Must-see nightlife in Oaxaca City

  • Mezcaloteca

    Oaxaca City

    This swanky tasting room is by far the best place in the city to visit if you want to learn about mezcal. Not only can the staff here teach you about how…

  • Txalaparta

    Oaxaca City

    Take a vague Wild West theme, the cool menace of Reservoir Dogs and the appeal of hip-shaking cumbia sounds (music originating from Colombia) and you've…

  • Café Café

    Oaxaca City

    So good they named it twice, this clean-lined corner cafe could just as well be named 'carrot cake carrot cake' or 'mango smoothie mango smoothie.' As in…

  • La Santísima Flor de Lúpulo

    Oaxaca City

    Goodbye Corona, hello Lúpulo (meaning 'hop,' as in the plant). Oaxaca's cherished nano-brewery (that's a brewery even smaller than a microbrewery) offers…

  • Café Brújula

    Oaxaca City

    Oaxaca’s most prestigious and ubiquitous local coffee roaster uses organic beans plucked from growers in the western part of the province. The company has…

  • La Mezcalerita

    Oaxaca City

    Like most of Oaxaca's mezcalerías, this place is small, dark and rustically trendy with an atmosphere that gets friskier as the evening wears on. The…

  • Mayordomo

    Oaxaca City

    A synonym for chocolate in Oaxaco, Mayordomo has numerous branches, but the best is just south of the Mercado 20 de Noviembre. Walk in through the sweet…

  • Cafébre

    Oaxaca City

    This pleasant cafe offers a small lunch menu to pair with a wide selection of single-origin coffee, prepared in a variety of ways, depending on batch and…

  • Cuish

    Oaxaca City

    Cuish is an outlet for small organic producers making mezcal from wild agaves. Here you can book mezcal tastings or just pop in and try what's available…

  • Los Amantes

    Oaxaca City

    Squeeze into this standing-room-only bar stuffed to the rafters with peculiar knickknacks for a short sharp intro to Mexico's smokiest spirit. Friendly…

  • Sabina Sabe

    Oaxaca City

    An upscale mezcal bar with well-prepared cocktails such as mezcal mixed with ginger beer, Mexican pepperleaf and cucumber. For a tasty snack, try the blue…

  • Candela

    Oaxaca City

    Candela’s writhing Latin bands and beautiful colonial-house setting have kept it high on the Oaxaca nightlife lists for years. Get there soon after…

  • In Situ

    Oaxaca City

    A don't-miss stop on any mezcal trail, In Situ stocks a vast variety of artisanal mezcals, many of them unusual, and the owner is an encyclopedia of the…

  • Café Nuevo Mundo

    Oaxaca City

    Popular cafe with a tempting cake case, aromatic coffee and a couple of other branches dotted around the city.

  • Café del Jardín

    Oaxaca City

    The Jardín has a peerless position beneath the arches at the Zócalo's southwest corner. You come here to be serenaded by funky marimba ensembles, watch…

  • La Tentación

    Oaxaca City

    This den of live Latin music gets up a good head of steam on Friday and Saturday nights.