Great food and amazing service! The beef and chicken tacos are and so are the salsas.. also…read moreenjoyed the tamarind drink!

I go out of my way to get Antojitos, their Mexican is the best in Newcastle…read more I especially love their burritos!!

First time trying this restaurant. Service was quick and…read morepolite and the food came out very quickly. Both my wife and I tried 2 of the combination meals on offer. The food - was not very exciting. Average at best with nothing to interest the taste buds, which I feel mexican should do. Service was nice but it did take over 20 minutes for our plates to be cleared and no offer for dessert ...sorry too say, i don't think we'll be back.

So disappointing! Have waited some time for a Mexican…read morerestaurant in Maitland and was so excited to try it out. Could not have been more disappointed in the quality of the food. We ordered nachos which were a disaster ( diced beef, minimal salsa, bland), taquito (dry, over cooked), enchilada ( beef- this was okay) and pork meatballs (okay). This is what I would call 'Aussie' Mexican food -pub style. You're better off driving the 40minutes to Muchos in Newcastle.

What an anti-climatic walk up the steps of the Diggers. Expecting to find an asian restaurant, we…read morewere greeted instead by GINORMOUS mexican hats and burritos. Despite our major craving for some sizzling beef, we settled on Cantina's and surprisingly, it was ok. The GenY (or is it the "I "Gen?) staff were friendly enough and our waiter was the sweetest kid, he even swapped me one of those said ginormous Mexican hats for my phone to take a pic of us. Their servings are fairly substantial and in fact, I wasn't able to finish off my dish - I had the naked Burrito - normal chicken burrito minus the tortillas and the cheese sauce (there's just something about those two words placed together that conjures up all sorts of nastiness in my head). They have the tiniest plates for all this food, the salsa and cheese sauce (ewww) are in little bowls on the plate, the corn on the cob, the rice and the chicken all precariously placed right to the edge of this narrow plate - so of course, you can imagine the filth left when our plates were cleared. The service is what you'd expect from a very young crew - not much conversational skill apart from LOL, totes and hashtag (just quietly, rather entertaining), clearing plates resulted in a fork backflipping taking with it some rice which ended up all over a friend and the bill given was for the wrong table - all in all though, a fun night given we had dined a little too well care of the 3 jugs of sangria #fittinginwiththekids

As soon as I arrived in Australia, my cousin was keen on taking me here. I was very nervous because…read moreAustralia is so far from Mexico and I have lived in areas close to Mexico my whole life. Needless to say, I was super impressed. Don't expect Taco Bell style of fast food. The ingredients are fresh and you can order anything from a burrito bowl to nachos to tacos to quesadillas. Note that orders do not come standard with guacamole, sour cream or pico de gallo, you need to add those on as side items but the food is really great quality. I actually ate there twice while in vacation from the states.

I really like this chain and their food. This Guzman has…read morebeen here for a about a year now and thought it worth a mention. Friendly & swift service. Tasty Mexican food and you can also order a Margarita or Sangria should you be so inclined to finish of your experience. Get a Guzman card and earn money towards your next meal.

Tasty and fresh. Expensive but the food was worth it…read more Great service and friendly staff. The owner was lovely and took time to say hi. I've been here twice and the food and service has always been great. The ceviche, fajitas and drinks were delicious.

Great food, great service, great atmosphere. Had a blast and will keep coming back…read more Nachos and ribs were huge and tasty. Trialled the chilli sauces. 800,000shu is bloody hot let me tell ya. Not for the faint hearted

It was 3 years ago that I last ate here and was overdue for a return visit. Coming back this time a…read morelittle wiser; not opting for their Big Ass burrito challenge. Two more burrito challenges have been added since AND a dessert one. Finish and get your picture on the wall. I shared Amarillo fries to start. Curly fries with a cheese sauce. Didn't look like much sauce at first but it had gone to the bottom making most of the chips underneath soggy, which was a shame. The crunchy ones on top dusted with seasoning were yummy. My enchiladas were a decent serving with Cajun spiced corn on the cob and fragrant rice that was more rice than fragrant. Yellow rice is not fragrant if it tastes the same as normal white rice. $6 for a small side serving of avocado was too expensive. I tried my partners nachos but the beef topping tasted... manufactured. Like Mexican or bean soup from a can. The service was fast. We couldn't book for two people. They only take group bookings. Joining the Wests Group that evening gave us a 10% discount.

Situated inside West Leagues Club in New Lambton, surrounded by the awful amount of poker machines,…read moreand people destroying their loves, the Cantina Mexican Restaurant is an awesome place, and in the better part of the building. The Big Ass Burrito Challenge is cool, even though you don't get any reward for finishing something that most likely cost them $2 in wholesale rice, but is awesome nevertheless. Recommended simple place to go for Mexican in Newcastle if you don't mind walking through miles of sad people on pokies. Here is a video from the Symon Craig show of a friend of mine eating the Big Ass Burrito http://vimeo.com/92429300

Super cool place that qualifies as a hidden gem as it's tucked down a little alley way. Inside,…read morethey have an upstairs dining rrom and downstairs a sweet bar and speakeasy vibe. Loved it. They did seat us under a staircase and it was annoying hearing the heavy footsteps stomping up and down throughout dinner service. The food was very good to stellar! As others have mentioned, the Tacos are King here. Tartare Tacos are amazing, and we loved the Salmon Civiche and the carnitas tacos, as well. Flathead Civiche was delicious, Brussels Sprouts were super tasty, and we also enjoyed the twice cooked Pork Belly. Not so good was the Pato Ahumado. The mole was really tasty but not enough, and the breast was really tough and fatty, plus no proper cutlery provided. Really disappointing, as we couldn't eat or enjoy it and it was like we just threw $72 away. While I did appreciate their coursing, we did wait for long periods between. Cocktails were good, as was a glass of wine, but pours are very light. Recommended, for sure. Avoid the duck.

The food at Esteban was incredible!! They had tons of options to choose from and the environment…read moresuper unique, moody, and cool. The service was great and everyone was super friendly. The tacos were amazing!! The chips and dip were also very good and had a nice balance of flavor. Was something unique that I had not tried before. Everything tasted high quality with a large depth of flavor. Would highly recommend!

Food is great. Good selection of traditional Mexican and healthy stuff my wife and daughter eat…read more Nice to be able to eat food that is not USA-franchise-mass-produced-tasteless-cardboard like the big franchises serve up as though it's food........and have to have good local authentic mexican that is obviously put together with more care and better ingredients. Please stay in business. Now to close with my favourite saying "It's OK if you sometimes fall apart.....Tacos fall apart.....and we still love them!"

Fantastic and fresh Mexican food, we had the special sweet potato fries with cheese sauce which was…read moregreat. Along with pork tacos and beef open burrito, all to share. Nice atmosphere on a warm evening, highly recommend.

Yummy food Lovely waitress…read moreRecommend Great for whole family or just as good for a nice couples location

Much appreciation to our waitress. After only 3 (including myself) of our 9 person booking turned…read moreup on time; 2 more 20mins late and the rest a ridiculous 45mins late. She remained friendly, bubbly and more than helpful. Offering us a smaller table thinking they had cancelled. Probably didn't want to waste the large table but we also did look a bit lonely sitting their nearly empty. Again staff in general were polite in moving us on as the last table and having gone beyond their closing time of 9:30pm. Also having to tell one of our guests that the kitchen had closed (they wanted dessert), whilst I lowered my head in annoyance at the request. I don't know if they always split bills but after a membership card was presented for the 10% discount they proceeded to take more of their time to accomodate this. Now to the food. Arriving to check in our reservation, we were passed by 2 enormous trays of food that I later found out were sharing platters. One ordered at our own table consisting of rib eye steak, ribs and sides. Bring your hunger game! A semi seafood platter also available. My partner and I ordered the 10oz rib eye (medium as standard) with saloon sauce for him and chipotle bernaise for me. The steak looked.... different. Putting it down to the slow cooked process? Tasted amazing regardless. But be warned, the steaks appear to be coated or dry rubbed with chilli flakes. I didn't mind it at all but my partner said his mouth was on fire. I tried his and disagreed strongly. Maybe his threshold was low that night. The side of chips were well seasoned and it was nice to have veggies included over salad. If I had to be negative I'd say the Texas toast could have been done better. Dry due to the thickness and needed more garlic flavour. Already have them in mind for a return trip for my birthday.