Ole

I have mixed feelings about Ole. The flavours were good. The quacamole was fresh. The duck tacos were well balanced and the milk cake with peanut butter mouse was delicious. However, some aspects of my dining experience were amiss. Ole prides itself on being a place where people share food. However, you can't exactly share some of the food in a practical way. For instance, the porthouse and cheese taco sounds good but it was very difficult to break apart using butter knives (they don't have any sharper knives, I asked). That meal was also very tough and chewy, which made it harder to share and eat. Some of the other meals that I saw coming out faced the same problem: they looked good but I'd have no idea how to go about sharing them or how to even go about eating some of them. So there were issues with practicality. There was also the issue of the venue not stocking the things they advertise; e.g., no tequila liquiers, no lemon lime bitters. On-top of those annoyances, there were issues with hygiene (some of which I raised with staff). So overall, the flavour was good. However, there were a few issues that made a rather expensive meal a little bit less enjoyable.

The staff were very friendly although I don't think there were enough staff on the evening we attended. From the time of arriving until we left was approx 2 hrs. We had cheese dip, 4 tacos, 2 margaritas and a coke. A lot of time for a very basic meal, which seemed way too pricey. Hopefully they just had a bad day.

Get yourself out to @oletorquay 🌵.. Some what of a healthy take in traditional Mexican and you dine whilst surrounded by cacti so I was in my element!!! Pictured Snapper with pickled green chili's that were amazing btw, Blue shell chicken and oak tail tacos and I forget what the last image was but it was bloody brilliant!!! (Maybe chicken with rice and black beans)..? I even attended with a real life 'Mexican' and she gave it a big thumbs up. Smash down a @twobirdsbrewing Taco beer and you're set.. You won't be dissapointed. Highly reccomend

A nice little Mexican restaurant, quaint decor and furnishings. The food was great though it isn't cheap. We found the waitress a bit pushy when suggesting we have the guacamole, after seeing how small it was we were glad that we didn't partake. We had the DIY tacos and the fresh swordfish was pretty good.