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Brisbane's Best Mexican Restaurants

Updated: Jul 21, 2025

From budget bites to finer dining, tiny taquerias to mega Mexican cantinas, 15 of the best Mexican eateries in Brisbane:

Carmen Tequileria
Carmen Tequileria Fortitude Valley
A chic resort-style Mexican restaurant and boutique tequila bar located on James Street
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Cartel del Taco
Cartel Del Taco, Hawthorne
Cartel Del Taco brings an authentic taste of Mexico City to Brisbane with traditional tacos, tequila cocktails and more
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Baja
Baja Brisbane Fortitude Valley
A little slice of Baja California has come to the Valley with this cool subterranean Mexican bar eatery
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La Carmela Mexican Cantina
La Carmela Petrie Terrace
A colourful Mexican cantina and beer garden occupying a grand heritage-listed building
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Mama Taco
Mama Taco West End
Mama Taco is a cool, contemporary Mexican Taqueria & Mezcaleria nestled in the historic Rialto Theatre
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La Bodega Taqueria
La Bodega Taqueria East Brisbane
A bright and breezy terracotta-hued Mexican restaurant located in a tiny precinct of eateries off Lytton Rd
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MAYA Mexican Restaurant & Bar
MAYA Mexican Restaurant & Bar
Occupying a prime rooftop location, with sweeping 270 degree views of the city, Story Bridge, Mt Coot-tha
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El Torito
People dining at El Torito, West End
This lively West End restaurant dishes up some of the best Mexican food in Brisbane
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Rita's Tequila & Taqueria
Rita's Tequila & Taqueria Bar Teneriffe
A cool contemporary taco and tequila bar nestled in the base of the historic woolstores 
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Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
Miss Mexicana, restaurant, bar, Wynnum
A stunning, split-level Mexican restaurant and bar in Wynnum offering classic Mexican food & drinks
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Mexicali
Mexicali Bar Y Taqueria Bulimba
A stunning pastel-hued Mexican rooftop bar and taqueria tucked away upstairs off Oxford Street
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Mama de Luna Cafe
Mama de Luna Wilston
Mama De Luna Cafe is a colourful Mexican cafe serving brunch and lunch
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El Camino Cantina
El Camino Cantina
El Camino Cantina is a mammoth two-storey Tex-Mec cocina and cantina in a landmark building
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Pepe's Newmarket

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

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Cartel Del Taco
Cartel Del Taco is a colourful 1980's inspired taqueria and bar bringing an authentic taste of Mexican street food and cocktails to New Farm
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