In Mexico City, nightlife starts late, around 10pm, but it’s the midnight hours when things really get pumping. Clubs (antros) attract huge crowds, waiting lines snake around corners, and inspections by door personnel is a requirement for the hottest of the hot clubs. Besides wearing your best club clothes, flashing your passport might just be the key to getting into one of these clubs. The night scene is in constant change, so maybe the club you were at last night, won’t be as hot the next night. Listed below are three clubs that are consistently hot and all the rave for the clubbing crowds. Remember, be safe and take a taxi from and to your hotel in Mexico City .

Cian, a club that plays house, electronic music and Techno, located at Moliere 237, Palanco. Palanco is an area right outside the Chapultepec Park and at night this somber business and residential neighborhood turns into a hub for clubbers and attracts an array of international visitors. Club Cian’s DJs are known internationally and play the latest in what’s hot to dance to. Cian also has a great full-service bar, and has the tightest scrutiny when it comes to who they let inside. To get in Cian means you’re amongst the hottest crowd in the city.

Alebrije , apart from being one of the best discos in Mexico City, this nightclub branches out to Acapulco and to Cancun. The club has established itself as one of the premier night clubs since 1997. It’s the favorite among the young up and coming business and artistic crowd. The club itself has not had to improve upon itself, because it was already beyond its time when it comes to sound systems and design. Alebrije’s DJs play a wide array of the latest in club, salsa and pop. Women get in free, but men have to pay 50 pesos. Alebrije is located in the San Angel district in the Plaza Loreto.

Salon 21 , located in the Polanco neighborhood, is internationally known among the most avid clubbers. It’s a dance place and a live show venue. Salon 21 is easily one of the biggest club venues that can hold up to 1300 people. The locals come to Salon 21 for the best international music around and every night is so full of passion that any live performance has to be at there very best to match the energy of the crowd.