3 listening bars in Mexico City our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Mexico City nightlife.
Tokyo Music Bar ★ 4.6
juarez · Rio Panuco 132, Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Ciudad de Mexico
Tokyo Music Bar in Mexico City on Rio Panuco in Colonia Cuauhtemoc is Edo Kobayashi's Japanese listening bar in the Little Tokyo enclave, with deep emerald walls, bankers lamps, gold stools and a vinyl-and-tube-amp programme of jazz and Japanese pop with whisky-led cocktails.
Bosforo ★ 4.5
centro-historico · Luis Moya 31, Centro Historico, Cuauhtemoc, 06010 Ciudad de Mexico
Bosforo in Mexico City on Calle Luis Moya in Centro is the red-curtain mezcaleria with candles for light, where the owner's playlist of acid jazz and Mesoamerican chants soundtracks a deep agave selection sourced from small producers across Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Le Tachinomi Desu ★ 4.4
juarez · Rio Panuco 132, Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Ciudad de Mexico
Le Tachinomi Desu in Mexico City on Rio Panuco in the Little Tokyo block of Cuauhtemoc is Edo Kobayashi's standing-only tachinomi bar, a selected programme of Japanese whisky, sake and natural wine with a tapas menu that changes daily.