Four-star One MICHELIN Key Roma, Mexico City
Brick Hotel
A Roma Norte mansion built of English brick for a bank manager and later owned by a president, now seventeen rooms, a speakeasy behind a corridor of presidential portraits and a terrace over the rooftops.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2026
- Rooms
- 17, seven of them suites
- Building
- Early 20th century, English brick
- From the airport
- About 13 km from Benito Juárez
The hotel
Bricks from England.
Early in the twentieth century the first manager of the Bank of London & Mexico built himself a house on Orizaba Street in Roma. The bricks and floor tiles came from England, by one account as ballast in the hold of a ship. A Mexican president later owned the house, and in the 1930s it was a meeting place for the rich and the famous of the capital.
The renovation kept the Belle Époque shell, the original bricks and the patterned tiles, and laid parquet in the bedrooms. Seventeen rooms now fill three floors, seven of them suites, and the owners hang pieces from their own art collection through the house. Cerrajería, the main restaurant, sits in a former shop behind a later glass front. The MICHELIN Guide gives the hotel one Key in its 2026 selection.
- Embury A speakeasy reached by walking along a corridor hung with portraits of former presidents, open late for cocktails.
- Hela Spa Treatment rooms, a sauna, a steam room and a hot tub, with massages, facials and an agave body wrap.
- House car The hotel's car takes guests anywhere within three kilometres free of charge, subject to availability.
Rooms & suites
Parquet floors and claw-foot baths.
Rooms keep the original period detail, in black and cream with green plants, and a Sonos system and a Nespresso machine in each.
- Rooms Superior and Deluxe The Superior rooms have no windows to the street; the Deluxe rooms come with a queen bed or two doubles.
- Suites Junior and Signature Suites King beds, claw-foot baths and private balconies looking into the trees.
- On the roof Rooftop Suite Two levels with a private terrace, day beds and an outdoor tub.
Dining
Four places to eat and drink.
Venues as listed by the hotel's booking partners and the MICHELIN Guide. Shown for information.
- Cerrajería Contemporary Mexican Chef Armando Acosta; a counter and a chef's table
- Terraza 95 Dinner and drinks Fire pits and views over Roma
- Orizaba Mexican and international Sunday brunch
- Embury Speakeasy and Lounge Cocktails Late at night
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon; the MICHELIN Guide gives 1 pm, so confirm when booking.
- Children Sources differ. Small Luxury Hotels of the World lists the hotel as adults only; Mr & Mrs Smith says all ages are welcome. We check the current rule with the hotel before booking.
- Pets Not accepted.
Getting there
Flying to Mexico City.
Benito Juárez International (AICM) is about 13 kilometres away, around 35 minutes by car according to Mr & Mrs Smith. Private jets cannot use AICM and land at Toluca, 56 kilometres away; allow an hour or more by road, our estimate.
- Cabo San Lucas 1 h 50
- Miami 3 h 05
- Los Angeles 3 h 35
- New York 4 h 50
- Madrid 12 h 20 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does the Brick Hotel have?
- One, in the 2026 selection. Eighteen Mexico City hotels hold Keys, and the Brick Hotel is one of the seventeen with one Key.
- Why is it called the Brick Hotel?
- The house was built in the early twentieth century of bricks shipped from England, for the first manager of the Bank of London & Mexico. The original bricks and tiles are still there.
- Where do private jets land for the Brick Hotel?
- At Toluca. General aviation has been barred from Benito Juárez since 1994, so private flights use Toluca, an hour or more from Roma by road, our estimate.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Mexico City?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Mexico City, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Mexico City
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Casa Polanco Nineteen rooms in two private houses of the 1940s, terraces full of plants, and the only hotel in the city with two MICHELIN Keys.
- Sofitel Mexico City Reforma A tower on Reforma with suites facing the Angel of Independence and the Cityzen bar on the 38th floor.
- La Valise Mexico City Eight suites, one of them with a king bed that rolls out onto its own terrace.
- Pug Seal Allan Poe Bold colour, garden terraces with a temazcal, and snack and drinks stations open around the clock.
- Nima Local House Hotel Four rooms in a restored mansion of the early 1900s, run like a private house.
- Hacienda Peña Pobre An old hacienda in the south of the city, its house of the 19th century, left rustic.
- Las Alcobas, a Luxury Collection Hotel A small hotel on Presidente Masaryk, where Rodrigo Del Valle runs the farm-to-table kitchen at Anatol and the spa works with indigenous Mexican ingredients.
- Marquis Reforma Hotel & Spa Art Deco rooms looking over Chapultepec or the Angel of Independence, and a spa of 1,500 square metres with more than sixty treatments.
- Hyde Mexico City Reforma Opened in September 2026 in two modernist towers facing the Angel, with 106 rooms and a 14-seat omakase counter at Enzu.
- Mondrian Mexico City Condesa Each of its 183 rooms carries a mural by Ara Starck, drawn from the old aqueduct nearby.
Staying at Brick Hotel?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Mexico City, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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