Monterrey/Western suburbs

Major Tom

Popular bar with cheap drink prices, featuring live rock bands.

Open now · closes 1 am tomorrow

Mapache

Comfortable, low-key bar with good selection of beers and mezcals. Roof top terrace.

17:00 - 01:00 (til 02:00 Fri and Sat)

Maverick

Cocktails and different music styles each night are the success formula here: jazz (Wednesday), blues, DJs playing 80s hits, and if that's not enough, there's Happy hour 7-9pm each day.

Closed · opens 6 pm

Nirvana Rock Joint

Features 1980s, 90s and some recent music. Good selection of beer, liquor, and appetizers. Free breathalyzer test -- ask the bouncer for a safe taxi if you can't drive. Odd location for a club, in the Plaza Fiesta San Agustin mall, next to Sears.

Principia Monterrey Taproom

Cerveceria Principia

Contemporary craft brewery serving a variety of different styles with several flavored beers (like peanut butter s'mores stout). Brick oven pizzas.

Tue-Sat 12:00 - 02:00, Sun 15:00 - 22:30, Mon 17:00 - 00:00

Rio Mississippi 105-B

Enjoyable atmosphere with a specialization in mezcal cocktails. Smoky atmosphere is a turn-off.

Thu-Sun 19:00 - 02:00, closed Mon-Wed

Sierra Madre Brewing Company

Modern California-style brewpub with lots of brick, brass, and potted plants. Good, if predictable range of beers including a golden ale, brown ale, IPA and others. Brick oven pizza and burgers. SMBC now has several locations around the Monterrey metro area, but this location was the original.

Daily 12:00 - 00:00·M$150

Sky Bar

Some of the best views of Monterrey from this 58th floor restaurant high atop the Metropolitan Towers. Drinks are creative and good and light finger food is mostly Japanese sushi and sashimi. Indoor seating area with tables available on an outdoor deck. Reservations are required and can be made through Opentable.

18:00 - 00:00, closed Mon·M$500+

Havana

High-end club.

Thu-Sat 21:00 - 02:00

Pepper

Av. Manuel Gómez Morín 911, Del Valle, San Pedro Garza García

Mon-Sat 18:00 - 01:00

Sr. Mostacho

Lively bar with a young crowd.

13:00-01:00 (02:00 Fri and Sat)