{"id":55659,"date":"2026-06-04T00:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/55659\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:11:28","slug":"10-best-mexican-restaurants-in-london-fiery-flavoursome-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/55659\/","title":{"rendered":"10 best Mexican restaurants in London: fiery, flavoursome favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few things in life are guaranteed, except the fact that every friendship group contains one person who likes to grumble the phrase: there are no good Mexican restaurants in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a damning statement, and one that, only a decade ago, might have passed as true. But today, the city is on the other side of an evolution sparked by the capital\u2019s hunger for an exceptional serving of the beloved Central American cuisine.<\/p>\n

From north to south, east to west, in every corner of the capital, there\u2019s a creative chef serving their take on tacos, tostadas, ceviches, aquachiles and much, much more.<\/p>\n

So, whether you\u2019re craving fine dining escapism via British ingredients, a slow-braised birria with lamb that falls off the bone, or to simply put a naysayer\u2019s opinion to rest, here are ten of the best Mexican restaurants in London.<\/p>\n

The best Mexican restaurants in London: an overviewBest for date night: Kol<\/a>Best for feasting with friends: Guacamoles<\/a>Best for speedy sustenance: Tacos Padre<\/a>Best for starry chef flair: Taq<\/a>\"Tables<\/p>\n

Interiors at Kol<\/p>\n

Charlie McKay<\/p>\n

1. Kol, Marylebone<\/p>\n

Noma<\/a>-trained chef Santiago Lastra is renowned across the globe for his refined take on the flavours of Mexico,<\/a> crafted using solely British ingredients. With one Michelin star,<\/a> and a place at number 49 on the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants<\/a> list ahead of 2026’s list refresh, Kol and its seasonal seven-course tasting menu calls for a sense of occasion \u2013 or can just as easily conjure one.<\/p>\n

Beware, though: there\u2019s no guacamole here. Instead, expect complex, delicate, beautifully-presented riffs on traditional, recognisable dishes such as tacos, tamales and ceviche, as well as plenty of surprises, including an ant-dusted ice lolly. Booking is mandatory and competitive, so if you can\u2019t get a table, try Lastra\u2019s more casual restaurant, Fonda, in Mayfair, where the beef short rib served with silken mole and warm tortillas is a very worthy consolation prize.<\/p>\n

Address: Kol, 9 Seymour Street, W1H 7BA
Website: kolrestaurant.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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2. Tacos Padre, Borough Market<\/p>\n

Nicholas Fitzgerald takes Mexican food very seriously. You\u2019ll find the Pujol-trained Irish-Spanish chef in the buzz of Borough Market serving a wide variety of not-quite-traditional and entirely gluten-free tacos at lightning speed. Flavour-packed mainstays include juicy pork carnitas with crispy chicharon and x-ni-pec pickled onions, and a beer-battered cod with morita-chilli spiked slaw loosely inspired by the best of Baja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few things in life are guaranteed, except the fact that every friendship group contains one person who likes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[6935,1812,27,627],"class_list":["post-55659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-eating-drinking","tag-food","tag-london","tag-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116688944159702238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}