Casa Franca

A 4.5 score. Great venue. Lovely that is sort of hidden. Upstairs is great decor and ambiance, with many rooms. However, you need to book well in advance if you want to see the band. Otherwise they put you in the bar, where you cannot see the band. Also you need to eat with alcoholic drinks. Situated just off the chic Alvaro Obregón avenue. There is no parking available. Worth a visit, even if you're not a jazz lover. And yes it is a tad expensive.

We ordered tapas, the food was good, I recommend the garlic octopus. The drinks are good, they have a good variety. The service is good, *keep in mind that you CANT’ JUST ORDER DRINKS, you must also order food.The ambience was nice with warm lights on the tables, but the music was so loud that you had to shout to communicate.

There are probably four or five tables in the main section where the musicians are, if you want to book these, you need to book one week in advance. Otherwise, I recommend just making a reservation though you’ll probably end up in one of the side rooms. I liked the antique vibe in the rooms and the rooms are well furnished with perfect lighting for the ambience and the bar doesn’t get too crowded. The cocktails and drinks are a on the pricey side but everyone seemed to enjoy them. There are very few options if you don’t drink alcohol though. I don’t understand jazz but I like the vibe here

One of the best jazz bars in Mexico City. It gets very crowded, so it’s recommended to book in advance. There is a cover charge of 150 pesos per person, which is added to your bill at the end. The cocktails are excellent, and the atmosphere is very pleasant.

Casa Franca offers a distinctive setting in a restored mansion in La Condesa. The venue has several rooms that allow for both live music and conversation. The drink menu is varied with fair prices, the food is solid, and the overall music quality and atmosphere are consistently good.

Best Jazz in town! Tuesdays Jazz Jams are always awesome. Food - good but small and expensive. Drinks - very nice and interesting. Service - not the best. But the place and the vibe are beautiful.

This was such a mixed experience. Went twice - the first time just sat at the bar and had great cocktails. A total ‘4 star’ experience. Ambiance is great. We didn’t have reservations on the weekend and went around 830pm. We did this to check out the suitability for this venue as a family New Years Eve spot. Even though it took weeks to figure out how to make reservations from contacting various people via WhatsApp, Instagram messaging and even going in person to book with the bartender…once we actually arrived for New Years Eve at 9pm (as they advised) we had to wait outside for 30 minutes….why? They seemed so unprepared as if they’d never had an event there before. We were sat at the wrong table and asked what we ordered - huh? (we partially prepaid and pre-ordered.) The food was really bad. Most of it was cold - we sent it back, it came back still cold. The dessert was some dirt-dry chocolate inedible thing. The service took forever. We had a table full of cocktails and then food with no beverages, not even water. We had about 4 different servers trying to figure out what was going on. And the music was so perplexing. Kind of experimental jazz improv instead of some fun NYE crowd pleasers. Then some guy got on the mic at 11:50pm and talked completely missing the actual 2025 countdown. What a disaster. I could go on but overall it was a bust. One star experience… However on a regular night with normal expectations this place could be a cute option - great roof top bar and lots of potential if only they could get some half competent people to manage the place.

This place ticks all the boxes. Safe for tourists, lovely service, inventive drinks and an octopus to die for. Diana was our very attentive server for the evening. Come on Thursdays for groovy vinyl night!

Came here for random Drinks on a Saturday night. Really cool vibe with really good disco vibey music. The dj was playing straight from vinyl, which was . Service was friendly but we did need to flag the server down since we were sitting at the bar and were dancing extra a little bit. Also part of our party noticed absinthe in the menu, it took a little more time to serve properly which the server let us know it about. Overall everyone was happy. I would return again.

Fun and vibey bar/restaurant that's not so hip that you can't get in the door. The food is mostly European tapas style. Drinks and apps were good. Servers were attentive and we were seated in a cool lounge area in the back. The DJ had some good mixes but the sound was odd- specifically throwing too much bass directly into our corner making the walls buzz. When we informed the manager, he spoke to the DJ and it got worked out.

Went on jazz night but it wasn't really jazz music that was playing. It was loud drums and def not my vibe. Went upstairs and enjoyed my time there much more. Prices are not cheap. Service was ok. Drinks were delicious. There is a $150 cover.. FYI.

Terrible terrible drinks. I ordered margaritas - the national drink of Mexico With top shelf tequila and they were awful. When the waitress closed the check, she had added a series of extra charges for the cocktail beyond the upgraded tequila. I let her know the drinks were terrible and she offered to talk to the manager to remove some of the charges. She came back and the manager refused to deduct the charges but instead offered to make us a new drink. We had picked this bar because of the jazz music that night. But the jazz music was also a man with an electric keyboard (no brass instruments) so the cover charge was also pointless. And we had reached our limit so we declined and closed out the check. The space is cute but with bad music and bad bartenders I'd recommend you take your $$$ elsewhere

Is so lonely, I personally did not like the vibe, I left almost right away it just felt dark.

We liked this bistro a lot! We ordered the salmon and the snapper. In particular the snapper was served in a delicious broth. We went back for seconds! They also have delicious deserts especially the creme brûlée. The wait staff here is outstanding too. Very friendly and happy to entertain special orders. Some english spoken. Highly recommend .

The waitress showed no respect for us. She kept forgetting our orders and didn't even seem sorry about it. We waited more than one hour for our food. Some beers simply never came. Then we asked for the check and waited 45 minutes for it. When it finally came it was wrong, it included several things we had not ordered. We told her but she did not care at all, and it was another 30 minutes before we could get out of this hell. Needless to say, there was no apology. Apart from that totally incompetent waitress who should be fired immediately, the place and the music are great...

Amazing place to see live jazz music in Mexico City. The interior possessed an intimate, sultry mood. We got our own private seating area with cozy couches and beautiful window views of a central courtyard in the city. The jazz musicians were also phenomenal!

Amazing Vibe here in an old house with multiple rooms and bars. Live music was awesome talented musicians So packed we only stayed for one or two songs. We definitely will be going back tomorrow night to see whats shaking. I highly recommend this place for night life

Wow. I loved this place so much!! I went for the reviews of the jazz bar and I didn't try the place downstairs (seemed like a normal little bar), so this review is for the 2nd floor only. The 2nd floor has a terrace (where you can smoke I believe) and 2 bars, and apparently they have different rooms for seating too Although it wasn't jazz, the live music in the 2nd floor was amazing! The place is biiiiig but the music area is kinda small so you're basically seating right there with the artists. I wish I had the name of the band! I think it's a tourists' spot (as most places in Condesa, I guess) and it was pretty packed even on a Wednesday night, so get there early! but despite being so busy our server (really nice girl! forgot her name) was really helpful and checked on us at the right moment. After the show we hung out for a little and saw that they had another bar in the back, more seats and a terraza. Very nice decor everywhere. I tried 2 cocktails and the mescal and all were amazing. Actually, I think the cocktails were the best I've ever had. Sadly, I came here on my last night in Mexico so I couldn't come back but if I go to CDMX again I'm definitely spending my nights at Casa Franca! So they get a 5/5 in ambiance, decor, cocktails, service, everything. Hope if you go you have a great time too! En espanol solo dire que el lugar esta bellisimo. Buena musica, cockteles perfectos y muy buen ambiente y servicio. No dejen de ir!!

El lugar increíble, la música increíble, pero las meseras son unas nefastas, pareciera que te están haciendo un favor por llevarse tu dinero, una de ellas me volteó los ojos y me habló muy despotamente por no tener una moneda de 10 pesos para que me diera mi cambio con puros billetes como si fuera responsabilidad del consumidor tener cambio para ellos. Cuando me trajo mi cambio tiro dinero y ni siquiera se molestó en decirme que se le había caido parte de y obviamente muchisimo menos recogerlo, espero las corran.

Loved this place, good live music, better drinks and a nice selection of bar food. I tried some rib eye tacos that were very good and the selection of artisan beers was a great match. The atmosphere was also good, I don't think I've ever seen so many ex pats in one place at the same time in Mexico City, this made the place also interesting, with a good mix of people.

This place was ok. We really only ended up here because we were walking around looking for a decent place to eat late at night. The vibe is really nice and I like that it stays open late. The food was just so so. Another plus to this place is that the staff speaks English well, so that was nice. It's a nice place to go to with a partner or a group but again, don't for for the food, go with good company and you will still have a good time.

Live jazz bistro style tapas and pizza. Amazing drinks. The decor is great, best bar I've been to in mxdf.

This was one of the coolest blues bars I have been to in Mexico. Provide was on point the drinks were delicious and the band was great.

This is the last time I will eat here, unfortunately. The first time was 4 years ago.. and for the next 2 or 3 years the food was always good, service too. It was our regular spot, at least once a month. But for the last year or so, the last 14 times I have eaten here, the quality and preparation of the food was just really bad. And it would change every single time we were there.. like the kitchen was just winging it and not following a recipe. Or maybe they just don't have money to pay a good cook. Sometimes it was ok, sometimes it was not edible. And the service has really gone downhill... we could be the only people in the restaurant and they would still forget to bring us our wine, or bring the appetizer and main dish at same time, or just completely forget about us. I don't know what happened.. but makes me sad. I guess the owner just doesn't care anymore....

Casa Franca is a swanky little jazz bar with amazing cocktails. The place was packed when we went on a Saturday night, I suggest getting there relatively early (ie before 10) to snag a spot to sit. The set up itself is super chic, a bunch of little rooms with varied seating arrangements. The lighting is dim, the music is relaxing. The tapas were pretty good, great tostadas de atun. My cocktail was seriously amazing, one of the best I had on the whole trip. The crowd is young and stylish. On the pricier side for Mexico City (but if you're spending dollars, the quality for the price is unbelievable). Definitely worth going for a fancy night out in Mexico City.

Delicious cocktails and amazing live Jazz music, this bar is truly the best I've been to in Mexico City. It just amazing.