La Tienda | Tortas | Tacos | Mexican Food | Colombian traditional/streets food | Costarican authentic dishes — Restaurant in Toronto

Absolutely loved Hey Wey (the Mexican place)! First spot as you enter, and the lady there (Rosio) asked me if it was my first time. She very kindly gave me the rundown and after looking at all the spots, I ended up back at hers.

I tried the Gorditas, Chicharron Preparado (with the pickled pork rinds) and a Beef Alambre Quesadilla. While as a first-timer I realised I don't like pork rinds, everything I got was super fresh, made-to-order and absolutely delicious! The quesadilla was deep fried and folded - I've never had it this way, but it was really good.

Everything tasted like it was homemade with love, and it seemed pretty authentic too. They've made good use of the space, and personally it didn't feel cramped.. Rather, cosy.

The only slight drawback was the ventilation, but that's to be expected with deep-frying in an enclosed area.

Will definitely be going...

My husband and I ordered from the Columbian and Mexican restaurants respectively All in all it was a horrible experience, I ordered the empanadas (quesadillas) at hey wey!, the food was good, but the service could use some work the lady serving me seemed annoyed by my mere presence, my husband ordered the bandeja paisa and it was anything but authentic the sausage was not the typical herb and pork variety you expect from a Colombian place but instead some generic grocery store chorizo the sunny side up egg was over cooked and the chicharrón tasted off, it was old and frankly I don't even think it was pork belly. We took our seats and the smell of sewage from the bathroom (I assume) was everywhere. We went there because we heard the Cuban food was good but unfortunately they were closed, but from our experience I don't think we'll be going back...

Food and service both come from authenticity and love. The food is a full body experience as it hits all your senses, especially sizzling quesadillas and papusas, or horchada splashing with just the right consistency, or the frangrant aroma of spices, cheeses, fresh vegetables and corn &/or flour intertwined, or the visual delight of a perfect cheese pull from a papusas. Most of all, the tastes and textures in your mouth are almost magical. Had the cheese & lechon papusas & iced horchada (far end stall) and chicken quesadilla & chocolate cake (mexican stall). Heaven...