Fifty Millilitres a Pour, and a Phone Call for the Weekend
The bar named for its 50 ml pour, inside a Reforma hotel.
The bar sits inside the Four Seasons on Paseo de la Reforma, named for the 50 millilitres of alcohol in every serving. You don't need a room key to sit down.
A hotel bar that treats its address as a floor, not a ceiling.
Editorial Deep
The mixology menu lists its cocktails by name only — Jungle Sour, Miami Nice, Niña Fresa, W&W, Velvet, Nextli — and every serving carries 50 ml of alcohol, the measure the bar is named for. Special preparations carry a surcharge: MXN 30 without additional alcohol, MXN 90 with it.
Velvet chairs and banquettes fill the indoor lounge. Light is low and warm — hotel-bar low, not cocktail-den low, which means you can read the menu without a phone torch. The banquettes are for groups.
A mix of hotel guests who wandered down and Mexico City drinkers who came for the bar itself — the second group is what keeps the room from feeling like a lobby. Weekends and peak evenings fill fast, which is when the volume rises and the pace on the bar quickens. Weeknights before nine the room reads as neighbourhood, not tourist. Come early and it's a conversation; come at ten on a Friday and it's a scene.
Menu prices aren't published on the venue's own page and the bar hasn't confirmed them — treat any figure you find online as indicative rather than fixed. Tax and any service on top are added in the usual way. The bar food — guacamole, tacos, sandwiches, heavier plates — is worth ordering from and takes the edge off a longer session, which is the honest way to defend the tab.
Fifty Mils is the anchor of an evening rather than a first-drink stop — the room rewards staying put. Come back on a Wednesday at eight and work through the menu. Skip it if you want a dive or a late crowd that spills onto the street; this is a hotel bar that drinks like one, and the discipline is the point.
Order this
Drink this.
From the mixology menu: Jungle Sour, Miami Nice, Niña Fresa, W&W, Velvet, Nextli
“A Four Seasons cocktail bar — phone ahead for a weekend, walk in when there is room.”
Fifty Mils treats the Four Seasons address as a floor to build on, not a ceiling to hide behind. The room is grown-up without being stiff, and you don't need to be staying upstairs to walk in. Come for a long evening rather than a quick drink. Book by phone for weekends and peak evenings; walk-ins are taken when there is room.
The Verdict
