Review Mucho Mexicano Southbank - Brisbane

Nice open atmosphere. Chicken enchilada only had 3 small enchiladas and was dominated by rice. My wife had fajitas which were tasty but she would not order them again due to small serving size. If we go again, we'll share the nachos, they are huge and great for sharing.

$24 really? Very soggy and had hardly any filling. Was still hungry after it. Very disappointing. Not authentic at all. Would have expected some chips and a drink with it for $24. Could have gotten a family feast from KFC for that much and had left overs. Please do better.

Amazing food and fast, friendly service. Food was delicious and portions very generous. Wait staff were prompt and nothing was too hard

We had a nice experience. It was mid afternoon and not too busy. The waiter was really friendly and we were happy with the service. They have a large list of margaritas. The two we ordered were delicious. One was the lychee and passionfruit, the other the coconut and mango. We shared tacos and some tortilla chips. All was fine for what we needed. I probably would go back but I'd be keen to try some other dishes.

We visited this restaurant to celebrate a birthday on Saturday night. The service was impeccable, the food came out fast and was absolutely delicious. The atmosphere was warm and inviting and it was very busy so obviously a popular restaurant. All the Mexican favourites were on the menu and the servings were generous. The young man that was front of house displayed excellent customer service as did our waitress. Well done to all the staff they clearly love their jobs even when extremely busy. That is very refreshing to see. Highly recommend.

We had a fabulous dinner here. Vinny was awesome and went above and beyond to look after us. Food was fresh and very tasty. So much nicer than the Mexican chain restaurants located nearby. A really cool atmosphere, we are really looking forward to visiting again next time we're in Brisbane. Thank you!

Really freaking good! Tasty food, fun atmosphere, friendly staff who are super efficient and great value - we had the fiesta and for $35 each we were so stuffed!! Yummy cocktails too. We came with our toddler and they were super child friendly. Loved it.

Disappointed is an understatement, Brandon was rude when I asked if I could get make your own tacos takeaway, when I ordered I was told to grab a drink and my food would be brought out to me, after 45 minutes of waiting I asked where my food was and was given my bag of food which had been waiting for an unknown amount of time on the bench. When I opened it, this was what I was met with. Tacos. Some cabbage. Fish. Cold and with condensation gathered on the sides. Seriously lousy for $17. Edit: they're lying about replying to my Facebook message in their reply to this comment, too.

I came here for a early dinner with friends, however the company was a lot better than the food. The beef enchiladas were dense and flavourless, it felt very unpleasant to eat. The only thing I liked about the dish was the rice - it was light, zingy and seasoned. Chips and guacamole were decent. I don’t think I would come back as this restaurant seems to be a bit of a tourist trap, and as such is quite overpriced. I wouldn’t say that the high price tag is justified by the quality of the food.

The atmosphere is nice, it’s laid back but quite busy. The food is okay, nothing majorly special. Ordered the nachos Last time and was satisfied with flavour, freshness and portion however cocktails were meh and overall the menu is overpriced.

Bring your big wallet!<br/><br/>Decent mexican food, with generous portion sizes. They used to have decent chilli sauces but have reverted to the standard El Yucateco (which, interestingly is no longer a radioactive green colour as they have adopted only natural colourings!). As per most of the South Bank restaurants, this one is priced for the tourists.  The lunchtime burritos are a bit more affordable at $14, and better than your standard Guzman y Gomez variety.  The beef enchiladas are very tasty as is the pulled pork nachos (but for the latter, bring your appetite).<br/><br/>Please bring back the El Cielo sauces!!!

I absolutely love this this place! I’m a big Mexican food fan, and this is some of the best I’ve ever eaten! Last time I went I ordered the pumpkin borrito. I know... sounds boring and not like it would have much flavour. It was so flavoursome and filled with so much variety. I highly recommend. Also, I love that they do their drinks properly. I love me a good margarita, and in the past I have gone to places that horrified me by using what tasted like cordial or it was watered down, or they didn’t put salt on the glass. But if you want an authentic margarita, definitely go here! <br/>The service is always friendly and quick when I’ve been. And plenty of seating, even for prams. <br/>And did I mention you are in beautiful Southbank! All you have to do is walk across the road (or on sundays just walk to markets on the road right in front of you!).<br/>Mucho Mexicano, I look forward to seeing you soon!

Tasty tasty tasty! My partner loves nachos, and these pulled pork offerings were epic! Such a good sized portion he couldn’t even demolish them. But don’t let that put you off, they were tasty as. I opted for the mushroom, truffle and chicken quesadilla and my gosh, it was like royalty for my tastebuds. So good. It would have been nice to have a side splodge of sour cream and guac, but hey, I could have asked for this. The jug of blood orange margarita we enjoyed to wash it down was pretty refreshing too, but could have done with an extra shot. The food: 5 gold stars. The staff; equally as good as the food. Just a shame the bin loving birds are able to roam around and nip at your ankles waiting for the dropped bits of delight. Not the restaurants fault, but slightly off putting. Would eat here again 100%!

Vibrant venue with a good selection. Great jalapeño poppers and nachos. Found the cocktails quite watery and bland. A little over priced and service was mediocre.

Great value kids meals with kids nachos with corn chips, cheese, beef, tomato salsa, guacamole, sour cream for just $10, and cheese quesadillas for $6. Great service, and food comes out quickly. Just beware of the ibis!

We had my daughter's 30th in the private dining room with 38 people. The food was top quality with wonderful friendly staff. Highly recommend.

Strolling along South Bank we decided to try something different and headed on in to Mucho Mexicano.<br/><br/>What was a pleasant afternoon outside was not so pleasant once we arrived at the restaurant. We were greeted by a rude waiter and what looked like an untidy and unclean restaurant. However, we decided to put this beside us and see what the Mexican experience is about. <br/><br/>What we got was good tasting Mexican lunch which was reasonably well portioned and generally well priced. <br/><br/>We chose from the Chicken Burrito Bowl and selection of 3 tacos. The Chicken Burrito Bowl was tasty, the chicken well cooked but be wary, this special is advertised on the board but when seated the waiter doesn’t present this menu to you. You need to ask a couple of times to get it.<br/><br/>The three tacos were Pumpkin and Halloumi, Slow Roasted Pork and Smoked Chorizo. All were extremely tasty and all packing punch and flavour and well portioned. <br/><br/>The Sangria Tinto was pleasant however had a dominating wine taste which is unlike most sangrias but was quite strong.<br/><br/>Overall, it is good for a walk in lunch or dinner nothing too elaborate but nothing too basic.

Fantastic restaurant. Staff are very friendly. Food is amazing. Drinks are delicious. We were running late to a show at QPac, but the staff worked hard to get our meals out super fast, so we had plenty of time. Thank you so much 😀 definitely will be back :-) fish tacos were the best!!

Waited 15 minutes to order and 45 minutes for food and drinks that never came. I've never felt the need to leave a restaurant until now - which we did. Way to go.

The restaurant looks really nice, little ‘Mexican’ decorations around the place like piñatas and sugar skulls. <br/>We were seated promptly, although the place was starting to fill up really quickly (as you’d expect on a Friday night), and given our menus. These smelled so bad and we’re a little wet- I don’t know why they were like this but it made me decide on a meal real quick. <br/>We started with the battered Jalapeños followed by Beef Nachos, ‘truffle’ Chicken Quesadilla and Beef Fajitas. My friend order a drink (this wasn’t available) and went instead with a Allende Golden Ale. <br/>There was a slight wait on the food, nothing outrageous and the food flavour (Jalapeños were the favourite) and portions were good.<br/>All in all, satisfied with the meal - slightly overpriced for what it is, but it’s located in Southbank so it’s expected.

Yeahhhhh boiiiii. Who doesn’t love a big plate of nachos. I was craving nachos and I got nachos and I was so satisfied. The serving was huge (enough for 2 people) and I LOVE the generous potion sized of guacamole and sour cream *drools*. The sangria was also delicious. If you’re craving a mex feed I definitely recommend this joint.

Was excited at the prospect of trying Mucho Mexicano. Exciting seating area, great selction of drinks and food! The jog of Mexican Mojito was standard. Also ordered the pork belly and chicken tacos plus the chicken fajitas. Whilst I was expecting to enjoy it the least, the pork belly tacos turned out to be the stand out by far! The fajitas were a bit on the bland side. The chicken tacos were nice but a bit dry. Presentation on all 3 dishes were fantastic however.

Forgot to bring drinks, as we left the guy said “oops we wondered what table that order was for”( seemed like a friendly but inexperienced backpacker). Chicken fajitas were a $26 bowl of capsicum with a few strips of chicken, tiny bowl of guacamole & sour cream. Not as nice as the chain stores mexican & burrito shops.

Where to begin? We arrived at the restaurant on a Sunday evening and were looking forward to a great meal, prices were higher than average across the board which is fine if the quality is in line with this, After a fairly long wait out meals were bought out.The tacos that my mother in law ordered were an extremely small helping and in my opinion did not warrant the $15 price tag. The real insult came when my wife found a big piece of plastic in her pulled pork nachos! We finally got the attention of the waitress who immediately apologised and took the dish away, it then took a further 15 minutes for my wife to get her replacement dish, in the meantime our children had finished their meals (overpriced & undercooked fish and chips). When the waitress finally returned she was bought a new meal and told that all the meat comes in plastic bags and they just heat it up and some of the bag must have been accidentally left in her meal! (bear in mind that this place is charging WAY above the norm for their culinary "delights"). by this time the kids were running riot and ready to go home so my wife had to rush through her food which was garnished with ice cold salsa, overall we very disappointed and would not recommend this place to anyone or ever return here. NO COMPENSATION was offered to us for the lacklustre experience, should have stuck to Guzmen and Gomez or Zambrero's - People heed my warning and do not go here unless you like paying through the nose for stuff you could make at home in your microwave. Grade = E-

$3 for a couple of slices of jalepenos added to an already $25 dish is a bit ridiculous. Cocktails were good but also a little expensive for the perceived amount of effort required.

The food is good.<br/>It's a really nice open setting too.<br/>I got the pumpkin tacos and they were great.<br/>Good Vegetarian options too.<br/><br/>Definitely recommend giving this one a try.

Friendly and welcoming service, good menu range with vegetarian options. Food was delivered quick and hot and competitively priced. Not fine dining, just a comfortable environment with tasty food. Will return.

Went for a quick lunch and enjoyed the food, except what was delivered was not was ordered. Ordered the beef and got the chicken. I guess it was an honest mistake that i didnt fix, when the meal was delivered. It was stated on the bill as chicken, so a mis-communication somewhere. It happens! Still quite enjoyable, just not what I was hopping for.

Went with my partner to Southbank and we decided to get Mexican, I got chilli con carne and she got the pulled pork nacho, <br/><br/>The meals were really nice but when my partner was chewing on what she thought was a bit of bad chewy pork and spat it onto a napkin it turned out to be a bit of plastic like clingwrap or whatever they keep the pork in, that really mad us feel a bit ill.<br/><br/>The manager ended up giving us the nacho for free and I still payed for the con carne, kinda scared how much melted plastic we actually ate considering it would have been cooked into the pork. <br/><br/>Apart from that the meals were fine.

I have come to Mucho Mexicano for dinner and I am in a group. I ordered corn chips and guacamole for entree, with was yum and the sticky wagyu beef taco with spicy salsa and slaw for mains. The moment I had a bite it was amazing the beef was hot and cooked perfectly, perfectly accompanied by the spicy salsa and freshness of the slaw. The dish had a option of 2 or 3 tacos. The rest of my group enjoyed their meals.

My family and I had lunch today at Mucho Mexicano because we were wanting to try this restaurant for a while and we are so glad we did because our food was delicious. I had the beef quesadilla and the fries with aioli to share, while my partner had the beef nachos, my mother in law had the pulled pork nachos, my brother in law had the beef fajitas and finally my sister in law had the pork tacos. Each of our meals were extremely tasty and filling and we had a lovely man serving us explaining each meal. Can't wait to come back here again!

Very underwhelming. Service was slow, the staff were inattentive and the Mexican is mostly of an old El Paso burrito mix standard. <br/><br/>Good - enchiladas and tacos, but still nothing special. Serving negro modelo. <br/>Bad- The 'tostadas' are more like corn chips, not tostadas. Serving is tiny. <br/>Ugly- the chicken wings were bland and not even crispy...who f*cks up chicken wings?<br/><br/>Finally, the staff won't do basic math, they have a ridiculous split bill policy and claim that 'nobody in the world uses cash anymore', yeah the majority of the world lives on under $5 a day and uses pay pass. Numpty.

Dining with friends before a movie. We arrived and were seated quite quickly, after that service was a little slow. They were a little busy but think we were forgotten. Portion sizes were very strange - a friend's nachos could have fed a family of 4 but the our tacos were on the small side. Despite this everything was tasty and everyone sharing meant we were all well-fed.

I have to say we enjoyed our evening here at Mucho Mexicano. The service was spot on except for the fact our food was a little late on arrival, but this could be forgiven as it was a Sat night & we were quickly offered a table despite it being crowded. The food was tasty & came in generous portions. The chilli poppers (stuffed Jalapenos) came in a crispy crumb & were nicely spiced. My main was a vegetarian selection with lots of pumpkin olives tomatoes & feta. Drinks were good we had Sangria & could taste the liquor & wine. Colourful bright decor with a  jovial atmosphereoh & loved that habanero sauce

Longer review: I tried the strawberry, guava and apple margarita to start, it was delicious. The salt on the edge of the glass was the perfect combo. . The mucho chips were a crowd favourite, I’d love to know what the seasoning was. The corn chips with salsa and avocado was nice but nothing to call home about.

If you are hungry, go the 'Mother of all tacos' roast chicken...filling, yummy and add some sangria to the mix...a real Mexican cum Brisvegas experience.

After discovering that our first choice, Olé, had a wait time of about an hour, I suggested Mucho Mexicano for dinner with friends last weekend. I'd been to Mucho previously and had enjoyed the experience, so off we toddled to indulge our inner Mexicans.<br/><br/>It was super busy on Saturday night, but we were shown to a table within five minutes of our arrival and presented with chilled table water. We all really loved the variety of margaritas and sangria on offer but, as tempting as it was for us to go all out on a litre of margarita, I was the driver for the evening and the others had an early start.<br/><br/>Upon examination of the menu all four of us were instantly attracted to the truffled chicken quesadillas, irrespective of the fact that two of our party were vegetarian. Add truffle to anything on a menu and the four of us will come running. I went with the quesadillas and my companions ordered the mini roast lamb chimichanga, the pumpkin fajita and a vegetarian nachos, because why not?! <br/><br/>The food arrived surprisingly quickly for such a busy night, and looked delicious. I could smell that gorgeous earthy truffle scent from the chicken quesadillas as my plate arrived. There was a decent amount of cheese here and the salsa was beautifully fresh. The chicken was unfortunately a little on the dry side and there was none of the spice that I'd expected. Overall, the quesadillas were tasty but didn't blow me away with amazingness. <br/><br/>The service was good but could have come with a smile; our waitress seemed a little too busy for this simple gesture. It was also quite tricky to flag down a member of staff to order more drinks, but we got there in the end. <br/><br/>Overall, my companions and I enjoyed our food and experience at Mucho Mexicano. Visually, this place is so appealing with its fiesta theme and eye-catching colours. It's hard to walk past without wanting to join the party! I'd absolutely come back to try out the strawberry, apple & guava margarita sometime soon.

Stayed in Brisbane for 4 days, this place was a highlight, great atmosphere and delicious food/ cocktails! Can't wait to go back next time i'm in town

Friday night just gone we thought we would get a quick feed and a cocktail to boot.<br/><br/>Upon walking up to the "please wait to be seated sign" the manager greeted with "just the two of you?", as he glanced around to the bar.<br/>I replied "we are not sitting at the bar", he responded with "that was quick".<br/>I know these types of places are busy and fast at turning over tables, but we are not cattle mate.. <br/><br/>Prawn entree canapés were awesome.<br/>Pulled pork Nachos had hardly any cheese, defeated the purpose of having Nachos. <br/>Sizzling sliced beef & capsicum dish with soft tacos was so so so tough, my fiancé actually chocked on a piece. I actually had to hit her on the back to bring up the stuck piece!! No joke.. <br/><br/>Lucky the coconut margarita was great..<br/>Would we go back - no.

First time there last night... the food was amazing!!! Recommend the prawn tacos.. kudos to our waitress. It was really nice to get genuine, kind, helpful service that was like a human, not a robot.

Love Mexican food and will be coming here again for sure! Awesome menu, heaps of options and everything we tried was delicious! Service was speedy and friendly and the margaritas were delicious.

Sensational! Gotta try the lamb shoulder 🤘great friendly service. Awesome food, great atmosphere. Bonus being across the road from Southbank.

Absolutely fantastic.<br/>Service, atmosphere, food and price! If you like Mexican, you'll love the authenticity of and quality of the menu.<br/>Southbank has a new favourite Resteraunt. Well done!<br/>

Unbelievable food! The lamb shoulder could not have been cooked better. Not an unhappy customer at the table. Excellent service. 10 out of 10

An awesome Mid-Week dinner at this vibrant Mexican restaurant. Great service from start to finish accompanied by outstanding food! Highly recommended the mojitos and the lamb shoulder!

Really good. Food was good and service was unreal. Really friendly staff with a lot of personality.<br/><br/>We had 3 Monster tacos to share amongst 10 and it was very nice.

I went to Mucho Mexicano at 6.30 for dinner last night. There were three waitresses and what appeared to be the manager on duty, with only about five tables of people dining. Despite this, I'd have to say I can't remember a time I've had worse service. Consistently having to ask for water top ups, I also had to wave down a waitress to order a drink - and even our meals. The food was at best okay but lacking freshness and seasoning. Wouldn't bother going again.

I love this place such a gem in Southbank! Great Mexican food for a great price, I ordered the 3 tacos for $21 and the guacamole and salsa. Food was delivered quick and so fresh. The atmosphere here is spectacular and would definitely come back again! I love it here.

Yup I sure did give this place a 5!! Wanna know why?<br/>Great service for starters, family friendly is a must for me in restaurants, the lady that had served us was very attentive and suggested my child's meal to come out first before I could ask her which is a huge plus you won brownie points from me!!! 🙌🏾the dining experience was fantastic throughly enjoyed it the food ohhhhhh the food highly recommend the pork platter shared tacos 👌🏾 most definitely will be coming back again and will be bringing friend and more family members👍🏾

After coming here for dinner on the weekend, this is definitely my favourite Mexican in Brisbane. I ordered the share plate of tacos & chose prawn & chorizo/pork belly/grilled chicken. They were all delicious but the pork belly was definitely my favorite. So much that I ordered another pork belly taco after eating my share plate! And I'm not normally a fan of chicken tacos but this one was so good! I will definitely be coming back.

Best Mexican in Brisbane hands down. Might cost a little more than some places, but definitely worth it for a true Baja Mexican experience! Will definitely be going back for a third time this week!

Dear god, what a dreadful experience, the service was chaos, complaints were overheard, the food was bland and poor, avoid, at all costs. Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

We went here for lunch on Sunday and ordered some tacos. I had two fish and a pumpkin and haloumi (3 for $20) and the calamari. I actually went here for the fish taco after seeing the menu online but actually preferred the pumpkin and haloumi in the end. <br/><br/>The fish taco was nice but the flavour was a bit bland. It came with a very plain batter, a small amount of shredded cabbage, some radish slithers and some mayonnaise - nothing to really give it a Mexican flavour. There was chilli sauce on the table, which I added. But a good Mexican flavour is more complex than just chilli. <br/><br/>The pumpkin and haloumi taco was nice as the pumpkin was nicely caramelised. It had more flavour but again not very Mexican or spicy. I washed it all down with a beer but twice had to stop the wait staff from taking away the bottle before I'd finished my final sip. <br/><br/>The calamari was delicious. Couldn't fault it. Freshly made and delicious. <br/><br/>The staff were attentive (too attentive, trying to look busy), the decor is lovely and the atmosphere is lively. I just hope they can spice the food up as I'm really tired of the bland offerings in Mexican restaurants in Brisbane. No one chooses Mexican because they want bland!

I dined here on the Sunday of the Regional Flavours event at Southbank. I had originally been enticed by the fish tacos on the Eat Southbank food van menu, but to my disappointment the food van wasn't making fish tacos at that time. So we found our way to the restaurant, which is located virtually half way along the restaurant strip on Little Stanley Street. I ordered a share plate of three fish tacos followed by fried calamari. The snapper was the perfect fish for this taco and was balanced beautifully by the aioli and radish. The fried calamari was flavoursome and delicate, cooked for the right amount of time. Service was a bit too enthusiastic- Please, don't try and take plates away when others are still eating. Perhaps it reflects on the supervision and training of the staff, or perhaps they are told to look for things to do. Anyhow that was the only negative of my dining experience.

Gorgeous surroundings, delicious food, fast and friendly service and refreshing drinks! We had the Nachos Grands and the Sweet Potato Quesadilla and both were hot, fresh, nicely spices and really yummy. The white wine sangria went down easily!

Great spot in the heart of southbank. Food was delicious! Great margarita menu. Was a bit disappointed with the service. The staff took a while to realise we hadn’t ordered and it was hard getting their attention. But would overall would definitely recommend!

Came to Mucho for my birthday on a Saturday night at 8pm. Food was great, my only concern was my serving of Moreton bay bug tostadas came out on corn chips which was not what we were expecting. When ordering margaritas I suggest doing this by the glass as when you order the jug you only get two glasses out of it because of all the ice. Really great vibe, perfect start to a big night!

Great concept and location, shame about service and food. Service was slow and abit scattered, seemed really unorganized. Maybe because it is relatively new. Cool idea with the food and how it is served but every dish we tried lacked the big flavors this cuisine should have. The tacos are very expensive, small and bland. Guacamole was also very bland and the chicharron looked like it was a brought in product so $9 seems pretty steep. Will check it out again in a few months.

Longer review: I tried the strawberry, guava and apple margarita to start, it was delicious. The salt on the edge of the glass was the perfect combo. . The mucho chips were a crowd favourite, I’d love to know what the seasoning was. The corn chips with salsa and avocado was nice but nothing to call home about.

“Holy guacamole!” That’s what I thought after eating at Mucho Mexicano for the first time. It was that good I went home and texted my friends and family, I snap chatted every single plate and it was the first thing I thought of when I woke up. Before I get down to the food I’ll get the...

Great location just by the riverside of southbank. A nice water park and the Wheel of Brisbane within 5 minutes of a walk from this restaurant. Great for a relaxing night out. Very nice staffs whom served us. We ordered some corn chips, three soft taco sampler plate with roasted beef, pork & pineapple, fried fish, and the shrimp dirty rice dish. Not regret at all to pick this as our night hub for eatting out.

Getting the perfect idea for dining in such an area, South Bank's new arrival Mucho Mexicano was designed for communal eating. And what better place than smack bang in sight of the roundabout which is right in the middle of the highly populated dining precinct? Also, it is headed by the Ole Group which has several established places on the road already, there are high hopes that it might get embedded among the greats in this general area. <br/><br/>I was meeting a friend of mine in South Bank, and that meant the usual arrangement - lunch and a movie. Regarding what he wanted to eat for lunch, his primary demand was to go somewhere that had big bits of meat. A few places around would easily accommodate to that, and this one place had also recently opened. Being a true Mexican place, a number of items on the menu were exactly that - some good meat. As per usual as well, I showed him the menu to see what he thought and this was the place. Funnily enough with him wanting meat, this used to be an Argentine place and that was definitely a shoe-in if you had the craving for flesh. <br/><br/>There is a whole lot of life to this place sitting down. It is colourful with murals painted with bright colours and having all kinds of Mexican imagery and bright paper dolls (for lack of a better term, they are more in the shapes of skulls and other shapes) drooping down from the ceiling. It is a bit of a tight squeeze with all of the tables around the place, and with the amount of shop front that they have this is possible. It is open-aired This place has two levels, and I could imagine the views from the top, especially during dinner time. For the colder nights, they have plenty of gas heaters laying around to warm up the place and make it just as pleasant during the cold periods as it is during the warm spring days. <br/><br/>One of the biggest strengths of Muchos Mexicano has to come down to the service. We are talking a top notch standard of excellence. It took a little warming up at first, granted that the area was fairly quiet a bit before noon, but when it started getting going it was consistently switched on. Every member of the waitstaff was very friendly and delivered their services really well. It came down to smaller details, the main one I remember is filling up the water glasses - it never really sounds like much on paper, but in the flesh it makes an impression. <br/><br/>Well, I have already said it is a true Mexican place. That is the general array of food that is available on the menu. These come in a range of street food snacks, tacos and a couple of main menu sections - one dedicated to the big meats, and one that is for the regional area of Juarez. Drinks include margaritas, sangria, wines, beers, ciders and plenty of options for tequila. For those who can't decide, there is a shared comida for any number of people. They have an exciting and simplified menu here, and it looks to be one place that could do well along the Grey Street strip. <br/><br/>Getting started with the drink orders, the usual check was if they did coffee or not. Luck was in the air that day. The normal kind of coffee for me and that is a simple doppio. Whatever the type of coffee they use here is, I forget at this given time, but it was not a bad one at all. It had a texture a bit more like wine than milk, and the flavour was a mixture of tart and sour. The body of the coffee was well extracted, and it was fairly strong. Colour me impressed already, and now it is onto the food. <br/><br/>After placing the orders, I chatted with my friend whether or not to get something to begin the meal. Well, yes if I am writing about it now, eh? What else but some simple tortilla chips and dip? These came with a duo of dips, good old guacamole, and salsa. By salsa, it is a salsa fresca which has tomato, garlic, and onion all chopped fresh with flavourings of coriander and lime juice to round it off. These tomatoes were chunky, sweet in their flesh and combined beautifully with the sourness of the lime juice. Other aspects of it like the garlic and coriander were not too overt, and it made for a great homemade salsa. With the guacamole, it was mashed smoothly and became like a creamy dip unto itself. All of this with well salted tortilla chips. Now this is why you can't go wrong with chips and dip as a Mexican entree. <br/><br/>When it came to the main meal, there was really several options that I could have easily gone for. Even on a quite modest menu, this is the norm for me to be - indecisive. Regardless, I went with the grilled prawns and chorizo on top of dirty rice. It was a simple meal, and one that was done right. This had four prawns on top of a bed of rice, which was mixed with tomato and a good marsala that was very spicy. Alongside it was a lemon wedge, and coriander for a garnish. All of this combined to make one tasty little dish, with sweet prawns, smokey chorizo and rice that was done in a paella style that was equal parts spicy (I could feel the after burn in my throat) and equal parts creamy (or whatever the texture of risotto can be called). This made it have that well-put together palate that became complex in how well everything interacted with one another. Or in brevity, it is a solid and tasty meal that suits spice fiends well. <br/><br/>While he was a distracted, or just during a bit of swapping, I nicked a little bit of chicken from my friend's fajita platter. It was also quite good. They cooked the chicken, which itself was a good cut of meat - probably breast or thigh - and it was well seasoned and spiced. He had finished a little before me and had some leftovers i.e. tortillas. So I used one of his (for the prawns, rice et al and maybe some of his sour cream), and it was soft and really good quality. <br/><br/>I was impressed by the overall experience at this restaurant. Not only was the food par excellence, but it was also boosted by wonderful service, a great location and really relaxing aesthetics. After being in such a dessert as far as good, authentic Mexican cuisine is, seeing such places as this pop up is a wonderful sight. Hopefully, more diners will come along and see it for themselves. In less esoteric terms, Muchos Mexicano is definitely a place that I would like to return to, and it will have a good life it if it plays its cards correctly. Like any new kid on the block, and especially when that kid is playing with the big boys, this will have its work cut out for it for the next while.

My partner and I had lunch at this newly opened place. We ordered chicken fajitas and prawns with chorizo and rice. The food was pretty good and served rapidly. The service was lovely. Will come back for sure.

Maybe it's just because this place is new and they haven't got their standards set. But gee this place was terrible. Went here for lunch on Friday and no one looked in control. Service was slow and orders were mixed up.