Guidebook for Mexico City

Luis Manuel
Luis Manuel
Guidebook for Mexico City

Food Scene

Great gilled food, also has vegan options.
Pepito Bonito
Great gilled food, also has vegan options.
Very good quality over price.
El Globo Sinatel
Very good quality over price.
A chain restaurant, great quality food with mexican traditional dishes.
11 locals recommend
Toks
83 Municipio Libre
11 locals recommend
A chain restaurant, great quality food with mexican traditional dishes.
Amazing specialty coffee shop and roasters in the historic borough of Del Carmen, Coyoacan. An excellent choice to try mexican beans.
54 locals recommend
Café Avellaneda
40-A Higuera
54 locals recommend
Amazing specialty coffee shop and roasters in the historic borough of Del Carmen, Coyoacan. An excellent choice to try mexican beans.
Scandinavian style café where you can try specialty coffee beans from Mexico, South and Central America, Ethiopia, Java, etc.
58 locals recommend
Qūentin Café
67a Amsterdam
58 locals recommend
Scandinavian style café where you can try specialty coffee beans from Mexico, South and Central America, Ethiopia, Java, etc.
Excellent bakery. A mixed of french and mexican style.The quiche is delicious and every single bread has its own unique flavor. You must try the pulque bread and the meringue.
243 locals recommend
Panadería Rosetta Havre
73 Havre
243 locals recommend
Excellent bakery. A mixed of french and mexican style.The quiche is delicious and every single bread has its own unique flavor. You must try the pulque bread and the meringue.
Trendy coffee shop with great atmosphere and an awesome selection of mexican specialty coffee beans.
55 locals recommend
Almanegra Café
420-A Av. Universidad
55 locals recommend
Trendy coffee shop with great atmosphere and an awesome selection of mexican specialty coffee beans.
One of the best bakeries in the city. You have to try the bicolor croissant.
Bakers
50 Avenida M. Á. de Quevedo
One of the best bakeries in the city. You have to try the bicolor croissant.
Truly delicious cakes.
23 locals recommend
Pasteleria Caramel
55 Londres
23 locals recommend
Truly delicious cakes.
Nice steakhouse restaurant with good buffet. Excellent for breakfast or meal.
11 locals recommend
La Vida Argentina
953 Av. Insurgentes Sur
11 locals recommend
Nice steakhouse restaurant with good buffet. Excellent for breakfast or meal.
Small café with great atmosphere. The mocha is fantastic.
12 locals recommend
CAFÉ NEGRO
16 Centenario
12 locals recommend
Small café with great atmosphere. The mocha is fantastic.
Cheap/great quality café.
Maneken cafe
905 Av. Cuauhtémoc
Cheap/great quality café.
Dogos (hot dogs) 100% Sonora style.
El Moustron
1205 Esperanza
Dogos (hot dogs) 100% Sonora style.
Food from the Huasteca Veracruzana. You should try the Zacahuil if you have the chance, a very unique tamal.
20 locals recommend
El Beso Huasteco
146 Córdoba
20 locals recommend
Food from the Huasteca Veracruzana. You should try the Zacahuil if you have the chance, a very unique tamal.
A chocolate store with great creations made with mezcal, pulque, chapulin, etc. The truffles are so worth it.
Qué Bo!
30 Isabel La Católica
A chocolate store with great creations made with mezcal, pulque, chapulin, etc. The truffles are so worth it.
Great quality tacos.
15 locals recommend
El Califa
654 Avenida Universidad
15 locals recommend
Great quality tacos.
The selva negra cake is delicious. Their specialty is the pastries with nata (milk cream), the Rosca de Reyes is only seasonal (in January) and it's a must try.
24 locals recommend
PASTELERIA SUIZA
7 Parque España
24 locals recommend
The selva negra cake is delicious. Their specialty is the pastries with nata (milk cream), the Rosca de Reyes is only seasonal (in January) and it's a must try.
Cosy café, really nice for a morning snack or mid day break in the jewish neighborhood.
97 locals recommend
Chiquitito Café
232 Alfonso Reyes
97 locals recommend
Cosy café, really nice for a morning snack or mid day break in the jewish neighborhood.
Delicious french bakery. In Christmas time they have the Christmas Log (Tronco Navideño), simply amazing.
30 locals recommend
La Bohême
219 C. Querétaro
30 locals recommend
Delicious french bakery. In Christmas time they have the Christmas Log (Tronco Navideño), simply amazing.
A small gourmet market in an old house in the beautiful area of San Angel.
34 locals recommend
Mercado del Carmen
5 C. de la Amargura
34 locals recommend
A small gourmet market in an old house in the beautiful area of San Angel.
Trendy gourmet market with good options.
128 locals recommend
Mercado Roma station
227 C. Querétaro
128 locals recommend
Trendy gourmet market with good options.
Just in front of Parque Alameda Central. Butcher's and Son is a great choice to eat and the rooftop restaurant has a great view.
47 locals recommend
Barrio Alameda
9 Calle Dr Mora
47 locals recommend
Just in front of Parque Alameda Central. Butcher's and Son is a great choice to eat and the rooftop restaurant has a great view.
Very tasty libanese buffet. It can be a little bit spicy.
La Nueva Libanesa
1111 Dr José María Vertiz
Very tasty libanese buffet. It can be a little bit spicy.
Very nice and balanced libanese buffet.
8 locals recommend
El Sheik
129 C. Madrid
8 locals recommend
Very nice and balanced libanese buffet.
Food from la Huasteca Hidalguense. The enchiladas here are amazing and it's an all you can eat dish. They have around 6 different sauces, you can either have them with standard tomato sauce or a very hot one.
El Mercado Huasteco
449 Cumbres de Maltrata
Food from la Huasteca Hidalguense. The enchiladas here are amazing and it's an all you can eat dish. They have around 6 different sauces, you can either have them with standard tomato sauce or a very hot one.
Great food from Oaxaca. Try the Tlayuda.
11 locals recommend
Doña Lulá
639 Avenida M. Á. de Quevedo
11 locals recommend
Great food from Oaxaca. Try the Tlayuda.
Gourmet market close to the metropolitan theatre.
25 locals recommend
Mercado Independencia
40 Av Independencia
25 locals recommend
Gourmet market close to the metropolitan theatre.
Lovely restaurant with outdoor sitting in Coyoacan main park. The food is great here, mainly from Oaxaca. The escamoles (ant eggs) are really nice, and there's a corn pie glazed with cajeta (burned milk) and mezcal, totally worth it.
75 locals recommend
Corazón de Maguey
9A Parque Centenario
75 locals recommend
Lovely restaurant with outdoor sitting in Coyoacan main park. The food is great here, mainly from Oaxaca. The escamoles (ant eggs) are really nice, and there's a corn pie glazed with cajeta (burned milk) and mezcal, totally worth it.
Spanish cuisine.
Cassatt
118 Cáliz
Spanish cuisine.
Good and cheap mexican food chain restaurant. Hugely popular, famous for the pozole. It might be crowded and you'll possibly be on queue.
165 locals recommend
La Casa De Toño
7 Dolores
165 locals recommend
Good and cheap mexican food chain restaurant. Hugely popular, famous for the pozole. It might be crowded and you'll possibly be on queue.
Amazing traditional food from Veracruz.
8 locals recommend
La Fonda del Recuerdo
170 C. Río Lerma
8 locals recommend
Amazing traditional food from Veracruz.
Great coffee.
14 locals recommend
Guapo Café
42 Georgia
14 locals recommend
Great coffee.
Very good specialty coffee shop with vintage decor.
142 locals recommend
Restaurante La Casa de Toño
144 Londres
142 locals recommend
Very good specialty coffee shop with vintage decor.
Nice food court.
92 locals recommend
Comedor Lucerna
51 C. Lucerna
92 locals recommend
Nice food court.
A beer garden and downstairs is a bakery/store with german products.
13 locals recommend
Nibelungengarten - Restaurante Alemán
1024 Dr José María Vertiz
13 locals recommend
A beer garden and downstairs is a bakery/store with german products.
The most popular churrería in Mexico city.
101 locals recommend
El Moro
42 Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas
101 locals recommend
The most popular churrería in Mexico city.
Nice italian food.
Cafe Torino
1778 Av. Universidad
Nice italian food.
Good Chinese buffet.
Long Du
980 Avenida M. Á. de Quevedo
Good Chinese buffet.
Nice asian/mexican mixed food.
Café Kowloon
2800 Col Av. División del Nte.
Nice asian/mexican mixed food.
7 locals recommend
Little Caesar's
1361 Avenida Presidente Plutarco E. Calles
7 locals recommend
Restaurant of the renowned mexican chef Enrique Olvera. Ranked number 13 in world's 50 best.
185 locals recommend
Pujol
133 Tennyson
185 locals recommend
Restaurant of the renowned mexican chef Enrique Olvera. Ranked number 13 in world's 50 best.
Restaurant owned by chef Jorge Vallejo. Ranked number 11 in world's 50 best.
112 locals recommend
Quintonil
55 Av. Isaac Newton
112 locals recommend
Restaurant owned by chef Jorge Vallejo. Ranked number 11 in world's 50 best.
Amazing bakery.
Sucre i Cacao
57 Augusto Rodin
Amazing bakery.
Great chocolate store.
24 locals recommend
Tout Chocolat
154 Amsterdam
24 locals recommend
Great chocolate store.
Good coffee shop near xochimilco.
Inka Yani
1802 Av. Cafetales
Good coffee shop near xochimilco.
Nice coffee shop in Ciudad Universitaria.
Los baristas
Nice coffee shop in Ciudad Universitaria.
Nice food court.
24 locals recommend
MercadoRoma Coyoacán
353 Avenida M. Á. de Quevedo
24 locals recommend
Nice food court.

Arts & Culture

In the Cenart there's always plays, jazz music festivals and other cultural events, most are for free. You'll also find a Cinemex if you're up to watch a movie.
82 locals recommend
Centro Nacional de las Artes
79 Av. Río Churubusco
82 locals recommend
In the Cenart there's always plays, jazz music festivals and other cultural events, most are for free. You'll also find a Cinemex if you're up to watch a movie.
Frida Kahlo's house, better know as Casa Azul, where you can grasp the life and work of this iconic woman.
1102 locals recommend
Museo Frida Kahlo
247 Londres
1102 locals recommend
Frida Kahlo's house, better know as Casa Azul, where you can grasp the life and work of this iconic woman.
Beautiful museum of art and design with garments, furniture and paintings from the XVI to XIX century. There's also temporal expos of contemporary artists (Tim Burton's work was displayed here).
169 locals recommend
Museo Franz Mayer
45 Av. Hidalgo
169 locals recommend
Beautiful museum of art and design with garments, furniture and paintings from the XVI to XIX century. There's also temporal expos of contemporary artists (Tim Burton's work was displayed here).
A museum of chocolate! If you want to learn more about varieties and how it's made is really cool.
68 locals recommend
Museo Mucho chocolate
45 C. Milan
68 locals recommend
A museum of chocolate! If you want to learn more about varieties and how it's made is really cool.
Museum of Popular Art, showcasing the handcrafts and cultural richness of the different artisan regions in Mexico.
168 locals recommend
Museo de Arte Popular
11 Revillagigedo
168 locals recommend
Museum of Popular Art, showcasing the handcrafts and cultural richness of the different artisan regions in Mexico.
Free museum with an amazing and diverse collection of art. Owned by the businessman Carlos Slim.
737 locals recommend
Museo Soumaya
Boulevard Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
737 locals recommend
Free museum with an amazing and diverse collection of art. Owned by the businessman Carlos Slim.
The house where communist Leon Trotsky lived in his exiled until his dead. It is preserved the way he used to live and also has the marks of the attacks he suffered.
243 locals recommend
Leon Trotsky House Museum
410 Av. Río Churubusco
243 locals recommend
The house where communist Leon Trotsky lived in his exiled until his dead. It is preserved the way he used to live and also has the marks of the attacks he suffered.
Known library by it's architecture.
140 locals recommend
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
S/N Eje 1 Nte.
140 locals recommend
Known library by it's architecture.
Mexico's main library in the historic square La Ciudadela.
41 locals recommend
Biblioteca Mexico
4 De La Ciudadela
41 locals recommend
Mexico's main library in the historic square La Ciudadela.
Diego Rivera's museum.
165 locals recommend
Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum
150 Museo
165 locals recommend
Diego Rivera's museum.
Museum of the light rails in Mexico.
Museo del Sistema de Transportes Eléctricos
Municipio Libre
Museum of the light rails in Mexico.
An important concert hall.
102 locals recommend
Teatro Metropolitan
90 Avenida Independencia
102 locals recommend
An important concert hall.
Art from Mexico during the XVI century to the 1950's. Also home of important international exhibits.
300 locals recommend
Museo Nacional de Artes
8 Calle de Tacuba
300 locals recommend
Art from Mexico during the XVI century to the 1950's. Also home of important international exhibits.
Museum dedicated to the wars held in Mexico. The landmark was an important spot during the war against the US.
122 locals recommend
Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones
s/n 20 de Agosto
122 locals recommend
Museum dedicated to the wars held in Mexico. The landmark was an important spot during the war against the US.
Museum in the middle of Chapultepec forest. Built by a viceroy, it used to be a military school and the house of Maximilian and some presidents until Lazaro Cardenas moved to Los Pinos.
1163 locals recommend
Chapultepec Castle
1163 locals recommend
Museum in the middle of Chapultepec forest. Built by a viceroy, it used to be a military school and the house of Maximilian and some presidents until Lazaro Cardenas moved to Los Pinos.
Now open to the public, used to be the home of all the presidents from Lazaro Cardenas to Peña Nieto and also it was the offices to the Estado Mayor Presidencial (the main security corps of the president).
44 locals recommend
Complejo Cultural Los Pinos
S/N Av. Parque Lira
44 locals recommend
Now open to the public, used to be the home of all the presidents from Lazaro Cardenas to Peña Nieto and also it was the offices to the Estado Mayor Presidencial (the main security corps of the president).
Very important theatre with great production plays and musicals.
73 locals recommend
Metrobus Teatro insurgentes
Avenida Insurgentes Sur
73 locals recommend
Very important theatre with great production plays and musicals.
Historic cultural center.
93 locals recommend
Museo Universitario del Chopo
10 Calle Dr. Enrique Gonzalez Martinez
93 locals recommend
Historic cultural center.
Theater displaying the latin american version of 'les miserables' play.
88 locals recommend
Teatro Telcel
386 Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
88 locals recommend
Theater displaying the latin american version of 'les miserables' play.

Parks & Nature

A beautiful and small Japanese park.
17 locals recommend
Parque Masayoshi Ohira
Corredores
17 locals recommend
A beautiful and small Japanese park.
One of the most iconic parks in Mexico City, right next to the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
338 locals recommend
Alameda Central
s/n Avenida Hidalgo
338 locals recommend
One of the most iconic parks in Mexico City, right next to the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
417 locals recommend
Parque España
417 locals recommend
The biggest park in Mexico city, full with cultural venues, museums and the zoo.
943 locals recommend
Bosque de Chapultepec
943 locals recommend
The biggest park in Mexico city, full with cultural venues, museums and the zoo.
Nice park surrounded with gorgeous colonial houses. There are local artists and painters on the weekends.
48 locals recommend
Plaza San Jacinto
no. 16 Plaza San Jacinto
48 locals recommend
Nice park surrounded with gorgeous colonial houses. There are local artists and painters on the weekends.
The main square in Coyoacan.
8 locals recommend
Parque Centenario
Parque Centenario
8 locals recommend
The main square in Coyoacan.
A beautiful french like garden.
Jardin de Santiago
Avenida Ricardo Flores Magón
A beautiful french like garden.

Drinks & Nightlife

A jazz venue and good desserts, generally has cover.
10 locals recommend
El Convite fonda y café
79 Bis Ajusco
10 locals recommend
A jazz venue and good desserts, generally has cover.
Mexican craft beers. Great price/quality.
Taberna Calacas
1002 Eje Vial 8 Sur
Mexican craft beers. Great price/quality.
One of the biggest jazz venues in the city, perfect for dining and having some drinks. It tends to be crowded so its advisable to make a reservation. Also generally has cover.
151 locals recommend
Parker & Lenox
100 C. Milan
151 locals recommend
One of the biggest jazz venues in the city, perfect for dining and having some drinks. It tends to be crowded so its advisable to make a reservation. Also generally has cover.
Revolving restaurant in the top of the WTC. It has an excellent view of the city while you can enjoy a cup of wine and live music.
63 locals recommend
Bellini
38 Montecito
63 locals recommend
Revolving restaurant in the top of the WTC. It has an excellent view of the city while you can enjoy a cup of wine and live music.
Great place for some tequila, mezcal or a nice cocktail. Mexican redefined dishes. Some nights there's mariachi.
64 locals recommend
La No. 20
10 Andrés Bello
64 locals recommend
Great place for some tequila, mezcal or a nice cocktail. Mexican redefined dishes. Some nights there's mariachi.
Nice rock pub in Condesa.
29 locals recommend
Celtics Pub Irlandés Condesa
37 Av. Tamaulipas
29 locals recommend
Nice rock pub in Condesa.
Popular bar with live music.
28 locals recommend
La Chilanguita
895 Av. de los Insurgentes Sur
28 locals recommend
Popular bar with live music.
Nice place to dance salsa.
41 locals recommend
La Bodeguita del Medio
37 Cozumel
41 locals recommend
Nice place to dance salsa.
Small and nice disco.
22 locals recommend
Love Polanco
290 / A Campos Elíseos
22 locals recommend
Small and nice disco.
Nice bar and good music, the club is upstairs and opens late night.
205 locals recommend
Salon Pata Negra
30 Av. Tamaulipas
205 locals recommend
Nice bar and good music, the club is upstairs and opens late night.
International beers and some commercial mexican craft beer. A large selection of porters, IPAs and stouts.
KROX INTERNATIONAL BEER
85 Av. Río Churubusco
International beers and some commercial mexican craft beer. A large selection of porters, IPAs and stouts.

Entertainment & Activities

Cultural space dedicated to preserve, restore and showcase film collections. There's public access to some libraries and video collections; temporal expos of important national and international film icons; and the promotion of alternative cinema.
282 locals recommend
Cineteca Nacional de Mexico
389 Av. México Coyoacán
282 locals recommend
Cultural space dedicated to preserve, restore and showcase film collections. There's public access to some libraries and video collections; temporal expos of important national and international film icons; and the promotion of alternative cinema.
Home of the Pumas UNAM football team, the main and most important university in Mexico. Here it was held the inauguration for the olympics in 68' and has a mural made by Diego Rivera.
87 locals recommend
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
S/N Av. de los Insurgentes Sur
87 locals recommend
Home of the Pumas UNAM football team, the main and most important university in Mexico. Here it was held the inauguration for the olympics in 68' and has a mural made by Diego Rivera.
Home of the mexican grand prix and some of the biggest music festivals.
76 locals recommend
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
S/n Viaducto Río de la Piedad
76 locals recommend
Home of the mexican grand prix and some of the biggest music festivals.
The most famous stadium in Mexico, home of Aguilas del América football team.
109 locals recommend
Aztec Stadium
3465 Calz. de Tlalpan
109 locals recommend
The most famous stadium in Mexico, home of Aguilas del América football team.
The main venue of the mexican wrestling.
197 locals recommend
Arena México
189 Dr. Lavista
197 locals recommend
The main venue of the mexican wrestling.
Nice cinema with international films. A good option to see something different from a blockbuster.
6 locals recommend
Cinemanía Loreto
46 Altamirano
6 locals recommend
Nice cinema with international films. A good option to see something different from a blockbuster.
Drive-in cinema with a series of classic films.
Autocinema Coyote
1729 Av. de los Insurgentes Sur
Drive-in cinema with a series of classic films.
236 locals recommend
Zoológico de Chapultepec
s/n Calz. Chivatito
236 locals recommend
Small aquarium owned by grupo Carso.
272 locals recommend
Acuario Inbursa
386 Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
272 locals recommend
Small aquarium owned by grupo Carso.
185 locals recommend
Six Flags Mexico
Km 1.5 Carr. Picacho-Ajusco
185 locals recommend

Shopping

FCE is the most important bookstore in Mexico related to latin american and international social text books, essays and literature.
10 locals recommend
Fondo de Cultura Economica Octávio Paz Library
115 Avenida M. Á. de Quevedo
10 locals recommend
FCE is the most important bookstore in Mexico related to latin american and international social text books, essays and literature.
The biggest antique market within the city.
6 locals recommend
Tianguis Dominical De Antiguedades "Lagunilla"
66 González Bocanegra
6 locals recommend
The biggest antique market within the city.
Candy market where you can find the most traditional mexican candies.
Mercado de dulces
S/N Circunvalación
Candy market where you can find the most traditional mexican candies.
High-end mall in Polanco.
479 locals recommend
Antara Fashion Hall
843-B Av. Ejército Nacional Mexicano
479 locals recommend
High-end mall in Polanco.
Medium-high mall.
274 locals recommend
Oasis Coyoacan
1770 Avenida M. Á. de Quevedo
274 locals recommend
Medium-high mall.
Unique pieces and hand mande shoes.
20 locals recommend
Goodbye Folk Vintage Boutique
55 Córdoba
20 locals recommend
Unique pieces and hand mande shoes.
Only opens on Saturday. The Bazaar Sábado is a high-end handcrafts market with incredible products.
130 locals recommend
Bazaar Saturday
11 Pl. San Jacinto
130 locals recommend
Only opens on Saturday. The Bazaar Sábado is a high-end handcrafts market with incredible products.
Beautiful bookstore with a café and outdoor sitting.
75 locals recommend
Cafebrería El Péndulo Roma
86 Av. Álvaro Obregón
75 locals recommend
Beautiful bookstore with a café and outdoor sitting.
Tradtional Market
25 locals recommend
Portales Market Area 30
Calzada Santa Cruz
25 locals recommend
Tradtional Market
Traditional crafts market
369 locals recommend
Ciudadela Park
José María Morelos
369 locals recommend
Traditional crafts market

Essentials

7 Eleven Ermita y Sur 69
108 Sur 69-B
24h convenience and drug store.
FARMACIA GUADALAJARA Sinatel Delg Iztapalapa
203 Eje 8 Sur
24h convenience and drug store.
Highly recognized private hospital with a great variety of specialists and high tech.
8 locals recommend
Hospital San Ángel Inn
601 Av. Río Churubusco
8 locals recommend
Highly recognized private hospital with a great variety of specialists and high tech.
Small hospital with some specialities.
Sanatorium San Agustin
272 Ermita Iztapalapa
Small hospital with some specialities.
Cheap medical consults for common treatments. The products are generic drugs here.
8 locals recommend
Farmacias Similares
116 C. Pensilvania
8 locals recommend
Cheap medical consults for common treatments. The products are generic drugs here.