Hanky Panky in Mexico City on Turin in Juarez is the speakeasy Walter Meyenberg opened in 2016 behind the kitchen of a small Oaxacan fonda, the city's first in the format, with a classic Twelve Wonders of Mixology menu and No. 35 on the 2025 North America 50 Best.
Address: Turin 52, Juarez, Cuauhtemoc, 06600 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Tlecan in Mexico City on Avenida Alvaro Obregon in Roma Norte is Eli Martinez Bello's agave-spirits room, the name meaning place of fire in Nahuatl, sourcing mezcal, bacanora, sotol, pox and raicilla direct from producers, ranked No. 23 on the 2025 Worlds 50 Best Bars.
Maison Artemisia in Mexico City sits above Loup natural-wine bar on Calle Tonala in Roma Norte, a 2013 cocktail room in a 19th-century townhouse specialising in absinthe, botanical spirits and Mexican distillates with house-bottled Absinthe Maison Artemisia from France.
Felina in Mexico City on Calle Ometusco in Hipodromo Condesa is the tucked-away mid-century room with rum-led cocktails, mid-century furniture and obscure soul on the playlist, with a regular crowd of regulars who treat it like a Condesa living room.
Baltra Bar in Mexico City on Calle Iztaccihuatl at the Amsterdam corner in Hipodromo Condesa is the small Galapagos-themed cocktail room from the Limantour team, ranked on the Worlds 50 Best Bars list in 2023, with exotic-ingredient drinks and a tropical interior.
Marrakech Salon in Mexico City on Republica de Cuba in Centro Historico is the kitsch-retro queer cantina founded by Juan Carlos Bautista and Victor Jaramillo, the venue that pulled the LGBT scene out of Zona Rosa into the Centro with drag, go-go and cabaret nightly after 22:00.
La Purisima in Mexico City on Republica de Cuba in Centro Historico is the neon-lit queer cocktail bar and dance floor with a chic Catholic-statue backdrop, anchoring the Cuba street strip that flipped Centro into an alternative to Zona Rosa.