Wahaca

The two other tables in the otherwise empty restaurant arrived much later than we did and were finishing their meals by the time our dishes arrived. Not worth the wait. The food was underwhelming and the staff unorganised. Overall a tiring experience.

Mexican street food served in a jazzy restaurant at restaurant prices is an oxymoron. Brixton market is streets ahead...

I too am surprised by the negative reviews. I am continually surprised by the originality and high standard of the seasonal menus. One thing I would say is that a buritto is a buritto! the quality of the individual components are often lost by stuffing them in a tight wrap. And although they are a great on- the- go lunch I feel one must wahaca's renowned street food menu to fully appreciate the restaurants worth

Typed my review, hit 'Submit' and got the message: "Steady on, that's too much text! Please keep it under 3000 characters" OK. I'll edit my text and try and post it later. But I suppose it could be summed up as: "Not one of the greats"

I actually felt that this place was over priced for the quantity of food on the plate. However I enjoyed the ambience of the placed and idea for tapas is fun for big groups! The quality of food was standard to canary wharf; neither bad nor outstanding!

After reading the reviews, I had high hopes for this place, but it was, meh... at best. For starters, the guacamole was obviously, from the color, not made that day, as the menu advertises. It was just mixed with a lot of lime juice to become that kind of tan-green day after stuff with the brown top mixed in with the tan bottom instead of fresh guacamole. Also, the chips were not good at all-- they were really grainy/corn-mealy in texture. I had the huevos rancheros for a main as it was noon on a Saturday. The whole thing was covered with raw red onion bits-- in what part of Mexico do they cover their huevos rancheros with raw red onions? bleh! Also, the chorizo was overrun with a chipotle flavored sauce. Finally, the fried egg was then baked with the beans, salsa verde, chorizo, and tortilla-- giving the egg a baked egg and not a fried egg texture-- which is totally different. Definitely not authentic Mexican food here, but it is the best Fake-xican food I've had in London so far-- hence the second star.

Reasonably priced, excellent range in the menu; perhaps the portions were a bit small. Overall though the staff were amazing, very friendly and fantastic knowledge of the menu. Not many places to sit when waiting for a table and the deserts were a bit if a let down, but overall would recommend.

Ate here Saturday night as a party of 14, which given the popularity was no mean feat in itself. We arrived early, as instructed and the staff promised us they would try to get us a table all together. A short wait/drink in the bar (quite expensive, but not overly so by Covent Garden standards) later and we had a table to seat us all together. Our waiter was enthusiastic and got most things spot on (a couple of drinks failed to materialise, but he made good on that). The food was amazing. I've never been to Mexico, so I don't know if it was truly 'authentic', but it was certainly more so than Americanised "Tex-Mex". But one thing I am sure of was it was very tasty, good value (£19.95 for a two person street food selection - plenty of food for 2 - only one of us could manage a dessert after!) and the atmosphere was great. Mexican beer and Tequilas were good too. All in all a great evening.

Ate here last night for the first time - I had the chicken burrito but it was very hard to find any chicken in it, it was mainly a wrap of green rice. Which was tasty, but got boring. The food is cheap, but I don't think it is reasonably priced. I was disappointed.

The people leaving negative review here quite frankly need to see a doctor. Where else in London can you buy fresh, interesting and exciting Mexican (read real Mexican not American Mexican) food at such value, great staff and great tequila, two can eat your fill for £20. Outstanding.. the only thing pretentious is the negative reviewers here.