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What can I say!!! Extreeemely good value for money. That mexican plater selection was excellent!.We had a botle of Chilean wine, the platter to share and the Churros with chocolate sauce.Yum! definately coming back there.Give it a try ! The staff are also very friendly!

Went to Wahaca last night for a friends birthday. I arrived at 7 and by 7.30 we had a table for 14 people without too much hassle, and had had a drink in the bar while we waited.
I thought the choice of food was great and very reasonably priced for London, our waiter helped us order a good selection. We ordered from the "street food" section and had plenty to share. Be warned the hot sauce is HOT!
All in all a really good experience, I would return!

We are not into write about bad and good restaurants, but our recent experience needs to be shared, as We normally eat at home, We are really good Cooks and We enjoy Good Food, home made !!! , We do not like to spend much on bad eating out. As a treat for the day Me and my partner decided to visit the new Shopping center in White City and We decided to have dinner, and it was a surprise find a Wahaca there, as We have tried twice the one in town, but not succes to get in due too long waiting list s and believe me, We have no patience for queuing . We have heard about Masterchef Tommasina, that We could not resist to finally try it.
We found a funny note on the door advising to pull hard, (very mexican We thought!!! ) After open the heavy door (thats why) No long wait, good, We have been told by one of the managers , a tall smiley guy to wait for the host and a southamerican looking guy, gave us the welcoming asking if Were We ready for the mexican experience? and took us to our table, We were really pleased to see such a vibrant venue, bright and full of color just like in a Mexican market, all so good so far,
We were explained by our waitress the confusing menu, but the enchilada with mole sauce made my night, and took my memory to Oaxaca.
We were wondering how come the taste could be so authentic? the taquitos and salsas like in Mexico? During our dinner lots of conversation in between staff and other guests gave us the clue, when the waitress mentioned, that one of the managers is Mexican, that We noticed of course!, and telling to another guest, that they have around 5 Mexican staff including chefs and waitress,and to finish our experience, the manager mentioned to another mexican guest that the famous Chef Tommasina was having dinner just a few tables of distance, of course We did not run for a foto. but that is why We are writing, as We had a really good time and We did not spend lots of money, Good guys keep it like that !!! We have had lot of fun and the food was brilliant!!!

go on Sunday at a strange time like 4 in the afternoon.... no queue.
Mucho tasty.
Chelada beer was good.
everything was interesting.
Im guessing its nothing like eating in Mexico though... as claimed.
Service was mid-Atlantic.

I went to wahaca four times in the space of two months and absolutely loved it! Very unique and a change from your typical tex-mex. Authentic mexican dishes that are very reasonably priced. You have to try it at least once.

Bland food, poor service. The wait is not worth it.

Cold food, poor service. This was our 2nd visit and we will not return

Hmmm, I've been here twice and both times I've left feeling annoyed.
They make you wait at least at hour for a table (I arrived on a weeknight at 7pm) and they give you unrealistic times so when you come back and expect your table ready, you have another half an hour to wait.
The Front of House staff are rude, sarcastic and kept forgetting our booking. I can understand they have a stressful job but no need to be rude, after all, we are the ones waiting for a table.
The first time we went, we ended up sitting about an inch away from the people who had been queueing behind us for an hour which was a bit awkward as it felt like we knew them by this point.
Wahaca is a money-making machine. If there is a table available for 4 but you are a party of 3, they would rather make you wait for an hour than lose out on that extra person's spend. This is not a struggling business, they are constantly full and pack everyone in like sardines. It's also noisy and you have to shout to make yourself heard.
The food is good but the above really does spoil the experience.
Wahaca claims to be authentic Mexican but I'm not so sure. They offer Churros y Chocolate (which I love) and, according to Wahaca: "churro stalls are found all over Mexico". Which is strange because I've travelled through a fair part of Mexico and never saw a churro stall.
So why does it attract so many people? I think us British can't help but be attracted to a queue. If there's a queue, it must be good right?
Please don't jump on this bandwagon and spend your money somewhere more worthy.

Tried to eat at Wahaca last night and was really excited about it given the press, but be warned - their seating/queuing system is atrocious. We were told it was an hour wait (well, first 45 mins, then 15 minutes later it was suddenly at hour...), but that we could have a table at 9pm, they'd take our number and call us. There were quite a lot of free tables, but he said this was for people 'coming back at a prearranged time'. He took our number and said he'd call, so we went off for a drink since crazily enough you can't wait at their own bar. Nine o clock came.. No call. No dinner at Wahaca. It may be they expect you to rock back up an hour later, but clearly this system does not work - hence the empty tables, long queue and ridiculous wait for what should be fast turnover food. Be warned!

Having subsequently returned to Wahaca for a second try (the amount of satisfied people around were too many and we had to see if something was wrong with us), we had the chance to speak to the staff and even the chef there and we have cracked it.
We were told that we we had ordered on our first visit (the wahaca selection to share) was more of an introduction to Mexican food for "novices", which may explain why we didn't find it as tasteful as we had hoped.
We therefore were more adventurous with our choices this time and must admit that it was indeed tasty and much more satisfying. The tortilla soup, Pork Pibil tacos and main were all very good, as were the churros we had for dessert (surprisingly light).
The only thing I would say is that for anyone out there it is not obvious (and the staff didn't tell us at the time) that the wahaca selection is merely an introductory fare for 1st time Mexican diners - you have been warned now. If you want taste, go for anything else on the menu and you'll definitely enjoy Wahaca and its ambience.