Best hotels in Mexico City

Discreetly luxurious hotel on a chic avenue in the upmarket Polanco district. Las Alcobas is a member of Starwood’s Luxury Collection, but the intimate service and high design values set it apart from other chain hotels in Mexico City. Read expert review

Mexico City’s first non-chain, genuine designer-style business hotel, Habita provided a template for the future when it first opened in 2000. The shimmering white building still looks cool and contemporary, and the high level of service attracts repeat business as well as leisure travellers. Read expert review

This effortlessly stylish and friendly b&b in Mexico City’s Centro Histórico is decorated with countless potted plants and cacti, and serves fantastic Mexican breakfasts. The centrepiece is its pretty rooftop terrace lined with hammocks and overlooked by the faded yellow tower of a former convent. Read expert review

One of the trendy Condesa neighbourhood’s first designer hotels, Condesa DF is still cool enough to attract visiting pop stars and film people – past guests have included Natalie Portman, Viggo Mortensen and Alfonso Cuarón. Read expert review

A beautiful, ultra-private, three-room mansion hotel in the heart of Roma Norte, one of Mexico City’s most happening neighbourhoods. Staying here is more like staying in a very luxurious private house. Read expert review

A comfortable, classy hotel with restaurants and rooms galore that’s also played host to royalty, politicians and pop stars. With Fifty Mils, it also has one of the city’s coolest new cocktail bars, while the hearty, knockout seafood at Zanaya is anything but stuffy. Read expert review

This neo-industrial hotel is managed by the successful Habita group. Its combination of lofty, pared-down rooms, cool communal spaces and a very central location is already drawing overseas travellers away from Condesa and Roma and back to Mexico City’s renascent historic heart. Read expert review

A funky neo-industrial designer hotel within walking distance of the lively Roma district. Full of Mexican artworks and offering cool communal spaces, it’s a quirky alternative to the chains of the city. Read expert review