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    Topolabamba

    4.0 (82 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Bars
    Closed 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Tostadas and quesadillas
    Hailey S.

    This place does amazing food and the restaurant has such a great atmosphere. It's the perfect place to go as a large group as everyone can share small plates and the cocktails and tequila are brillant.

    Pescado empapelado
    Melina H.

    This place is definitely happening! It was lively and full on the Tuesday night when I stopped by. I try to eat "Mexican" food any place I visit just to experience another culture's take on it. Topo did not disappoint. I think they used all available ingredients in a fun and inventive way, plus the little touches were appreciated e.g. Jarritos are on the menu. I had a quesadilla with nopales, fish "empapelado" and two tostadas. Yes it sounds like a lot but actually all were small plates meant to be shared. The chipotle salsa with the fish had a great smokey flavor and I used that on everything! The quesadillas were a bit underwhelming but not horrible. The tostadas had tons of guacamole - excellent - but not much more that made them great. Service was prompt, very attentive, and everyone worked as a team. Like many other restaurants in Glasgow there are several floors and the restrooms are downstairs, no lift in site. I would definitely stop by again next time I'm in town.

    Briony C.

    I'm not here to talk about whether Topolambama is authentic - I've really got no idea. What I do know is that Topolambama is part of the Pinto family and I love a cheeky pork bare burrito with guac, extra cheese and extra sour cream. So I was interested to see what Topolabamba would be serving up. We arrived a little before 5.30 and were seated in the window area to the right - it's like a wee booth with 3 small tables. As we looked over the menu and ordered drinks a manager popped over to say there was an issue in the kitchen and food service would be starting at 6. They offered us complimentary tortilla chips with guac though, to make up for the wait so that wasn't too bad (although a second portion would've been grand as it was quite a wait after all!). They don't take bookings (except for groups over 5) which could be a little frustrating - there was a lot of people coming in and heading out again as they couldn't get a table straight away. It is a really large space though so I can't imagine you'd wait for long and there are seats at the bar to pass the time. For drinks, I tried the green apple Jose Cuervo house margaritas which was lovely - so good I had to have a second. The tortilla chips had nice amount of paprika seasoning on them and the guac was nice and chunky, like I like it. The chips aren't like doritos, they're more like freshly fried one which was nice for something different. The menu has a lot of options and everything is sized for sharing portions. I also like that dishes that aren't gluten free are clearly marked - the majority of the menu is GF so that's quite handy (and unusual!) When it was time to order, we went for 3 dishes each to share: - avocado, black bean & corn tostada - tangy cactus & marinated chicken taquito - barbacoa beef with crumbled cheese taquito - classic queso fundido - pasilla king prawn tacos - chicken tinga burrito The classic queso fundido was delicious - jack cheese and chorizo fondue, served with tortilla chips. One waiter said that it gets mixed reviews because people don't like the cheese but I'd happily scoff the lot myself. I also really loved the taquitos - crunchy with delicious filling and topped with a crumbled cheese (similar to feta but I'm guessing it isn't). The beef one was marked with 3 chilli peppers for heat but I really didn't find it hot at all. I liked that it was covered with some shredded iceberg lettuce which gave it a real freshness. My other favourite dish was the pasilla king prawn tacos. I couldn't decide between the prawn dishes but went for this one as it was battered rather than served in the shell. I honestly thought that they'd switched prawn for langoustine when I first bit into it, the prawn was that juicy and huge. It was a little hard to eat with the soft tortilla wrap as it went soggy pretty quickly so I just ate the prawn and lettuce. I was really impressed with all the dishes I tried - even the avocado, black bean and corn which was my least favourite but only because the other dishes were so delicious. Service was really good and never far away for more drinks etc and the bill came in at around £50 which wasn't too bad seeing as we had 3-4 alcoholic drinks as well. I thought the food was really high quality and very tasty, so I'm definitely planning a return visit very soon.

    Carne Assad's Steak Taco
    Richard N.

    Delish! A restaurant that delivers on flavor and spice. Loved all of the small plates we tried and don't think you can go wrong with any of them based on my experience. The waitress was great, offered some good selections and had a sense of humor.

    Tortilla chips and guacamole
    Debs M.

    Gonna have to agree with my man Paul S on this one and give Topolabamba a (Daym Drops-style) FIVE ALL DAY! I really wasn't sure what to expect based on previous reviews/my inability to withstand any sort of spiciness, but I'm so glad we went. I'd checked out the menu a few times in the past and was put off by the sheer amount of chilies I witnessed on it - most things have at least 1 chili next to them and it goes up to 3 - I hate going somewhere and being fussy (besides spicy food, there isn't a whole lot I won't eat and I'm usually easy to please!) so I had visions of being a total downer, but I'm very pleased to report this wasn't the case at all! Our server was a real gem and revealed that he too wasn't into unnecessarily causing himself pain - he was able to recommend various things on the menu and said that things with 1 chili should be totally fine, plus there were a few 2 chili dishes he could handle as well. Result! As Paul S already mentioned, he also informed us that we wouldn't need as many items as the menu suggested, which we really appreciated as it showed they weren't just out to get as much money from us as possible! The service was excellent, they were friendly and attentive without being too overbearing, wonderful! I ended up going for the barbacoa beef taquitos (OMG) and the smoked chicken quesadillas, neither of which I found spicy at all really, but they were extremely flavourful and totally delicious! I have occasional cravings for the quesadillas because they were so damn good. In fact I could totally go one right now! I also got the nacho chips with guacamole and we shared salt and chili chips. They were really good as well and we definitely had enough to eat between us! There was an unfortunate incident where my lovely bf accidentally decided to try and kill me by making me try one of his fish tacos (the fish isn't spicy but JESUS CHRIST the coleslaw is a hot fiery hell) despite my protests. But obviously that wasn't Topolabamba's fault and I think we both learnt our lesson there. I also asked to take my leftover nachos home because they were so tasty and I couldn't finish them, and they made a whole new portion for me instead of just bagging up the ones I had already!!! Very nice of them indeed. I would without a doubt come back here, really want to get along for their taco happy hour (£1 a taco) as my future working hours will permit me to visit between 4pm and 6pm on a weekday - hurrah!

    Churros and cervesa!
    Lisa E.

    Yes this is a 5 star review of a Mexican joint in the UK! If you like spice, get the tomatillo salsa (green salsa with a nice zing). The chips are made in house and are maize tortilla chips. My margarita was disappointing, but I think it has more to do with measuring laws than the drink itself, so I moved on to cervesa after my first marg. They have a sizeable selection of Mexican beers, however no Negra Modelo, but still plenty to choose from! The customer service was great, no complaints! I ordered the shredded beef tostadas, sans the aioli stuff! The dish came with two tostadas; I just dumped some of my tomatillo salsa on top, squeezed some lime and I was in food heaven! It even came with cotija cheese, which is a white crumbly Mexican cheese with a sharp flavour. I apologize for forgetting to take a pic of the tostadas, but I was moved to eat them upon arrival! Also, I don't recommend eating this on a date, because there is no way to eat a tostada gracefully! I decided to splurge and have the churros for dessert. They came with a delicious, chocolatey dipping sauce. And well, to be honest, are churros ever bad?! I was a little disappointed they didn't have sopa pillas, but I think I was just overly excited to be chowing down on some legit MexiCAN food! I am eager to try more items from the menus soon!

    Margarita
    Monica S.

    Service was great and so was the food, but the margaritas, not very good. Maybe there should be a trip to Mexico to taste authentic margaritas. These weren't very strong and had a strong lime aftertaste.

    Taquitos!
    Roz M.

    I wasn't sure whether to give this place three or four stars and then I plumped for four because the staff were so lovely. I had eaten here before with a work colleague, but recently went back with my other half and our wee boy. Straight away the staff (both the manager and our waiter) were really friendly and helpful letting us choose the best seat for the pram, bringing a high chair and chatting away to A. He clearly loved the attention as he had a melt down when they left! But they popped straight back over to ask if they could heat some food / milk or get him anything :) We ordered a mixture of fabulous sounding food from the menu to share and it all arrived very quickly, as each individual dish was ready. The cheese fondue with Monterey Jack cheddar was really thick and gooey and delicious. The chicken quesadillas tasted fresh and we had a bit of a fight for who got the third piece. Where exactly does the fourth quarter go?? Does the chef get to scoff it?? And the honey ribs were good - the sauce was spot on but unfortunately the ribs themselves were just a tad dry, maybe they were a bit overcooked? I still haven't tried any of the yummy sounding cocktails so I'm going to have to go back again soon!

    Watermelon margarita. One of my 5 a day!
    Jules M.

    I rather enjoyed my very first visit to Topolabamba and I especially loved their cocktails and the friendliness of the staff. Come to think of it the cocktails definitely lifted my spirits for the day and maybe responsible for giving four stars where 3.5 are probably more appropriate. Why not the full four? There were three of us dining, a carnivore who gave it five stars and loved ALL the food, me the vegetarian who loved most of the food (less-so the slightly tasteless guacamole on a tostada), and the vegan for whom the experience was a bit disappointing. Nothing on the menu suggested itself as vegan-friendly so the recourse was to ask for all dairy to be removed from the vegetarian options. We all love spicy food especially when the heat is tempered with some sour cream and cheese. Without something to temper the heat it really feels like it was missing an important element. Yeah I know, statement of the blooming obvious haha! Glasgow was named best UK city for vegans so it's all the more surprising that the menu doesn't recognise that fact. When most supermarkets now sell vegan sour cream and vegan cheese it would be easy for Topolabamba to step up to the plate and welcome in the vegan community. I hope they will really soon as I'd love to go back for a few more of their fabulous cocktails! Consider the vegan gauntlet thrown down:)

    Mmmm toastadas!
    Sophie K.

    The one and absolutely most important thing that you need to know about Topalabamba, is this: QUESO FUNDIDO. It would be sensible to end my review here, however I will continue. What you need to know about Topalabamba (other than Queso Fundido), is that the idea behind the dishes is sharing - the majority of dishes comes in three's or four's so you order many little dishes and love life while you're eating. Seeing as I am usually here with my amigo Carolyn E. and her Marathon Guy, there are lots of plates and lots of sharing. It's great. So far, everytime I have been there, I have ordered the frozen strawberry margarita, which is great - you can definitely taste the alcohol. For the dishes that we (I) have tried are: Chicken Tinga, Barbacoa Beef (messy eat!), Pork Pibil Tacos. They are all delicious. One of them is quite spicy, but I don't remember which one. The Black Bean, Cactus and Smoked Green Chilli Quesadilla, which is DELICIOUS (hurray for cactus, who knew?!). I am also pretty sure that Carolyn E. and I have had the Homemade Chorizo and Melted Spicy Cheese toastada, which if I remember having it was absolutely incredible. The Mexican cheese - although doused in coriander/cilantro (die, devil span, die!) was a wonderful addition. We've also had a Chimichanga (difficult to divide between 3 people, but delicious anyways; stuffed with shredded chicken, if I am not mistaken), and a chicken tinga burrito (again - difficult to split, but delicious nonetheless! The churros look and smell like heaven, but I have yet to try them. Be aware that the Toasted Salsa Brava is spicy! Delicious but spicy. The only thing that I do not like about Topalabamba is the Guac, it's a poor excuse for guac. It's just too smooth and I do not trust it. However, the actual star of Topalabamba is the Classic Queso Fundido. Melted cheese in a bowl, smoking hot (temperature wise) with peppers and chorizo bits in it, and tortilla chips (some of them over salted) to dip and scoop it all up with. My mouth is watering just from thinking about it. IT IS DELICIOUS. This is the equivalent of the cheeseballs at Porter and Rye (boo!) that people rave about: only because of the Queso Fundido should you come here. If you haven't been here, go and have it. If you have been to Topalabamba and haven't had the Queso Fundido, then shame on you! (unless you're lactose intolerant or allergic to cheese, perfection and happiness), otherwise FOR SHAME! - the pictures do not do this perfection justice. Just order it. Lastly, I should say that I love this place. Not only is the Queso Fundido good (FOR SHAME!), the staff super friendly, the décor super awesome, but the music is just the best. According to the waiter, it gets old, but I don't believe him. How can Latin music that makes you want to break out in Shakira-esque dance moves and salsa get old? No, I love it. Everything. (Next time I want the taquitos, and more Queso Fundido).

    My first portion of shrimp and avocado tostadas which I had to send back as the were sitting in a pool of liquid. :(
    Amber K.

    I'm sad to only give three stars. I've visited twice and the first time would have been a solid four, today would unfortunately have been a two :( On my first visit there was a group of 6 of us, greeted with great service and enjoyed a fantastic selection of food. I had crazy corn, fish tacos and black bean, feta and avocado tostadas. They were all wonderful!! The food was served quickly and the staff ensured there was water on the table. We had a great lunch. Today however was completely different. The service really let it down, I had to request water on three different occasions, although other drinks were brought to the table send a dish back, wait for a table even though tables were empty (including the one we ended up in) and ask to pay twice. :( Some of the food was still great, the fish tacos again were wonderful! Easily my favourite dish I've tried. The corn was great and we had the veggie taquito option which were lovely and crisp :) Although they tell you that it's tapas style eating and they would bring the food as it was ready, the order made no sense today. The tacos, corn and taquito came first, then a little while later the tostadas and finally (when any food left on the table was cold) the guacamole and slaw came. Although nice, I thought it was very strange it took so long to bring cold dishes that are prepared in advance! At this point I had to send back my prawn and avocado tostadas as they were sitting in a puddle. Although the waiter offered me a replacement, the kitchen gave the excuse it was the salsa and it would happen again so would I rather the salsa on the side. Although the puddle seemed much more like prawns that hadn't been drained well as they defrosted. The replacement had the salsa on the side which was a thick green salsa verde which couldn't have created such a clear puddle :( the replacement was nice enough but I wouldn't order them again. It's a shame the service really let down the food that was on the most part very tasty. I'd give it one more go!

    Beef taquitos
    Stewart A.

    Just went in for lunch with Mrs G and, again, had a very tasty meal served by a very friendly waiter (Jamie).  This is a great place for a quick lunch; you have the choice of a lunch express menu or the usual a la carte. We decided to share beef taquitos, chicken tacos, a pork burrito and the salt & chilli fries.  We polished off every morsel and thoroughly enjoyed everything! I find you don't sacrifice flavour or quality in favour of a speedy lunch; you get the best of both worlds!  Deffo going back for a working lunch again soon!

    Carolyn M.

    It's been a while since the gang and I have had a night out, and this night still wasn't one of them. HA! However, Sophie K, my boyfriend and I were able to reserve a table here for dinner and we were well chuffed about that! We went before hand to a local pub near by for a few drinks, so by the time we made it to Topolabamba, we were feeling nice! We were seated in a cozy seat near the bar, where menus were already at the table, ready to go! We decided that more drinks were a must and we each went with a frozen margarita to keep it with the Mexican theme. Boyfriend went with a plain margarita, Sophie K. went with strawberry and I went with mango. Mmm, mango! Everyone quite enjoyed their margaritas, although we could only really taste the tequila. Not a bad thing, really. After enjoying mexican via Deliveroo, we decided to order family style and share loads of things! It really worked out and we were all pretty full when we finally rolled ourselves out of there. We went with queso and chips, beef tacos, chicken tacos, pork tacos, guac and chips and a chicken chimichanga. I feel like I've left something out because that doesn't seem like a lot of food, but it was filling and super delicious. Oh, and spicy! Everything we ordered had a two chili spice reading, but that was quite warm. It didn't ruin our night, but we got our sweat on a little bit. The music played here is amazing! Sophie K and I were happily swaying the night away and have even decided a salsa/rumba dance night out is in order! I was reminded of my Grandfather (may he rest in peace) who used to listen to old style Mexican music every morning when he'd make breakfast. It was great to remember him. Turns our, our waitress was from Connecticut, which was pretty amazing, because that's where I'm from!! After our bonding moment, and realising our bill was wrong, we had it fixed, paid and were on our way. What a great place with a great atmosphere and delicious food!

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    0.1 miCity Centre
    ££

    So, I'm biased, because I already know I love Mexican food (or Tex Mex which is apparently what we…read moremostly get in the UK. Fine. Whatever. I love it). Having tried other bits and pieces of Latin inspired cooking I figured a Cuban restaurant would probably be a pretty safe bet. Having wandered past Poco Havana a few weeks back, it went straight to the top of the "to try list." So, at around 9pm on a Saturday night we arrived to a quiet-ish, but not totally empty restaurant. We took a seat, ordered a jug of frozen margaritas (yes!) and looked at the menus. The first impression we got was that the restaurant was warm and welcoming and that the smells coming from the kitchen were awfully promising. The second impression we got was that for a restaurant named for Cuba's capital, it serves an awful lot of Mexican food. About half the menu is given over to burritos, tacos and enchiladas. Perhaps that's no bad thing, but I was kind of surprised. Anyway, I ordered the hurrachas con chorizo to start. It's a kind of corn meal pancake which was served really crunchy and topped with chorizo, potato, avocado, mushrooms and sour cream. My braver partner went for the almost death wings. I tried one - they're hot. I mean, I could probably have eaten one, if provided with sufficient water, but not the 5 he was served. We decided to stick to the "Cuban Corner" of the menu for our mains. I chose the Pernil Relleno cos Moros y Christianos - a garlicy, citrussy and lightly spiced dish with huge juicy chunks of tender roasted pork shoulder, served with rice and peas. My goodness that pork was good and it's nice to get a change from the ubquitous pulled pork that seems to be everywhere right now. My partner chose the Ropa Vieja, a slow roasted, chipotle spiced, shredded beef dish, again with rice and peas. A delicious as it was, after his 5 chicken wings he struggled to finish it. Fortunately the staff didn't mind at all that he wanted to take the rest home with him and made a point of wrapping it extra carefully so it didn't leak. We finished the meal with pisco, a kind of brandy I hadn't tried before, as a digestif. The whole meal came in under £60 which, given how much we enjoyed it, I thought was a great price. While we were there we noticed that they clearly also operate as a bar. You can just sit with a few drinks, maybe a bar snack or two, and while an evening away. Chatting to the staff we were told that they're open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays, which is good to know. As well as a favourite new restaurant, I think we've found a cool new place just to hang out.

    So got an itison voucher for 2 burritos and 2 beers for a tenner, can't argue really. Used to dig…read morebo kantina so was surprised it had changed hands to recently... We got pork nachos to start, stone cold. The pulled pork tasted just like shop bought pork smothered in bbq sauce, was cold and stringy and far too sweet. The guac was Brown, and the tortilla chips of the lowest quality. Got steak burritos for main, easily the worst attempt at burritos I've ever encountered. Filled with what seems like microwaved rice and pea mix with rare steak. Couldn't taste anything else I would expect to be in a burrito, like guac or sour cream or cheese, or beans. Just rice, peas, and raw steak. Now I feel like a philistine for complaining over rare steak, normally if I order a steak I would ask for it medium. But you just don't expect to be picking bits of raw beef out of the rice in yer burrito. I can't imagine this place stays open for long serving that grub, if you want tapas style Mexican food - go to tooplabamba.

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    Poco Havana - The bar on a Friday night

    The bar on a Friday night

    Poco Havana - Almost death wings

    Almost death wings

    Poco Havana - CUBANO. YES.

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    CUBANO. YES.

    Taco Mazama

    Taco Mazama

    2.9(29 reviews)
    0.1 miCity Centre
    £

    This is not a good taco restaurant. The tortillas chips and hard tacos were stale. The BBQ sauce…read moreseemed like a good idea at the time I was ordering, but it was sticky sweet and was zero Mexican. The guacamole was way too puréed. The cheese was not right. Nothing was right. The UK should recruit some entrepreneurial Mexicans who are good at cooking.

    Popped in here a few weeks ago before going to the cinema with the other half, I was absolutely…read moreCRAVING Mexican food and didn't mind trekking down here from where I'd parked near the cinema to get some. The aforementioned other half used to work near here and being a total grubber, got food from them quite a lot - so much so that the managers still say hi to him when he comes in! We decided to take advantage of the burrito and a beer for £8, which in my opinion really is such a great deal! It was exactly what I was after and I wasn't disappointed. I went for the barbacoa beef, with sour cream and mild salsa because as I've probably mentioned at least three other times on here, I don't do spicy. The beef was amazing! Seriously tasty stuff, it's earned a place on my "Things I Occasionally Get Weird Cravings For" list (see also: cheesy beanos, Dairylea Dunkers, strawberry milkshake, Chasni...to name but a few!) The rest of the filling was pretty tasty as well, but I did feel that they could have spread everything out a bit more evenly, as there were parts of the burrito which were just rice and beans and parts which were just the barbacoa beef - no complaints there, mind! The burrito was massive and definitely filled me up, I never quite finished it even though I was determined to - sometimes even I have to admit I'm defeated. Again, for the price I thought it was excellent and the other items on the menu are pretty reasonable as well. I've had their nachos before and thoroughly enjoyed them, so I can say with relative certainty that I'll be back. I quite fancy trying the one in Central as well, just to see what it's like!

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    Taco Mazama
    Taco Mazama - Soft drinks

    Soft drinks

    Taco Mazama

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    The Pot Still - 1000 whiskies

    The Pot Still

    4.7(153 reviews)
    0.1 miCity Centre
    ££

    Small pub, massive whisky selection -- and I mean massive. We're talking over 1,000 whiskies on the…read moreshelves, plus a solid lineup of beers on tap. It's cozy, crowded, and buzzing with life -- often standing room only and packed shoulder-to-shoulder with locals and travelers alike. If you're a whisky fan (or even just whisky-curious), do yourself a favor and try one of their Scotland whisky flights. It's like taking a mini tour of the country's whisky regions without ever leaving your barstool -- and without worrying about driving. The bartenders really know their stuff and are happy to guide you toward something you'll love. A quick heads-up: no football colors allowed, which keeps the atmosphere friendly and relaxed no matter who you support. And speaking of friendly -- the locals here are as welcoming as they come. This is exactly the kind of place where Scotland's famous pub culture shines. Prices are surprisingly reasonable too, so you can sample a few drams without feeling guilty. Whether you're a seasoned whisky nerd or just looking to experience the local vibe, this is the spot. Pull up a stool (if you can find one) and enjoy a proper Scottish night out

    Even if you are not a whiskey fan, this place is worth visiting if you're in town. Just to see…read moretheir ginormous, or hmm, whiskey-normous, selection of bottles lining the wall, and the bartenders going up and down the ladders to fetch them. This may prompt you to feel like ordering a drink. You are in good hands and they can totally recommend something that you may like. Their selection is so huge they don't have a menu, you just have to ask for your label or take their recommendations. Naturally, most of the selection is Scottish whiskey, but if you somehow prefer otherwise, (say you are a local tired of Scotch... or just want to reaffirm nothing beats a Scotch?) they do offer whiskey from other countries, as well as beer and ciders, as well as gin, rum and the like. They do offer pies and other bar food, but we went after dinner and just couldn't stomach more food, tempting as they may sound.

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    The Pot Still - Amazing whisky selection!

    Amazing whisky selection!

    The Pot Still
    The Pot Still

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    Topolabamba - mexican - Updated May 2026

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