Wahaca is the best place to try Mexican food. The food is great!
My favourite dishes are:-
Guacamole with Tortilla Chips,
Tostadas Smokey Chicken & Avocado &
Smokey Chipotle Chicken.
A great place to feel like in Mexico.
All the dishes were perfectly cook and it was also possible to notice that the products use are fresh and with quality. Large menu that can satisfy any taste.
The service is very good and fast.
Perfect place to enjoy food and the company of friends.
I will definitely return and recommend.
A perfect Mexican ambiance with a perfect environment which is a treat fr oneself...perfect range of salads along with just so perfect drinks here makes you feel in love with the amazing uniqueness and variety it caters..a must place to be when you are dining in or around Waterloo....
This is a great place for exquisite Mexican food.
The Tacos are amazing with perfectly made guacamole. The burritos too are a treat to taste buds.
This place has great cocktails and wines.
Ending the meal with Churros is a delight and they probably have the one of the best churros in London.
Though the place is not very well lit, the atmosphere is nice and service is prompt.
So if you want your Mexican Fix in London, this is the place to be !!
Good ambiance, service, amazing food. The squid was great with the sweet chilli sauce. The pricing on the menu is fairy good. Asahi is a good beer to have while you binge on your food.
Had fish tacos and the superfood salad. The fish tacos were really good with the sauces, dry without. Superfood salad needed a dressing as it was very bland. Servers were great, really attentive and friendly and the location in southbank is great.
Wahaca is a break from the rest! There are many Mexican food joints in London but not quite like this one. Located very conveniently just outside Waterloo station, Wahaca does some mean cocktails and Mexican Street food. Very noisy and crowded always but worth a visit if on the offbeat food trail! Vaibhav Kabra
Great Mexican and cocktail bar right outside WaterLoo station. Good selection of cocktails and wine. Plates that can be shared between friends so can try a bit of everything. A must place to try
Kristine Diana Tsiknaki
+4.5
Wahaca is one of my favourite restaurant chains, both for their delicious food and fun atmosphere. The restaurant itself is very colourful and modern, which I think helps improve your mood and get you excited for the cocktails and the food.
You can choose between smaller dishes to share or regular mains for each person, so it's great for groups and people who would like to try out a few things, and everyone else of course.
Another thing I greatly enjoy is that the food itself is tasty with great flavours but the mild food is actually mild. I am not a fun of very hot foods and this is exactly the level I like. However, my friends who love hot food were also happy with the level of spicy that the spicy dishes were at. So no matter what your tolerance is, you will find something for you.
I'd recommend checking one of their restaurants out and ideally going later so you can then stay for more drinks. Dinner before a night out would be ideal!
Wahaca surely deserves a ' Waah Waah ' from my side . Starting of with the mocktails I had their Mojito DF which was with a twist of tequila lime and apple . Then for the mains , Huitlacoche ( Quesadilla ) and also the Chipotle Chicken along with sweet potato and feta taquito. Too finish off withwe also tried their plantain Taco which was bit sweet and not the way we expected.
The night started really badly as my party got delayed on the train and arrived 13 minutes late for dinner. The table has been given away to another party, and the manager personally called my name to tell me off for not calling the restaurant to say I was late (there is no number on the reservation email, by the time I found the branch's number we were around the corner). When he called my name, I thought he would wish 'Happy Birthday' as I was there to celebrate with friends. So disappointing!
However, the waiter really turned things around. She was really quick, attentive, and friendly. Food came quickly and was delicious ( I really recommended the fetta and sweet potato Platito), and the drinks also came quickly. There was always water at the table. Good Friday night out, after a bad start.
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Right opposite the station, the tasty food will satisfy but the service is a bit lacking. The Wagamamas of Mexican food.
The entrance is quite dramatic, a wall of the ends of railway sleepers, some multi-coloured string and then mirrors to make it feel more dramatic and open. It definitely distracts you from the fact you’re basically going into a basement.
Even for a Monday night, it was busy. Some empty tables but it seems advisable to book for any other night. As you sit down the multiple QR code stickers on the table to pay the bill makes it clear this is “get in, pay, get out”.
There seemed to be enough staff but getting their attention to order was tricky. Paper menus had orders circled and some dishes were audibly “plonked” on the table, almost without breaking step on the way to another table.
The food was delicious. You know it isn’t the most authentic, in the way pizza from a chain isn’t really Italian, but it has a good amount of spice and flavour. The Mexican nachos were the perfect sharing starter.
The mains were hearty, looked great and appetising. You have to ask for salt if you’re an addict but it came promptly and without fuss. You can either go for big dishes or a more tapas-like 2-3 dishes per person. Dessert churros were a bit small but coffee was good.
Pair this a Michelob beer or their many others and you’ll be away. I’ve no idea why they have an option to make beer ‘spicy’ or add salt - it’s not a margarita. There were plenty of other options and a small flight of Tequila.
Menu-wise they do have an alarmingly-named Gluten (as in ‘Free’) and Vegan menu. They’re cut down versions of the main menu but add nuances showing they understand not everyone has the same level of intolerance. It’s appreciated.
The decor in the basement did have a bit of “we went to the art college” with metal frames and yellow cord that was either “cool” or “cage” depending on your perspective. They have stripped it back a bit too much though and seemingly forgotten that bare concrete and low ceilings make it very loud.
Nice for a meal with mates, not quite date level.
Great place for Mexican fare.
I visited with a friend on a Friday night and we had a good time. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was lively.
I highly recommend booking a table ahead of time as it was busy on a Friday night and there was a small wait for a table from 18:45 onwards.
I recommend ordering 5 small plates (for 2 people) and I can vouch for the buttermilk fried chicken and the sustainable fish tacos - as delicious as they looked mouth-watering. The Margarita pie (new on the menu) was beautiful too - light and refreshing.
Service was friendly and the food was great. I have no qualms at all. Recommended.
Very good foods. Very quiet. Staff forgot our order and we had to remind a couple of times.
We were going to the Old Vic so popped in here for a meal beforehand. Incredibly quick - we were in and out in 40 mins!! Noisy and very close to other customers as it was so full. You pay by the code on the table so no asking for the bill. We chose 4 smaller plates to share beef gringa, chicken quesadillas, cauliflower bites and sweet potato and feta taquito with a beer and smoothie. Very tasty but quite rich . Approx £45
Really lovely ambience, good service, the food came our relatively quickly and was very tasty, we got the Favourites sharing platter and the lamb birria tacos, all of which tasted great and came out hot. I'd be happy to visit again soon.
Nice place, we went there for lunch at work. Not very busy in the day time. Has lots of veggie options. Small plates, sharers, starters etc. Price okay for the location. Bathrooms available
I was very pleasantly surprised having visited another Wahaca over five years ago which was a disappointment. The food has improved massively and I was very impressed with my veggie nachos and allioli mushroom quesadillas. The tortilla chips stayed crunchy and the flavours were amazing. I could have eaten the nachos again.
It was a shame about the service. I think they were heavily understaffed so we were not attended to as often as we needed.
For the middle of the week it was very busy and to that effect very very noisy. To the point where we couldn’t hear each other on a relatively small table. They need to introduce some dividers and soft furnishings to absorb the sound of music and people talking.
Service was great food was great drinks were great! Our server Eva was very polite and very helpful.
Excellent food and drink. Pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. Saw the four star rating but this is a legit five stars. Tacos and most dishes are tapas style portions so great to share. Clean and comfortable dining room in the naturally lit lower level location. Super convenient location near our Hampton inn hotel and Waterloo train station.
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