The Best Mexican Restaurants in Melbourne
Mexican is having a major revival in Melbourne. In 2026 alone the city welcomed Taqueria Sin Nombre, Super Taco, Dingo, Chabela and Santito, exciting new players that complement Mamasita, Radio Mexico and other first-wave restaurants. (We should also credit Melbourne’s first Tex-Mex restaurant, Taco Bill, which opened in 1974 and isn’t associated with American chain Taco Bell.)
Tacos aside, Melburnians now have access to huaraches (thick, sandal-shaped tortillas), pozole (hominy soup), sopes (fried masa pucks), tortas (sandwiches) and other dishes that once required a very long plane trip to experience. Here’s where to taste it all, preferably with a nice horchata, Margarita or Michelada in hand.
Words by Nick Connellan
Updated on 19 August 2026
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Mamasita
There were Mexican restaurants before Mamasita, but it was the first one to bring a faithful representation to Melbourne. The “hot babe” has been around since 2010, but its grilled corn and flavoursome tacos still attract queues.
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Taqueria Sin Nombre
Find this hidden Mexican bolthole from the owners of Dingo Ate My Taco and you’ll be rewarded with top-tier birria and al pastor tacos, plus clever original creations for vegans. There’s often lines around the corner, but it’s worth the wait.
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Frankie’s Tortas and Tacos
A compact taqueria serving tacos, hulking tortas (sandwiches), imported Mexican beers and house-made horchata. There are banquettes and high tables to sit at, or you can get your lunch to take away.
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Super Taco
This teeny-tiny laneway taqueria is the definition of no-frills, with no real fit-out to speak of. All the attention has been put towards making the best tortillas possible in-house, and topping them with excellent cauliflower, fish, skirt steak and pork al pastor.
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El Columpio Fitzroy
Cowboy boots line the wall and Latin music plays over the speakers at this laidback Mexican spot. Order the signature pozole, a hearty hominy-based soup that’s hard to find in Melbourne.
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El Columpio St Kilda
El Columpio’s second location is a takeaway-focused seafood kiosk inspired by Mexico City’s hottest marisquerias. Try the torre de mariscos seafood tower, which sees cooked and raw seafood packed into a steel tube and unsheathed at your table.
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Chabela
After struggling to find the food they loved when living in CDMX, a husband-and-wife duo opened their own spot to showcase food that feels like home. The Thornbury spot has all the charm of a dinner party.
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Radio Mexico
One of Melbourne’s original Mexican restaurants is still one of its best. That’s thanks to an uncompromising commitment to quality ingredients. The cocktail list pairs with the fun, shareable food.
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Santito
Tortillas made from scratch separate this lively Mexican restaurant from the pack. Tacos here range from al pastor to suadero (confit beef brisket) and longaniza (chorizo-style house-made pork sausage).
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Mesa Verde
This longstanding Mexican bar inside Curtin House is all about agave-based spirits – but the food’s no afterthought. Come for Bloody María oyster shooters, tacos and a whopping rib-eye with chimichurri and guajillo butter.
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Dingo
The second bricks-and-mortar establishment by the crew behind the smash-hit Dingo Ate My Taco food truck and laneway haunt Taqueria Sin Nombre. Here, the team returns to its Tex-Mex roots.
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Tres a Cinco
This lively cantina is all about home-style Mexican. Expect beef tacos exactly how they’re served in Mexico, prawn-and-chorizo tamales and a jiggly chocolate flan. Plus, plenty of Margs to go around.
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Taquito
This Mexican eatery makes its own tortillas and grows its own chillies and herbs. To drink, there’s wine on tap or you can buy mezcal from the in-house bottle shop.
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Maiz y Cacao
The aim here is not to reinvent Mexican cuisine but to showcase it to the uninitiated, of which there are still plenty. Chef-owner Miguel Rios says it takes time and care to communicate what Mexican food really is.
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CDMX CBD
At this rapid-fire taqueria from the team behind Superchido, confit beef-brisket and birria tacos arrive on your table in about four minutes, warm and crisp. It’s speedy service – just like in Mexico City.
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Superchido
A colourful suburban diner plating up a pan-Mexican menu of favourites. There are tacos al pastor (and plenty of other regional styles), Mexico City-style street snacks and a front bar stacked with mezcals and tequilas.
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Mercadito
Slightly refined is the mood at this Sydney Road restaurant, where tacos, quesadillas and sopes dot the tables. Notably, tacos are served Mexican style, where you assemble your own at the table.
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Bodega Underground
This dim, characterful basement serves a wide range of proper tacos till late every night of the week. Do you even need to know more? Okay – there are around 70 mezcals and 20 tequilas on the back bar, and plenty of vegan options.
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Little Hop
This simple taqueria has just two beers on tap and tunes spinning away on the turntables behind the bar. Local hospitality workers like to stick their heads in for a quick chat and a taco before their shift.
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Mission District
This “Cali-style” Mexican joint takes inspiration from the San Francisco suburb it's named after. Come for hulking burritos filled with pork carnitas and house-made horchata.
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