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I ate here, and my gosh it was amazing!!!! such fa...

2011-11-23T00:27:41.309+11:00

I ate here, and my gosh it was amazing!!!! such fantastic service, and its obvious to see that everyone else loves it to, there are customers waiting in never ending lines out the door to get in. incredible.

Have you tried Blucorn (St Kilda) or Los Latinos (...

2011-02-19T11:41:54.354+11:00

Have you tried Blucorn (St Kilda) or Los Latinos (Footscray) because both are amazing! Service is great and you can make bookings at both. Los Latinos is super cheap also.

Thats a great review, we had made a gift voucher f...

2010-11-04T13:58:48.219+11:00

Thats a great review, we had made a gift voucher for a friend to go here, just on reputation, but had never been ourselves! Going tonight though and have taken notes of what to order from your recommendations, thanks. cannot wait.
Cheers

Great food but shame about the no booking policy!

2010-08-16T10:45:46.740+10:00

Great food but shame about the no booking policy!

I too was super excited to try out this restaurant...

2010-03-29T16:09:20.119+11:00

I too was super excited to try out this restaurant. I don't know if it was an "off" night, but it all started with our over 1.5 hour wait for a table. All the while we had delicious Margarita's but then realized they were $16 each...not nearly worth that much. The food was tasty but just not enough. We ended up ordering again because we were still hungry! I will try it again though, in the hopes that this was not the norm.

Went to Mamasita tonight and OMG! It was sensation...

2010-03-24T02:36:54.062+11:00

Went to Mamasita tonight and OMG! It was sensational, the food was everything we had hoped for and more, the ambience was totally electrifying and the service was not only attentive and spot on but downright non pretentious and informative. Value wise we left completely satisfied, $40 each for food AND margaritas, what more can you ask for. If a quiet romantic dinner for two is what your looking for then this is not the place, but then neither is Mexico!!!

Went to Mamasita tonight and OMG! It was sensation...

2010-03-24T02:34:11.512+11:00

I was so excited about this new place. I love tap...

2010-03-10T10:52:11.747+11:00

I was so excited about this new place. I love tapas, I loved the set up of the recorded salon, I love anything with a Mexian flavour... Sadly, our Friday night dinner was very disappointing. The service was ok, but the food was very average. Our main which was meant to be a feta/corn/zucchini flower delight was blend, chalky, boring and flavourless. I could have made the burritos and tacos from a supermarket Mexican pack. The dessert (rice pudding) was in the same category as the main - it tasted like a jar of baby food. The decor was nice but not nice enough for me to go back. What a shame, I was hoping this could become one of my late night regular eateries but I think I will stick with Pellegrini's accross the road for low-key nights and with Bar Lourinah or Movida next door to satisfy my tapas craving..

I was left feeling like once again something got m...

2010-02-27T15:39:56.565+11:00

I was left feeling like once again something got missed midway over the Pacific. Off the top, I would point out to the owners that Mexico is in the west, and that their comment about the westernisation of Mexican (i.e. North American) food is a confusing one. They may be meaning the South Pacific-isation of Mexican food or something like that. Then, $5 for tortilla chips and salsa ($8 for guacamole in addition) is simply $5 (or $8) too much. In North America, these are simply provided as service, and are on the table before orders are taken. Then the main dishes seem to be lacking the usual accoutrements: rice (prepared in tomato sauce (not ketchup) with onions and other vegetables), beans, guacamole. So, in that way, the offerings are somewhat stingy. Finally, the no reservation policy just makes no sense whatsoever. One can only assume it is to generate a queue down the stairs. How hard can it be to make bookings? It seems some manage doing so quite nicely.

Looks amazing!

2010-02-25T14:46:19.053+11:00

Looks amazing!

We went last night and put our name down for a tab...

2010-02-24T16:23:32.663+11:00

We went last night and put our name down for a table. We were told it would be a 45 min to 1 hour wait so we settled in at the bar for drinks. For the next hour, we had our drinks and noticed that the empty tables behind us stayed that way the whole time. At the 1 hour mark we asked about our table and were rudely and offhandly told that it would be another 45 minutes to 1 hour (despite there continuing to be free tables) and offered an extremely token apology as the manager rushed off. If you can't keep a booking then don't take them. Being new is no excuse for discourtesy.

I was a put off by the service at Mamasita last ni...

2010-02-24T08:58:55.467+11:00

I was a put off by the service at Mamasita last night - yes it was crowded but at a new restaurant doing food differently I would expect the staff to explain the menu (size of dishes, suggested amount to order).

At 8:30 we found it impossible to hear and impossible to get a drink (running out of both the beer and wine by the glass as well as only taking one persons drink menu at a time).

Los Amantes notwtihstanding, It does plug a bit of...

2010-02-18T17:49:28.256+11:00

Los Amantes notwtihstanding, It does plug a bit of a gap in Melbourne's food scene.

Shame to hear about Recorded Music Salon - I'd...

2010-02-18T03:37:46.827+11:00

Shame to hear about Recorded Music Salon - I'd never been there, sadly. I can't wait to get to Mamasita though. Yea for late snacks, I always get peckish when I drink late at night. Surprised Melbourne doesn't have more such places really!

This sounds great. Word on the street (well, if yo...

2010-02-17T22:25:06.831+11:00

This sounds great.
Word on the street (well, if you count a friend telling me as "thestreet") is that there is a really great, cali-style mexican joint in the middle of no where in the random Geelong outer suburbs, run by an american expat surfer dude.
I have been fighting off the carbon loaded urge to do a 2 hr round trip to check it out, so this may fix my taco craving for a while.

Que bueno, quiero a comer a Mamasita. Melbourne ge...

2010-02-17T13:21:17.621+11:00

Que bueno, quiero a comer a Mamasita. Melbourne get ready for a taste explosion - michelada, mole, espazote - music to my ears

Thanks for the comments, lovely people! Oh klerre...

2010-02-17T08:09:30.983+11:00

Thanks for the comments, lovely people!

Oh klerre, I know your hatred for clamato juice only too well. I'll double-check what the ingredients in this particular michelada are on my next visit - I pretty sure this one is clamato-free! :)

You've sold me on everything except the clamat...

2010-02-17T03:37:43.814+11:00

You've sold me on everything except the clamato juice. That stuff is pure evil.

This place sounds great. I love the flavours of Me...

2010-02-16T21:59:38.694+11:00

This place sounds great. I love the flavours of Mexican food but have hardly ever had anything really good. Sounds like there is probably a decent range of vego options too.

sounds fantastic I will def have to check this pla...

2010-02-16T19:10:54.386+11:00

sounds fantastic I will def have to check this place out, we need more good Mexican eateries in Melbourne

Wow - looks great. I was wondering what would be t...

2010-02-15T14:00:49.218+11:00

Wow - looks great. I was wondering what would be taking over from recorded music salon. I'm so excited for some great Mexican and the gluten free factor is perfect for me!

Great post.
Emily

This is so exciting! Way too many people I know ha...

2010-02-15T13:37:28.317+11:00

This is so exciting! Way too many people I know have recently come back from California and/or Mexico raving about how great *real* Mexican food, and I've been lamenting its absence in Melbourne (though it sounds like I'll have to check out Los Amates, as well).
Sad that Recorded Music Salon has closed though - they made a killer Junipero martini

Awesome news! Let's not forget that Los Amate...

2010-02-15T12:54:49.906+11:00

Awesome news!

Let's not forget that Los Amates in Johnson St has great Mexican food also.

Well timed! I'm going there today and have tak...

2010-02-15T12:24:16.642+11:00

Well timed! I'm going there today and have taken notes from your post.

Jetsetting Joyce

Great post, Claire. So good to see Melbourne final...

2010-02-15T11:42:00.479+11:00

Great post, Claire. So good to see Melbourne finally has a decent Mexican restaurant, which might shush Terry Durack and others who claim that Mexican food is just bad, when of course that is clearly not the case! Looking forward to checking it out this week. :-)