9 of the best · Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City After Dark: Speakeasies, Mezcal and Mariachis
Licorería Limantour in Roma, Handshake in Juárez, mezcal at Tlecān, the Belle Époque Bar La Ópera and the mariachis of Plaza Garibaldi.
Our 9 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three Mexico City addresses we keep going back to: the Templo Mayor at opening time, lunch at Contramar and a night of mariachis at the Salón Tenampa.
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Roma’s cocktail institution
Licorería Limantour
The cocktail bar on Álvaro Obregón that put Roma on the world’s drinks map.
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Belle Époque since 1895
Bar La Ópera
Gilded ceilings, walnut booths and a famous bullet hole: the Centro’s grand old bar on 5 de Mayo.
Av. 5 de Mayo 10, Centro Histórico, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
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Mariachis at your table
Salón Tenampa
The cantina of Plaza Garibaldi, its walls painted with the legends of Mexican song, where mariachis play table by table.
Plaza Garibaldi 12, Centro, 06010 CDMXExplore View on map
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Cocktail bars 5
Roma, Juárez and Condesa.
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A speakeasy in Juárez
Handshake Speakeasy
A small, polished speakeasy in Colonia Juárez, for precise, inventive cocktails.
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Roma’s cocktail institution
Licorería Limantour
The cocktail bar on Álvaro Obregón that put Roma on the world’s drinks map.
Mezcal 1
From small producers.
Cantinas and mariachis 3
The old bars of the Centro.
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Belle Époque since 1895
Bar La Ópera
Gilded ceilings, walnut booths and a famous bullet hole: the Centro’s grand old bar on 5 de Mayo.
Av. 5 de Mayo 10, Centro Histórico, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
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UNESCO-listed music
Plaza Garibaldi
The square of the mariachis, north of Bellas Artes, where bands in charro suits wait to be hired, day and night.
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Mariachis at your table
Salón Tenampa
The cantina of Plaza Garibaldi, its walls painted with the legends of Mexican song, where mariachis play table by table.
Plaza Garibaldi 12, Centro, 06010 CDMXExplore View on map
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