I visited this restaurant last week with a mate and have to say it was not as bad as some reviews i've had from family but not as good as some of the reviews i've read also.

Location:

Located on Chandos Place, just off of Covent Garden main square its a great location for transport within an easy 5 minute walk of Charing Cross tube and mainline, as well as Embankment, Leicester Square and Covent Garden Tubes, the place is in a basement and down a flight of stairs but is well signposted and generally has a myriad of people hanging about outside.

Service:

This was fine, we had gone in their as my mate said he had a crush on one of the waitresses but she wasn't there, our waiter was helpful and efficient although I did find it offputting that staff were milling around chatting and playfighting, this isn't what I want to see while eating, but the service itself was fine and that incident didn't involve our waiter who was exemplary.

Interior

The place looks nice with a good selection of Cantina style tables, it is stylish in a minimalist way and very colourful, much like the food, the place is buzzing and its the second time i've visited and this time we didn't have to book which was good.

Food:

The food has been sold as Mexican Street Food and it does have a wide array of Tacos, Burritos and Mexican fare with wildly exotic ingredients, my one issue with the food is that in Mexico when you eat, you really eat, the food is heavy and filling and in big portions, this was nicely flavoured with a reasonable selection, but didn't fill me up and was a tad dainty for my liking, I prefer real cuisine from the country where they fill you till you'll burst.

We had the Wahaca selection for 2 for £19.99 which consisted of:

3 pork pibil tacos
2 broad bean quesadillas
3 chicken mole tacos
2 black bean tostadas
2 new potato taquitos
with green rice and black beans

This sounds a lot but the portions were tiny and I still wanted more afterwards, the food tasted good, was nicely spiced and felt authentic but I think the need for more says more about me being a pig than about the restauant itself.

Overall a decent experience at a fairly good price, but it was missing something real and authentic that a few other Mexican restaurants in the area have, they have the chaotic authentic feel, while this does feel a tad clinical.
There was a good selection of dishes for vegetarians and a nice selection of mexican beers and local speciality drinks, I had a sweet milk which helped take the edge off a few beers earlier in the evening.

Overall I would say the food has a lot of style and taste but just lacks on quantity.

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