Go to Pujol. The end.
That’s the beginning and the end of my Mexico City Guide because it’s not just that the food is amazing or the service is unreal without being fussy, it’s that the type of people who want to do this type of thing—the taco omakase at Pujol—are the type of people you want to meet traveling. My 4pm Saturday reservation served as the focal point for all my activities in CDMX, and I am so happy. Pics here. As soon as you book your flights, book your table at Pujol.
For activities outside of the one restaurant, I heeded a friend’s advice and stuck to wandering just two neighborhoods, Condesa and Roma, because Mexico City is just too big to take in over three short days. I stayed in Condesa, near Chapultapec Park, in the most adorable airbnb. The rooftop studio was so amazing and local, someone stopped me and asked me for directions (ha!). Perhaps the best? The Bougainvillea. Book it here.
As a solo female traveler, I rarely stay out past dark in a massive foreign city like this one, which made dinner of wine from Valle de Guadalupe, baguette, cheese, and salami on my perfect patio the most idyllic. During the days, I walked all over Chapultapec Park. I walked the entire Amsterdam Avenue loop, stopping for drinking chocolate. I walked over to Roma and sipped coffee at Memorias de una Barista. I rented an Ecobici and got extremely lost in the wrong direction ended up on a Mexican freeway and barely made it back to Polanco (no need to hang out there, it’s basically Beverly Hills), where I had enough time before my rezzie to wander a few streets and snag a cute souvenir at a jewelry market.
I have to go back, because I didn’t see any museums, or mercados—and this is why I am calling this the worst guide to Mexico City ever! But I loved every minute of my CDMX adventure.
<<< I wore my amazing thunderbird necklace from The Pointed Arrow and felt a little geeky, but it matches the symbol of the city!