Best Cocktail Bars in Mexico

Agave runs through the best cocktail bars in Mexico, though the top-ranked room borrows from Italy. Bar Mauro, an Italian-style bar in Roma Norte honoring the owners' grandfather, is No. 10 on The 50 Best Bars 2026 and won the Highest New Entry Award. Also in Roma Norte, Tlecān, Náhuatl for "place of fire," is No. 47 and puts mezcal first. Licorería Limantour, in Colonia Roma since 2011, placed fourth on The World's 50 Best Bars 2022. In Guadalajara, El Gallo Altanero, No. 28, sits behind a liquor store in Colonia Americana and plays like a late-night cantina. Limantour also has a Polanco branch, and both book on OpenTable. These are the bars we would start with.