5 editor picks across Mexico.
5 listening bars worth the night across Mexico, editor-ranked. All Mexico guides.
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 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 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.
Sabina Sabe on Cinco de Mayo runs a vinyl-and-cocktail listening program in the back rooms, with mezcal cocktails named for the Mazatec medicine woman Maria.
El Viento inside Restaurante Anima in Merida blends a listening bar with the restaurant's open-fire cooking, in a small, relaxed and artsy room on Calle 47.
TipIt opens Thursday to Sunday only, from 20:00; come hungry, since the bar shares the room and the grill with Anima.
3 hours
Bring out your inner bartender for one night and let a professional mixologist guide you as you make your own creations.
Guided tour · 4 hours
Kick off the evening with dinner at Bellini, a rotating restaurant with breath-taking views of the city lights. Follow this and hear the vibrant Mexican "Mariachi".
Guided tour · 4 - 5 hours
Discover the art of distilling at a woman-led distillery in Mexico City. Enjoy a curated tasting of premium gins, liqueurs, and signature cocktails, then watch a Lucha...