The Best Hotels to Book for Foodies in Mexico City

Experience high-end room service at the La Valise, where the in-room dining selection is delivered by one of Mexico City’s trendiest eateries. La Valise has just three guest suites, each of which is individually styled with a contrasting mix of Mexican antiques and contemporary furnishings. Book into La Terraza Suite, and your king-sized bed can be rolled onto the balcony for a night under the stars. Settle in then order Italian-style pasta to your balcony, prepared with fresh Mexican spices by the world-class team at Roma Norte’s Restaurante Rosetta.

The affluent residential district of Polanco is home to some of Mexico City’s finest culinary institutions, and you can immerse yourself in the city’s high-end food culture with a stay at Las Alcobas. Breakfast is served at Anatol, where the hotel’s head chefs Justin Ermini and Mayra Victoria prepare homemade granola and French pastries for guests. The hotel’s second restaurant, Dulce Patria, serves up a refined menu of Mexican classics prepared using seasonal and sustainably sourced ingredients.

Breakfast at Downtown Mexico is served every morning in the boutique hotel’s revamped 17th-century stone courtyard. Enjoy a fresh buffet of meats, cheese, bread and fruit before heading out to explore the Centro Historico. Return in the late afternoon to lounge on the sun-drenched rooftop terrace with a mezcal cocktail in hand, then head back down to the ground floor for dinner at Azul Historico. Downtown Mexico’s historic restaurant is known for its cochinita pibil (orange braised pork) and Oaxacan-style mole, best served with a strong sipping tequila.

Are you hungry for luxury rooms, a rooftop swimming pool and gourmet dining? Check into Hotel Hilton Reforma, where if you can’t choose between the three different hotel restaurants, you can order three different meals on room service. Breakfast is served at La Terraza Alameda, where you can also enjoy a la carte lunch and dinner menus at the hotel’s sixth-floor garden terrace. Fine cuts of premium beef are served alongside Mexican wines at Sonora Grill Prime, while Mexican dishes such as escamoles and stuffed Oaxacan chiles are served at El Cardenal.

If you’ve got a sweet tooth then check into the Hotel Hyatt Regency Mexico City, where you can spend your stay sampling artisanal pastries and traditional Mexican candies at the Amado Market. Spend the day snacking on dulce de leche while enjoying views of Chapultepec Park from the swimming pool terrace, before enjoying Mezcal cocktails and sushi rolls at the Teppan Grill. Hot pots are served at the Yoshimi restaurant, while charcoal grills are fired up every evening at Rulfo, where you can dine on Argentinian steaks and Peruvian ceviche.

Check into your luxury room at the Westin Santa Fe, Mexico City, then make your way to the hotel’s modern Market Kitchen. The restaurant’s French head chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten promotes a farm-to-table menu, where sustainably sourced produce from local suppliers is expertly turned into unique dishes. There’s salmon tartare avocado, black truffle fontina cheese pizza and pan-seared red snapper with an aromatic black bean and cilantro puree. The Westin Santa Fe, Mexico City is located within the largest shopping center in Mexico, so you’ll have hundreds more eating and drinking options right on your doorstep.

Fine dining meets five-star luxury at the Hotel Royal Pedregal in the southern suburbs of Mexico City. The hotel’s signature Tezka restaurant serves up Spanish cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with broken eggs and chorizo on the menu, alongside stuffed peppers and European-style desserts. Hotel Royal Pedregal’s Primavera Restaurant is found in the ever-busy hotel lobby, where Mexican cooking styles are blended with international ingredients. On the menu, you’ll find intriguing culinary delights such as duck tacos, salted sea bass and sweet pear strudel.

Beautifully styled and artistically designed, Hotel Carlota offers a cultural and culinary escape from the urban chaos of Mexico City. Unwind in the outdoor plunge pool or enjoy a massage at the spa, before learning how to mix mezcal cocktails with the mixologists at the Carlota bar. After pre-dinner drinks take your seat at Casa Kun, where head chef Martinez Zavala has devised a casual-yet-tasteful seafood menu of shrimp tacos, mussels and sustainably sourced fish.

31 floors of luxury hotel suites, fusion food and fine dining restaurants await you at the five-star St. Regis Mexico City. Reserve an al fresco lunch spot at the third floor Bloom Garden, where a tailor-made barbecue can be prepared outdoors by professional chefs. Inside, La Table Krug serves up an extensive eight-course menu of French dishes and champagne pairings, while the acclaimed Diana Restaurant has a contemporary Mexican menu featuring avocado pizza, roasted tuna in a mole sauce and New York steak garnished with chimichurri.