Brick Hotel
Good foundations
When in Roma
Built with breeze blocks shipped all the way from London, Brick Hotel is so much more than baked clay and mortar (although they’re obviously a fine place to start). Guests can stand on a piece of history: not only are the bricks and logos original, but the patterned ceramic tiles date back a fair few decades, too. Peaceful, leafy Colonia Roma has some of the best bars and restaurants in the city, and you can start with the ones on your doorstep, which have star chef Armando Acosta at the helm. The owners have kindly shared their multi-million-dollar art collection with guests – top prizes for guessing which piece alone is worth a cool half mill…
Facilities
Rooms
17, including seven suites.
Checkout
Noon. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More Details
Rates usually include breakfast.
Free Internet Access
Laundry
On-Site Restaurant
Room Service
Spa
At the Hotel
Free WiFi throughout, concierge, rooftop terrace. In rooms: air-conditioning, HD TV, Sonos sound-system, Nespresso coffee machine and tea-making kit, free bottled water, minibar, and Persea Apothecary bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
All of the rooms at Brick Hotel have original period details (such as the parquet wooden floors), chevron throws and Mexico’s fanciest bath products – for the most space, go for a split-level Rooftop Suite, which have a terrace and sleek day-beds beside the freestanding bath tub.
Spa
Hela Spa offers a well-deserved escape from the bustle of Mexico City. There's a steam room, hot tub and whole host of wellness therapies on offer – classic treatments include massages and facials, or opt for something more holistic, like an agave body-wrap or reflexology session.
Packing Tips
Save suitcase space for wares sourced at Mexico City’s many markets, which include Roma’s Mercado Medellín: a whole block’s worth of dried chillies, moles (the edible sort) and even (if your baggage allowance permits) furniture.
Also
The hotel has sourced a gym a block away for guests to use for MXN200 a pop.
Children
All ages are welcome but the atmosphere is more geared towards grown-ups.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Sit up at the counter and savour some small plates, or stake out the chef’s table, backed by a wine cellar and pastry station, to gain some insider secrets.
Dress Code
Cerrajería is the most formal, but there are no rules. If you’ve purchased some huipil textiles, this is the perfect place to bust them out.
Hotel Restaurant
The star chef Armando Acosta has supervised all of the food at Brick Hotel, from the high-end menu at Cerrajería all the way down to the chocolates at turn-down. Continental breakfasts are served at the main restaurant or out on the rooftop terrace. Cerrajería means ‘locksmiths’ and the shop in question dates back 200 years, with a later addition in the form of the shiny glass frontage. The Mexico City-born chef also puts his training in French and Spanish kitchens to good use. There’s the more relaxed Terraza 95 and Orizaba, too – the latter has a Mexican and international menu, and lively Sunday brunches.
Hotel Bar
You may not have discovered it yet (that’s kind of the point), but there’s a speakeasy hidden away somewhere in the hotel that’s suitably dark and secretive (spoiler: follow the corridor lined with portraits of old presidents). There’s also the more showy Brick Bar, out in the open and above ground.
Last Orders
Terraza 95 only opens for dinner, between 6pm and 11pm. Cerrajería and Orizaba open for breakfast from 7am to noon, lunch until 4pm and dinner between 6pm and 11pm. Brunch on Sunday is between noon and 4pm.
Room Service
In-room dining is available around the clock.
Planes
Drive time to and from Mexico City’s international airport will vary based on the traffic, but it should take around 35 minutes to reach the hotel. Transfers can be arranged for up to three people for US$100 one-way (US$200 for more than three passengers).
Trains
The Insurgentes metro station, which is on Line 1, is a 10-minute walk from Brick Hotel.
Automobiles
You won’t need wheels to get around Mexico City, since you’re already in one of its prime neighbourhoods. If you have come by car, valet parking a block from the hotel costs 70 pesos a night.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
Not only is Brick Hotel in one of Mexico City’s most happening ’hoods, it’s right on Colonia Roma’s buzziest boulevards: bar-, gallery- and restaurant-packed Orizaba Street. You may not currently be in need of fruits and vegetables, but you can admire the spectacle of Mercado Medellín while stockpiling mole pastes and powders. The concierge can help with excursions both in and around Mexico City (to cobblestoned Coyoacán, for example, or upscale Polanco), and further afield, to the pre-Columbian Pirámides de Teotihuacan, north-east of the capital. Mexico City may be one of the most densely populated places on the planet, but you can breathe the fresh green air of Bosque de Chapultepec, a park spanning a whopping 1,700 acres.
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