Guidebook for Ciudad de México

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Guidebook for Ciudad de México

Food Scene

Fresh fruit and juices and nice breakfast from organic farms.
Mexican food at its finest. Pricey but a nice place to experience sophisticated mexican cuisine.
128 locals recommend
El Cardenal Alameda
70 Av. Juárez
128 locals recommend
Mexican food at its finest. Pricey but a nice place to experience sophisticated mexican cuisine.
A must if you're into tacos. They serve beef, pork chops, cow tongue and so on. If you're vegetarian there are beans, potatoes and nopales to make your own taco. Fruit juices available!
El Progreso
30a C. Maestro Antonio Caso
A must if you're into tacos. They serve beef, pork chops, cow tongue and so on. If you're vegetarian there are beans, potatoes and nopales to make your own taco. Fruit juices available!
A classic for draft beer and nice food. Try octopus tacos or tortas (sandwich); salpicón (shredded meat) tacos al pastor (pork that resembles kebab) and so on.
79 locals recommend
Salón Corona
24 Calle de Bolívar
79 locals recommend
A classic for draft beer and nice food. Try octopus tacos or tortas (sandwich); salpicón (shredded meat) tacos al pastor (pork that resembles kebab) and so on.
A classic place for breakfast, waiters and place are still living in a past time. Nice place.
Café La Blanca
No. 40 Av. 5 de Mayo
A classic place for breakfast, waiters and place are still living in a past time. Nice place.
For hangover mornings, here they serve lamb stew in tacos and soup. Get there before 12 otherwise you're most likely to miss it.
Barbacoa Edison
60 C. Tomas Alva Edison
For hangover mornings, here they serve lamb stew in tacos and soup. Get there before 12 otherwise you're most likely to miss it.
One of the best coffees in town. It is also said that part of the Cuban Revolution was plotted here.
33 locals recommend
Café La Habana
62 Av. Morelos
33 locals recommend
One of the best coffees in town. It is also said that part of the Cuban Revolution was plotted here.
Speciality here are "tortas ahogadas" it's bread filled with pork or shrimp with a sauce on top, you can measure how hot you want it. Southwestern mMexico food. Great for hangovers too.
47 locals recommend
El Pialadero de Guadalajara
332 Hamburgo
47 locals recommend
Speciality here are "tortas ahogadas" it's bread filled with pork or shrimp with a sauce on top, you can measure how hot you want it. Southwestern mMexico food. Great for hangovers too.
Japanese expats go here, nice food!
Chaseki
21 Copenhague
Japanese expats go here, nice food!
Fresh fruits and juices.
303 locals recommend
Ojo de Agua
23C Citlaltépetl
303 locals recommend
Fresh fruits and juices.
It gathers a variety of street food under the same roof.
92 locals recommend
Comedor Lucerna
51 C. Lucerna
92 locals recommend
It gathers a variety of street food under the same roof.
Seafood tacos!
135 locals recommend
El Pescadito
38 C. Atlixco
135 locals recommend
Seafood tacos!
Seafood tacos!
18 locals recommend
El Pescadito Centro Histórico
57 Av Independencia
18 locals recommend
Seafood tacos!
Ramen and japanese food at its best.
88 locals recommend
Rokai
89 Río Ebro
88 locals recommend
Ramen and japanese food at its best.
Next to Bósforo bar you can treat yourself after or before some drinks. Nice and delicious food.
8 locals recommend
La Vitrina
31 Luis Moya
8 locals recommend
Next to Bósforo bar you can treat yourself after or before some drinks. Nice and delicious food.
This little place serves nice breakfast and food throughout the day. It serves a combination of asian and mexican food. Worth to try!
37 locals recommend
El 123
123 B C. Artículo 123
37 locals recommend
This little place serves nice breakfast and food throughout the day. It serves a combination of asian and mexican food. Worth to try!
A 20 minute walk from home, one of my favorite tacos places. Suadero tacos—most popular ones are beef cooked in fat (not the best for your health but rather delicious) and pastor (mexican version of kebab) are their signature.
8 locals recommend
Tacos El Güero
59 Manuel María Contreras
8 locals recommend
A 20 minute walk from home, one of my favorite tacos places. Suadero tacos—most popular ones are beef cooked in fat (not the best for your health but rather delicious) and pastor (mexican version of kebab) are their signature.
Serving northern mexican food, I find this place really tasty and budget friendly. Shredded pork with spices (chilorio) is one of their nicest ones.
La Tonina
27 Serapio Rendon
Serving northern mexican food, I find this place really tasty and budget friendly. Shredded pork with spices (chilorio) is one of their nicest ones.
Southeast mexican food from Yucatán serve nice food from there. Worth trying cochinita pibil and sopa de lima.
17 locals recommend
Coox Hanal
83 Isabel La Católica
17 locals recommend
Southeast mexican food from Yucatán serve nice food from there. Worth trying cochinita pibil and sopa de lima.
If you're into churros this places has a long time tradition serving them and hot cocoa too!
101 locals recommend
El Moro
42 Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas
101 locals recommend
If you're into churros this places has a long time tradition serving them and hot cocoa too!
This is a fine dining restaurant with good selection of mexican wine and more of spanish oriented food.
51 locals recommend
Amaya
95 Calle Gral. Prim
51 locals recommend
This is a fine dining restaurant with good selection of mexican wine and more of spanish oriented food.
Oyster bar for seafood lovers, next to Amaya restaurant.
12 locals recommend
Sole, Raw and Oyster Bar
95 Calle Gral. Prim
12 locals recommend
Oyster bar for seafood lovers, next to Amaya restaurant.
A chill out place to have coffee and breakfast or lunch. Nice atmosphere.
Bandini Espacio Cultural
A chill out place to have coffee and breakfast or lunch. Nice atmosphere.
This is an old timer in the neighbourhood where they serve good quality coffee and nice breakfast as well.
16 locals recommend
Gabi's Café
55 Nápoles
16 locals recommend
This is an old timer in the neighbourhood where they serve good quality coffee and nice breakfast as well.
Beef, pork chops, sausage and tongue tacos. A great place to eat with english menu. They also serve juices and fruit water.
El Progreso
30a C. Maestro Antonio Caso
Beef, pork chops, sausage and tongue tacos. A great place to eat with english menu. They also serve juices and fruit water.
This place has been serving "tortas" or Mexican sandwich for almost a century and it's a lovely small place in downtown. They serve, cheese, pork, sardines and ham for the filling topped with avocados and chipotle.
Torteria La Texcocana
87 A Av Independencia
This place has been serving "tortas" or Mexican sandwich for almost a century and it's a lovely small place in downtown. They serve, cheese, pork, sardines and ham for the filling topped with avocados and chipotle.

Drinks & Nightlife

If you fancy mezcal , this is the place. A wide variety of this spiritous drink not for the faint hearted, also serve cocktails made with it.
125 locals recommend
Bósforo
31 Luis Moya
125 locals recommend
If you fancy mezcal , this is the place. A wide variety of this spiritous drink not for the faint hearted, also serve cocktails made with it.
If you fancy some dancing with live music this is the place, there's a bar downstairs but the action is up.
Dos Naciones
If you fancy some dancing with live music this is the place, there's a bar downstairs but the action is up.
Located in a classic french building, a nice place to stop by for a beer.
Cerveceria Vizcaya
128-E Bucareli
Located in a classic french building, a nice place to stop by for a beer.
Across from home, this little bar offers nice cocktails in a relaxed art deco ambiance.
19 locals recommend
Bucardón
1 Donato Guerra
19 locals recommend
Across from home, this little bar offers nice cocktails in a relaxed art deco ambiance.
Cantinas usually serve "free" food after consumption of drinks (usually 3) and this is a nice place entrenched in China town.
9 locals recommend
Cantina "Tio Pepe"
26 Av Independencia
9 locals recommend
Cantinas usually serve "free" food after consumption of drinks (usually 3) and this is a nice place entrenched in China town.
Here you can find a good variety of local and foreign beers.
9 locals recommend
Crisanta
51 Av. de la República
9 locals recommend
Here you can find a good variety of local and foreign beers.
Burger joint with a backdoor bar where live jazz and other bands play. Check for prices to see the bands. A good place for a nightlife at Juarez neighborhood.
151 locals recommend
Parker & Lenox
100 C. Milan
151 locals recommend
Burger joint with a backdoor bar where live jazz and other bands play. Check for prices to see the bands. A good place for a nightlife at Juarez neighborhood.

Sightseeing

A nice Museum dedicated to one of the gifts Mexico has given to the world: chocolate! they also have workshops.
68 locals recommend
Museo Mucho chocolate
45 C. Milan
68 locals recommend
A nice Museum dedicated to one of the gifts Mexico has given to the world: chocolate! they also have workshops.
This is a good nice visit not far from home. The neighbourhood offers a glimpse to nice old houses dating from XIX century. Museo del Chopo is nearby as well as the geology museum.
12 locals recommend
Calle Salvador Díaz Mirón
Calle Salvador Díaz Mirón
12 locals recommend
This is a good nice visit not far from home. The neighbourhood offers a glimpse to nice old houses dating from XIX century. Museo del Chopo is nearby as well as the geology museum.
A small China town. It's 3 blocks only but nice to visit.
75 locals recommend
Barrio Chino
19 C. Artículo 123
75 locals recommend
A small China town. It's 3 blocks only but nice to visit.

Arts & Culture

It's 2 blocks from here. There's a viewing deck where you can see mostly north and west of the city.
445 locals recommend
Monument to the Revolution
s/n Pl. de la República
445 locals recommend
It's 2 blocks from here. There's a viewing deck where you can see mostly north and west of the city.
A museum specialised in photography it hosts nice exhibits throughout the year.
26 locals recommend
Centro de la Imagen
26 locals recommend
A museum specialised in photography it hosts nice exhibits throughout the year.
Film theatre near home. When there's a movie festival they tend to display international independent films.
96 locals recommend
Cinepolis
423 Av. Paseo de la Reforma
96 locals recommend
Film theatre near home. When there's a movie festival they tend to display international independent films.
National and international shows
102 locals recommend
Teatro Metropolitan
90 Avenida Independencia
102 locals recommend
National and international shows
It's a nice museum to go. It holds mexican popular arts and crafts.
168 locals recommend
Museo de Arte Popular
11 Revillagigedo
168 locals recommend
It's a nice museum to go. It holds mexican popular arts and crafts.
This place is dedicated to victims of discrimination across the world and exhibits social issues.
227 locals recommend
Memory and Tolerance Museum
8 Av. Juárez
227 locals recommend
This place is dedicated to victims of discrimination across the world and exhibits social issues.
This place has a theatre and a museum. There are murals of mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and Siqueiros. A close visit from the studio.
488 locals recommend
Bellas Artes station
488 locals recommend
This place has a theatre and a museum. There are murals of mexican artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and Siqueiros. A close visit from the studio.
The collection of this museum holds international and local contemporary artists exhibits.
287 locals recommend
Museo Jumex
303 Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
287 locals recommend
The collection of this museum holds international and local contemporary artists exhibits.
This museum is close by to Tamayo and anthropology museum and holds modern art exhibits, after you can walk to Chapultepec park for a stroll.
467 locals recommend
Museo de Arte Moderno
s/n Av. Paseo de la Reforma
467 locals recommend
This museum is close by to Tamayo and anthropology museum and holds modern art exhibits, after you can walk to Chapultepec park for a stroll.

Essentials

If you wanna get some essentials. Fruit and meat not recommended but groceries.
19 locals recommend
Bodega Aurrera Express
33 Balderas
19 locals recommend
If you wanna get some essentials. Fruit and meat not recommended but groceries.
If you wanna get some fresh fruit and vegetables this is the place. It's 6 blocks from home.
6 locals recommend
Abraham González
Abraham González
6 locals recommend
If you wanna get some fresh fruit and vegetables this is the place. It's 6 blocks from home.
Self explanatory. A train station is across from here to North of Mexico City and shuttles to Airport.
119 locals recommend
Walmart
131 Av. Insurgentes Nte.
119 locals recommend
Self explanatory. A train station is across from here to North of Mexico City and shuttles to Airport.
A supermarket to get your groceries.
513 locals recommend
Sumesa
266 Tlacotalpan
513 locals recommend
A supermarket to get your groceries.

Shopping

If you're interested in mexican handcraft souvenirs it's a good option.
369 locals recommend
Ciudadela Park
José María Morelos
369 locals recommend
If you're interested in mexican handcraft souvenirs it's a good option.
A nice designers market in an old house. You can find a big variety of clothing, furniture, jewellery and so on made by local and international designers and artists.
42 locals recommend
Bazar Fusion
37 Londres
42 locals recommend
A nice designers market in an old house. You can find a big variety of clothing, furniture, jewellery and so on made by local and international designers and artists.
They offer some restaurants, lodging, garments and souvenirs from local and international designers.
47 locals recommend
Barrio Alameda
9 Calle Dr Mora
47 locals recommend
They offer some restaurants, lodging, garments and souvenirs from local and international designers.
Here you can get a chip for your mobile.
Sanborns Antonio Caso
52 C. Maestro Antonio Caso
Here you can get a chip for your mobile.

Everything Else

A shopping centre with the usual but you can also ride the tour bus in here.
101 locals recommend
Innvictus
222 Av. Paseo de la Reforma
101 locals recommend
A shopping centre with the usual but you can also ride the tour bus in here.
Hope you don't need it but just in case.
11 locals recommend
Urologo en la Roma Hospital Ángeles
50 Calle de Durango
11 locals recommend
Hope you don't need it but just in case.
Conventions and exhibits centre just around the corner.
Expo Reforma
67 Av. Morelos
Conventions and exhibits centre just around the corner.
Drugstore
14 locals recommend
Farmacias del Ahorro
14 locals recommend
Drugstore
This laundry has a friendly staff and is nearby the studio if you wanna wash big loads.
Ami Power Whiteing
51 Calle Lisboa
This laundry has a friendly staff and is nearby the studio if you wanna wash big loads.
A convenient shipping service. National post service is next door as well.
MAIL BOXES ETC
22 Cozumel
A convenient shipping service. National post service is next door as well.