The best things about Mexico City – the food, the style, the lush greenery, and the affordability – are also the best things about the Andaz Mexico City Condesa hotel.
Part of Hyatt's hotel portfolio and bookable through World of Hyatt, the Andaz Mexico City Condesa is both an unbelievable value for your points and a fun, luxurious stay smack dab in the middle of two of Mexico City's best neighborhoods.
Between the vibrant, nerve center Mexico City neighborhoods of Roma and Condesa, the (often hilariously) pet-friendly Andaz is an ideal place from which to explore La Ciudad. And when you tire of the endless street food and restaurant options dotting every street of Mexico City, the hotel features a trio of delicious signature restaurants – one of which adjoins a rooftop pool.
The service and amenities at the Andaz Condesa did not leave anything to be desired, even if the hotel room itself didn't completely live up to the hotel's five-star designation.
Overall, the Andaz Mexico City Condesa was a great use of my World of Hyatt points and the perfect home base to explore one of the coolest cities I've visited so far.
Booking the Andaz Mexico City Condesa
The Andaz Mexico City Condesa is a Category 4 Hyatt property, which means if you're using World of Hyatt points, a standard stay will run you just 15,000 points per night. But Hyatt's peak/off-peak pricing system means you can book the Andaz Mexico City Condesa for as few as 12,000 points per night or as many as 18,000, depending on the dates of your stay. It's a great rate for a very nice hotel in one of CDMX's best neighborhoods.
As you can see, the off-peak rates can be found sporadically throughout Hyatt's calendar. When searching, select “Price Calendar” at the top of the screen to see this view. Notably, Hyatt's price calendar does not indicate actually award availability – whether there are nights bookable with points at that rate – but I couldn't find a single date without points availability on the calendar when I searched to book this and when I searched again last week.
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Much further out in the booking calendar, you'll see that the off-peak dates are primarily weekends. I think the Andaz does a lot of business traffic, meaning the weekend dates are often cheaper. That's great news for us leisure travelers!
If you want to book off-peak rates for the Andaz's suites, you can, too! Many of these are also reasonable rates – falling well shy of standard rates at many Park Hyatt or even other Andaz properties around the world.
If you just want to pay cash, I found some dates coming in in the low $200s, but most were right around $261 per night for the standard king rooms.
The suites got as expensive as $815 a night, but as little as $369 – also fairly reasonable.
You can find these rooms on other hotel booking sites, but as is usually the case with Hyatts, you're definitely better off booking straight through WorldofHyatt.com.
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Andaz Mexico City Condesa Location
I loved being in the Andaz Mexico City, but the best part about the hotel is its location.
Located on the southwest side of the inner ring of Mexico City, the Andaz is perfectly situated to many of the most popular spots in CDMX. (The hotel is denoted by the blue suitcase icon on Google Maps.)
A regular Uber from Mexico City International Airport (MEX) to the Andaz cost us about $12 each way, including tip. Be prepared to sit in traffic, however. That's essentially a blanket statement for all of Mexico City, where traffic plagues nearly every highway criss-crossing the largest city in North America.
Ubers to and from the Andaz were insanely cheap. We Ubered everywhere in the city, including several 20-minute Uber rides that clocked in under $2 total!
The Andaz (again, denoted by the blue suitcase icon on the bottom of the screen) is just a short walk from Parque Mexico and Parque España to the north and the massive Bosque de Chapultepec is about a mile to the west.
Condesa and Roma's best dining options all within a 30-minute walk of the Andaz, but with Ubers being so cheap, we opted for the quick and inexpensive ride in many cases.
The Centro Historico of Mexico City (top right of the map) was about 20-25 minutes away by Uber. That area is definitely worth a visit to see the Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Gran Hotel. (Tip: Go during weekdays or off hours. The Centro gets crazy busy.)
The Andaz triangulates all the best parts of Mexico City, but doesn't feel like it's in a hectic area.
Checking In at the Andaz Mexico City Condesa
At first glance, it's not obvious where to check-in to the Andaz, and that's because the Andaz shares a building with the Mondrian Hotel.
The two hotels share an entrance and an expansive, courtyard lobby (more on that later). But once you pull into the motor lobby, you're directed to your hotel right away by helpful bellmen.
The first thing you see is not the check-in desk – it's the concierge desk. Beyond that you're led to a funky set of escalators. The fluorescent pink lights magnify off the mirrors, creating a buzzy, somewhat trippy ride up to the check-in desk.
To enter and exit the hotel, you have to ride these escalators. They're a fun touch and give off the distinctly cool, artsy vibe you'll find at all of Hyatt's Andaz hotels.
At the top of the escalators, you enter a small check-in lounge.
While we waited to be called to the desk, we set up shop at one of these small seating areas.
The check-in lounge was a nice place to relax for a few minutes.
We were told to help ourselves to refreshments laid out in the check-in lounge, too. Espresso, tea, and water were all offered.
One thing about the Andaz Condesa is that the entire hotel has a dog theme. It's a seriously pet friendly place to match the Condesa neighborhood as a whole. The dog-to-human ratio in this part of town is has to be near 1:1. Even the check-in lounge had a small dog section to reinforce the theme.
We checked in and received our keys about four full hours before check-in time. I've got Hyatt Discoverist status (the lowest level of Hyatt status) from my World of Hyatt credit card, but another couple traveling with us also got into their room with no status whatsoever. The hotel did not feel busy or full during the late September weekend we were there.
After getting our keys, a hotel staffer walked us to the elevators and rode with us up to the fifth floor.
Rooms at the Andaz Mexico City Condesa
The King Room – the cheapest room offered by the Andaz Mexico City Condesa – was more than sufficient for our two-night stay in Mexico City. Aside from the eclectic, colorful touches that are part of the Andaz brand, it was more or less a basic hotel room, though.
The outside of our room had an electronic doorbell and a key sensor.
Inside, you could click the “do not disturb” button and a button to have staff clear away room service items.
When you enter the room, you walk through the bathroom area and into the bedroom. It's really all one room – with only the bathroom mirror separating the two spaces.
The bedroom side of the room was fairly large and airy – with colorful side table lamps and an impossible-to-miss monster pink beam making the room pop.
Here's a look from the other angle.
At the bedside sits the TV remote, a reading light, a side table, a phone, and light switches to control the whole room.
A fun touch was this movable bed table, which was helpful when the room service champagne and cake we ordered arrived to celebrate my wife's birthday.
These portable record players are becoming a staple in many Andaz hotels. The Andaz Condesa was no different. The lovely-sounding record player had Taylor Swift's “Folklore” album accompanying it, too, which serenaded us for several hours in this room during our stay.
Next to the record player is the espresso machine, a tea set, and some snacks. Nothing robust here, but enough to stave off some hunger and kickstart your morning.
The desk – jutting out from the big, pink beam, provided plenty of room to get some work done during my stay. The natural light and city views made the space comfortable during my workday.
The bathroom area was neat and well laid-out, but not large.
The standalone closet was big enough for what we needed, offering two robes, a laundry set, a safe, an umbrella, some extra pillows and blankets, and plenty of space.
Included in each room were two free bottles of water – a perk of my Discoverist Hyatt status. Q-tips, mirrors, hand soaps, lotion, makeup towels, and extra glasses were also on the counter top when we arrived.
The shower was spacious and comfortable, too. The water pressure was just right and the shower head was soothing.
All the soaps and lotions in the room were from the European luxury brand Byredo.
The toilet room was made of this opaque glass that was plenty private.
Overall, the King Room at the Andaz wasn't what I would declare five-star. The hotel itself does live up to this billing in many ways, but these rooms are fairly standard and business-y for that designation.
Andaz Condesa Property & Amenities
Because it's connected to another hotel, the Andaz has a funky layout – emphasis on the funky – as you can see from this elevator.
I don't blame you if it's hard to see what you're looking at, but this is what the Andaz elevators look like. You can't go long without this “2 a.m.-at-the-club” vibe washing over you at the Andaz.
As you can see from the elevator guide, the Cabuya Rooftop is all the way up on floor 17, the spa, fitness center, and Wooftop are on floor two in another section of the hotel, and the check-in area, the Matcha Cafe, and everything else is down on floor one.
Below floor one is where we walked in from the street, and that area offers a guide to the Mondrian Hotel's selections. It all starts with this flower, gift, and coffee shop on the ground floor.
Notably, with these ground floor options (besides the Portico Breakfast), you can't charge to your room because these are Mondrian businesses, not Hyatt. It's a little confusing, so it's worth asking before you purchase anything.
The shared Mondrian-Andaz courtyard area on the ground floor is really cool. Vintage cars are parked throughout the cafe seating and lounge seating – so you can work or play among these old whips in the Mexican sun.
La Terraza is the Mondrian's hotel lounge. You can see the sun thrashing through the trees into the courtyard during a sunny afternoon.
Both hotels have a a blend of indoor-outdoor spaces. This random covered seating area among the bushes is a perfect example.
The Andaz also has three conference rooms available. The hotel is certainly catered towards business travelers as much as it is visitors like us.
One floor up from the conference centers is the Pasana Spa and the hotel gyms. Both hotels share these amenities.
For her birthday, my wife booked a Haab Ritual at the Pasana Spa that she loved. The 80-minute facial treatment, back massage, and leg massage is their signature treatment at the spa. Clocking in at about $100, my wife said it was a great value for a lovely morning. You can read about all of Pasana's spa packages on their website.
The shared gym at the Andaz was very nice. I spent an hour in here one afternoon and found it had everything I needed to get in a good workout and much, much more.
The weight sets were all sparklingly clean and apparently new. There were also four side-by-side treadmills.
On the other side sat two Pelotons, a rowing machine, and another bike machine.
A full bench and rack of free weights was also free to use in the well air-conditioned area.
The gym and spa also shared these nice locker rooms. Any hotel guest was free to use these facilities if they liked.
Each locker room had three of these shower suites, too.
Perhaps the best part of the gym was this filtered water station. As many travelers know, usually the only clean water you can get in Mexico is bottled, but the Andaz has this filtered water dispenser in its gym. We used our free waters we got with the room and refilled them here constantly to save.
Andaz Mexico City Condesa Pool, Restaurants & Bars
Cabuya Rooftop Pool & Restaurant
The crown jewel of the Andaz Condesa is its Cabuya Rooftop. It's the part of the hotel you'll see in most of its marketing – and for good reason.
The space, which is a restaurant and pool combo, is beautiful.
The pool is not large, and there is almost no pool deck seating besides three lounge chairs that actually stay in about four inches of water where I snapped this photo from. It's a fun pool to wade into and relax if it's warm. Servers from the Cabuya restaurant will actually serve you and take orders while you're in the water, too.
The pool offered massive views of the Mexico City skyline to the north, east, and south.
On one afternoon of our visit, Cabuya hosted a pool party, too. A DJ bumped for several hours while we waded in the water.
The Cabuya space is very different when the pool parties are going on. The scene was energetic, young, and loud while we were there on a Sunday afternoon.
When we came back for lunch the next day, it couldn't have been more different. The foliage-draped ceilings and low, serene music made it an extremely cool, casual place to have a meal.
And what a meal it was! It started with some complimentary chips and dips. I also ordered a mezcal margarita with our appetizer.
Then came two delicious dishes. Mine was this duo of tuna toastadas on a base of avocado. I cannot stop thinking about these bites.
My wife went simple with some shrimp tacos she insisted were also sublime.
Plus, it's hard to beat a view like this from the restaurant.
A trip to the Andaz is not complete without a trip or two to the Cabuya Rooftop. Whether you're going for an energetic, music-filled, pool fiesta or just for a casual afternoon lunch, it's a must-see.
Cabuya is open daily from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Wooftop Beer Garden & Canine Club
The other rooftop restaurant at the Andaz is also worth a visit – no matter your species.
The Wooftop Beer Garden & Canine Club is many things all at once. It's a rooftop restaurant, a game room, a bar, a dog park, and an event space all in one. We spent a sunny afternoon at the Wooftop and saw it become all of those things at the same time.
There are plenty of seating areas on this turfed, second floor space. Servers will offer you drinks and the full Wooftop menu no matter where you are. There's also a full menu of items just for dogs.
The seating varies wildly from cafe tables to these swinging love seats around the fire.
There is also a full-on dog park on this rooftop. Several canines came and went from playtime in this enclosed area. It's set off to the side, so the sights, sounds, and smells of the dog run don't dominate the space.
Inside, there was this big lounge area – presumably for events and large groups.
Next to it were these big game areas alongside the bar. A pool table and an air hockey table were the centerpieces of this section, although games like Connect Four, and plenty of board and card games were scattered on tables throughout the bar.
The arcade section was another big draw. It's perfect for kids and adults retreating from rainy afternoons in CDMX.
The bar and wait staff made sure nobody's drink went empty anywhere at the Wooftop, which was quite the undertaking as dozens of adorable foster dogs and prospective owners descended on the space for an adoption event while we were there one Sunday evening.
The food and drink at Wooftop was also great. Our table ran the gamut from sparking water, a hibiscus agua fresca (right), a mezcalrita (left), and a beer.
The food – ranging from wings to tacos to nachos – was also good. It's typical food truck or street food fare. Nothing fancy, but just what we needed after almost a week of eating our way through La Ciudad.
The Wooftop, which also runs the hotel's room service I may add, was a great place to get a quick bite and relax. The game room was another cool retreat and a great place to entertain yourself on a football Sunday or during a rainy Mexico City afternoon, too.
The Wooftop is open daily from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Derba Matcha Cafe and Portico Breakfast Buffet
Elsewhere in the Andaz are the Derba Matcha Cafe and the Portico breakfast buffet.
The Derba is hard to miss – filling the space between the check-in area and the elevators to your rooms. It's open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
It's a lovely matcha-green colored space, shined on by the sun through the skylights above. It was only slightly busy in the mornings and very quiet in the afternoon.
Derba was a cool spot, but was never overwhelmed with people.
You can also purchase bottles of wine or some Mexican gifts from the Derba register.
I spent an afternoon here working with a few other remote workers. They made excellent coffee drinks – specializing, of course, in matcha drinks.
My matcha cappuccino was pretty good, but not my favorite. I'll admit to not being much of a matcha fan to begin with, though. My ham and cheese sandwich was a bit of a lazy order (I had just spent six straight days eating and drinking my way through Mexico City and wanted something simple). The sandwich was simple in form and execution. Nothing extraordinary, there.
Downstairs on the ground floor, you can Portico, the restaurant where you can get a full breakfast. Open from 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily, it offers both a buffet option and a made-to-order menu.
Notably, it wasn't as cheap as most food options are in Mexico City. Two buffets cost us $70 total, or about $35 each.
I'm not sure if the total buffet price included our coffees or not, but it was by far the most expensive breakfast I had in CDMX. I had several breakfasts with multiple espresso drinks and a full entree for less than $10 during the trip.
The Portico space was nice, however, and the service was good.
The food spread was definitely abundant, too. I tried to eat $35 worth of the buffet and couldn't, but that wasn't for a lack of great options. The pastries were excellent, as were the fruits.
The juices were also delicious.
On one side of the buffet you had all the fixings for a breakfast tostada and an oatmeal bar next to it.
There was also this section with some delicious hot cakes, waffles, and further down, eggs, bacon, sausage, and more.
Bottom Line
The Andaz Mexico City Condesa's perfect location, energetic vibe, rooftop dining options, and low price make it a perfect place to stay for your next trip to CDMX.
While the room itself didn't quite live up to the five-star billing, the entire hotel experience more than made up for it.
Overall, the Andaz Mexico City Condesa is a great value for your World of Hyatt points. I would certainly stay again the next time I'm in La Ciudad.
