Mamasita

This is a fun place with a lively party atmosphere, although the Latin music was a smidge too loud and you could see tables of any more than four people battling to hear each other. Don’t know if this is a tactic to keep the tables turning but afraid it would put me off going back for a while or ever going with a bigger group. The service was friendly and efficient, and we were amazed that we only had to wait 10 minutes to get a table on a Friday night as it was rammed. Food was slightly hit ‘n miss: The four little tostaditas filled with chunks of white fish and guacamole were delicious, but the braised beef and chorizo-filled tacos were surprisingly bland and needed to be livened up with a generous dollop of chilli sauce. Rather more interesting and tasty was the zesty quinoa salad and bullhorn chillies stuffed with wild mushrooms, pepitas, epazote and pumpkin sauce. Overall, I’d recommend a visit and think it’s great to see a Mexican resto with an obvious focus on quality and authenticity.

Posted on Wed 15 Dec 2010 15:28:08