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The 16 Best Bars in Mexico City

Mexico City drinks with a deep sense of its own spirits. The best bars in Mexico City sit close together in Roma Norte, Juárez, Condesa and Hipódromo, and their lists reach for Mexican ingredients, from small-batch mezcal at Tlecān to the Margarita al Pastor at Licorería Limantour. Eleven of the sixteen have been ranked on the world list, seven of them in the top 50. Handshake Speakeasy, Eric van Beek's Art Deco room in Juárez, is No. 6 on The 50 Best Bars 2026 and The Best Bar in North America, and Bar Mauro, the Nava brothers' 1970s Italian aperitivo bar in Roma Norte, follows at No. 10. Tlecān, a mezcalería on Álvaro Obregón whose name means place of fire in Nahuatl, is No. 47, with Form + Matter and Licorería Limantour, which opened the city's modern cocktail era in 2011, at Nos. 59 and 63. Hanky Panky hides its entrance behind a fonda, and Brujas is run by an all-women team. Tlecān is mostly standing room, so expect to stand. These are the sixteen we would start with.

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  1. Handshake Speakeasy
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTSpeakeasy

    Handshake 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 18:00-02:00
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  2. Bar Mauro
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail Bar

    Bar 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 closed
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  3. Tlecān
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail Bar

    Tlecān

    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 closed
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  4. Licorería Limantour
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail Bar

    Licorería 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 15:00-00:00
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  5. Hanky Panky
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTSpeakeasy

    Hanky 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 closed
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  1. Baltra Bar
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail Bar

    Baltra 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 18:00-02:00
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  2. Rayo
    ★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Rayo

    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 18:00-00:00
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  3. Café de Nadie
    ★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Café 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 closed
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  4. Bijou Drinkery Room
    ★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTSpeakeasy

    Bijou 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 closed
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  5. Brujas
    ★ TOP 1050 BESTCocktail Bar

    Brujas

    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, 06700
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  6. Form + Matter
    50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Form + 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 18:00-01:30
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  7. Kaito del Valle
    NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail Bar

    Kaito 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 Geisha
    Hamburgo 70B, Colonia Juárez, Mexico City
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  8. Fifty Mils
    50 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 orange
    Paseo de la Reforma 500, Col. Juárez, 06600Sun-Wed 12:00-01:00, Thu-Sat 12:00-02:00
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  9. Ticuchi
    NORTH 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 15:00-01:00
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  10. Casa Prunes
    NORTH 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 Mon
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  11. King Cole Bar
    Hotel 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 11:00-01:00
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