The ROEM Guide

Mexico City,
the way we live it

The places we send friends and return to ourselves — coffee, dinner, tacos, drinks, wellness and the shops worth the detour, gathered by neighbourhood.

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QUIET & LEAFY

Condesa

Circling Parque España — tree-lined streets, art deco balconies and a slower pace than its neighbours.

Coffee & Breakfast

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% Arabica

The Kyoto import that turned into a Condesa fixture — a minimal counter and a serious pour-over.

#coffee
#minimal
#pourover

Also worth a visit

Another
Buna Condesa
Cafe Milou
Felix Cafe
Hotel Condesa DF
Hule
La Americana
Lardo
Maque Condesa
Marne
Mendel
Molino El Pujol
Odette Condesa
Pisca Cafe
Quentin Amsterdam
Saint

Lunch & Dinner

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Oly

A candlelit room built around natural wine and a short, confident menu.

#dinner
#naturalwine
#intimate

Also worth a visit

Bar Nino
Botanico
Canton Mexicali
Caracol de Mar
El Tibur
Feral
Fugu
Gaba
Hugo
La Cocina del Bizco
Lindy
Malcriado

Tacos

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Maizajo

Heirloom corn, nixtamalized daily — Condesa's benchmark for a taco done properly.

#tacos
#heirloomcorn
#casual

Also worth a visit

El Greco
Los Caramelos
Tacos Don Juan
Tacos Hola Guero

Drinks

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Trampa

Low-lit and pared back, built for a glass of natural wine and easy conversation.

#naturalwine
#intimate
#evening

Also worth a visit

Caiman
Canopia
Shhh
Yage

Wellness

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Koti Condesa

A sauna-and-spa retreat tucked into the neighbourhood — slow mornings, done properly.

#sauna
#spa
#reset

Also worth a visit

Blanco Yoga
Commando
Qi
Wolf Terrace

Shopping & Experiences

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Caldo

Antiques and one-of-a-kind pieces, arranged like a room you'd actually want to live in.

#antiques
#vintage
#browsing

Also worth a visit

99 Records#vinyl
Cueva#concept
Hermanos Koumori#streetwear
Laguna Cipriene#boutique
Metta Running House Condesa#running
Motional Muse#concept
MVNDO VARON#menswear
Radical#streetwear
Sona#boutique
Traum#design
Void#artspace

Groceries

Green Corner

The everyday stop for produce, pantry staples and what the week actually needs.

#pantry
#organic
#everyday

Also worth a visit

Smart Food

WHERE THE SCENE STARTED

Roma Norte

Mexico City's food and design scene set its benchmark here, block by block — still the hardest list to keep short.

Coffee & Breakfast

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Cafe Tormenta

A steady, unfussy corner for coffee — exactly what a neighbourhood spot should be.

#coffee
#neighborhood
#morning

Also worth a visit

Buna Orizaba
Cafe Margarita
Cafe Trucha
Constela Cafe
Eno
Jellyfish
Maque
Mora Mora
Niddo
Orbita
Panaderia Rosetta
Post Córdoba
Quentin Alvaro O.
Ritmo Cafe

Lunch & Dinner

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Sarde

Wine-bar energy with a serious kitchen behind it — the kind of dinner that runs late.

#dinner
#wine
#latenight

Also worth a visit

Abrasamar
Asador Pantera
Bartola
Choza
Contramar
Em
Esca
Expendio de Maiz
Felix Pizza
Fugaz
Hanks Pizza
Hiya
Ideal
Kill Bill
La Docena
Lalo
Lotti
Maison Futari
Marmota
Martinez
Maximo Bistrot
Meroma
Mi Compa Chava
MOG Bistro
Pizza La Madonna
Propio
Rosetta
Santo
Sartoria
Ultramarinos de Mar
Voraz
Wabi

Tacos

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Tacos del Valle

Bone marrow, short rib, whatever's smoking that night — Roma's most carnivorous taco stop.

#tacos
#latenight
#meatforward

Also worth a visit

Asaderos Orozco
El Hidalguense
El Parnita
Jenni's Quesadillas
Tacos Carinito
Taqueria La Once Mil
Taqueria Orinoco

Drinks

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Bar Mauro

A serious back-bar and an even more serious cocktail list, poured without ceremony.

#cocktails
#barcounter
#classic

Also worth a visit

Biberon
Cafe de Nadie
Cafe Ocaso
Despacho Margarita
Ismo
Orbita
Petra
Roca
Rosso Speakeasy
Salon Rosetta

Wellness

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Owa Wellness

Sauna, cold plunge, the whole reset — best done with a friend.

#sauna
#spa
#reset

Also worth a visit

Gita
Nima Urban Spa
OSOM Pilates Studio
The Mat
Votion

Shopping & Experiences

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ABL Studio

Mexican-made clothing and objects, worn in rather than dressed up.

#mexicandesign
#clothing
#local

Also worth a visit

Colima 112#designstore
Fueguia 1833#fragrance
Goodbye Folk Vintage Boutique#vintage
IIIIIIIIIII Concept Store#concept
Numa#concept
Serge Basic#menswear
The Erre Vintage#vintage
Vintage Hoe#vintage

Groceries

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Mercado el 100

Roma's organic market — small producers, local growers, nothing flown in.

#organicmarket
#local
#producers

Open Sundays only.

Also worth a visit

Mora Mora Roma
Zoco Fresh

SLEEKER, QUIETER

Juárez

Sleeker and quieter than Roma or Condesa, and increasingly where the city's best new openings land.

Coffee & Breakfast

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Quentin

Minimal counters, serious coffee — reliable across every neighbourhood it's in.

#coffee
#roastery
#minimal

Also worth a visit

ARRRCO
Cafe Nin
El Minutito
Kiyo
Niddo
Tostador 1

Lunch & Dinner

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Makan

Malaysian-Mexican, sharp and spice-forward — one of Juárez's best recent openings.

#dinner
#asian
#spicy

Also worth a visit

Alboroto
Cana
Coqueto
Darosa
Fierro
Havre 77
Max Sushi Bar
Paris 16
Suppli
Taller de Ostiones
Taverna
Versalles 19
Viamonte

Drinks

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Ruido

A dark, record-driven bar built for a long night out.

#cocktails
#music
#nightout

Also worth a visit

Cananea
Fabrica Cervecera Bucareli
Handshake Speakeasy

Wellness

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Poppy Wellness Lounge

Juárez's quiet corner for a slow, unhurried hour.

#wellness
#lounge
#unwind

Shopping & Experiences

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Xinu

Natural perfumery rooted in Mexican botanicals — worth a stop for the scent alone.

#fragrance
#mexicandesign
#gifting

Also worth a visit

Campillo#boutique
Casa Denim#denim
Ikal#design
Utilitario Mexicano#homeware

A FEW GOOD STOPS

Reforma

Where the avenue's glass towers give way to a quieter, walkable stretch — a short list, chosen carefully.

Coffee & Breakfast

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Cupido

A small, well-loved corner for coffee before the neighbourhood gets going.

#coffee
#cozy
#neighborhood

Also worth a visit

Casa del Fuego
Cucurucho
Enomoto

Lunch & Dinner

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Tonchin

Tokyo-style ramen, done seriously — worth the wait for a table.

#ramen
#dinner
#casual

Also worth a visit

Elora
MO+F
Salazar

Drinks

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Tokio Music Bar

Records spinning late into the night, drink in hand.

#cocktails
#music
#nightout

Also worth a visit

Minos Sound Room

WORTH THE TRIP

Mexico City — Further Afield

Beyond the four neighbourhoods — the galleries, museums and architecture worth crossing town for. Less to eat here, more to see and do.

Art, Museums y Cool Places

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Casa Organica

Javier Senosiain's cave-like home outside the city — organic architecture with no straight lines in sight.

#architecture
#daytrip
#design

Also worth a visit

Biblioteca Vasconcelos
A vast, suspended-steel public library — worth the trip for the architecture alone.
Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo
The connected studio-houses Juan O'Gorman designed for Rivera and Kahlo, preserved as they were.
Casa Pedregal
Luis Barragán's residential landscape built into the Pedregal lava fields.
Casa Wabi Sabino
Mexico City project space for the Casa Wabi foundation's art and residency program.
Castillo de Chapultepec
The hilltop castle that's now Mexico's national history museum, with views over the whole city.
Cuadra San Cristobal (Barragan)
Luis Barragán's horse ranch and stables — pink walls, still water, his colour language at its purest.
Galeria Georgina Pounds
A smaller independent gallery space for emerging contemporary work.
Galería Kurimanzutto
One of Latin America's leading contemporary galleries — major names, serious shows.
Galería Masa
A gallery devoted to Latin American design and collectible objects.
Galería Nordenhake
The Mexico City outpost of the Berlin/Stockholm gallery — international contemporary art.
Galería OMR
Long-running contemporary gallery, one of the city's most respected.
Galería RGR
Contemporary gallery with a rotating, well-curated program.
Lago/Algo
A lakeside restaurant-and-cultural space inside Bosque de Chapultepec.
Laguna
A quieter cultural stop, easy to pair with an afternoon in the park.
MUAC
UNAM's contemporary art museum — ambitious shows, university energy, a good bookstore.
Museo Anahuacalli
Diego Rivera's volcanic-stone museum, built to house his own collection of pre-Hispanic art.
Museo Jumex
Mexico City's leading contemporary art museum, in a building as considered as what's inside it.
Museo Tamayo
Rufino Tamayo's contemporary art museum in Chapultepec — always worth checking the current show.
Nido de Quetzalcoatl
A surreal, dragon-shaped housing complex by architect Javier Senosiain — one of the city's strangest landmarks.

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