I strolled by Tepic today, saw the menu which looked good, and the atmosphere looked very chueca-modern. I didn’t get a chance to try it, but if you have, I’d be interested to hear what you thought about it.

Update: I finally managed to go to this place and here’s my verdict: the food was pretty good, closer to real mexican food that most of it competitors, including decent real corn tortillas, friendly service and a pretty extensice tequila menu. My main gripe is the price. Sure its a step up from the usual mexican joint, and a more elegant etc, but its also more than twice as expensive.

Tepic: urban mex restaurant
calle Pelayo 4

Madrid , Madrid , 28004 Spain
+34 91 522 08 50


GEO: 40.421803, -3.699034
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Finally, a mexican restaurant in Madrid that’s a little different, and even better than that: It’s good! Tacubaya is just up calle Ferraz from the “Templo del Debod”. The street front makes it look more like a champaign bar then a creative Mexican restaurant, but once you go in and up the stairs, its clear what this place is all about: Decent corn tortillas, creative use of Mexican ingredients and flavours, very pleasant service. The food uses many quality spanish ingredients (read Iberian pork), which I think is a good thing, but everything is prepared in Mexican tradition. Our dinner which consisted of a starter (lentils with fried corn-tortillas, cilantro and bacon), main couse, tacos de carnitas and fish baked in a lightly spicy sauce (adobo costeño.) – I don’t remember the variety but it was good, accompanied by beer (Bohemia). This came to about €20 per person.

You can sit at the bar and have margaritas and snacks, or you can have a full sit-down meal, with champagne.

My biggest complaint about the place was that it was not very busy and I’m worried it won’t last long enough for me to try everything on the menu.

Tacubaya
Calle Ferraz, 9
28008, Madrid
91 559 54 82
www.tacubaya.es
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