Archivo Maguey - Mezcalería — Restaurant in Oaxaca

No running water and when we paid with an extra $20 so we could have a $50 note, they instead kept the $30 and acted like it was fine. Would not recommend!

Update following the interesting response from the owner: my husband and I were sober, came in for a single beer because we thought it looked cool from the pictures. There was barely anyone there as it was early afternoon and it looked like things were being prepped for the evening. We walked up to the bar when we finished our drink and asked if it was alright to pay using extra change and get a $50 note back if rather than additional change. The person who was serving us said yes, but another woman took the money from her and told her to just give us the $20 back and walked away. The water I'm talking about was in the bathroom - as in, the bathroom had no running water and therefore the toilet didn't flush and we couldn't wash our hands. Not sure who the owner thinks we are, but really earning that one...

The cocktails were good. We ordered cocktails because of the happy hour times. We asked specially because of that. In the end they charged us the normal price. We told the waiter about the happy hour promo and he told us that we should order it at the same time. Wow guy, you knew that we ordered cocktails and we asked about it. Long discussion. Finally his colleague was coming. Other discussion. I said she was lying and she said no, you are and I'll hit you. She moved her body like she really wanted to hit me. I walked away.

Wow girl, are you serious? You are working there and you became so aggressive to a client?

So it was a very bad experience in this place! There are much better places in Oaxaca where you can find friendly and...

The space in the photos is very beautiful, the rooftop must be very pleasant. Reality: rope on the door, I didn't understand why, because the space didn't have a living soul. The rooftop was not available, the employees didn't want to work either. My experience here was to stay at the door for 5 minutes waiting for someone to let us in, to find an empty space, which I soon lost the desire to order food, because it didn't seem to have a working kitchen, I drank 1 beer and left. I think that for this type of service, it is better to close the doors, because paying for electricity, employees, to have a rope at the door...