La Negrita Cantina

5 Mafalda Leite - 6 months ago

Beautiful place, fun music, fun guests!
Great service, fair prices and good food and drinks.
We ate and drank all night and spent around 500 MXN per person (we drank cocktails, beers and shots).
We danced and had a dream time! Recommend!

(Reserve if you can, we wanted to stay in the main room to watch the live music but they were fully booked).

3 Anna Dechering - 8 months ago

A nice place to grab a bite and drink whilst listening to live music. It has a huge indoor garden/patio where you can take a seat. The food is quite a lot for the price, but don't expect super high quality. I would say it's a typical student-type bar like they have in Sweden (except with very local Mexican music)????.

Had a great time here, but personally I care more for small high-end bites. If you are looking for a place to enjoy music and nicely priced drinks, then give it a try! I would recommend the agua Jamaica and some quesadillas.

3 Julius Lussenburg - 8 months ago

This place seems to be a bit polarising - with most other reviewers either completely loving or hating the experience. After visiting, I understand both.

Let’s start with the good. When we arrived at around 18:00 on an otherwise quiet Monday night, there was live music in the bustling courtyard. Fortunately, it wasn’t so crowded that we couldn’t get a table without a reservation. Portions were more generous than expected and the service was good.

On the flipside, the food was, well, food. Not bad, not great. Just food. I expect you can also drink a considerable amount of cocktails before you’d start to get buzzed.

I probably would have rated this 3,5 stars if I could, but seeing as I can’t - three stars, it is.

4 Maxime Smedema - 6 months ago

We came here after hearing the glowing reviews of other people we met on our trip. There is a great vibe with live music and lots of tables in the garden. Once the live music started playing, people started to dance. There was a line to get in, but strange enough there were still enough empty tables once we got in. First one of the waitresses wanted to place us in the beginning which didn’t look so nice and had a hallway vibe. Luckily enough another waitress was very helpful and gave us a great table in the garden. We had a portion of the arrachera nachos which ended up being enough for us as dinner. Definitely worth the visit if you visit Merida.

5 Jack Werner - a month ago

What an amazing experience at La Negrita cantina! They offer free bar snacks as you drink, and the live music each night is crazy good. Everybody will be up and dancing around the tables, and the place gets packed full each night. It is the best atmosphere in all of Merida, and the drinks are insanely good. We had plenty of micheladas as well as the famous "Electric Lemonade" which was a blue lemonade and mezcal concoction topped with Chamoy and Tajin. They are served in these huge glass jars and are absolutely delicious. The snacks are great, and they come by a couple times an hour to reload your table.

5 Alex Chew - 10 months ago

A great spot for small snacks and giant drinks for good prices!! The music is loud and thumping so make sure you’re in the mood to jam. Wait staff is very courteous and notices immediately if your drink is empty!! Came here on our first night and absolutely loved it. Come if you’re feeling snacky and wanna drink!

5 Emily Hake - 8 months ago

Such a fun place!! I was exploring the neighborhood alone and stopped by for a local Yucatan beer. I got a seat at the bar and watched the live band. Looked like a great place to come with a group of friends.