Two words; Mexican Heaven. Ok now for the rest of the words…read more Gringos restaurant, Huddersfield is one of those places that are a hidden nugget of a town, that soon becomes a little bit of a local legend. You walk in and you're greeted almost instantly by a member of staff, before you get to know your bearings, you see a brightly decorated restaurant floor. Purple and red are the colours of choice. The tables are grand wood things with matching grand wooden chairs. You're seated, and menus are delivered and drink orders taken. Scanning over the menu, there's something for everyone who's willing to try something different to pizza, pasta and curry. Don't worry if you don't know the difference between a chimichanga and an enchilada, it's all there for explanation. Personally, I decided to try the chimichanga. I was not disappointed. First I was in awe at the size of the plate. Portion size, HUGE. The gargantuan chimichanga was full of the spicy lamb filling I ordered, and there was a nice portion of refried beans and potato wedges, all tex-mexed out, naturally. I'm glad I didn't go for the starter, by the time I'd finished my absolutely tasty meal, I was packed out to the limits, as was the rest of the overstuffed and replete members of my party. There were eight of us in total, and as we had pre-booked the table, sat down, and ordered all before 7pm, and the bill was brought to us before the hour of 8, all of our mains were 241, or bogof depending on how you look at it. In my opinion it was a royal bargain. Call it £1.50 for a small coke, and the total bill price for each person was £6.50. The only down side of our eating experience was that we were so full with our yumtastic and sizeable meals that we were all unable to roll our bellies forward to fill them with deserts, which were not two for one, but were very tasty in their appeal. So pleased we were with our meal, we re-booked for a second sitting a few weeks later, this time with 12 in our party and at a later sitting time of 8pm. Again the staff were very hospitable, and the place was packed, all good testament to how good the food is. As it wasn't two for one, various bods were willing to try the steaks and specials available, again all with accompanying noises of approval. And as it was after work hours, there were indulgences into the cocktail pitchers available, and also the shooters for the more daring. The alcohol is a bit steep in price at £15.95 a pitcher, but apparently the taste warranted it. Gringos has a great atmosphere, one of those places where you feel you could spend all night and have fun in a casual environment. Beware of elbow room, so popular is the place that there isn't a lot of room for manoeuvring oneself. I say get booked and eaten for 8pm and enjoy a full belly at a great price.

We just fund this place in last minute. Friaday night very busy place. Staff absolutely brilliant…read morequick fast with perfect customer service. Nice selection of starters with great presentation. Burrito in this place looking diffrent than tradicional but still very tasty. Very great food experience .

I thought it was about time I got back on to the Yelp horse…read more Anyway, I never had the pleasure of trying this place when it was located in the city center. As a a treat my better half decided to treat me to dinner..fancying Mexican food he suggested Chiquitos.. I was like nope ..lets try here.. I had not realised it relocation until he said it was round the corner from him.. Stepping in, the decor was spot on. Nicely spaced out tables, perfect lighting oh and doors on the ceiling.. The background music was epic for me, full of nostalgic hits from my youth ahh. Immediately we were greeted and seated by a kind waitress who was a little too keen taking our drink order but then returned after a few minutes. For those that don't drink there is a plentiful innovate mocktail menu amongst a good selection of beer, wine and cider etc. I chose a standard pino colada which was the perfect consistency and booze balance, Himself had a standard cup of tea which was served in bone china :) The menu itself is varied too, it ranges from Mexican, Thai to Brazilian. Knowing by now not to not have eyes bigger than my belly I settled on a Seafood Stew served with rice and beans. Himself selected the beef strip burrito. The quantity of seafood in mine was plentiful. It contained fresh tasting prawns, whitefish, green lipped mussels and squid. It was similar to a Thai soup but thicker and went well with the accompaniments. He was very pleased with his burrito, I was too full to try any of his . Finally we checked out the desserts, I was slightly let down as it lacked churros :( so we passed and enjoyed a liqueur coffee instead. Overall, the food was fresh and tasty and averagely priced. The service was very attentive with friendly staff asking at the right times if everything was okay. Oh and they had lolly pops on the way out...winner.. Would I be back? Yes certainly.

Came here at the last minute for a Saturday night meal and only just managed to get a table. We'd…read moreeaten at Croma recently, so it was interesting to compare with its next-door neighbour. I had the Hungry Gaucho which is basically a burger but that doesn't do it justice - the burger patty is topped with pulled pork, barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese and was astonishingly good. Served with fries which very nice if a little bit too salty for my taste and onion rings. Sparky went for the lamb tagine - not something we were expecting to see on the menu since someone had described the place to us as "steak and burgers". The tagine was great and the lamb practically melted in your mouth. It gets very busy here very fast, so book a table if you're coming. A little bit on the noisy side, and the drinks aren't cheap but the food is definitely worth it.

Amazing food, wait not long and staff were very nice. We ordered three starters from the tapas…read moremenu, all of them were very nice. Good variety of main meals all of which are very good.

I have been by Tequila's plenty of times, but never stopped in until now. The entrance is very…read morecute. We went for a late lunch (about 1:30 p.m.) on a Saturday, so I wasn't expecting the place to be packed, but was certainly not expecting that we were the only ones there. We were browsing the menu and they have a Saturday and Sunday lunch menu for less than £9.00. They also have student specials. Everything on the menu looked really good, but I chose to go with the beef burrito. My friend went with the chicken fajitas. She also asked for sparkling water with lemon and the waitress had asked to double check that she said lemon, but when it was brought over it had a lime in it. At least we knew that the meal was going to be fresh... there was a lot of chopping and sizzling coming from the kitchen. My friend said that the chicken fajitas were good, but could've used a few more peppers rather than onions. My burrito looked lovely on the plate and I was so excited to see Pico de Gallo on the side of the plate. The pico was great, the burrito was really good as well. It was seasoned well, the tortilla soft (not crispy like a lot of other places), and I really liked the drizzle of sour cream and queso on the top of the burrito. The refried beans were good, but a little dry. And the rice... well I still haven't found a really good Mexican rice since I have been here. The rice was good, but tasted more like something you would get in an Indian/Middle Eastern restaurant. Overall I really liked the food. I would go back and I would recommend it to others.

Cheap and cheerful Mexican in Loughborough town centre. Although the interior is fairly basic, the…read morefood alone is worth a visit. Menu includes all the usual Mexican suspects - nachos (the best I've had anywhere), fajitas, burrito etc etc. Cactus Café is reliable - the food is consistently fabulous and I've never had a bad meal here. Mexican beers and cocktails also add to the appeal! Staff are friendly and helpful. It's worth booking, particularly on Mondays and Tuesdays which are cheap nights (two courses for about £8) and ask about their discount card which entitles you to two courses for a fiver on Mondays AND raises money for a cancer charity.

Cactus Cafe is the only Mexican restaurant in Loughborough, but even if it wasn't, I'm pretty sure…read moreit would still be the best! This is a genuinely good Mexican and I visit at every available opportunity. The menu is the usual fare Burrito's, Fajitas, Nachos, Quesidillas etc, but the taste is absolutely fantastic. The prices on the menu are also very reasonable and there are special party rates for larger groups. The margaritas are fantastic as is the Sangria that is on offer. If you can fit in a dessert I would highly recommend them! Book as this place gets busy at weekends (and even during the week).

Not just mexican food here but also italian…read more Not as good a place to eat as it was a few years back, but the food is generally good, although there has been a few times its not been upto the usual standard. Very large varied menu, good variety of drinks also available. I find the mexican food, fajitas etc and the steaks are the best buy here and are usually nice and a good portion size. The one thing i often find off putting here at a weekend are the large parties that seem to be in, often it seems a bit druken an rowdy so better to go early on. The location is convenient just outside the city center with some nice local bars to make it a good night out.

Amazing restaurant. Have had many meals and they've all been lovely. There is a great choice on the…read moremenu, italian, mexican and it has a great choice of vegetarian dishes too. The nachos are delicious. Would highly recommend. Thy did an earlybird menu before 7.30, 2 courses for £8.95 but now they're doing 2for1 :D

Just perfect for an all round meal! Rice, meat, veg and special home sauce all wrapped into one!…read morePlus nachos! heaven burrito!

From the owner: At Plan Burrito we specialise in providing a great range of authentic Mexican ingredients, all…read moresourced from the heart of Mexico. One thing we pride ourselves on is providing a fun, friendly and genuine atmosphere for all of our customers. Our customers come first, so any questions about our food will be answered by our great team of staff.

So this place was conveniently located so I decided to try it out. First off, the service was slow…read morefrom start to finish which I gave them a pass on because it seemed to be understaffed. When I finally got seated it took forever to be served a drink which was water and a follow up cocktail. When I finally got my food mind you long after a person who came in after me, it was definitely not worth the wait. Had the peri peri fajitas and everything tasted like this restaurant had never heard of salt. This place gets one star because the tequila splash cocktail was really good but since the chips and salsa were terrible I doubt I would even return for that.

My team at work had done really well before I started, so as a reward they had given my team £15 a…read morehead and an hour off to go and eat lunch. Being a newbie they were obviously obliged to take me along too. Our choices were limited to Pizza Hut, Harry Ramsden's and Chiquito. We went for the most exotic of the three, Chiquito, but soon wished we had stuck with pizza or fish. I ordered vegetable fajitas which didn't arrive until the rest of the team had almost finished their meaty mains. My meal was bland, and tasted like something I could easily cooked up in 5 minutes at home. I've never been to Mexico, but I'm pretty sure that any given Mexican would be unwilling to associate himself with the food served in Chiquito. The non-alcoholic cocktails (we weren't allowed a boozy lunch) were nothing special and quite over-priced for what they were. The whole team agreed that we wouldn't be eating in Chiquito again. At least we weren't the ones paying. With our general consensus and the negative reviews on here, I'm surprised that this restaurant is still in business - maybe they make their money selling Corona to the visiting football fans who often stay in the Etap opposite?