Mestizo Restaurant & Margarita Bar Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Thanks Mestizo staff, specially Victor for all the service."
• "The host was extremely friendly."
• "Service was top notch, we had Tommy as a waiter and he was brilliant."
• "The service was outstanding."
• "Service was friendly and attentive."
• "Victor provides excellent service also with a great smile."
• "The service I received was exceptional and the cocktail he recommended as per my tastes was perfect."

Cons:

• "Terrible service!! We waited over 20minutes to order drinks and another 20min for them to arrive."
• "They even told us we only have an hour for our reservation and then proceeded to be extremely slow."
• "The staff were extremely rude and unhelpful."
• "I had to hunt someone down to get the drinks we did order."
• "Our drinks never came, despite asking many times for them."
• "The service was also really bad."
• "Overall the service was very slow."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good ambiance and food, as well as a great, varied margarita menu."
• "Food was tasty, lovely margaritas, reasonably priced for the area."
• "The margaritas and food are amazingly authentic."
• "The food was beyond delicious and great value!!"
• "The food was delicious - really high quality and authentic Mexican options and great for sharing."
• "Delicious, flavoursome food and excellent cocktails."
• "The food is great, we had the Taco tray and everything was delicious!"

Cons:

• "The food was worse than a take away, tasteless, poor presentation, very disappointing."
• "The food was sorely lacking in flavour and imagination."
• "Everything was severely under seasoned."
• "The food is awful, bland, tasteless and quite frankly disgusting."
• "The food was cold, the beef filling was hard and tasteless and the dessert (crepa de cajeta) was rubbery, too sweet and hard."
• "The food was disappointingly bland."
• "The food is really not good, lacking taste!"

Ambiance

Pros:

• "All of our guests were very impressed with the venue and loved the Mexican singer."
• "It’s a lovely place for either a date (super romantic) or dining out with your friends."
• "Amazing traditional Mexican tacos in a beautiful setting (the music and the atmosphere are on point)."
• "It’s a lovely setting, modern but cozy."
• "The atmosphere was very welcoming and home likely, we got a welcoming entrance from Isaac who took our jackets away and made the beginning of our night very pleasant."
• "The atmosphere and decor are great, the place is very spacious."
• "An amazing atmosphere throughout the night."

Cons:

• "The interiors a little tired."
• "Unfortunately I didn’t sense the magic about Mestizo that others clearly do!"
• "The music was a little overwhelming towards the night hours."
• "Restaurant is very noisy, you can hear everyone's talking as if it's a large school cafeteria and hardly hear each other or music."
• "The bar area was overcrowded and an unpleasant end to the evening."
• "The ambience is crowded, loud, with a mix of local diners and a sprinkle of hen parties...."
• "Very noisy so don't go if you want a quiet chat with a friend."

Value

Pros:

• "They substituted with no problems. Really value that."
• "We celebrated a birthday party here with a group of 20 people and everything was so well organised."
• "Price-wise very reasonable for the quality of food and drinks…and the amount!"
• "Reasonable prices and delicious delivery."
• "The food was so good and we got a lot for the price that we paid!"
• "The quality of food is superb! The portions are big enough to fill you up so if you want a dessert think twice before finishing your mains 🙃"
• "The food was beautiful the vegan dishes were divine. All dishes were actually."

Cons:

• "Be careful when you’re paying. They mislead you by trying to get you to add 15/20/25% additional tip when paying by card."
• "I felt robbed that our overall bill (for two persons) was £70 for a food that standard, and it left us with an upset stomach…"
• "The portions were very small, OVERPRICED."
• "When the bill arrived... we had two shots which he charged £40 for... two shots for £40!!"
• "The price is a way too high given the amount of actual food we got."
• "Food was very average to be honest, overpriced."
• "Not authentic at all, the food lacked flavours and the potions size were incredibly small."