Tierra Garat Amsterdam — Restaurant in Mexico City

Honestly this is a place you should visit if you care more about ambience than how your coffee tastes.

It's not that the coffee is terrible--it's on par or better than Starbucks (and about the same price)--but with places in the neighborhood like Chiquito Café, Freims, Buna, and Aimee (to name a few), you can get a much better cup of brew for $30 pesos by walking a few blocks in almost any other direction.

That said, it is a good place for meetings or to work on a laptop, at least of you don't need a quick internet connection (it is SLOW). There is indoor seating away from the door, which will save you most of the street noise and cigarette smoke from your average Condesa hipsters (who don't seem to care about the city's smoking laws). The wood decor is very sleek, if not the most cosy, and has the added benefit of dampening the ambient noise so that you can actually have a conversation with someone.

In terms of service, I haven't been enough times to pass judgement. Once they forgot the americano I ordered, but about a minute after I reminded them, they had it ready. Given the absolutely terrible experiences I've had at other places in the City, I'd say that's probably better...

This cafe is pretty good. First, they open before everyone else, so if you're an early riser, it's perfect. The staff were friendly and spoke English, but also permitted me to struggle to use my own Spanish. (I'm learning). The drinks were good. I had an Americano and a cafe con cacao. The latter blew my mind the first time. The second time at another location it was more sweet which I didn't want. Fresh, tasty...

Good place for a coffee and pastry while catching up on emails. Nice. Peaceful. Quiet. Absolutely no street noise. The only negative point with this particular Tierra Garrat is their public wifi: it's horrendous! I'm told that in Mexico, wired internet is not as good as phone internet. The ISP in this Tierra Garat is Uninet (A...