21 Best Hotels in Mexico City, Mexico

This boutique hotel takes sustainability seriously and makes guests feel at home on one of the quiet and quaint streets of Santa María la Ribera, not even a block from the colonia's central park. A renovated mansion with a sunny rooftop garden, it’s a great place to relax and refresh in between wanderings and adventures throughout the central part of the city. There are two tasty and health-conscious restaurants at the entrance serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so you'll have your pick each day to eat in the courtyard or your room.

It’s rare to find such an affordable and attractive guesthouse in such a popular neighborhood, much less directly on charming Avenida Amsterdam, but this clean and simply furnished inn built in the 1930s by prominent architect Francisco Serrano is a true gem, with its restored art deco architectural details, carefully chosen artwork, and airy common terrace. The light-filled room are divided between the main house and a side building. 

If your main interest for your trip is exploring the city's historic downtown, the atmospheric, colonial-style Majestic will give you a perfect location. It's also ideal for viewing the Independence Day (September 16) celebrations, for which many people reserve a room a year in advance. Rooms have heavy wooden furniture and rather generic decor. There is also a restaurant on the top floor with a wonderful view of the Zócalo.

This unassuming and exceptionally affordable guesthouse on pretty Calle Presidente Carranza, which parallels Avenida Francisco Sosa and is just a short hop from Jardín Centenario, offers pleasantly furnished rooms and public areas decorated with a carefully curated collection of contemporary Mexican art. It's set around an expansive courtyard with flowering trees and ivy-covered walls. Guests can use the well-equipped common kitchen, and although breakfast isn't available, coffee, tea, and cookies are served.

In the heart of downtown Mexico City, just behind the Catedral Metropolitana, this large hostel provides clean rooms at rock-bottom prices. The café in the entryway, which serves inexpensive pastas, sandwiches, and salads, is a great place to swap stories with fellow travelers (mostly young vacationers on a budget). The kitchen, terrace, and TV room are also natural places to strike up a conversation. If you're on a tight budget, ask about the shared rooms. Also be sure to ask about tours and weekly excursions available through the hostel.

Meant to be a business luxury experience, Hotel Beverly has more local flair than most of the hotels in the area. It's a good option for budget-conscious folks who still want classic hotel amenities, and there's a nice fine-dining restaurant on-site.

This refurbished older hotel on a busy street in the heart of downtown is a bargain, with many of the amenities of the more upscale hotels at less than half the price. Public areas sparkle with marble and glass. Guest rooms are spacious and clean, done up in neutral tones with pops of red-orange. You can get a room with a view of the namesake Catedral. If your room doesn't have a view, the small terrace is a great place to watch the sun set over the Zócalo.

Impeccably maintained since it was built in 1937, this Spanish colonial–style gem is a Mexico City classic. The building surrounds a delightful garden courtyard—the backdrop for the hotel bar. Three apartment-style master suites come complete with hot tubs. In a quiet residential neighborhood near Parque Sullivan, the hotel is close to the Zona Rosa.

The lobby of this hotel may be weighted with heavy furniture, but the rooms upstairs are bright, modern, and, most importantly, soundproofed against the traffic noise of the busy avenue below. Some large family suites are available.

This small hotel right off Parque Lincoln and not far from Chapultepec park offers an exclusive Polanco zip code at a much better price than the larger hotels nearby. Marble floors and dark-wood furniture accent the cozy lobby, which leads to five floors of tidy, carpeted rooms with flat-screen TVs and serviceable furnishings.

This clean and comfortable hotel comes with all the expected amenities as well as a rooftop pool and terrace that offers an excellent view of the Reforma Avenue skyscraper district. A hip boutique hotel it is not, but it's not one of the questionable, cheap motels that dominated the area's lodging scene for decades. It's safe and well-situated to explore the San Rafael and Cuauhtémoc neighborhoods. 

With lower rates than most properties in the corporate-centered Santa Fe district, this eight-story hotel is a great deal considering the roomy accommodations, attractive pool and fitness center, and safe and relatively quiet location. Even the one- and two-bedroom suites, with full kitchens, cost only slightly more than standard rooms. 

This comfortable, all-suites hotel right in the middle of the Reforma Avenue action is perfectly located to get you just about anywhere in the city in no time. It is within walking distance of the Zona Rosa, and some rooms offer scenic views of the nearby Monumento a la Revolución, which is lit up at night. Formerly owned by Air France, the chain maintains an aeronautical motif, with the property's geographical coordinates embedded in the lobby floor, and a mezzanine bar named Latitude. Rooms are spacious, furnished with queen- or king-size beds, marble bathrooms, sleeper sofas, and flat-screen TVs; each floor has a Premier Suite with panoramic views of Reforma Avenue.

There's a stylish lobby cocktail lounge and a restaurant that serves excellent international cuisine in this 1960s-era business hotel. Rooms have business travelers in mind, and the newly refreshed look imparts a minimalist vibe, with neutral colors and dark hardwood floors. 

A central location across from the Alameda Central is the main selling point for this property catering to business travelers on a budget. It features cordial service and clean, functional rooms decorated with black-and-white historical photographs and pops of bright colors, plus parquet floors and marble baths. A breakfast buffet is served daily in the simple Ikea-style café area on the ground floor, where the carnivalesque music of the city's ever-present organ grinders wafts in from the street. A small outdoor patio off the lobby with a (fake) ivy-covered wall is a nice place to sit and work while taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi available throughout the property.

Hidden away in a quiet spot three blocks from the hustle and bustle of the Zona Rosa, this hotel is convenient to restaurants, bars, and shops, but much more affordable than some of its more central counterparts. The rooms are fresh and clean, decorated in a bright Mexican colonial style with splashes of bright purples, oranges, yellows, and blues. Suites, suitable for up to four people, are ideal for families. The Argentine restaurant hosts tango lessons on Saturday night and serves delicious steak dishes.

The immaculate marble lobby of the modern Royal Hotel, beloved by international travelers, is filled with plants and the exuberant conversation of its guests. Spacious rooms have large bathrooms, well-equipped work areas, and interactive TVs. The rooftop terrace and pool has a fun bar and there's a buffet breakfast each morning. 

The first international chain hotel in Mexico City still has an incomparable location and exemplary service. Don Antenor Patiño, the Bolivian "Tin King," inaugurated this Mexico City classic in 1969, and named it after his granddaughter, socialite Isabel Goldsmith. The marble lobby has gleaming brass fixtures. The well-maintained guest rooms feature extra-comfy Posturepedic mattresses, goose-down (or hypoallergenic) pillows, and coffee makers, while the pricier Club rooms boast free bottled water (replenished daily) and access to the fitness center and Club lounge. Penthouse suites in the 22-story tower are extra spacious and have butler service.

An anomaly in fashionable Roma, this seven-story budget hotel built in the early 1970s won't win any prizes for its design, but with spacious if nondescript rooms, a friendly staff, and close proximity to the neighborhood's trendy restaurants and shops, it's a solid pick if you're looking to save money. The buffet breakfast costs extra but is pretty good. Try to get a room overlooking leafy Jardín Pushkin.

For families, those spending a lot of time at UNAM or in the south of the city, or visitors with a rental car who don't mind a bit of driving, this well-maintained and attractively furnished extended-stay property offers an outstanding value and a relatively quiet location at the axis of two major roads, just across the highway from the fascinating Zona Arqueológica Cuicuilco. There's a small gym and free secure parking, and the rooftop terrace is a pretty spot to watch the sunset. The feel is that of an apartment building more than it is of a hotel, but there's staff on-hand in the reception area 24/7 to assist if you need anything.

Located on a slightly busy street corner just a few blocks from charming Avenida Amsterdam, this early 20th-century inn has attractively priced, spacious rooms, some of which are interconnected with access to kitchens and can be rented together as two- or three-bedroom suites. In fact, the entire house can be rented out (it sleeps 12 total), which makes this an excellent choice for a big family or group of friends. A very tasty breakfast is included in the rates.