Cafe Pacifico

Super overpriced. If you want to eat a lot of food then I guess it will be ok but not impressed at all. I would think that there is a lot of food that goes to waste every night.

Loved this restaurant! I went in to celebrate my 19^th with my mates! I first started with adventure bar which was shit! Their cocktails were horrible then my mate suggested that we should go to café Pacifico. The cocktails were AMAZING!!! Great staff especially the bartenders and the food as well was just great!. It was my second time going and looks like I’ll be going there every time I’m in the mood of Mexican food.

The food is ok, the service is terrible, atmosphere is lively but loud. Had the guacamole, not fresh, comes via ice cream scoops out of a large pre made pot. Ordered the fajitas, lots of veggies, very little meat, veggies not sliced the same size so you’ll receive uncooked veggies alongside overcooked veggies. After we flagged a server to take our dessert order, I also ordered a coffee with dessert. The dessert came, the coffee never did. They should be embarrassed to add an auto 12.5% service charge for the quality of their service. Shame on you. Clearly from my experience this will not be a repeat for me.

Popped in to try the lunchtime menu as colleagues have been many times and love this place. A main and a margarita for £10, great! Ordered the mini chicken fajitas (you get a lot for ‘mini’) and was served beef. When I mentioned this to the waitress she contradicted me and said I’d ordered beef before stomping away to speak to the manager. 2 minutes later I was brought the chicken which was sizzling so much we ended up getting a steam facial. The waitress then barged past my friends chair to open up the windows. Overall the food wasn’t too bad and it was a pretty good margarita but the waitress should probably not work in customer service!

My friend and I come here regularly for margaritas and food. It was the first Mexican restaurant I went to in London when I arrived many years ago, so it will always hold a place in my heart. Servings are huge and good enough, though not fabulous. Can’t compare to the restaurants in the States but it’s good enough to scratch the Mexican need itch.

Nice food, friendly atomosphere

I’d visited Café Pacifico a couple of years ago when moving to London was but a dream and remembered them doing the most amazing margaritas. I’m trying to be a little more adventurous when ordering out so rather than sticking with one of their tried and tested dishes I opted for the curado tequila creole sea scallops with crab and asparagus as I absolutely adore seafood but don’t eat it enough. As this was just a starter option the waiter suggested that I also get a portion of rice on the side to bulk it out a bit which was definitely a great suggestion.
Sadly I was left quite disappointed with my choice though as the sauce while nice was very thick and creamy leaving an odd tar like coating on my tongue. The first few bites were lovely but it soon became a bit sickly. Michael on the other hand thoroughly enjoyed his chile con carne and I know that they do other dishes really well so I do still recommend this place but I left after this visit feeling a bit dissatisfied unfortunately.

Really disappointed. I have been coming to Café Pacifico for over 5 years. And this visit will be my last. This is not the authentic Mexican food I have enjoyed in the past. It was Saturday lunchtime, and we had no problem getting a table. Ordering was quick and the food can quickly as well. However, the food was just average. On previous visits, i received a large plate with Mexican rice and delicious black beans. This time, the food arrived in a trendy rectangular plate with a square burrito with just a drizzle of soured cream. The rice and beans were contained in small bowls, which I had to tip out in order to eat them with the burrito. I think someone has been watching to much Masterchef. The rice was bland, no way was it «Mexican» rice, the black beans were bland and the burrito was nothing special. If you don’t know what authentic Mexican food tastes like, or have never been here before — it was an average meal. But I will search for an authentic Mexican restaurant in London and not visit here again.

My housemate and I decided we were long over due for a night of tacos and margaritas. I stumbled across Café Pacifico on twitter and decided to book a table for Friday night.
We arrived a little early and were sent to the bar to chill before our table was ready. The bar area was quite busy, lots of people eating and drinking there. I assume anyone without a reservation was at the bar claiming their place to tuck into some tacos. (Tip… do make a reservation, the bar area isn’t all that big).
After we ordered a Mexican Punch, we were kindly collected by our waiter and taken to our table where chips and salsa was waiting for us, WINNING!
Both my housemate and I had decided what we were going to order before arriving, haha, I always check the menu of every place I eat at before going, its weird, but Oh so effective.
We both ordered Street Tacos– mine with chicken, gammon and chorizo, and my housemate– chicken, chorizo and steak. There is a huge buzz in the restaurant, lots of chatting, eating and drinking tequila.
The food didn’t take too long to arrive, and is presented in a fun way. We decided to order a Lycée Margarita to go with the dinner.
The food was pretty delicious, I’m a huge fan. Though I’m not sure I ordered enough food, I was still kinda hungry afterwards, but that was more my fault for not ordering a side or something.
All in All a pretty fun and delicious night, and I will be back for Taco Tuesday.

I am a self confessed Mexican food aficionado. I grew up in Florida where there is a large Mexican population, and have been spoiled by authentic Mexican food. I am also a self confessed moaner about there not being any quality Mexican in London.
I fall on my sword, because I have finally found it! Thank you Café Pacifico!
I went to Café Pacifico for a friends birthday and was so glad. Where to start?
Tortilla chips and salsa were great, and dont forget the guacamole.
The margaritas are strong and not too sweet, just the way I like them. The buckets of beer were also a reasonable price which is hard to find in London, especially Covent Garden.
The portions were huge, and thank goodness for that because the chimichangas were great. It was an eat till I hurt experience, but had no regrets. Suggestion, don’t wear tight jeans if you too have no self restraint.
I am so glad to have finally found a place in central London where I can get my Mexican fix. Will be back very soon, for Margarita Monday and Taco Tuesday anyone?
OLE!

Came in while in town on business. Had the special three course meal, which consisted of Lobster and Papaya Quesadillas to start, followed by a main dish of Enchiladas Suizas and finishing with Bolitas de Chocolate for dessert. This was easily one of the best Mexican meals I have ever eaten. I love out of the ordinary food and this definitely fit the bill. Highly recommend!

Good Mexican food. We were surprised to hear that the Sydney branch advertised, is no longer running, A lot like many Mexican restaurants in the US, though better than average even there. Good ambience and service.

It’s so hard to find decent Mexican food in London, but Pacifico went and did it! Filling portions, option for corn tortillas all over the shop (being a celiac is hard, okay!), fast food service, AND friendly staff… I love this place!
We had the beef and chicken (yes, in one dish. Heaven, I know) tortillas for two. If you run out you get more tortillas for free, but, honestly, we were full quickly! It was tasty, well cooked, and had a huge array of flavours. I honestly wasn’t ever expecting to get good Mexican food this side of the pond, but it did remind me of Texas (my home town, so other yanks may disagree) in terms of tasty.
We also had a couple of cocktails — their selections of mojito is fantastic! — but opted out of the tequila from the longest tequila menu I’ve seen this side of Mexico, because, well, it’s just a Thursday dinner!
Very excited to have finally found a passable London Mexican, and will DEFINITELY be back! Thank you for a wonderful meal, guys!

To celebrate a friend’s birthday, a group of 15 of us rocked up fashionably late for dinner. Good start guys. But thankfully the restaurant were really sweet and held our tables for us (they were obviously hoping for the 15-​cover!) We arrived and all caught up in our raised private-​feeling area of the busy and bustling restaurant. I say caught up, we shouted over the music. It was a tad too loud, even for the music and drinking lover I am! We eventually sat down after standing around chatting for over half an hour (whoops).
Mexican is this place’s speciality and it does do it well. I had the chicken enchiladas and they were delicious. Lovely tomato sauce, refried beans, coriander salad and paprika rice. Nice flavours, but I wanted more chilli heat. I asked for it without sour cream so I could try and get some of that (plus charging £1 extra for sour cream is completely ridiculous), but to no avail. Plus at £11 this place isn’t cheap. It’s in Covent Garden so can up its prices to attract tourists, but it won’t pull any favours with regular crowds when it charges £17 for fajitas! I mean, THAT IS RIDICULOUS pricing for fajitas that I can cook just as well at home (I do love cooking a cheeky Mexican dish though!)
Brisk service, nice food but overpriced. Tone down the music, knock off £2 from your pricing and you’ll get another star from me.

This place is all about the drinks for me! They’ve got a good selection of Mexican beers, including my old friend Modelo and my mate’s beloved Pacifico (which he likes to tell us repeatedly was the only beer he drank when in Mexico and can hardly find in London).
Lucky then that they were well-​stocked with these, as said friend and I managed to get through 6 Pacificos together over an hour and a half, as we waited for my lawyer flatmate to be released from work shackles to meet us.
The servers kept refilling our tortilla chips and salsa munchies in the meantime, without making us feel like we were wasting table space which was nice, though the place wasn’t full. We also ordered one of their 100% agave tequila shots as a penalty for my flatmate’s lateness, which seemed to go down smoothly!
The food is the missing piece of the puzzle for me though; there’s a good range on the menu but I’ve tried a couple of things now and chicken or beef, enchilada or chimichanga, I’ve repeatedly found it lacking in flavour. They’re also served with an accompanying deluge of refried beans and rice that sadly I found quite bland and too heavy to finish.
The fun friendly vibe, central location and aforementioned drinks mean I’d agree to meet up there again if a Pacifico fan asked — but I wouldn’t get your hopes up for the food.

As a Californian, I can vouch for this place. I stumbled on Café Pacifico and took a chance. It was well worth it.
The servings are a little small, but the food is so good.
If you are a fan of Mexican beer, order the Modelo Especial.
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Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden, in which you breath the mexican atmosphere.
The place is on 2 floors, with also a bar on the side of the entrance room and the kitchen open at another side. The tables are very close to each other and the music is very loud, so it is a noisy place but quite fun (not exactly the best place for a first date, but good for a dinner with friends).
The menu has the typical mexican food and some specialties. I took the degustacio de pacifico, that has a mixture of quesadillas, enchilladas etc, very good.
Prices are moderate, around £30 for a good dinner with margaritas. Cocktails are also very good and not expensive.

I’ve never been fond of Tequila, for
me it’s always been that nauseating drink that’s forced upon you at the
beginning or the end of a night along with a dry wedge of lemon and
salt. Yuck, yuck and triple yuck!
However I have heard that along with Whisky and Rum, that if you avoid
the horrible, cheap ones that you find littering bar shelves across the
country, and find a good one, it’s actually rather nice.
I’ve tried very hard to find a good tequila bar and here at Café
Pacifico I think I may have found it! They have a good range of Tequila,
appear to be rather passionate about it. they even have a lovely certificate
to prove that they have been approved by the Tequila Regulatory Council and that they are the first UK catering establishment to be awarded the distintivo T
award for it’s promotion of Tequila.
I take this to be a good sign and can confirm that the Tequila that I sampled here, is indeed nice, in fact I might, even hasten to add,
delicious!
Café Pacifico is affiliated with La Perla, another Mexican restaurant
with branches located around London. It has a very similar feel quite
rustic and down to earth, with lots of wood and chunky tiles. This
restaurant, unlike others in the chain, however is not underground so it has a
nice bright atmosphere and is warm and lively.
The food at Café Pacifico and La Perla, is also very similar, expect nacho’s, taco’s, quesadilla’s.
which, although quite uninspiring, is made well, appears to be fresh, and is great Tequila
drinking food!
The restaurant itself was very busy (especially for my Wednesday visit),
but if you go to eat rather than sit at the bar, you’ll have more
chance to bag yourself a seat. So grab yourself a seat and a few plates to share, and enjoy the lively buzz!
Whilst not a gourmet experience, I can see this place as being a fun and
friendly place, with a good vibe, perfect for meeting up with friends
after work for a few drinks, or before going out on a weekend.

Take it from a Texan expat. This place is NOT Tex-​Mex. It’s just plain bad. Anyone who tells you otherwise is deluded or lying.
Three of us went to dinner, three meals were left uneaten. The rice is just… wrong. A chimichanga is meant to be crisp, not soggy. Tex-​Mex sauce should not be sour! Who wants to eat a sour meat sauce?!
The restaurant was hot and crowded. The toilets would not flush. The service was abysmal. The hostess spilled my cousin’s beer all over the table as she was seating us. She neither offered to replace the beer nor CLEANED THE TABLE! Didn’t even bring spare napkins around for us to properly mop up the mess ourselves.
Never… ever… again.

I’m always looking for a new Mexican restaurant that will somewhat match the fantastic Mexican restaurants that I love in the states… I happened to be walking from Leicester Square toward Covent Garden when I noticed the sign sticking out on a side street.
Immediately I liked the interior, although the music was a bit on the slow side on this particular night, the atmosphere was good. My waiter could have been a little more attentive, but overall the service wasn’t too bad.
The salsa was wonderful and very spicy! The chips though were super salty… make sure to get a glass of water… I ordered the Canelita Margarita. It is a frozen margarita with apple purée. It was kind of like a frozen applesauce, but surprisingly refreshing. A word to the wise, take the gi-​normous cinnamon stick out of the margarita before drinking; it will save you from sucking up the bits that eventually fall off.
I decided to have the enchiladas with chicken… I liked the enchilada sauce, but I just wished they would have seasoned the chicken because the chicken was bland and dry. The rice… even worse. It just looked like brown rice, it had a little bit of flavour, but I ended up mixing a bit of salsa into it. The refried beans though were fairly good.