Restaurante Catedral ★ 4.0
Restaurante Catedral one block from the cathedral runs live boleros and Mexican standards in the open courtyard most nights from 20:00, with the seven-moles menu.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Oaxaca, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Dance Clubs
Live Music in Oaxaca
Cuish (upstairs) ★ 4.3
Cuish's upstairs hall on Diaz Ordaz hosts live music, art shows and DJ nights for the Oaxacan artists-and-mezcal crowd, with the downstairs mezcaleria pouring all night.
Rooftop Bars in Oaxaca
Casa Oaxaca rooftop terrace ★ 4.5
Casa Oaxaca's rooftop on Constitucion 104-A is the sunset table looking onto Santo Domingo, with tableside guacamole, chapulines and mezcal sours at golden hour.
Los Pacos rooftop ★ 4.2
Los Pacos on Abasolo has a rooftop terrace with the seven-moles tasting board, Centro views and a pre-dinner mezcal pour, the family-friendlier evening room.
Speakeasies in Oaxaca
Selva Oaxaca ★ 4.5
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.
Lgbtq
Listening Bars in Oaxaca
Sabina Sabe ★ 4.4
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 Sabina.
Late Night Dives in Oaxaca
La Casa del Mezcal ★ 4.2
La Casa del Mezcal on Flores Magon is the 1935 cantina behind the Mercado Benito Juarez, with a long mezcal counter, a no-fuss dive feel and locals on the bar stools.