Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Mexico City for grown-ups.

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Licoreria Limantour ★ 4.8

$$$ Cocktail barCocktail barRoma Norte

Licoreria Limantour in Mexico City is the Roma Norte cocktail flagship on Avenida Alvaro Obregon, one of the World's 50 Best Bars regulars since 2014.

DrinkMargarita Al Pastor

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Handshake Speakeasy ★ 4.9

$$$ Cocktail barSpeakeasy cocktail barJuarez

Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City is the Juarez Amberes Street cocktail temple ranked No. 1 on the World's 50 Best Bars 2024 and No. 2 in 2025.

DrinkOld Fashioned

FoodBar snacks

Hanky Panky ★ 4.7

$$$ Cocktail barSpeakeasy cocktail barJuarez

Hanky Panky in Mexico City is the Juarez speakeasy on Turin Street ranked among the World's 50 Best Bars, opened in 2016 by Walter Meyenberg with bartender.

DrinkClassic and original cocktails

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Bosforo ★ 4.6

$$$ Cocktail barMezcaleriaCentro Historico

Bosforo in Mexico City is the Centro Historico mezcaleria on Luis Moya, a velvet-curtain candle-lit room with 50-plus Oaxacan artisanal mezcales.

DrinkTobala mezcal flight

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La Clandestina ★ 4.5

$$$ Cocktail barMezcaleriaCondesa

La Clandestina in Mexico City is the Condesa mezcaleria on Alvaro Obregon, a 15-year-old room with 25 artisanal Oaxacan mezcales arranged like.

DrinkEspadin and Tobala flight

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Salon Tenampa ★ 4.3

$$$ Cocktail barMariachi cantinaCentro Historico

Salon Tenampa in Mexico City is the 1925 Plaza Garibaldi cantina that gave the plaza its mariachi identity, with three rooms of live music every night.

DrinkTequila and pulque

FoodAntojitos and Jalisco dishes

La Opera Bar ★ 4.5

$$ Cocktail barHistoric cantinaCentro Historico

La Opera Bar in Mexico City is the 1895 Centro Historico cantina on 5 de Mayo, the ornate dark-wood-and-velvet room where Pancho Villa shot a bullet hole.

DrinkTequila reposado

FoodCantina antojitos

Pulqueria Las Duelistas ★ 4.4

$$$ Cocktail barPulqueriaCentro Historico

Las Duelistas in Mexico City is the 1902 Centro pulqueria on Aranda Street, a colorful muralled room that pours 45 flavors of fermented agave pulque.

DrinkCurado de pina pulque

FoodPulqueria antojitos

Rayo Cocktail Bar ★ 4.6

$$$ Cocktail barCocktail barRoma Norte

Rayo Cocktail Bar in Mexico City is the Roma Norte mansion-bar on Salamanca, a North America's 50 Best Bars regular with a Mexico-made cocktail program.

DrinkMexican spirit cocktails

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Fifty Mils ★ 4.5

$$$ Cocktail barHotel cocktail barJuarez

Fifty Mils in Mexico City is the Four Seasons Mexico City hotel cocktail bar in Polanco, a World's 50 Best Bars regular under the Four Seasons garden.

DrinkPineapple Cobbler

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Baltra Bar ★ 4.5

$$$ Cocktail barCocktail barCondesa

Baltra Bar in Mexico City is the Condesa speakeasy on Iztaccihuatl by Limantour's Benjamin Padron, a Darwin-and-Galapagos-themed cocktail bar.

DrinkDarwin-themed cocktails

FoodBar snacks

Tlecan ★ 4.7

$$$ Cocktail barPre-Hispanic spirits barRoma Norte

Tlecan in Mexico City is the Roma Norte pre-Hispanic agave-spirit bar on Alvaro Obregon, North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 No. 3, focused on rare Mexican.

DrinkMexican fermented beverages and agave distillates

FoodEndemic ingredient snacks

La No. 10 ★ 4.0

$$$ Cocktail barCantinaJuarez

La No. 10 in Mexico City is the Juarez cantina on Marsella, a long-running working-class bar with traditional cantina botanas and a long-block lunchtime.

DrinkTequila and pulque

FoodCantina botanas

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