Zapata's Mexican Restaurant

Great little Mexican restaurant with a lovely ambience and nice warm atmosphere. Had the best nachos I've ever tasted, full of flavour and absolutely delicious. The service here needs some work though - as some of the other reviewers have pointed out, the owner who ushers you to your table comes off a little abrupt, and the tables for couples are quite small with barely enough room for two plates and drinks. We were constantly interrupted by different waitresses who were rushing us to take our plates away before we'd even finished.

By far the most Mexican food in Adelaide, and my family is half Mexican. Service is unusual, but still impeccable. You will not get the same waiter, or waitress throughout your meal but somehow they make this work. Your food still comes out in a timely manner and they don't mess up the order, so there can be no complaints here, just be ready for this. Then there is the food portion sizes, they are very generous, you definitely get value for money, just be sure you are hungry before you go here. All up a fantastic meal, atmosphere, and unusual, yet great service. Definitely deserves the 5 stars.

Great food with generous portion size and good margaritas. Unfortunately the elderly gentleman who served us (I’m sure he was the owner or manager) was quite rude. It’s seems like he has over it and needs to move on or retire. Very little pleasantries and dumping plates in front of us with no care was unusual. The venue is an authentic Mexican restaurant and could really be a great experience if the service is better.

The food is great, however the service provided by the manager / owner of this establishment is not friendly at all. We only asked him where were our meals at... as we had a fringe show to go to and we were already waiting for a while. We just needed to plan how quickly we had to leave to make it to the show on time considering that we had a couple of elderly family membersthat could not move too quickly.. Simple question we made, and the response was angry and bully and I would rather never come back.