I was convinced that decent Mexican food and Antwerp were not two terms to be used in the same…read moresentence. I loooove Mexican food but unfortunately the general idea of Mexican in Belgium is to be avoided. Enter Tranquilo.
My friends and I made a reservation for a Friday evening and good that we did because the place was packed! Go for the menu, it helps with your FOMO since they will serve you all dishes on their menu: loaded nachos & guac, all quesadillas and all tacos.
The nachos were truly loaded, not like some other places where they give you one slice of tomato and a single jalapeno. The quesadillas were tasty but in my opinion not cheesy enough.
But the stars of the evening were the tacos: that evening they had sweet potato, pulled pork, lamb and zucchini. To be honest, if you would have had me choose a la carte, I would have gone for pulled pork but it ended to be my least favorite. The sweet potato and lamb ones were delicious and even though I was quite full, I wanted more of them.
The service was a bit hit and miss, maybe because they had a quite large group that evening. They were a bit slow but in the end, we got our drinks refilled and the food came out at a decent pace so since it is the first time I actually enjoyed my tacos in Antwerp, I am willing to be flexible. I will be back!