El Calibre

I can’t express how excited I was to be invited along by El Calibre to try their Mexican menu. This newly opened Degraves street eatery has cornered the Mexican food market in this high volume tourist street.

The restaurant itself is quite minimalist in decor but there is certainly a subtle theme of Mexico, glass skulls and cacti and a message on the wall asking Why Not Both? The menu explained this message. A light selection of fusion dishes in amongst the classic mexican.

We started of with cocktails and these were positively a delight. We tried the Raspberry Mojito and the Pink Senorita which were probably our favourites but I also rated highly peachy Dutch Iced Tea and the Coco Fresha was dangerously drinkable (packs quite the vodka kick).

We started with classic vego nachos which were good with plenty of melty cheese and cheese sauce. Tacos next and we loved the Beef and Chicken ones. The fish tacos had a bit more kick to them and were very light and delicate portions of fish. Fillings were generous and complex.

Perhaps my favourite dish was up next. The quesadillas we chose were a combination of slow cooked beef and omg Butter Chicken!!!! The Beef was great but the butter chicken magnificent. Two of my favourite cuisines in one. 👌

We butter chickened again in our burrito which was hearty and full of rice, beans, slaw, guacamole and of course the butter chicken curry. This was a main size and was exceptionally large.

Our last dish of the night was a lovely tomato seafood dish which was well cooked and that tomato sauce very flavoursome. Perhaps the only let down for me this evening was the rice accompanying this dish which was a little over cooked.

Sadly on the day we visited the deep fryer was out of action so this leaves a heap of menu items still untasted. I’d be keen to give the dorito chickos (dorito covered chicken wings) and the truffle fried chips a go on a future visit.

Thanks so much for having us