Thursday, January 30, 2025

Drinks with a View at Carlotta Reforma Sky Bar of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Mexico City (December 2024)

          
   
       

     


       

              


Annette and I spent the second half of December 2024 in Mexico City, with Katharina and Diego, who have been living there since February 2024.
 
For an overview, see: 15 Days in Mexico City, at Diego and Katharina's Apartment, December 2024: Daily Facebook Postings
 











Carlotta Reforma Sky Bar of the Riz-Carlton Hotel

Katharina took us to the Riz-Carlton Hotel which has a spectacular rooftop bar and restaurant in the 38th floor. The view was breathtaking.
 
The Riz-Carlton is at the Paseo de la Reforma, one of the city's main avenues with impressive high-rises, quite different from the area where Katharina and Diego live.
 
Carlotta Reforma Sky Bar of the Riz-Carlton Hotel/ Forbes 

When gazing out of The Ritz-Carlton, Mexico City, you get the most mesmerizing view: the leafy treetops of adjacent Chapultepec Forest that seem to stretch to the surrounding mountains. Within the nearly 2,000-acre park, you’ll spot attractions like Chapultepec Castle, Altar a la Patria’s six marble columns and a Ferris wheel.

Soaring 58 stories above the posh Polanco neighborhood, the sleek, glass skyscraper is one of the capital’s tallest buildings. And you can catch a glimpse of the breathtaking vistas almost everywhere you go in the hotel. But there’s more to explore at this chic, modern tower, from a must-visit sky bar to a forward-thinking spa.
 
....We can’t stop raving about these panoramas. Residing on the building’s 37th to 47th floors, the hotel, which sits on the prominent Paseo de la Reforma, embraces its sky-high perch and puts the view front and center.

Admire the backdrop of the city’s architectural highlights, the park and peaks from the top-to-bottom windows in the rooms and suites, some of which have strategically placed tubs overlooking the scenery. Zip up to the 38th floor to SAMOS Sabores Míos, where you can appreciate the vistas from inside the restaurant through the wall of windows or outside on the almost vertigo-inducing terrace — tall, thick glass panels make you feel like you’re dining on the edge.

... Across from the restaurant, you’ll find another place to drink in the views. Carlotta Reforma Sky Bar lures you in with dim lighting, armchairs all facing the floor-to-ceiling windows and cocktails like the 360 (Flor de Caña rum with citrus and coriander oil, cucumber mint infusion and avocado leaf bitters).

If you sidle up to the black marble bar and mention that you love mezcal to head bartender Ivan Bollo Jiménez, he might break out some of his favorites, like Vago and 400 Conejos, both from Oaxaca, and unusual rimming salts (like peppery tarantula and herbaceous grasshopper) for an impromptu tasting.

Paseo de la Reforma









Ritz-Carlton
 

 
 
Carlotta Reforma Sky Bar




 Views
 





 Drinks and Snacks
 





 38th Floor
 


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