I went on a Mexico City bachelorette weekend earlier this month to celebrate one of my college friends. I had never been before but heard great things, and was not disappointed! The city is sprawlingly huge. Some areas have more of a busy city feel, while others are quiet and more like a quaint neighborhood. And the food. WOW. Mexico City is worth a visit if only for the meals you’ll experience.
I got lots of questions via Instagram about recommendations, so I’ve organized everything we did into this blog post. I’m also including additional recs that we weren’t able to fit into the long weekend.
We used Airbnb for our stay—both for the house and a couple of our activities. I’ll link directly to the house and experiences below, but if you’re new to Airbnb use THIS LINK to sign up for an account. It’ll get you $40 off a stay and give you $15 to use on an experience.
Where We Ate
Paramo
We ate here the first night. Cool spot and the tacos were amazing! We ordered a bunch of different options for the table and all dug in. Not my favorite margaritas, but the other girls liked their cocktails.
San Angel Inn
The San Angel Inn was absolutely beautiful! We went there for lunch and drinks. Eat outside in the gorgeous gardens and get the margaritas! Best margs I had all weekend. They’re also known for their ceasar salad so absolutely get that for the table. They make it tableside and it’s delicious. Might sound weird to order a ceasar salad in Mexico, but FUN FACT: the salad was invented in Tijuana.
This spot is a little on the fancier side. Felt a little awkward in a crop top as locals walked in wearing blazers and neck scarves (whoopsies haha).
Rosetta
Delicious pasta! And really cute restaurant. Indulge in all your carbohydrate dreams here.
Other Recs
- Romita Comedor – Great dinner spot, gorgeous interior.
- Lalo – Awesome for brunch. Small and no reservations so be prepared to wait if you go.
- Contramar – Great seafood, only open for lunch. Go around 2:30 and stay for a few hours. Get a table outside, people watch and have a few Cielo Rojo (spicy clamato juice with beer in it—sounds disgusting to me but came recommended haha).
- Durango 131 – Breakfast served all day long. Delicious, beautiful setting in an old French-style townhouse.
- Mero Toro – Lunch or dinner, on the Parque Mexico. Beautiful, interesting architecture in the area.
- Dulcinea – Great for lunch. Have incredible plantain tortilla warps and fish tacos.
- Parnita – Cute taco joint with local/”hip” crowd. Festive vibe, great micheladas.
What We Did
Lucha Libre
We went to a Lucha Libre (wrestling) show via an Airbnb experience. Jonny was our guide and he was the BEST. The evening started with mezcal tasting, then we got the most delicious street tacos, and headed to the show. Highly recommend!!
Frida Kahlo Museum
I mean how can you go to Mexico City and not visit Frida Kahlo’s house?! You need to pay a little extra to take pictures inside the museum, so I only have this one in the temporary Dia de los Muertos exhibit outside. But you then walk through the house she shared with Diego Rivera, room by room.
Diego Rivera had a second home in the San Angel neighborhood. If you want to see that one as well, start the day at the Blue House, then head to San Angel and see Diego’s house. When you’re done you can walk around the San Angel neighborhood and have lunch at San Angel Inn. Speaking of which …
Walked around the San Angel Neighborhood
I couldn’t get over how cute the San Angel neighborhood is! Apparently it used to be a wealthy suburb that was sort of swallowed up and surrounded by the city as it grew. Accordingly, it has more of a neighborhood feel than a city feel. It sort of reminded me of a Mexico City version of LA. Highly recommend spending some time walking around the quaint streets and parks, poking your head into some stores, and having lunch at the San Angel Inn (see above).
Cooking Class
This cooking class was an Airbnb experience. It was really cool and I loved our guide, Jesus. It was very long though (5 hours instead of the advertised 3), so I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it. I think if you did it with a smaller group, it’d be great, but we were *starving* by the time we actually got to eat something.
Maybe skip the cooking class and just grab lunch there though because everything was delicious. They don’t have a menu, you just show up, tell them if you have any allergies, and they take care of the rest. The kitchen is open so you can watch them make everything. Name of the place is Expendio de Maiz.
Where We Went Out for Drinks
The first two nights, we had drinks at dinner but then just went back to our Airbnb afterwards because we’re in our 30s and were tired lol. Saturday night, however, we let our (gray) hair down and went out.
Limantour
After our Lucha Libre excursion, we went to Limantour for a couple cocktails before heading out to a club. I got a watermelon cocktail that was out of this world, and everyone loved their drink order. Great spot for a few cocktails!
AM
Our guide for the Lucha Libre excursion recommended we go here. It was an intense nightclub. Think trance music, flashing lights, the bouncers will take the case off your cell phone to check for drugs—that kind of nightclub lol. It wasn’t quite the scene we were looking for so we walked next door …
Loft
Loft didn’t come recommended, but it happened to be right next to AM and was perfect! A more casual bar, they played awesome music and had tvs everywhere showing the corresponding music video. I spotted a beer bong behind the bar and they let us funnel beers (yes, very sanitary, I know). Basically it was the perfect spot to behave like we were back in college. Not super conducive to dancing, but we turned one corner of the bar into our own little dance floor.
Other Recs
- MN Roy – Cool nightclub that’s apparently hard to get in to, but worth it if you can.
- Bar Jules – Good bar in Polanco area. It’s a speakeasy and you enter in through the refrigerator in the kitchen.
- DOWNTOWN Hotel – Cool hotel with a beautiful rooftop bar and pool.
Where We Stayed in Mexico City
We stayed in an Airbnb in the Roma Sur neighborhood and it was absolutely perfect for a big group. The indoor-outdoor design was beautiful and everything was modern and clean. Here is the link to the exact listing on Airbnb. If you’re new to Airbnb, however, use this link to first sign up for an account. It’ll get you $40 off your first stay.
The Roma neighborhood used to be very upscale, but was hit hard by an earthquake and fell into decline. In recent years, it’s seen a surge of gentrification and is now considered to be a trendy hipster area.
Regardless of where in the city you stay, getting around via Uber is super easy (and cheap!).
Have you been to Mexico City—for a bachelorette or otherwise? If you have any recommendations to add to this list, leave a comment! 🙂
Speaking of Mexico … I also have a travel guide for Tulum. Check it out!
