Bar Information

Address

Havre 77, Colonia Juárez, CDMX (enter through Tacos El Padrino)

Hours

Tue–Sat: 6pm–1am
Closed Sun–Mon

Reservations

Essential — book 3 to 4 weeks ahead for weekends

Price Range

$$$ — cocktails MXN 280–380

Capacity

28 seats. One of CDMX's most intimate rooms.

Dress Code

Smart casual — no sportswear

Speakeasy World's Best Bar Hidden Gem Cocktail Bar Colonia Juárez

Reserve a Table

Reservations open 30 days in advance. Weekend tables go within hours of opening. Book early.

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Map — Colonia Juárez, Mexico City

Our Take on Hanky Panky

In 2023, the World's 50 Best Bars organisation gave its top prize to a 28-seat room hidden behind a taqueria counter in Mexico City's Colonia Juárez. The choice sent a message about where the most interesting drinking in the world was happening. It also made reservations at Hanky Panky nearly impossible to obtain.

The concept is straightforward and executed with surgical precision: you walk up to Tacos El Padrino on Havre 77, order a taco if you want one, and then tell the staff you have a reservation. A door opens and you descend into one of the best-designed small rooms in Mexico City. The ceiling is low, the lighting amber, and the bar counter is close enough that you watch every step of the drink-making process.

"In a city of great secrets, Hanky Panky is the one most worth finding."

Bar director Moe Aljaff and his team built a cocktail programme that draws from pre-Prohibition classics and re-contextualises them through Mexican ingredients. A Clover Club becomes a Clover Club CDMX — the gin replaced with tepache-washed sotol, the raspberry shrub made from local pitahaya. The reference is clear, the execution is original, and the result is better than the original cocktail in almost every way. For context on what makes Mexico City's cocktail scene so remarkable, see also our guide to Licorería Limantour — the bar that built the foundation Hanky Panky stands on.

What to Order

The Hanky Panky Classic

Their take on the pre-Prohibition original: Mexican gin, Fernet local (house-made amaro), sweet vermouth, and a grapefruit oil twist. Elegant and complex without being earnest about it.

MXN 320

Mezcal Negroni CDMX Edition

Tepeztate mezcal from the Oaxacan highlands, cocchi vermouth, local orange bitters. One of the best Negroni variations we have encountered globally. Order it and say nothing.

MXN 340

Bar Director's Selection

Tell the bartender what flavour profile you want and let them choose. This is not a gimmick — the team is among the most talented in Latin America and will deliver something you have never tasted.

MXN 360

Tepache Highball

House-fermented tepache, mezcal, ginger shrub, and tonic. The lightest drink on the menu and the best introduction if you have never drunk here before.

MXN 280