Hotel Habita
- Style
- Modern minimalist classic
- Setting
- Plush Polanco district
The first designer pad to burst onto Mexico’s boutique hotel scene, Habita is a glass-fronted palace of pared-down perfection in the midst of cool, classy Polanco.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 36, including four suites.
- Rates
- $205–$325, including breakfast; excludes VAT at 17 per cent.
- Check-out
- Midday; later on request (subject to availability).
- Facilities
- Spa with gym, Jacuzzi and solarium, library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: plasma TV, DVD/CD player, two-channel in-house music system, minibar, Kiehl’s toiletries.
- Poolside
- Habita’s pool perches on the rooftop, overlooked by the mezzanine bar. The dark wooden decking and curvy white loungers – together with the panoramic Mexico City skyline – make it a popular location for photo shoots.
- Children
- The hotel is not really designed with little ones in mind – it's more of a couple’s getaway.
- Also
- Pets are welcome and can stay free. Stays on 1 August require a seven-night minimum.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Opt for a room with a number ending in 1 if you fancy a bath tub big enough for two and a sitting room to call your own. For a large wrap-around balcony and twin queen-beds, go for one ending in 3. The main street can be busy, so for a quieter stay, ask to be put at the sides or rear of Hotel Habita.
- Packing tips
- Your Missoni bikini for mooching by the pool; ear plugs if you want an early night at the weekend.
- Also
- Habita’s fifth-floor spa soothes stresses with a menu of massage and facial treatments, including shiatsu, Chinese tui na massage, lymph system massage and reflexology.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- Mexican bistro cuisine is on offer at Habita’s Lobby restaurant, where the cool concrete minimalism is balanced by monochrome artwork in wood and retro-chic Arne Jacobsen chairs.
- Dress code
- Slack by day, slick by night: American Apparel with designer flourishes.
- Top table
- The tables by the huge windows offer opportunity for ogling the well-dressed, well-heeled denizens of Polanco going about their stylish business, and the bench seats along one side of the dining area allow for people-watching inside.
- Last orders
- The restaurant is open all day until 11pm during the week, midnight at weekends.
- Room service
- Snacks and drinks are available 24 hours a day.
- Hotel bar
- Area, Habita’s terrace bar, is a magnet for Mexico City’s fun-loving fresas (young, beautiful types), keeping the drinks and the music flowing until 2am at weekends. The Habita cocktail (champagne, cognac, and tarmarind) is wickedly addictive.
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