Xaman Bar — Restaurant in Mexico City

tldr seems like we were socially profiled.

Our reservation was for 9:30pm on a Saturday night, we arrived on time and there were two empty tables. The waiter greeted us and was gesturing towards the seating beside the DJ booth. We didn’t want to sit near the DJ booth as it was too loud, so we asked to sit at one of the empty tables. The waiter said no because those were for parties of 3.

We understood and proceeded to sit at the bar. 5-10 minutes later, we look back and see both tables occupied by parties of 2. We were obviously not happy about this but still proceed to our our drinks.

By 10:15, our drinks still had not arrived. We thought it was maybe because they were understaffed but we counted three waiters. We therefore look at the two tables of parties of 2 (who for sure arrived after us), and they both had received their drinks. We walked out after not receiving our drinks as the wait had been so long by then.

Maybe I’m just salty from my experience but the bar also looked like a regular speakeasy. Have been to a bunch of speakeasy’s in Mexico City all with...

My gf and I came here on a Wednesday night, let me preface with we didn’t plan on coming here- we initially had a reservation at Licoreria Limantour (their sister bar) but it was temporarily closed for some reason so they offered us a reservation here instead.

It’s not easy to find from the outside, we kind of looked lost and the door guys asked us if we were looking for Xaman bar.

The atmosphere is very dark and very loud with music, they do have a DJ. This service was kind of hit or miss, sometimes it felt great, other times we sat with empty drinks looking for servers. The presentation of all the cocktails are all visually nice. I first ordered a margarita because I couldn’t figure out what to get, wasn’t a big fan. My second drink was the Amanza Guapos, which I did like, it was an orange flavored drink.

I do feel like this is a bar very targeted towards Americans, like this is something I’d expect in LA or New York, which makes sense on the location because it’s right next to a very...

This is located across the street from the Marriott, you'll probably pass by it multiple times and not see it since there's no sign indicating that there's a bar downstairs (speakeasy vibes). I along with my friend stopped by here on a recommendation from a bartender on a Saturday night. The vibe is very dark and mysterious but not creepy, it gives a romantic vibe or hanging out with friends. They have a live DJ who played a house mix, and there's space to dance if you want (I did not partake in that). You'll need to speak loudly/yell if you're with someone, so keep that in mind.

I got the Mochuelo which was by far my favorite drink of then night, it is Campari, Havana 7 Rum, pineapple juice with mint and natural syrup. It had just enough tartness to make me feel like it was grapefruit juice, which I love. My friend enjoyed their drink as well. I would've ordered more but it was the end of the night, but I'll be sure to go...