Tacos Mx Islington — Restaurant in London

Was passing along and thought to read the menu and was greeted by a friendly women whom works here, entailing myself and my partner on thier "authentic menu" and deals which on Tuesday is £2.50 per taco and Thursday £6 arepas.

Such a friendly welcome and a promise of such authentic south American cuisine as some of the staff had said we had to try.

I've visited a long time ago Mexico a long time ago as travelling from long drives from Tuscon arizona towards nogales then furthermore to sonora then hermosillo furthermore towards all the way to los mochis then a long drive to Durango then all the way to Mexico city and stayed in Mexico for three weeks so I know what is expected.

Ordered the birria tacos, arepas( carnitas) ,baja fish tacos and quessidilla (pastor). And two cocktails and a beer.

Service and atmosphere was amazing with such details almost representing the Mexico city night scenes.

The food brought to us was tasty but not the same I had in Mexico. No sharp flavours from the coriander ( cilantro) onions and jalapeño ( they use pickled jalapeño and not fresh) very disappointed in this and was giving a subpar excuse on why they don't have it. U.k gets jalapeño imported as I myself do purchase a kilo of jalapeño for £14.99 which is decent and worth it for its flavour and spice. Unfortunately taco mx couldn't be bothered to but such important ingredients. There is a store 300m that sells organic jalapeño near by.

I digress, the food tasted clean and fulfilling but not authentic bur delicious.

Not spicy and I am a spice lover, asked for a side of jalapeño and asked If the jalapeño was fresh and was told by a women staff that it was and I was brought a some pickled jalapeño that you can buy cheaply in jars.

The food was tepid and not hot but in Mexico most food Is not boiling hot coming out unless you go to street vendors and you are the only one in line.

The food was missing sharper flavours from the crunch of the onions, coriander and chillies which was replaced with pickled onions and doused In mayo sauces which is a californian ideal of cuisine, the baja tacos was the closest thing that was almost authentic and that is an American version Unfortunately.

Great service, amazing atmosphere and average food. The meat was tender but lacked inspiration , birria gravy was almost on the cold side, no limes was given with tacos, no actual proper garnishes was given or rightly put.

Again food was delicious but not authentic.

Thank you for accommodating me and my partner and I'm glad we've tried this but will not return as even chipotle had a spicier menu and I hate chipotle ( American fast food joint).

Spent £88 included the 12.5 percent service charge and the £1.40 extra for pickled jalapeño the as decent as it was , I shall still be on the look out for authentic south American cuisine.

Thank you Taco MX team , you did an amazing job hosting with such a wonderful and friendly service and I recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting clean, delicious food and a warm embracing friendly atmosphere but without spices and good flavours then this is the...

We arrived on Taco Tuesday at 7:20pm and were told to sit wherever we would like. My partner joined me and we decided to move to the back of the restaurant out of the pathway of the exit to a table that was just cleaned and a waitress indicated we were ok to sit there. No cutlery was brought to us throughout our entire meal.

We then placed our order at 7:37pm. Drinks soon came around 7:45pm. We noticed that the tables around us that had ordered at the same time were starting to receive their food. Another table had even got their second round of tacos. We waited until 8:28pm until we were so hungry we had to head to the bar to check where our SIX tacos were.

Miraculously, they appeared just 2 minutes later, with no apologies or justification aside from “they are cooked fresh”. At this point, the tables around us that ordered at the same time had left.

Being aware of how slow service is at what is typically a “fast food” in Mexico, we asked for our bill at the same time. To our amusement this only took 4 minutes to come and they had the cheek to still keep the service charge in.

Based on the experience we had, given the delays, the lack of cutlery, the lack of apology or empathy (including keeping the service charge on), we would not...

Very disappointing. We ordered 6 tacos, but the portion sizes were shocking: tiny tacos with very little filling. For the price, I expected much more. Additionally, at payment, we were charged more than expected, with no explanation. The server took our order without writing anything down, which led to a mistake. When we expressed our disappointment about the small portions, no justification or explanation was given. The restaurant was practically empty, which should have been a warning sign. I do not recommend this place at all. To illustrate my point, here is a photo of my dish compared to a similar dish served at this restaurant two months ago. The difference in portion size...