Mexican
10 Argyle St, Kings Cross, London WC1H 8EG
At the top of the Standard hotel in King's Cross, Decimo is run by chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias who has two Michelin-starred restaurants in Bristol and features tapas-style food inspired by Mexico and Spain. The views are breathtaking, and you can enjoy pre-dinner drinks at the super glamorous rooftop bar.
9 Seymour Street, London W1H 5BT
Santiago Lastra's Kol is another step in the reinvigoration of Mexican food in London, this mixes Mexican cooking with ingredients that are largely sourced in the UK (and it has a great downstairs bar too).
Coal Drops Yard, Stable Street, London N1C 4AB
Casa Pastor serves up Mexican classics like slow-cooked pork tacos and tuna tostadas with the outside heated area Plaza Pastor sharing a similar menu, potent cocktails and featuring live music and DJs at the weekend. It’s an excellent party spot in the centre of Coal Drops Yard.
208 Stoke Newington High St, London N16 7HU
After originally starting life as a taco shack in Netil Market, Sonora Taqueria have a permanent home in Stoke Newington. Here, you can find some of London's very best tacos, with things kicking off at breakfast (and with breakfast burritos too, of course). A must-visit if you consider yourself a connoisseur of tacos.
70 Leonard St, London EC2A 4QX
Zapote is a modern Mexican restaurant in the heart of Shoreditch with an ex-Aqua Nueva chef in the kitchen. All their tortillas are made in-house daily and the menu features a mix of the traditional and modern, with tacos and quesadillas sitting alongside dishes like their coal-roasted sweet potato. There is a big bar here too, so it's very handy for some of their cocktails and snacks.
56 Wigmore St, Marylebone, London W1U 2RZ
Cavita is the London restaurant from Mexican-born chef Adriana Cavita, who was previously at top restaurants including El Bulli and Pujol. Here, you'll get a high-end Mexican menu in a relaxed setting as well as a separate downstairs mezcaleria.
82 Goswell Rd, London EC1V 7DB
This was street traders-turned restaurateurs Breddos first restaurant. It serves up excellent tacos, tostadas, tortilla-based Mexican pizza tlayudas and more. Don't forget to give their mezcal list a try as well.
152 Tooley St, London SE1 2TU
This is a small two storey restaurant with a modern take on traditional Mexican from food husband and wife team Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes. Here you'll find a menu which mixes what you know about Mexican cooking with more unfamiliar dishes.
141-145 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London W11 2RS
Originally beginning life as Cool Chile Co stall on Portobello Road, the team moved inside to become Taqueria, serving up tacos, tostados, ceviches and all manner of Mexican treats. After many years, it still holds its own as serving some of London's best tacos.
2 Farmer Street, London W8 7SN
This Notting Hill restaurant hashas created a whole new culinary category with its Mexican-Japanese fusion cuisine. Alongside tostadas, tiraditos and ceviche, there are 18 different tacos as well as plenty of tequila and mezcal. There's also a tiny omakase restaurant, Juno, hidden inside which is well worth a visit in itself.
55 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3HP
Santo Remedio at London Bridge has established itself as one of London's top authentic Mexican restaurants. This is their second restaurant (but also where they originally started out some years back). They call the cafe "an ode to the bustling cafés of Mexico" with hits from the original Santo Remedio - like the tacos and guacamole - as well as Shoreditch-only dishes. Expect great margaritas and there's a takeaway hatch too.
106 Druid Street, London SE1 2HH
The team behind Borough's El Pastor have opened their own tortilla factor and taco bar down the road beside Maltby Street Market.
129 Kingsland High street, London. E8 2PB
Since opening in Clapton, this trendy little taqueria has enjoyed a pretty meteoric rise in popularity, so it was only a matter of time before the Del 74 lads branched out. The new Dalston restaurant will provide all the dishes you know and love, plus an extended menu and mezcal bottles for sharing (or shooting) with the rest of the table....
One Hamilton Place, Park Lane, London W1J 7QY
Martha Ortiz has won plaudits for Mexico City's Dulce Patria and now she's arrived at the InterContinental Park Lane, joining Theo Randall as the hotel's second restaurant. Expect high-end Mexican food.
6-7A Stoney St, London SE1 9AA
El Pastor is from the people behind Barrafina, on a mission to do the same for Mexican food as they did for Spanish. There's a big focus around tacos, particularly on the signature Al Pastor and they have a super selection of Mezcal too.
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
Mexican restaurant Wahaca is branching out with a new long-term residency that's starting at the Truman Brewery this July. It will be inspired by Mexico City (Distrito Federal) and will serve freshly prepared dishes with a US influence.
13 Cork Street, London W1S 3NS
Arjun Waney teams up with Eduardo García from Máximo Bistro in Mexico City to create the menu together with head Chef Hili San (from Buddha Bar and Nobu Park Lane) for this high end Mexican restaurant.
6 Moor Street, London W1D 5NN
NYC's Serge Becker has teamed up with Will Ricker (Great Eastern Dining Room) to create a downstairs restaurant and bar, a road side taqueria, and all-day contemporary Mexican café.
10 Upper St Martin's Lane, St Martin's Courtyard, London WC2H 9FB
London doesn't have much in the way of upmarket Mexican, so this modern Mexican may be just the ticket for anyone fancying an enchilada. There's a private dining room for 20, large terrace for outdoor drinking and a monthly tequila dinner which sounds lethal but fun.
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