I live in Chicago and I'm spoiled with delicious Mexican food, so this place blew my mind. The sauces are amazing. If they sold them I would've brought a few bottles back with me. I had the taco bowl with chorizo and the choriqueso. Both were beyond amazing. The chorizo is the best chorizo I ever had in my life. read more

Service was excellent, one woman was serving the whole place and she did an amazing job. Kudos to her! Space is nice, tables far apart, two levels. Definitely have to dock points for the bathrooms. The women washroom stalls swing inwards, and with the placement of the toilet paper dispenser and the toilet, I could barely get my pregnant belly into the stall, so I can't imagine if you're a larger woman or a more-pregnant person...not very accessible. We had the queso, which was really delicious, but sadly only came with three tortillas - the Jen Agg rule is to not be a dick and give a number divisible by the group at the table (so we should have gotten 4). I have to agree. The pork huaraches was the star and I highly recommend it. The "weak sauce" served on the side was right up my alley. I didn't love the fish taco, and the chicken taco was pretty good. However, the tortillas were really well made and delicious, and the variance of flavours between all items means I'd definitely be back to try some other things and get more huaraches. read more

Food was good, service was very very slow. We had the chicharrones and the queso fondido as starters and then we had some of their tacos. The food was good overall! The issue we had is the wait... but I mean... the WAIT... the place isn't that big, so there isn't that many tables, but for some reason we had to wait 45 minutes to get our starters. Ok I understand, the cheese takes 20 minutes in the oven to bake - that's fine... but what about those 25 extra minutes? During that long wait, never once has the waitress asked if we wanted something in the meantime or brought us something to compensate for the unreasonable wait... bread? Chips and salsa (like in most Mexican restaurants)??? And as other parents would understand.... waiting 45 minutes for food with a hungry 15-month old baby feels more like waiting 2 hours in sweats. We had already given her all of the cereals and applesauces and soda crackers and whatever we had on hand in the diaper bag, so she keeps quiet in her high chair while waiting 45 MINUTES for the starters to arrive... on a Monday evening... when it's not that busy... Would we go again? Probably... but we will make sure not to order anything that takes "20 minutes to bake"... unless we make sure to bring some snacks for ourselves and some board games while we wait! read more

Amazing Mexican food, amazing drinks, amazing atmosphere, and amazing service! Gillian Jacobs works here too!!!! I didn't even know she quit acting to serve at a Mexican resto in Canada until tonight!! Their home made hot sauces are home made and to die!!!! LITERALLY- I DIED THEYRE SO HOT LOL!!!!!!! I hope they start selling them. Toilets in bathroom have dual flush technology and the paper towel is thick AND soft! 10/10 would go again. 10/10 will bring a friend. read more

Mexican Cuisine is one that I haven't had much chance to explore when I'm in downtown Toronto. Luckily, I came across La Chingada on Dundas Street West to discover just what Mexican cuisine has to offer in my city! This Mexican restaurant turns from a brightly lit atmosphere, to a dimly lit, fun bar feel in the night. I captured most of the bar feels during my visit in the evening for dinner - where the restaurant had dim lights and great music playing in the atmosphere. On the tables, there can be found candles lit and a nearby bar that was conveniently placed within the restaurant. I really enjoyed the wall art, it was truly a beautiful sight to behold. In addition, the whole concept of having the black curtains at the entrance gave the restaurant a strangely mysterious feeling as you entered, and unveiled a great place to chill with your friends, or have a romantic date. We were greeted kindly by the staff who took us to our tables and handed off the menu for our viewing.The waitress came by to take our orders, and she took a lot of effort to explain what the menu choices were and what she recommended us to try. The authenticity of the menu was evident, as many of the selections were Spanish and clearly described by the English descriptions. Despite having the descriptions though, the waitress was very kind to showcase what each of the sections beheld and what we should try and order during our visit that evening. After much speculation, my partner and I decided on an order with variety and we awaited our selections shortly after.This evening's variety included Fish, Chorizo and Beef Tacos, along with a Chorizo Huarache, which was basically a more open concept type of taco. Each of these were prepared on a soft taco, which I could tell was freshly made and came with a side of lime to be squeezed atop the tacos. They had also been garnished with green scallions and onions, which are my favourite! Chomping into these tacos, you can definitely taste the flavours that were carefully incorporated into it, which was truly a delicious experience. However, I would have liked the fillings to be a bit more juicy. I believe that it would have been advisable for the tacos to have some kind of dipping sauce to enhance the tastes that La Chingada was striving for!On the side as well was a Cactus Salad which was a great addition to the tacos if you're looking for a more sour and acidic taste to go with the lime. Of course Mexican cuisine incorporates as much spice as well, so we were also provided with a special Hot Sauce as well as Chinga Sauce which had a combination of both sweet and spicy flavours. Personally, I believe that the tacos truly had its quality and had great taste, however I would have liked them more if I got a side of guacamole. My partner seemed to be satisfied with the selections that we made, and both can agree that the tastes that illuminated from each taco were expressive of high quality and savoury flavours.I did find it hard to eat the Huarache, even though I was provided with a knife and fork. It was a difficult (and messy) task to cut through the Chorizo Huarache, which disheartened the dining experience for me. It could be because I'm inexperienced with the Mexican cuisine though, so keep that in mind as I'm reviewing!Overall, I would say that La Chingada was successful in providing great quality tacos, and really aimed to give an authentic, high-class dining experience. This is a great spot to visit if you're looking for a place to relax with friends or go on a pleasant date. Next time I get the chance to visit La Chingada, I'll be sure to request some of that guacamole! For the full review, check out: foodieutopia(dot)com/la-chingada read more

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Craving for Mexican food for a late afternoon lunch on Sunday with some friends. This new joint has great staff, great food and an awesome ambience ~ ordered the Choriqueso to share (so good, highly recommend) & Chorizo Huaraches. Price is super reasonable , portions just right for us (looks small but very hearty & filling). Best ending to our meal was their Churros, it's to die for:) definitely coming to try more of their stuff. read more

La Chingada - Chorizo Huaraches - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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My second time here and I can say this is my new Mexican restaurant in Toronto, the food and the drinks are so good and the people is so friendly and attentive, next time we're gonna bring some friends to try and fall in love like me. read more

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Super experience--food, venue and service. Sat out back in the courtyard, had a super cocktail and the taco bowl. Just missed happy hour but still good value. read more

Hidden gem! Amazing tacos! Decent prices! Great patio in the back! The barbacoa taco is out of this world! They sometimes have fresh flavoured teas as well which are very refreshing. You definitely have to eat here! read more

Chicooooo! This place is a Mexican heaven within Toronto. Yes chico. The tacos are so spicy and saucy you will be crying to your mama. Yes chica! If you want authentic Mexican food you came to the right place. No seriously chica the cheese dip I had made my mouth watery like a river. No joke. Yes chico. If you are into getting wasted on Mexican beer this place has got you covered too. Mmmm chico do you smell that? It's the smell of fresh chorizos! Get one or two for your chica, chico. Yours Truly, Chico & Chica read more

This little gem of a restaurant has a tapas menu and also some curiously good cocktails. I tried huaraches which literally means "sandal". It's a misshapen tortilla with sausage, sauce and toppings. It was delicious, albeit a small portion. Also ordered a Chino Loco, sort of a Tom Collins. An overall pretty good treat in the Little Portugal area. Hard to find places open before 5pm, so glad this one worked out! read more

Went here for ayce tacos Thursdays ($19.95), only available until end of November I believe Food (4/5): very good tacos that were way better than I expected for ayce. They were proper really good restaurant quality tacos! I love that they used corn tortillas and were generous with the filling! I tried all taco flavors and recommend the tinga de pollo, chorizo, barbacua and carnitas Price (5/5): ayce tacos at this price point is a STEAL. Service (3/5): the waiter deserves 5/5, he was super attentive and pleasant throughout the course of our meal. However we waited 45 min to an hour for our first tacos to come out from the kitchen. Tacos came out at a reasonable pace after that but the initial wait was painful. Ambiance (3.5/5): very clean, cozy spot in Trinity bellwoods. The mural on the wall was a nice touch read more

My first time here, the atmosphere was lively, there was great music and the overall vibe was chill. The drinks and food was quite yummy, I enjoyed the queso thoroughly + tacos. I would definitely go back here again to try the other items on the menu. read more

La Chingada - Chorizo, chicken & veggie tacos - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Great cocktails great food. The Ryan Reynolds cocktail really does taste like Ryan Reynolds! read more

La Chingada - Ryan Reynolds - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

We came here on a weekday afternoon as we were craving Mexican food and this place came recommended. I'm glad we tried it out! Amazing little place for some really fresh and delicious food. We ate the Taco bowl with Carnitas and the Pastor Huaraches. Both very fresh and full of flavour. The portions are slightly small so you might need to order more, but it was well worth it. It's priced pretty well. Definitely coming back here to try their Tacos and other dishes! read more

La Chingada - Pastor Huaraches - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Great food but latest visit was a disappointment. Service is half the dinning experience and when the waitress is more interest intalking to the bartender than keeping diners in mind is annoying. If you have free time polish glass, do set ups and pay attention to your tables I do not want to chase the waiterfor drinks, forks,napkinson sauces.The yakking keeps going and no one checks on how the lunch is ; it's cold! Wonder why? Never happened before. We cut our loses skipped the rest of the order tipped 15% and decided that was our last visit read more

Service was very slow, in fact I suspect they simply forgot about getting our food. We ordered three items and waited for more than half hour with nothing coming to our table. When we asked the guy (who was making drinks at the bar, taking orders, and running back and forth to the kitchen), he seemed surprised we even asked the question. He agreed to check with the kitchen, and came back with our food. My guess is the food was ready, but no one remembered to fetch it for us until asked.... the dishes were tasty but small-ish (tapa sized). By then we've spent almost an hour there, and it was too late to order more. (What if it takes another half hour?) We had to leave the place hungry even though we've given it an hour.... a disappointment and waste of our precious weekend time. read more

La Chingada has some of the best Mexican food in all of Toronto! The vibrance of the restaurant was great, and friendly servers made the whole experience so great. The carnitas huaraches ($8/each) were really good, with the flavours of the meat, beans and que so fresco working so well with each other. The price for the two that I had ($16) was not bad, especially for the size of them and compared to other similar restaurants in Toronto. Overall my lunch at La Chingada was excellent, and I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for quality Mexican food on Dundas West, or anywhere in the city of Toronto! read more

La Chingada - Carnitas huaraches ($8/each) - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Excellent and fresh authentic Mexican food. The owners and chef are from Mexico. Will be going back.

Delicious food! One of the best restaurants in Toronto for sure. I recommend the burrito especially. Everyone I know who's gotten their meat says it's incredible. Have only gotten their food through takeout so far but can't wait to eat in the restaurant. Wish they were open every day! read more

Best tacos in Toronto. Came here on a Saturday night for drinks and a bite to eat. Sat at the bar and had the server/bartender help us make decisions on food and drinks. Of the 6 tacos that were chosen for us I must say all of them were a hit we especially LOVED the Carnitas, Pastor, Carne Asada and Fish tacos. Best I've ever had. Staff was super attentive. Churros are a delight. The food is so so fresh and there is so much depth to the flavours. Can't wait to come back in the summer and eat tacos on the patio. read more

La Chingada - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Can't beat the happy hour here - 1/2 margs, inexpensive small plates (that have decent portions!) and other drink specials. Really tasty food. The Mexican corn is great. read more

Came here for dinner last night for the first time and was very impressed. The service was super friendly and the food was delicious! We ordered chips and quac and the carnita, barbacoa and chicken tacos. We should've listened to the reviews - the tacos are huge and loaded with meat! I ordered 2 and was not able to finish the second! They also have grilled fish tacos which is interesting as I've never seen that anywhere else. They have a patio on the street in front of the restaurant and a super cute patio in the backyard! Would recommend this restaurant to anyone - great date spot too! Looking forward to going back. read more

Went last week on Thursday to try their all you can eat Tacos. Nice hand made tortillas. I tried Beef, Carnitas, Pastor and Barbacoa. They were okish, the beef meat wasn't too good. Barbacoa was nice. Very well served with lots of meat. The salsas were in a bottle mild, medium and hot. Not very typical Mexican salsas in terms of flavour and freshness. A friend ordered a slice of Tres leches cake and something was off, the milk on it was not very good tbh so it wasn't eaten. So $19 for all you can eat, 3 tacos first and then one taco at the time. It wasn't completely bad but I doubt I will be back. read more

I came from Dallas to Toronto for vacation and I needed some Mexican food. This place is a great! They have a Torta Ahogada which not many places have them. Torta Ahogada is one of Guadalajara specialties. It's fairly a small place but they have nice graffiti all inside of it. The people inside are friendly and welcoming. Give this place a try! read more

Best staff and best tacos!!!! Mikaela and Myles were just EXCELLENT and ensured that I (a person who tastes soap in cilantro) was well taken care of. Come here on a Wednesday night, like we did, and you will get the most out of the excellent customer service. A+++! read more

I love traditional Mexican food! When I saw this place I thought it looked pretty good so I gave it a try. The service was great! No complaints there. The food on the other hand was not what I expected, my daughter ordered the ceviche and at first glance it looked delicious. How ever she was not impressed. She's used to the original ceviche you know the fish, cilantro, cucumber, tomato, lime juice, onion and avocado. She described her ceviche as a cold celery soup. I ordered the taco platter, when I got the plate it looked delicious! I mean even the grilled cactus surprised me because not many people know how good it tastes. The guacamole was fresh and delicious. The platter had three types of meat asada, al pastor and chorizo. Even though the chorizo is not the same as in Mexico it's really tasty. The al pastor tacos were delicious! Hands down the closest I've had to the original, the pineapple and marinate were very well done. The asada on the other hand was full of fat and it had almost no taste. Very chewy and I could feel the oily residue left on the roof of my mouth, I had to put it aside. All in all it was a well prepared meal but still needs a little fine tuning. read more

La Chingada - Original Mexican drinks - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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TL;DR: Great food/drinks; OK price. Will come again. Came w/ a friend and got chips&dip + 6 tacos + 2 drinks. Food was excellent. Drinks were great. Service was great, food came quick, and staff was friendly. Only reason its not 5 stars is because the price seemed higher than I expected for "good tacos". That being said, I may simply me out-of-touch w/ current Toronto restaurant pricing. read more

The service here was super slow, but we were ok with that. The ordering system went down so our 8 entrees were missed and had to be re-entered and took forever, but we were ok with that. The food was decent, but not great in any way and we were ok with that. We arrived at 7 and we were attempting to leave just before 10 pm. Noone asked if we wanted a bill. When we ordered our bill and the waitress offered to split it amongst us that was great. She said she'd split our shared appetizers accordingly which was a bonus. No bill was forthcoming after 5 minutes and we could see the guy behind the bar ripping into our waitress. A few minutes of watching this guy being verbally abusive to his staff and one of us tried to ask him for the bill directly at the bar. He (apparently the manager) was mightily offended and criticized us for coming up to him saying he was dealing with it. He spent 5 minutes chastising her and bullying her until he finally provided her with an final tally that was not split up. She then paid that in full. As we finally left, the waitress was crying. What a dbag the manager was!! Safe to say there are 8 of us who won't be back. read more

Great atmosphere and food I highly recommend if anyone is in the area a stop is definitely warranted

This was one of the best Mexican experiences I have had in Toronto in a long time. The Mexican street corn was delicious and we liked all the tacos we had too. We went on a Monday at 7:30 and it wasn't busy so we got a table and had great service. I highly highly recommend this place!! read more

Our server Michaela (sorry if it's spelt wrong) was amazing. Came here for vacation and just happened to walk past and had a wonderful experience. Our server was excellent and all the other servers helped out when our server was busy. It was an amazing experience and I would recommend everyone to come try this place out. read more

I really enjoyed my experience at La Chingada. I didn't feel rushed, the waitress was friendly and helpful and the wait time for food was reasonable. I would ask them to stagger the dishes in the future though. I also appreciate that the music and noise level was reasonable (I didn't have to yell to have a conversation). Nice place to bring a date. The torta ahogada was delicious. I also enjoyed the chorizo taco....but the fish taco was too aggressively seasoned for my liking (the flavours weren't balanced and I did not enjoy the aftertaste). I look forward to trying more items on the menu. read more

First review I've ever written, and I'm doing it to encourage people to visit Playa Cabana or Colibri @ General Assembly over La Chingada. Flavors were universally underwhelming. Guac didn't have enough lime, tortillas weren't salted, and all the tacos were too one-dimensional. The finely diced onions and few sprigs of cilantro didn't stand up to the meat (which was well-braised and flavorful). The "caramelized" onions weren't caramelized at all - they were wilted but had no sweetness. Tortilla also crumbled under the weight of the meat. The bean dish starter (can't remember the name) was solid. Three stars because it's not a bad spot. But there's far better Mexican in the city. read more

Impressed with the food quality and friendly staff. The guac was top notch and I'm impressed they make their own tortillas in house - they were very good. Cocktails and tacos are a bit on the pricey side. read more

Let me just say this was my first time here and WOW! Went on a Sunday afternoon and it wasn't busy at all. We got our food rather quickly which is always a nice thing. I sat outside in their patio area and it was a nice place to be especially when the weather is nice! They had great Latin music playing over the speakers outside which wasn't too loud, but just loud enough that you can hear which I thought was really good. Now onto the food, I should mention that if you do go be prepared to pay anywhere from $6.50 and up PER taco. Yes that's right you order one of each if you'd like but the prices do vary depending on which taco you want. I was a little taking back when asked if the tacos come in 3's.. but sure enough they don't. To sum it all up, the tacos where absolutely delicious!! I ordered the Carnita, Carne Asada and Tinga de pollo tacos. Definitely try the Carnita and the Carne Asada ones! My sister got the fish taco and she said it was delicious as well. Highly recommended! All in all 3 tacos and a corona will run you about $30 but once you had those tacos you won't be disappointed! read more

La Chingada - Carne Asada , Carnita, Tinga de Pollo Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Been coming here for a year now. LOVE their food! Service and atmosphere are exceptional (especially the patio area in the summer). Have tried Seven Lives tacos recently and they can't compare to the tacos they serve here. I've been here a dozen time and have not left dissapointed once. A must try for tacos and Mexican forrd in the GTA. read more

Any bad reviews for this place are probably because they don't know the difference between Tex Mex and authentic Mexican. The food here is unbelievably good. It's hard to choose what to get and the first time I ate here I really went in and literally stuffed my face. The ambience is great, the murals are beautiful and I can't wait for their patio to open. Patio and tacos. Come on! Amazing. read more

My friend really likes this place and I am still waiting for her to take me as we have been talking about going together. We love Mexican food and had a fantastic trip to Mexico earlier this year, but the five stars is for the brilliant name...for years now, my Colombian husband has been sending me and others "to the chingada" when he gets in a foul mood. Finally I have somewhere to go the next time he sends me! Looking forward to trying this place out soon. read more