Mexico City: my hot take on this hot spot

A quick guide to the city everyone’s suddenly talking about!!!

Why Mexico City Works for Couples

At this point, I could be busy just writing about everywhere I’ve been in Mexico. I’ve done Guadalupe Valley, Cancun, Tulum, Cabo, Tijuana, Cozumel, Punta Cana…the list goes on. So when I say Mexico City is different, trust me I’ve done the research (and have been more than once).

San Francisco buzz that once was all about Tulum as the travel hotspot has now shifted to Mexico City. If you want romance, Michelin-star food (at all ends of the price spectrum) that will alter your brain chemistry, and a city that feels like something out of a Spanish fairytale…Mexico City is it.

Let me paint a picture for you. Leafy shady green streets, old architecture, plenty of museums, those coffee and pastry mornings you daydream about while at your 9-5, and candlelit dinners that feel so romantic without even trying. We even got massages one afternoon between wandering and eating, which just made it feel like the kind of trip where you can actually breathe (when you finally unzip your pants from eating so much).

How Long to Stay

Even though I have a lot of great things to say about Mexico City, would I recommend it for a full week? Probably not unless you want to do some serious adventuring like the hot air ballooning or ATV’ing around the pyramids (or take the uber scooter like we did haha- SO MUCH FUN). But for a long weekend? 100% yes yes yes yes yes yes.

My boyfriend and I after dinner at Pujol

My favorite place I’ve stayed in Mexico City was the St. Regis! FYI: St Regis Mexico City is all about princess treatment. They tricked our room OUT with roses and chocolate and the rooms come with a personal butler who will pack your suitcase for you… like OKAY YUP WE LOVE THAT YES.

My hotel recommendation: St. Regis in Mexico City. Extremely central to everything and unmatched service. The spa was incredible and the buffet was top-notch.

Let’s Talk Food (Because That’s the Whole Point)

Disclaimer: If you are trying to diet do not come here. Like I am not even playing with you HAHA. This city is the epitome of “we eating gooood tonight!” Guac until I feel sick, full loaded margaritas, fish, corn—corn especially. Corn. The C-O-R-N. THE CORN!

I fear if anyone has a hot take on the Mexico City corn scene it will be me. The best I had was at a spot called Em. They served the corn with salt rubbed into the husk which was laid in a fat pool of yummy yuzu butter sauce. I could’ve actually drunk the sauce. The chef watched me go feral for this, literally acting like a fool eating the sauce so he sent over extra corn HAHA. I sat in the chef’s counter seats which sits two, you absolutely need to request this as a couple. Like if you guys had a Saturday prime time dinner res in the normal seating or a Sunday kind-of-off reservation time.. I would go with the Sunday “weird time” just for these seats. And yes, I’m about to commit a food sin: I liked it more than Pujol’s corn. Which.. has been featured in Netflix’s “Chef’s Table.” Don’t cancel me. pls.

The Chef’s counter at Em

We also hit the world’s cheapest Michelin restaurant, where I literally got to make tortillas by hand and flip the beef with them sooooooo for about 0.5 seconds, I was technically a Michelin chef.

Between that and hitting one of the top-rated bars in the city (and the world) it felt like a trip made for people who love food and want the option of nightlife without having to go hard. And trust- you got the option and the nightlife is nightlifing.

A mix of different foods, including the iconic mole from Pujol and guava pastry from Panadería Rosetta

The Slower Side of CDMX

Both times I’ve been to Mexico City I did things on the slow side. My favorite was all of the museums. They’re so good we actually bought basically an entire exhibit of artwork from a prisoner whose art was featured in Roma Norte and then flew back again just to pick it up… only to realize the museum is closed on weekends. Oops lmao. Guess that means trip number three is in the cards, but honestly, we were excited to have an excuse to come again.

Artwork around Mexico City

I do think a lot of people are attracted to the vintage shopping and there is plenty. To be honest, I wasn’t as impressed with the vintage clothing scene as much as I was with the jewelry. The pieces in the shops are beautifullllll, mostly from metals, some clay.

One of the more off the beaten path activities we did was the Lucha Libre wrestling match. We were in total awe the entire match and could not stop laughing. Yes, some of the wrestling acting is *bad* but it’s truly just the experience that makes it so much fun. There were a group of guys next to us on a bachelor party getting rowdy and chanting. We loved it.

One of the craziest videos I have ever taken hahahah this was Lucha Libre.

And on that note of lively groups and fun crowds- we happened to catch the Oasis Concert when they toured September 2025. The stadium was ROARING and the traffic was not bad coming to and from albeit there were 65,000 concert goers.

The crowd at the Oasis concert

Highlights from past trips including the Oasis concert(!) and visiting the famous Biblioteca Vasconcelos

I’ve also stayed at two different hotels, and spent an entire day at the Soho House Mexico City pool. I could write a whole piece just on that property.. Soho House as a brand may be dying (I said it!), but this membership feels worth it for this spot alone.

My favorite Soho House is Mexico City. THE BUFFET IS CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

The Romantic Details

So here is where I could lose you guys but I do romanticize everything. So when it rained one afternoon, having a glass of white wine and listening to the water hit the leaves with the LOML at Contramar, and then later the whole city glowed candlelit at night having dinner at Maximo and playing street chess… I was in my feelz.

Add in the fact that Mexico City was the first weekend trip my boyfriend and I ever took together, and Mexico City for that reason will always be special for me.

I found the beauty in everything in CDMX

Corn

I’m just kidding but just know I could write a novel.

The corn I will talk about for the rest of my life, from Em

Final Word

So, bottom line? If you’re a foodie who loves a lowkey vibe, loves art and walking but still wants nightlife as an *option*, Mexico City is the moveeeeee.

Instead of planning your weekend trip rummaging through Tiktok blindly trusting an influx of CDMX info and asking ChatGPT (who no offense has never been LOL) I recommend subscribing to my blog and getting my entire weekend itinerary! I write about places to stay, museums to see, daytime activities if going with a large group, restaurants to book, etc. I go day- by day so that you don’t have to!

Full Mexico Itinerary here: (posting on 9/16/25).

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Until next time,

Goinggonemadd