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Brisbane's Best Mexican Restaurants

Updated: Feb 28, 2025

From budget bites to finer dining, tiny taquerias to mega Mexican cantinas, 16 of the best Mexican eateries in Brisbane:

A chic resort-style Mexican restaurant and boutique tequila bar located on James Street
Cartel Del Taco brings an authentic taste of Mexico City to Brisbane with traditional tacos, tequila cocktails and more
La Patrona takes Mexican dining in Brisbane to a whole new level
A little slice of Baja California has come to the Valley with this cool subterranean Mexican bar eatery
A colourful Mexican cantina and beer garden occupying a grand heritage-listed building
Mama Taco is a cool, contemporary Mexican Taqueria & Mezcaleria nestled in the historic Rialto Theatre
A bright and breezy terracotta-hued Mexican restaurant located in a tiny precinct of eateries off Lytton Rd
Occupying a prime rooftop location, with sweeping 270 degree views of the city, Story Bridge, Mt Coot-tha
This lively West End restaurant dishes up some of the best Mexican food in Brisbane
A cool contemporary taco and tequila bar nestled in the base of the historic woolstores 
A stunning, split-level Mexican restaurant and bar in Wynnum offering classic Mexican food & drinks
A stunning pastel-hued Mexican rooftop bar and taqueria tucked away upstairs off Oxford Street
Mama De Luna Cafe is a colourful Mexican cafe serving brunch and lunch
El Camino Cantina is a mammoth two-storey Tex-Mec cocina and cantina in a landmark building

The rustic little Mexican cottage bar and eatery in Newmarket is a long time Brisbane institution

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