12 editor picks across Mexico.
12 speakeasies worth the night across Mexico, editor-ranked. All Mexico guides.
Handshake Speakeasy in Mexico City sits on Calle Amberes in Juarez behind an unmarked door 13, ranked No. 2 on the 2025 Worlds 50 Best Bars and Best Bar in North America, with a Gatsby ground floor and a louder basement, all run by Walter Meyenberg's culinary-cocktail team.
Licoreria Limantour in Mexico City on Avenida Alvaro Obregon in Roma Norte is the two-storey art-deco cocktail room overseen by Jose Luis Leon, a fixture on the Worlds 50 Best Bars list since 2014 and No. 32 in 2024, with a new backroom drinks-library called Licoreria.
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.
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.
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.
Selva on Macedonio Alcala feels speakeasy-style behind the Andador's main facade, a 50-Best-Discovery room with Oaxacan-ingredient cocktails on a tight bar.
El Gallo Altanero in Guadalajara is the Calle Marsella speakeasy-style cocktail bar, a Colonia Americana 50 Best Discovery for agave drinks and tequila riffs.
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.
Hormiga Negra works Mexican mixology above a Centro building on 7 Oriente in Puebla, rotating the list seasonally and running local DJs until three.
Flamel, one block from Parque Santa Lucia in Merida, is a Prohibition-themed speakeasy whose author cocktails play on their names and ingredients.
TipFind it on Calle 57 between 54 and 56; it opens at 19:00 and stays open until 02:00 from Thursday to Saturday.
El Gato hides above the Remate de Paseo Montejo in Merida, a speakeasy bar playing techno and afrohouse under warm low lighting after dark.
TipClimb the discreet stairs and look for the door on the right marked with a cat symbol; the bar is closed on Mondays.
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...