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    Cafe Pacifico

    3.7 (144 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Bars
    Closed 4:00 pm - 10:45 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Very loud
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Taco Platter
    Mike B.

    Mexican oasis in central London! Food and atmosphere doesn't disappoint. They had a gluten-free menu and my daughter with Celiac had a great meal. The tequila menu is absolutely the best--something for everyone including the Connoisseurs.

    Shiloh A.

    great atmosphere, decorated very nicely. friendly, quick service. however, the food is not the best. ive had some great birria tacos and this was simply not good. they lacked flavor. the rice was for sure frozen and then microwaved. on top of this, my partner got extremely sick after eating. id recommend going somewhere else for mexican food.

    Ramon S.

    Not sure if the food at Cafe Pacifico is very authentic, as I have never lived in California, but it is definitely very good and tasty. The fajitas are simply amazing. We were a group of 6 and we went for prawns and beef and both were very tasty. The tuna tacos are also delicious. We had a couple of desserts: the fried ice-cream and churros (the menu says 5 churros, the waiter told us 6 but the portion brought four). Overall we had a great Mexican feast!

    Street taco w beef chicken pork and fish
    Adrienne Y.

    I think this place deserves a 5 star for atmosphere. It's just a really cool hang out to have a few drinks, eat some bar snacks and chat with friends. Very chill vibe for a restaurant. That said - the food was just okay. I think Mexican food is easy to get right and hard to get wrong, IMO. The flavors were great - but the spices do most of the work. Service was amazing and super friendly. Our dinner entrees came out minutes after we ordered. I got street tacos and this combo plate is really good, but the soft taco shells were cold and soggy. I guess nothing was that fresh except for maybe the onion and cilantro chopped on it. Came with two sauces that I liked. I think it would have been a world of a difference if these soft tacos and food came out hot or at least warm. So overall it was good, but London must not have many good Mexican food options if this one is considered one of the best. My stomach wasn't too happy afterwards either, but that's probably just a me-specific thing. Next time I come, I might try to eat off the Modern Mexican section of the menu.

    Caipirinha!
    Cassandra G.

    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!

    The Canelita Margarita
    Heather L.

    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 puree. 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.

    Jennifer H.

    Ahhh yet another mexican restaurant has failed me in London. The food tastes good, don't be mistaken, but it doesn't taste like proper mexican food. I was there for lunch and had the fajitas, which were tasted good, but I really missed rice with this order. Just beans, veggies, and whatever you order (in my case prawn) ist just not enough. They do have great lunch deals though as mini fajitas, which I think are pretty big as you can get three servings out of them, and 2 bottles of Pacifico go for £11,50, so not bad for covent garden. The restaurant is also cosy and offers a little hide-out from busy covent garden and long acre.

    Dani B.

    Meh. So so. To keep my review In context, I come from California where the Mexican food tastes like Mexican food :-) The guacamole here doesn't quite taste like guacamole should. It has some other spice that isn't used in traditional Mexican guacamole. I had the lunch special made of chicken and salsa Verde, and could barely eat the thing (it's one of my favorite dishes at an actual Mexican restaurant). Even the Coke was highly watered down by stale ice. I was very happy to see a Mexican restaurant after all of these days overseas, but unfortunately I think we should change the name of the restaurant to "Mexican kind-of style restaurant". What they did serve wasn't that great. Service was poor - tough to get the attention of a server and took forever to get food. Definitely won't be back.

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    Dinner for 4 covered a combo platter, fajitas, enchiladas and chimichangas.

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    Carlsberg Sports Bar

    Carlsberg Sports Bar

    3.5(6 reviews)
    0.3 miLeicester Square
    ££

    My bf and I have come here a few times now whenever we are in the area and need to pop by to watch…read morefootball or rugby. Whilst it's not the most posh place I've been, it usually gets the job done well. Drinks are how you would find at most pubs, and service is decent too, given how a waitress came to ask us what we wanted and served us amidst a busy rugby game (at other times, we had gone to the bar to order ourselves). There are quite a few tv screens as well as a big home theatre-like one too, which always adds to your sports watching experience. I've never had food here before but would like to try sometime. I hear that their wings are good. Be sure to bring an ID -- as its part of a casino facility, they check your ID even if you're here only for the bar and not for gambling.

    Fun sports bar inside a casino. One of the ONLY places in London where they show American…read moreFootball! Oddly, to open a tab, you have to give them both your credit/debit card AND your driver's license/passport/ID card. They give you a "badge" which you then show every time you order, apparently so they know which tab to bill it to. A bit weird to me, but maybe that's the norm in London, or at least in high-tourist bars in London. Also, they won't let men inside if you are wearing a hat-- you must remove the hat to enter. Fortunately, once inside, I put my hat back on and didn't have a problem with anyone saying anything. Glad my hat hair didn't have to be on display!

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    Waxy O'Connor's - Fish and chips with fries and mushy peas

    Waxy O'Connor's

    3.8(206 reviews)
    0.4 miLeicester Square
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    Very cute and ascetic pleasing pub in London. We were looking for a place to have a drink and sit…read moredown for a bit after a long day of sight seeing. We came across this place and decided to give it a try. We were greeted by two people at the door and invited inside. There are multiple floors that you would not expect from the look of outside. We sat on the second floor by the fireplace. There was a bar where we sat. Staff was extremely friendly and attentive. We ordered some drinks and food. There was music playing but it wasn't so loud you could not hear the people you were with. The service, food, and atmosphere was great. I would definitely recommend this spot to others.

    The lead lady on the bottom bar treated my family with discrimination because of her political…read moreaffiliation. Completely in poor taste, and should not have happened. We were respectful and nonpolitical, she assumed from our ethnic backgrounds and treated us accordingly. She verbatim said she will not serve our kind. Then proceeded to tell all her bar tenders to no longer serve us. Regrettably we had to get our drinks upstairs. She went out of her way to stare at us from the top, making my mother uncomfortable. If you want a pub without employees making every thing political, this is not the spot. We do not even entertain politics, she just put us in a basket. This is the first time in my life I had to exit the pub because of the brainwashed ultra lefty employee. I love all people and people on the left, it sucks that this extremist ruined the night after spending our hard earned money. Honestly the pours were weak, the lighting was poor, and the drinks were heavily overpriced. It's some fake Irish bar.

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    Mr Fogg's Tavern

    Mr Fogg's Tavern

    4.1(93 reviews)
    0.2 miCovent Garden, Strand
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    We went expressly to see Tom Carradine perform his Cockney sing-a-long... what a great night!…read more The pub itself is authentic Victorian vibes, all sorts of things to look at on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. Not a big place, not many tables, but we were able to stand at a section of the bar that gave us the best view of the performance and Tom Carradine at his piano. By the end of the night the place was packed, people drawn in by the sounds of the music and the crowd, such fun! If "cockney sing a long" doesn't speak to you, don't worry... there is something for everyone. There was Abba, the Beatles and all kinds of other great classics. NB I had to convince my travel companion to come with me to this show, but we both had so much fun and we both sang our hearts out. Tom Carradine is a superb entertainer. Highly recommend if you like fun and music!

    We came for a cool drink and a bit of food after getting into London. We split a few snacks/small…read moreplates, getting two orders of the mini pie and mash and the sweet potato croquettes, along with an order of chips. The pie and mash was quite tasty, as were the chips. The sweet potato croquettes weren't my favorite - I didn't love the spice mix used. The drinks were tasty and service was prompt and friendly. They also have a gin speakeasy upstairs which I would have enjoyed, but my mom isn't much of a gin drinker so I didn't check it out. I'd come back when in town!

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    Bar area

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