Los Amantes Mezcalería — Restaurant in Oaxaca

We took our mom here for Mother’s Day dinner. The hostess at the front of the restaurant was so rude to us, told us it was a 40 minute wait so we waited 40 minutes and came back to get our table and she said that we needed to wait another 40 minutes because we needed to go to the bar across the street to consume something. There was a group of people next to us that did not have a reservation and she gave them a table right away. DO NOT GO HERE! The hostess is so rude and completely humiliated us and ruined our dinner plans that we had waited so long to celebrate. She did not care when we told her that our mom had diabetes and needed to eat something, she just said that’s not my problem. When we had already waited a long time to get our table. Bad, horrible service! It was both hostesses that were rude, the one from the restaurant & the one from the bar. They said their names were Stephanie & Erica but they probably lied about that too!😡 Oaxaca is beautiful but people like these make you feel like never wanting to come back to visit again!! BECAUSE IF THEM, WE WILL BEVER GO...

I think that there is some confusion in the reviews stemming from the fact that the Mezcaleria is separate from the Terrace restaurant, which is a part of the Boutique Hotel which is located across the street from the Mezcaleria. The Mezcal shop or the "Mezcaleria" is a tiny, single-room bar located on the ground floor on Ignacio Allende Street. No terrace. No food. No wine. No TV. Just mezcal, a bartender, and a guitar player. It's very quaint and very old school. The mezcal is good but it is expensive. US prices. There is a very limited sitting room inside but it can be very charming when the guitar player sings a ballad while you're sipping your mezcal and quietly chatting with your better half. Pricey but may very well...

Los Amantes has a really cool vibe. It's a small but intimate setting and the staff are very knowledgeable regarding different types of mezcal and the process that goes into making it. We were lucky enough to have Said serve us and he was spectacular! He gave us tips on how to pick out different notes from our mezcal tasting flights and gave us a small slideshow presentation on how mezcal is made. He also answered any and all questions we had regarding fun places to go in Oaxaca. All in all, this place is highly...