regional top 10 honorees for Best New International Cocktail Bar.
Calle Nicolás Romero 31, Col. Americana, Guadalajara, JaliscoMon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat 19:00-01:00Full profile - Casa PrunesNORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Casa Prunes
Set in an Art Nouveau mansion in Roma Norte, Casa Prunes runs on seasonality and zero waste: a Gatsby-esque terrace bar, in-house fermented wines, and a list that champions Mexican spirits, see the Non-A Negroni, built on morita-chile vodka, Abasolo corn whisky, Cynar and Campari. There's Sunday brunch, too.
Chihuahua 78, Roma Norte, 06700 Ciudad de MéxicoTue-Sun, closed MonFull profile - TicuchiNORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar
Ticuchi
Enrique Olvera's dark, cave-like agave den in Polanco: an atmospheric room around an open kitchen, an extensive mezcal list joined by unusual agave spirits like sotol, cocktails to match, and vegetarian and pescatarian takes on Oaxacan cooking.
Petrarca 254, Polanco V Sección, 11560 Ciudad de MéxicoMon-Wed 18:30-00:00, Thu-Sat 15:00-01:00Full profile - De La O CantinaTiki Bar
De La O Cantina
De La O is a cantina on Calle Argentina in Colonia Americana, named for the revolutionary Genovevo de la O. Its cocktail list works local ferments such as tepache and pulque into agave and rum drinks, with a playful nod to tiki. The bar is built around daytime drinking, opening from early afternoon. It takes no reservations and welcomes pets.
Calle Argentina 70, Col. Americana, 44160 Guadalajara, JaliscoWed 13:00-00:00, Thu-Mon 13:00-01:00, Tue closedFull profile - Farmacia Rita PérezCocktail Bar
Farmacia Rita Pérez
Farmacia Rita Pérez is a pharmacy-themed cantina on Calle Colonias in Colonia Americana that describes its offer as Mexican medicine. The cocktail list runs from house classics to botica and yerbero drinks built on herbs, backed by mezcal, tequila, raicilla, bacanora, sotol and pox. Aguachiles, tortas ahogadas and tacos come from the kitchen, and the room is 18 and over after 7pm.
Calle Colonias 79, Americana, 44160 Guadalajara, JaliscoTue-Thu 13:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 13:00-03:00, Sun 13:00-01:00, Mon closedFull profile - GuiltySpeakeasy
Guilty
Guilty calls itself not your regular cocktail bar. It sits on the second floor at Morelos 1360 in Colonia Americana, where a blue light marks the way in. Reservations are taken by phone, and the bar runs until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.
Morelos 1360, 2nd floor, Col. Americana, Guadalajara, JaliscoWed-Thu 18:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 18:00-03:00, Sun 18:00-01:00, Mon-Tue closedFull profile - In Situ MezcaleríaCocktail Bar
In Situ Mezcalería
In Situ Mezcalería is a mezcal bar in Oaxaca's Centro, founded by mezcal author Ulises Torrentera and editor Sandra Ortíz Brena. It also runs In Situ Bodega on Calle Reforma, a cocktail shop with a cocktail bar shared with Versus, where it holds its events. Its line is fine mezcals for tasting, under the house motto that everyone drinks the mezcal they deserve. Versus bottles agave spirits made with seasonal regional fruit and natural ingredients from Oaxaca's markets. The house also releases small batches from its own palenque in Yeguesía, distilled in clay pots, and hosts events such as an October producer visit with Calixto Velasco of Santa Catarina Albarradas.
Calle Reforma 306, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., MexicoFull profile - MezcalotecaCocktail Bar
Mezcaloteca
Mezcaloteca is a mezcal tasting room in the center of Oaxaca, open since 2010 and devoted to preserving and sharing the diversity of traditional mezcals and the biocultural processes behind them. Its collection gathers mezcals from several Mexican states that meet the criteria for traditional mezcal, and it champions the maestros mezcaleros who make them. Tastings are personalized and set three to five traditional mezcals side by side at the bar, with hosts guiding guests through categories, processes, regions and how to taste. Mezcaloteca has recently moved to a new space on Rufino Tamayo, sells bottles under its own label and opens its distillery for occasional booked visits.
Rufino Tamayo 902, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., MexicoDaily 12:00-21:00Full profile - NoisCocktail Bar
Nois
Nois is a two-story restaurant and bar on Avenida José María Morelos in Oaxaca's Centro, in a building that keeps its original cantera stone facade and was long known as the Cine Oaxaca. Guests pass through the cantera door the house calls "n" into the ground-floor bar, a lounge pouring seasonal cocktails with fruits, herbs and spirits from the region, with seats in the lounge or up at the counter. Upstairs, at the top of a spiral staircase, the restaurant serves a tasting menu guided by Oaxaca and its seasons, from an open kitchen designed so diners can watch the team at work.
Av. José María Morelos 701, Centro, 68000 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., MexicoBar Mon-Sat 14:00-00:00Full profile - Pare de Sufrir MezcaleríaCocktail Bar
Pare de Sufrir Mezcalería
Pare de Sufrir, Spanish for 'end your suffering', is a mezcal bar on Calle Argentina in Colonia Americana, and it calls itself a cultural center for music, mezcal and traditional drinks. The shelves hold more than 70 varieties of mezcal, including several bottles of pechuga, a style made with chicken breast. Pedro Jiménez, who founded the bar, is also behind Mezonte, an organization of mezcal producers, and the documentary Viva Mezcal. Music is central to the place, with guest acts and nights such as karaoke, and the bar's own tagline sums up the rest: stop suffering, drink mezcal.
Calle Argentina 66, Col. Americana, 44160 Guadalajara, JaliscoThu-Sat 21:00-03:00, Sun 18:00-00:00Full profile
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