I have been to Mexico twice now and the first time there were a few hiccups but the second time was amazing! We had a big group and managed to get a table (they do take bookings for 10-16 people but you have to get the set menu). The set menu at $30 was a bargain as there was SO much food! We also got to sample all the favourites (ceviche, fried chicken, soft tacos) without having to make any decisions. The food was fantastic, service was great, with a very cool atmosphere. I’m an avid Mexican fan and this is now my favourite Mexican restaurant in Auckland. Would definitely recommend for a good value, fun night out.

Mexico is a breath of fresh air in the Auckland City restaurant scene.

The place is fun, it’s loud, it’s squishy… chances are, you will be at a table with other guests, but that’s all part of its charm and the atmosphere that it is so loved for. The walls are a tribute to all things Mexican, crammed with photos, postcards, masks (the masks are a little creepy) and fantastic art… even the ladies bathroom is like walking into a shrine for Frida Khalo.

The food is not your typical ‘Americanised Mexican’, instead of an abundance of cheese and sour cream, the menu revolves around jalapenos, lime and coriander. And it’s oh so cheap! There aren’t many places in town where you can feel (a little too) full after an $11 meal.

It amazes me that Mexico can have such a terrible rating on this website and yet every time I go, the place is packed with people who adore it.

Make sure you go in there with an open mind, chances are you will have to wait for a table… but it’ll be worth the wait!

This place is fantastic!
BUT – go with the following in mind:
Because it’s so popular you need to get there either early (ie 6pm) or later (ie 8pm onwards) if you don’t want to wait in a queue (and yes this is weekdays too).
I’ve done my fair share of travelling to the US and Mexico – this is authentic Mexican.
It’s very good food, reasonably priced, very tasty, the place is busy and the atmosphere is manic – just like Mexico.
This place is my favourite Mexican in Auckland city! It’s a refreshing addition to the city’s restaurant scene.
Go with the right expectations and you won’t be disappointed!

This place is a joke!

Went with my wife last night and joined their waiting list for a table. The two young girls on the front desk had a very severe case of “superiority concept” – you’re waitresses at a Mexican cafe ladies not Hollywood A-Listers!

I asked them for an indication of how long the table would be (it was 6.45) and they said 45 minutes to an hour. We went to get a drink at a bararound the corner and we waited. And waited. And waited. After over two hours we went back and couldn’t get any sort of help so we jumped in a cab and went to Mission Bay instead. It’s now Sunday and they still haven’t texted me to say my table’s ready…..they may be busy now, but once word spreads about the crap service, snotty attitude and total lack of professionalism I suspect they’ll start to look at this sort of feedback more seriously. Woeful. Don’t go there.

After waiting for a table from 5.45pm to 9.30pm we left and went somewhere else. We would have hoped to have some kind of time indication after an hour.

Great Sangria though, and from what I could see it would have been a good atmosphere had we been able to go.

The 3 front of house staff were extremely rude and arrogant. They seemed more interested in gossiping about their hair then doing their job of welcoming and seating customers. I had earlier spoken on the phone to a lovely woman who assured us she would at least try and accommodate our table of 7 (as you cannot book) when I explained this to the front of house girls they couldn’t have cared less, were not helpful and actually decided to stop talking to us and continued gossiping. I would NEVER recommend coming here until they reassess their staffing situation. Total disappointment

Myself and a few co-workers went to Mexico for what we expected to be a trendy and authentic Mexican restaurant/bar… lets just say we won’t be rushing back there ! From the outside this place looks like it has potential to be an entertaining place to eat and enjoy the music, colourful decor and traditional cuisine, inside we found it was cramped, very hot, minimum seating, dirty and way too loud! the staff were veerryy slow and unorganised, the food was cheap in price and taste! The thing that shocked me was the bathrooms, if your in a restaurant you’d expect there to be toilet paper and things to be clean…you might wanna go before you get there! And last of all the glasses, whether you ordered a wine ( if you can call cask wine wine) or a Margarita everything came in a medium size water glass, which i thought was cheap and dull. The only positive thing i can say is i liked the deep fried banana pastry with maple syrup, but i could make that at home!

I rate this restaurant 2/5 stars

Love it! Fabulous.
Have been 5 times now and enjoyed every experience.
The staff are great and the twiggy blonde maitre dee is always a charm and we walk out laughing.
Decor is awe inspiring and the place is always a hive of activity.
I do come back more for the experience rather than the food itself, although the food is fair for the price it’s very inconsistent. One day the ‘not to miss’ fried chicken is black the next it’s orange?
Totally worth checking out, a nice addition to to the city and a cheap night out!

Rude staff and a 3 hour wait for a table (no bookings allowed) mean we won’t be returning in a hurry. Empty tables all over the restaurant but somehow they were all reserved for large parties (that never arrived!). They kept stringing us along saying there was less than an hour to wait.. isn’t this just to keep us buying overpriced drinks in their bar? The woman at the door was arrogant and rude and didn’t seem to know her job.

True, nothing is over $14 but the servings are very small. Ordered 2 x $6 soft tacos and pretty quickly needed to order a third. Food was fine – what can you say about a small taco? Very busy when we came at lunch time but the service was great – very friendly and efficient, didn’t feel rushed at all. Didn’t order anything else so can’t comment on drinks or prices. Nice decor, good lunchtime vibe. 3 stars is about right.

The concept is good- having been twice, I would say that go when it is a little less busy as the food and service are better. Definitely different and the food is enjoyable

so its always difficult to find a true Mexican restaurant. And this one is no different. if yuo want mediocre TexMex at a slightly inflated price. Here it is.
The service is polished like a McDonalds (would you want Margarita with that sir)
the sfood is cheap and tacky.
You may as well go to a burger king.
The alcohol is watered down and the meat is non existant.
scores 2 out of 10

We went along on night number 2. Considering this the service was pretty good, 4/5. They didnt know what was going on, but they pulled it off very well!
Food; We chose 2 salads and 2 tacos. We probably needed 1 one item between the 2 of us. Prawn salad with chipotle mayo, tasty but mayo needed to be a bit warmer.
The market fish ceviche was ok, the fish was very fresh, but the meal seamed to be a little 2 dimensional, lacked depth. It had the spicy warmth that was missing from the mayo, but it was more of a whack of spice than integrated.
Tacos are well priced and tasty. I dont have any problem with pineapple in a cooked meal, but my partner does. Still the pulled pork was good. Chicken good, but taste inconsistent through the taco.
The foods cheap, but not matched by the price of beers and tequila. Not too bad though.

Probably the only real negative was the crammed seating, forcing staff to negotiate their way around with much back tracking to let people past. This was mostly a problem at the choke point between the bar and till.

A fun place with well priced food and great service. Interesting decor.
Giving it 4 stars, as it will improve,