Mexican cuisine is deep-rooted to the Mesoamerican Cuisine. The dishes are very healthy, having lots of freshly chopped vegetables, sprouts, herbs and cooked chunked meat with sauces. The authentic traditional methods of cooking Mexican food is quite complicated and requires years of practice. The modern dishes are an amalgamation of original recipes with modern flavours and techniques. It is one of the most widely loved cuisines around the world.
Alice Springs or neighbouring areas have a large number of Mexican Restaurants and joints. Have a look at the top 20 Mexican Restaurants in and around Alice Springs where you can devour amazing Mexican meals and drinks.
🗓️ Last updated: July 2026
⚡ Quick Picks
| # | Restaurant | Cuisine | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loco Burrito | delicious Mexican nachos, burritos | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 2 | Grill Me Crazy | the most delicious tacos, onion rings | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 3 | Epilogue Lounge | — | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 4 | Uncle Tavern | drinks | 🏙️ Rooftop |
| 5 | Mejico | fusion drinks, hard drinks | 🌿 Veg-Friendly |
| 6 | El Camino Cantina | — | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 7 | Barrio Chino | — | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 8 | The Merton Bistro | the best Curry in town | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 9 | Bar Patron by Rockpool | — | 🌿 Veg-Friendly |
| 10 | Guzman y Gomez | — | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 11 | Mexican Burrito Cantina | quirky restaurant | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 12 | El Loco at Excelsior | quite a lot of sauces, condiments to go with the dishes | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 13 | Maybe Sammy | — | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 14 | Mad Mex- Fresh Mexican Grill | you fresh | 🌿 Veg-Friendly |
| 15 | Tio’s | authentic Mexican cuisine, an extended menu for the bar | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 16 | Chula | — | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
| 17 | Contrabando | — | 🐟 Seafood |
| 18 | Flying Fajita Sistas | the best Mexican mezcals, tequila | 🌿 Veg-Friendly |
| 19 | The Two Wolves | — | 🐟 Seafood |
| 20 | Barrio Cellar | delicious Mexican appetizers, bites | 👨👩👧 Family Dining |
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1.Loco Burrito
Local burrito is a Mexican restaurant owned by Alice Springs locals. The place is very chic and beautiful, you can have your meals in the restaurant courtyard or grab a quick bite on the go. They serve delicious Mexican nachos, burritos, deconstructed burrito bowls, salads, enchiladas, and a lot more. You can favourably customise your orders and the staff is more than happy to help you in any way possible.
Location- 10/74 Todd Street, Alice Springs
2.Grill Me Crazy
Grill me crazy is a Mexican and pizza restaurant that is one of the favourites of Alice Springs locals. Ranging from a wide variety of steaks, customizable burgers, hamburgers, salads, burritos, beef or pork nachos and refreshing drinks, the menu of the place itself will make you hungry enough to devour the delicacies. They serve the most delicious tacos and onion rings. They are a nice, little, cosy place for a leisure lunch, quick snack or dinner, or take-away.
Location- 6/70 Todd Street, Alice Springs
3.Epilogue Lounge
A very beautiful and warm local bar- cum- restaurant, Epilogue Lounge serves you authentic Mexican cuisines along with a well-curated menu for wine, beers, mocktails and cocktails. The staff is very helpful and friendly and they have the best breakfast menu. The radishes are widely loved by the locals who enjoy the vibrant ambience of the restaurant. Along with interior dining, the restaurant also has an open rooftop restaurant but you can enjoy romantic dinners or corporate meetings or just leisure time with friends, family and peers.
Location- 1/58 Todd Street, Alice Springs NT 0870, Australia
4.Uncle Tavern
A very fun pub and restaurant, Uncle Tavern offers you a very extended menu of Mexican delicacies and drinks. The restaurant has a very fun and quirky ambience, pool table, television, music and a lot of other activities you can enjoy with having your meal. The menu is completely on the lighter side of your pocket, but the quantity is enough to fill your hunger. The Mexican Pizza is a must-try. Do stop by here to have a fun time dancing, drinking and eating with your friends.
Location- 20 A, Gregory Terrace, Alice Springs NT 0870, Australia
5.Mejico
A culinary fineness, Mejico is an excellent Mexico and multicuisine restaurant. The menu offers a wide range of vegetarian, non-vegetarian, seafood and vegan items. The food tastes just as delicious as home-cooked food. A also serves fusion drinks, hard drinks and cocktails. Smashed guac and tacos are the most favourites.
Location- 105 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
6.El Camino Cantina
El Camino Cantina is a magnificent and spacious restaurant, giving you typical Mexican vibes. The aroma of Mexican dishes and spices greet you at the entrance. The place is perfect to grab a drink with friends. Fun music in the background makes the ambience more energetic. Their margaritas are especially enjoyed. Their burritos and tacos are par lip-smacking.
Location- 18 Argyle St, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia
7.Barrio Chino
A highly recommended restaurant for amazing tequila and delicious food. Their food offerings are quite elaborate, serving full portion meals, snacks as well as bite-size appetisers. The ambience is very peaceful and well it up. Their management and kitchen offer you the best services in their respective fields, the kitchen serves the most delicious items, and the service is very fun-loving, active and helpful. Also, the bar is quite knowledgeable about various drinks, so get ready to enjoy the most delicious and refreshing drinks of your choice!
Location- 28-30 Bayswater Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
8.The Merton Bistro
A lavishly furnished pub and bistro, offering luscious Mexican and Irish cuisines. The ambience is very classy, and cosy. As for entertainment, live music plays throughout the night. They serve the best Curry in town.
Location- 38 Victoria Road, Rozelle NSW 2039, Australiaa
9.Bar Patron by Rockpool
Bar Patron is an exquisite Mexican restaurant. Right from the entrance, dining, bar and kitchen, everything is beautifully set up and hygienic. The ambience is very classy and white hued. The staff is very accommodating and is always ready to help you with the menu. The restaurant offers a menu that is inclusive of vegan and gluten-free meal options.
Location- 2 Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
10.Guzman y Gomez
Serving the typical ambience of a Mexican street, Guzman Y Gomez is a street joint that serves you authentic Mexican food as well as the ambience of Mexico. They are seamless at their job, serving you food in quick minutes after you place an order. Their burritos, salads and deconstructed burritos are a few dishes which your customers to come back here every time. They serve you chilled beer and other refreshing drinks to enjoy your food with. Hope in the restaurant for a quick and healthy appetising meal.
Location- 87 James St, Northbridge WA 6003, Australia
11.Mexican Burrito Cantina
Mexican burrito cantina offers you the rustic experience of Mexican delicacies in their chic and quirky restaurant. The entrance greets you with very beautiful and elaborate paintings, which is very artistic and pleasing to look at. They serve authentic and typical Mexican dishes which retain their original tastes. The food quality and quantity is amazing, selling your appetite and heart. They also have an amazing menu of mocktails and cocktails, to sip and devour with your food.
Location- 567 Crown Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia
12.El Loco at Excelsior
This restaurant offers you indoor as well as outdoor seating, both beautifully decorated and sanitised under the WHO COVID-19 guidelines. The place is beautifully lit up with fairy lights in the evening which makes it very scenic. Their food can be described as more than delicious and very filling. They offer quite a lot of sauces and condiments to go with the dishes. The mocktails are quite boozy and refreshing. They are undoubtedly the best Mexican bar in the city.
Location- 64 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia
13.Maybe Sammy
Maybe Sammy will give you a proper retro feeling, as it is a 1950’s era themed restaurant. Enjoy the delicious Mexican food and drinks here with live music playing throughout. The ambience, decor, energy of the whole place, the food and drinks, all in all, it is an excellent experience. They have special mini cocktails, and delirious nibble sized appetizers to go with them. The taste of the dishes is unparalleled, and the staff service is top-notch who are always ready to help you out and also engage in fun chatter with you. The bartenders are equally funny, knowledgeable and energetic.
Location – 115 Harrington Street, The Rocks, NSW 2000, Australia
14.Mad Mex- Fresh Mexican Grill
A Mexican food chain, Mad Mex serves you fresh and delicious Mexican cuisines in their chic joints. The place is a daily food joint for a lot of people walking around. It is quite famous among the locals for their reasonable prices and yummy food, along with the great quantity and staff service. This serves the best chicken and burrito in town.
Location- shop 2/241 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
15.Tio’s
Tio’s Cervrcera serves authentic Mexican cuisine, an extended menu for the bar, and is a highly energetic dance pub. The interiors are exquisitely furnished and dim-lit. The dining staff as well as the bar is very knowledgeable in their respective areas of service. Spicy margarita is the best here. A very chill party vibe, enjoy your chasers with tequila and a mouth-watering bite or meal.
Location- 4/14 Foster Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia
16.Chula
A beautiful contemporary restaurant, serving Mexican delicacies in their vibrant ambience. Their dishes are drool-worthy, along with wide varieties of margaritas, especially the spicy margarita variants. The barramundos, pork tacos, enchiladas, and mezcal drinks are some of the favourites here.
17.Contrabando
Contrabando is very fun and chilled out vibe to itself. The interiors, ambience, staff, everything is quite favourable for you to enjoy your meal. They serve Latin and Mexican street food, flavourful and aromatic. The beef tacos, fish taco, bulgogi beef, along with a chilled fresh margarita is truly lip-smacking. They undeniably serve the best tacos in town, at a pocket-friendly price.
Location- 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
18.Flying Fajita Sistas
A Mexican Cantina, the place has a very homely and lively vibe to itself. The bar serves the best Mexican mezcals and tequila. The ambience is very relaxed, with beautiful decor with scenic chilli sauce walls and locked wine cabinets. The restaurant is great for a casual dining experience. They serve vegan options as well and pay special attention to any requests or allergies.
Location- 65 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia
19.The Two Wolves
An amazing experience of Mexican delectable, this restaurant is another favourite for Friday nights and weekends. The food reflects authentic Mexican flavours, the chefs and staff are highly professional and considerate. Grab an appetizer, fish chip, chicken wings or tacos, along with nachos and your favourite margarita. All the dishes will leave your taste buds drooling.
Location- 202 Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2008, Australia
20.Barrio Cellar
Setup in a basement, the restaurant has a retro vibe and decor. Serving delicious Mexican appetizers and bites, along with an extended menu for the bar. Hop in for a delicious taco or Mexican meal, gulped with tequila shots and margaritas.
Location- 58 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Yes — all featured restaurants are popular with tourists and offer English menus or staff who can assist. Several also serve vegetarian options and familiar spice levels.
This guide covers 20 restaurants in and around Alice Springs, selected for food quality, tourist-friendliness, and value for money across different cuisine styles.
Most tourist-facing restaurants in and around Alice Springs accept Visa and Mastercard. It is always wise to carry some local currency as smaller or family-run spots may prefer cash.
