Amigos — Restaurant in Portsmouth

Have driven past this takeaway many times and always observed how busy it seemed, and having found it difficult to find a decent burrito in the Portsmouth and surrounding areas I thought I'd put my past disappointments behind me and give this establishment a try. First impression was of how clean tidy and well presented the place was. The staff were very welcoming and friendly, the co owner took time out to have a friendly chat about his business and future visions for his business, telling me about how he had provided free food for essential workers at a local school and doing his bit for the local community! Anyway, back to the food, I opted for the burrito, there are three main filling options one of which caters for vegetarians, I went for the pulled beef choice, it comes with rice and three add on options for the filling, I went for Mozzarella, pineapple salsa and to spice it up the Amigos Salsa. Whilst it was being prepared there was a steady trade of walk in customers and delivery drivers, so they do have a delivery service and are on the usual takeaway food apps, seeing that it was busy and this was a midweek Wednesday evening was a very reassuring and good sign. After not too long a wait my food was ready, very well presented in paper type food carrier bag with no environmentally unfriendly plastic to be seen. I took out the well wrapped and generous sized portion burrito, the first bite confirmed my expectations that this was going to be a good choice of takeaway, I was not disappointed in any way, the blend of my choice of fillings worked very well together there was plenty of pulled beef and the ballance between the heat of the Amigos Salsa and pineapple salsa was spot on the overall ballance of all the fillings was also spot on! On this my first experience I can 100% recommend the Burrito as it is hands down the best in the area. I will be returning to try other things on the menu but I suspect due to the excellent culinary experience I had with that burrito I will probably order the...

I was really looking forward to trying Amigos as it is a New Mexican takeaway in the area, but I was sorely disappointed…

When ordering Mexican / Latin American food you would usually expect a lot of flavour. What struck me about Amigos was that it was somehow both bland and void of flavour whilst being extremely salty, making it almost inedible.

We ordered two burritos that were extremely dry and truly disappointing. In one of the burritos was the smallest serving of the add-ons, in the second was nothing but dehydrated meat and stodgy rice. The empanadas were again dry and void of flavour. The fries were so salty I didn’t know whether to put them in the bin or in the garden to deter slugs and snails… I opted for the bin as I wasn’t feeling that cruel.

This was our first time ordering from Amigos and it will most certainly be our last! The food is disgusting and extremely overpriced. I would much rather buy from Taco Bell than venture here again… If you want good Mexican food in Portsmouth & Southsea, I’d highly recommend Porters of Albert Road or Bonitas in...

Save yourselves the time/money/dinner disappointment. We waited an hour and a half for our food and it was awful. The fajita chicken filling was ok, but only compared to the rest of it which was inedible. The pots they use to send the guacamole, cheese, soured cream and salsa were so small there was only enough for one wrap. The empanadas were an insult. Either cooked in very dirty oil or fried for the 3rd time this week, filled with cheap and nasty mince with absolute zero flavour. The sweet potato fries weren't cooked properly and were also oily. The churros were OK, but definitely not nice. Again, in comparison to the rest they seemed to shine but that doesn't say much. There was meant to be chocolate dipping sauce and strawberries with them, there was a thimble of the nastiest cheap chocolate sauce I've ever seen and 1,singular strawberry. I can safely say we'll not be using this...