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In 2026 London’s Mexican food scene is well and truly booming. Don’t believe us? Check out Time Out’s updated guide to the 20 best Mexican restaurants in London, which spotlights the finest places serving up handmade tortillas, scrummy salsas and ceviches, fresh moles and tasty margaritas.
Now, we come bearing even more news that will get you reaching for the maracas. From this summer, there will be one more place to add to the list, because famed Miami taqueria Coyo Taco is opening its first UK outpost.
Set to debut in Victoria, Coyo Taco is bringing its menu of hand-pressed tacos and torta sandwiches to the Big Smoke. Burritos, bowls, salads and quesadillas will also be available as part of the restaurant’s all-day dining, which will include a breakfast menu centred on chilaquiles and Mexican coffee. Its ‘todo es fresco’ motto – meaning ‘everything is fresh’ – will extend to the London site, where the kitchen will press corn tortillas daily and smash guacamole to order.
As for the all-important tacos, we don’t know exactly what flavour combos to expect, but the Miami menu features beef birria, pollo al carbon, al pastor and carne asada.
Food isn’t the only focus, either. Like its Miami locations, the London site will be home to late night speakeasy Bar Coyo, where tequila and mezcal will take centre stage. Agave-aficionados will even be able to hire tequila lockers where they can buy and store their own bottle until the next time they visit.
A roster of rotating DJs will also be spinning the decks (which, by the way, have been built into the bar) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Plus, Coyo Taco is planning to host local artist residencies, inviting them to create murals inspired by Miami’s art scene.
Coyo Taco launched in the Floridian capital’s Wynwood district in 2016 and has since become something of a celeb hangout, welcoming famous names from Will Smith and Diplo to David Beckham and even Barack Obama during his presidency. The chain now has 11 locations, six of which are in the US, with other spots in Panama, Portugal, Columbia and the Dominican Republic, and now London.
It’s just the latest US taco joint to turn its focus to the UK capital. In November, Velvet Taco brought its fish and chips and chicken tikka-filled tortillas to east London for the first time, too.
The exact opening date is yet to be revealed, but we know that Coyo Taco will debut in London this summer at Orchard Place, SW1.
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