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Best mexican restaurant in Dublin

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    #32
    Saruman
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    whatsername42 wrote: »
    Cafe Azteca near Christchurch - the most authentic mexican in the city!!

    Agreed, great place.

    Cortina's in Dundrum is also excellent for Tex-Mex.


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    #33
    marky1905
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    Whats the best irish bar in Mexico city?


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    #34
    Volvic12
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    Have been in Cortina's in Dundrum a few times.
    Have never been disappointed.


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    #35
    Rasmus
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    Not a restaurant, but IMO Taco Taco (Epicurian food hall) has the best Mexican food in Ireland.


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    #36
    goz83
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    The thread is from 2008. I have a feeling the lady found somewhere 4 YEARS AGO.


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    #37
    Rasmus
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    goz83 wrote: »
    The thread is from 2008. I have a feeling the lady found somewhere 4 YEARS AGO.

    Didn't even notice! This came up on the thread list.


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    #38
    John_Rambo
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    But sure people are still interested in Mexican food in the city.


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    #39
    Teyla Emmagan
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    777 by a long shot. The decor is cool, the food is fantastic, the margaritas are like rocket fuel. But it's expensive!!


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    #40
    neris
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    goz83 wrote: »
    The thread is from 2008. I have a feeling the lady found somewhere 4 YEARS AGO.

    Or else died of starvation along time ago


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    #41
    Mr Simpson
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    goz83 wrote: »
    The thread is from 2008. I have a feeling the lady found somewhere 4 YEARS AGO.

    Report a thread if you've got a problem with it. I'm leaving this open for the moment as its still kinda relevant


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    #42
    ProudDUB
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    Wouldn't mind some decent Mexican restaurant suggestions myself, preferably on the northside. And please, don't mention those Burritos and Blues type place abominations. I mean real Mexican food, cooked and served by people who know what they are doing, not the third rate dog food that those establishments serve up to the clueless Irish who are too uninformed/clueless about how good the real things is, to know any better !

    ( Apologies if I sound bitter. It's because I am. )


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    #43
    John_Rambo
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    I actually like those burrito places, they're probably not authentic and all that, but the burritos are tasty!


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    #44
    Mr Simpson
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    I'd hardly call the likes of boojum and burritos and blues dog food. They're fresh, well priced, decent grub. Even if they may not be 100% authentic


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    #45
    Birneybau
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    Boojums et al are bland, watery and overrated.

    We need a Chipotle!


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    #46
    Mr Simpson
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    Birneybau wrote: »
    Boojums et al are bland, watery and overrated.

    We need a Chipotle!

    Hells to the no, Boojum > Chipotle every time


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    #47
    BeerNut
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    ProudDUB wrote: »
    I mean real Mexican food, cooked and served by people who know what they are doing
    I'm told that Café Azteca does catering for the Mexican embassy. Most of the Mexican food we get is an attempt at the sort of Mexican food you get in the US (Pablo Picanto specifies California). Café Azteca is Mexican-Mexican.

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    #48
    Rasmus
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    BeerNut wrote: »
    I'm told that Café Azteca does catering for the Mexican embassy. Most of the Mexican food we get is an attempt at the sort of Mexican food you get in the US (Pablo Picanto specifies California). Café Azteca is Mexican-Mexican.

    Traditional Mexican food you get in America is excellent and catered by Mexicans or Mexican Americans. I think you are talking about Tex-Mex cuisine.


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    #49
    BeerNut
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    Rasmus wrote: »
    Traditional Mexican food you get in America is excellent and catered by Mexicans or Mexican Americans.
    I didn't say it wasn't. And I'm not saying that Café Azteca is somehow better for being the way it is. I'm just pointing out, on foot of ProudDUB's italics, that it seems to be the most authentically Mexican food place in Dublin, for better or worse, YMMV.

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    #50
    neris
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    el paso reopened in howth last year. still doing the same menu as before. buffalo wings and fajitas are good there.


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    #51
    copeyhagen
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    havent been to el paso since it reopened, sister has a few times, said the prices have risen slightly and the portion sizes have dropped.

    have been to la sirena a few times in malahide, lovely food and not too pricey. always menupages deals on


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    #52
    ProudDUB
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    neris wrote: »
    el paso reopened in howth last year. still doing the same menu as before. buffalo wings and fajitas are good there.

    The fact alone that buffalo wings (buffalo wings...WTF????) are on the menu makes me not want to go there ! :mad:

    Apologies if I came across as being a Tex-Mex, Mex-Mex food snob in my post, but I used to live in that part of the world. It is very, very hard to accept watered down substitutes when you have experienced the joys of the real thing & for a fraction of the price that you have to pay here to boot ! :(


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    #53
    jesus_thats_gre
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    MarkMc wrote: »
    Hells to the no, Boojum > Chipotle every time

    Big time. Thought Chipotle was amazing when I first had it 4/5 years ago but after a year or so Boojum, Chipotle is bland. Applies to a few branches in New York and the one on Tottenham Court Road in London a few times too.


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    #54
    Swampy
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    Another vote for 777. Expensive though.


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    #55
    April O Neill
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    Birneybau wrote: »
    Boojums et al are bland, watery and overrated.

    +1

    I don't get the Boojum hype. The main part of your post I agree with is: WATERY! Not pleasant at all.


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    #56
    Cienciano
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    Another vote for Azteca. Really nice stuff in there. I prefer the burittos from Pablo Picante, but there's a seperate thread on burittos.
    Azteca have a screen with a slide show with photos of their meals so you have an idea of what you'll get. And the guy that owns it, Hugo, is a legend.


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    #57
    quaalude
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    I thought 777 was great, and didn't find it pricey.
    We split one portion of prestarter chips and guacamoles, had two starters, two salad mains, two sides, split one dessert, had two coffees, 4 margaritas and it was around 100 quid (plus tip). We were there for two hours, and had a blast.


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    #58
    Slattsy
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    Acapulco is still the best.

    Avoid 777 like the plague. Horrible feel to the place. Seating arrangements are terrible. Just not a nice vibe.


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    #59
    awec
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    Boojum is fast food as opposed to a restaurant.

    For what it is it's nice IMO.


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    #60
    carlmango11
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    April O Neill wrote: »
    +1

    I don't get the Boojum hype. The main part of your post I agree with is: WATERY! Not pleasant at all.

    I find that sometimes the person serving you spoons the watery juice stuff in which makes it watery. If they strain it with the spoon first it's grand.


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    #61
    April O Neill
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    carlmango11 wrote: »
    I find that sometimes the person serving you spoons the watery juice stuff in which makes it watery. If they strain it with the spoon first it's grand.

    Yeah, good point. Slotted spoons should be used too.


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