Stumbled across this place in Denver ( tourists) and so glad we did! I tried a variety of their tacos and I wanted to keep ordering more. If you are visiting Denver you must try this place! Their vegetarian / pescatarian tacos are delicious. read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Excellent food ! Great prices and environment. Great Margaritas as well. Good value. Recommended !

A favorite for happy hour and dinners out. The drinks are good and they have a creative menu of tequilas and mezcals! I've probably tried each of the street tacos and loved every single one of them, but my personal favorites are Arrachera chile relleno and Bacalao al pastor! It's easy to get a reservation despite being downtown because they have a large space, and it's really fun sitting on the patio overlooking Union Station in the summer time. read more

Shoutout to the guy that brought me pineapple juice on the side because my margarita was too strong and I love them SWEET. This place was delicious. Definitely recommend. read more

We decided we wanted Mexican food while walking around the Union Station area and almost ended up at Illegal Pete's for a less-than-authentic meal, but I'm so glad we braved the freezing temperatures and walked a little further to Machete. Located right across from Union Station, the restaurant is decorate in a very cool way. The kitchen was still open when we got there at 10pm for a very late dinner, which was awesome. The restaurant/bar was pretty full. We started with the shishito peppers and queso, and then ordered some tacos and the huitaloche quesadilla (some sort of mushroom quesadilla). We really enjoyed all of it. Our waiter was really attentive and made sure we had everything we needed. read more

I love coming here ! They're always nice and have great customer service ! Anytime my order is wrong they always compensate me and make it right ! I want to thank the staff and management for always giving us good quality food and service ! HATS OFF TO YALL read more

This place is bommmmmmb. Great tacos, great drinks. The "A Day in Tulum" Margarita is

Thanks Machete for renewing my faith in Mexican food in Denver. These are the best tacos I've had here in Denver. When you come to Machete get the Tacos. The campechano tacos and the langosta tacos are probably the best, with the pulpo, pastor, and cochinta pibil really close behind. The michelladas are some of the best in town, maybe even better than some places in Mexico. Ask for them with the Tajin salt rim! On the other hand,the chips and guacamole are ok. Not the best in town, simply ok. The gringo salsa is great. The other salsas are ok, a little too spicy for my liking, with not enough flavor. Last note, if you don't like at least one of many tacos here, you might not like tacos at all! read more

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Visiting from out of state and was really excited to try this place because we passed by one of the other locations and it looked really nice + drinks looked soooo good. Unfortunately we were a little disappointed. We were seated outside basically in the dark there was barely any light. Drinks were okay I've had better. We had to ask our server for things multiple times (straws, waters, and chips). Giving a 3 because food was good (esquite was toooo watery though). read more

It's pretty dang dark in here. I have to say, I wasn't impressed with two important things that are very important at any Mexican spot (in my eyes): The Guac and Margaritas. The guac was very creamy but no flavor. I went for the Strawberry Margarita and it was just overwhelming with alcohol and just not enjoyable to sip on. I didn't even finish it. For the tacos I chose: - Al Pastor | Duroc roasted pig, guajillo chile marinated pork, pineapple, onions and cilantro - Arrachera | Hanger steak, avocado salsa, onions and cilantro - Chicharron de queso | Crispy panela cheese, salsa chile cascabel, grilled onions Skip the chicharron de queso - zero taste. Def go with the Al Pastor - delicious! My highlight of the entire experience here. Another random note, the menu is overwhelming with the way it is designed. read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

#TacosAndTequila!!!! I've been on a jalapeño margarita kick lately and this place did the trick in that department. The "spicy rico rita" was my cocktail of choice when I was here and they were the highlight of the meal! Seriously so delish. I need to hire the anonymous hackers to score me that recipe... If anyone has their contact info let me know. Tacos... They range from $3-5 depending what you pick. I like how you can pick one of each, I went to a taco restaurant last week and you had to get 3 identical tacos. Anyway, the al pastor was good, the swordfish was okay, the poblano pepper one was easily forgettable. If someone was just looking for a good drink, this is a great place. If you are looking for some excellent tacos, this is probably not the best place but it's definitely okay! Location is great too! read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Really, really exceptional handcrafted tacos. Get the 12 pack to share and you have plenty to taste. (Take the leftovers home because as soon as you have room ... you will want another) Don't skip the margarita. Sit at the bar if you want to learn about tequilas. Over 100 to taste and learn about and the bartender loves to tell you about them. read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Handcrafted gourmet tacos at a price that everyone can enjoy. Don't miss the veggie ones! - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

I love this place ! The tacos are amazing and delicious! I got steak and shrimp my favorite is the steak with the green sauce and onions it's perfect. They also have great queso and yummy chips. Service was good it was a large group of us. The blood orange tequila was amazing as well the tacos tho that's the reason I continue to come here over and over! read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Blood orange margarita - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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Machete's is that go to place when you are craving some street tacos and want a little tequila to wash it down with. I've been several times (girls night, bachelorette party, date night) and each time I have: 1) Wanted to try everything on the menu 2) Ordered two tacos and wished I had ordered three 3) Envied someone else's drink or taco 4) Wished I could read Spanish so I could understand the comics in the bathroom I will say that, while I wouldn't have necessarily picked the Mako Shark taco ever, I'm glad I heeded the advice of that hipster bartender at Mercantile and made my husband get it. Wow, talk about ample goodness! It's a larger portion than most of the other selections and it really is scrumptious. I'm not a shark meat fan, but have now opened that door so watch out sharks! The Al Pastor is my now second favorite (Mako now taking #1 spot), Tinga is good and the Acapulco is yummy yet a bit on the smaller serving side, I'd like it to be a little fatter if you know what I mean. Love the Skinny Marg and Mojito Rita. I have also tried the Kona but wasn't crazy about it. Ambiance is definitely party, fun, group favorable. There is a room off of the main dining section that you can ask for as well. It has a large screen TV and is great if you have a group (I think it's for 8-10) and want a little more privacy. Of course the location is great and while I haven't been to their Cherry Creek spot, I'd like to check it out as that one is closer to me. read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Mako shark taco, mazunte taco with a side of Jesus - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

We were at Union Station for the Denver Flea and nipped across the street for some tacos. The atmosphere is a bit loud, with dark wood, folk art and colorful skeletons coming out of every available nook. We ordered the guac appetizer and it was so yummy- served with a number of salsas. The tacos are 'street' style- so you get 1 with each order and they are served on small tortillas. It's fun to order a variety. My current favorite has lobster! YUM! We didn't drink- but there were plenty of tequila drinks to choose from. Our waiter was the same guy I'd had 6 months previously. He seems busy but was very friendly. They bring you yummy little cookies after you pay your check. read more

I absolutely LOVE this place!! The chorizo tacos are my absolute fave and so are the pineapple tequila shots!! The chips and guacamole are also fire!! So far always a 10/10 experience!! read more

great & fast service! the tacos are unique and we liked all the ones we got. We got lobster, chicken, fish (tilapia?), hanger steak (2) and they were all very flavorful. Would definitely come back again! read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Fish taco top left, lobster taco bottom left, chicken taco top right, hanger steak tacos (2) bottom right - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Cool hole in wall serving decent priced drinks and grear food. I got two lobster street tacos & you could SEE it was claw meat(the best; i've lived in maine and a lobster roll costs more than these street tacos and has less meat). The pork street tacos were great too. Service at bar was amazing even with 4 bartenders hustling the whole area to make sure everyone was taken care of. Margarita was too sour for my taste but my wife enjoyed tje extra! ha! Really cool atmosphere even has a day of dead altar when you walk in!!! read more

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Can not sing enough praises about our server, Catalina, who was absolutely fantastic. She helped destress a long day of travel and was very accommodating. She's such an asset to Machete. read more

I just love this place so much, it has a special place in my heart for the food, for the atmosphere, for the first time I went there for a date. The tacos are SO GOOD! I pretty much tried so many different ones and there was only one I didn't like and that's because I'm picky with the way my meat is made. The chips and salsa is great! And I love it on the weekend with the happy hour where it's 7$ with guacamole! read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

I love you guys, brought a bunch of friends there for dinner tonight and the manager (I thing he was). Tall guy and he was rude, kicked me out if our reserved area and told me dog was in the way, we were in the street. Food and service was great. I try to bring you guys business because I know how hard things are but someone like that has no reason to treat people poorly. Will not be back. read more

Great drinks! We stopped in for a marg and it was delicious! Me and my wife are quite picky, since we make great drinks at home and are always disappointed with drinks when out and about. read more

I visited this restaurant two times in the first Denver trip. Really hip place with nice interior. I met many young nice people like here. Highly recommend this restaurant for Denver visitors. (Their 4kinds of sauces for guacamole were super great. It was the reason I visit here two times.) My great server was Soul. read more

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I'm so happy that I happened to walk by this place and decided to give it a try! My boyfriend and I decided to come here on a Saturday night to celebrate his birthday which was the night before and I'm so happy we did. I loved the decor in this place it was definitely unique and stood out from your usual taco eateries. It was pretty busy but we were seated right away and had water brought to our table. We ended up getting a Lengua (cow tounge) taco, Pescado (fish) quesadilla and a Campechano (grilled flank steak) taco which was a m a z i n g! The food was excellent I sincerely enjoyed everything. The service was fast and friendly even on a busy Saturday night. It is a little loud so if you wanted to have a deep conversation with someone I wouldn't recommend going here. It's a little noisy but fun... just sit close to the other person. Also, the drinks are a littleeee expensive I ended up having two drinks for $30 but they got the job done ;) We loved this place! If you want something unique give this place a try! We enjoyed this place so much, we were thinking of going back the next day. Maybe we will stop by this weekend. We also ended up having 5 more people join us at our table with plenty of room and no problems at all. :) read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Decor & A Mid-Day Mai Tai - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Want some Tacos in LODO! This place it LEGIT!!! From a dude from Cali these tacos by far are some of the best Ive had in CO! Taste like I am South of the border. Be adventurous and try the lengua or tripas! read more

Some of the best Tacos around Denver. I love their selections. Unfortunately, they no longer carry the shark tacos which were absolutely delicious. I recommend the campechano, and the longosta. Fish tacos are also excellent. Tacos pretty much range from $3-$5 each depending on which one you choose. The fresh guac is always good, although I would prefer a more traditional tortilla chip as opposed to the thick fried tortilla strips they provide. They charge for chips and salsa, but I guess at least they bring an assortment of 4 salsa varieties. they range from very mild to decently spicy. Speaking of spicy, I love spicy margaritas, and Machete has some of my favorites. If you're looking for something more traditional or fruity they have those options available too, however drinks can get pricy as most are around $10. Overall I highly recommend Machete for their awesome tacos. Prices are decent, food tastes great, bar tenders are friendly and the atmosphere is cool. read more

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Ok. Seriously just ok. Maybe less than ok. This place has come so greatly touted as THE street taco place in LODO. Nope. I had been to both Pinches (Tacos Tequila Whiskey) locations and been blown away with how delicious and flavorful the tacos were there. Not the case at Machete. Small chewy tortillas. Limited meat and ingredients on tacos. Ordered a side of rice. Tasted like giant grains of sand. So dry. So flavorless. Got the Sayulita margarita as it was recommended. Tasted kinda gross. Maybe it was the minced habanero. Not sure. But wish I had stuck with my usual Dos Equis, which I had to order to make up for the crap margarita. Langosta (lobster) taco was very good. That and the Dos Equis were the highlights. Arrachera taco was meh. Some flavor, but not much there to get flavor from. Al Pastor taco was just ok. The place feels really dirty for being across the street from Union Station. Save yourself. Go to Pinches or even the newly opened Torchy's Tacos (which I had gone to the night before and it was One Million times better) read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Langosta (lobster) top left: 8. Other two were meh. (Arrachera and al pastor) - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Machete had delicious margaritas and even better tacos! The pork, zucchini and mahi mahi tacos were all very tasty and I liked the small touch of having squid ink tortillas. Our server was attentive and helped us pick out delicious menu items. Would definitely go back! read more

Excellent food! I had the Pescado taco with tilapia and another one with corn, hibiscus and a very yummy sauce. Everything was great, I wish I had ordered more before the kitchen closed. My friend left his backpack under our table and when we realized it, the restaurant had been closed for an hour. We called to leave a message and Sam answered. He was willing to stay until we came back to get it. Thanks to all the wait staff and especially to Sam. I will definitely be coming back. read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Pescado and corn tacos. I'll be ordering those and more next time. - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Every time I'm in Denver I make it a point to go here. Amazing tacos and even better tequila selection. 10/10

Great tacos with unique ingredients! I had a sweet potato taco in a hibiscus corn tortilla and a Mahi-mahi taco in a squid ink corn tortilla. Yum! The waiter was friendly and attentive. The ambience was fun! read more

First time in Denver and someone on the plane ride recommended I come here. She said the tacos were finger licking and margaritas were delicious. I got the mahi taco, very delicious full of meat. The tinba, this one was okay. And the arrachera chili relleno. To me I feel like the tacos were a little over priced $4-$6. My boyfriend got the lobster one and was really bland, no flavor added basically tasted like nothing. I personally wouldn't visit them again but it was nice for the experience. Thank you for having us. read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Menu - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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The food was alright. The "Mexican" rice was just white mushy rice with corn. The server who was a blonde guy with glasses had a crappy attitude. Kachina down the street would be my recommendation if your looking for quality food and service. The hostess was so awesome and friendly. He was super accommodating to try to get our party a comfortable seat. Please trade him for the server. read more

The tacos here are okay, but not amazing . The fish tacos were not that great. They tasted like frozen grocery store fish. For the price, this place isn't worth it . But I'm glad I ate here for the experience . Cool atmosphere and the food is okay . The service was also good . I expected a lot more for the price . However, I am happy with hole in the wall taco joints . Will I come back ? Ummm.... Probably not unless someone else is paying the bill. read more

Love and hate this place! So delicious, so expensive! The jalapeno margaritas - yes please! And the spicy rim - slurp! Guacamole, salsas, chips... yum! The taco - omg - so good! The quesadillas are very tasty, and just the right size for your hand! Go and enjoy and don't look at your total! read more

This is my first time in downtown Denver and I am just walking around trying to find a place to eat and watch the Rockies playoff game. I come across Machete Tacos and I get excited because I love tacos! I stand outside, look in, and I see a large screen TV with the game on. Check! I can watch the Rockies game. I then proceed to Yelp to see what people are saying. All looks good here so I go in. The place is AWESOME! Super tasty sauces for the chips, and phenomenal tacos. I ordered halibut, chicken, and steak tacos. I hate the halibut taco first and thought damn, I should have saved that for last! Then I ate the chicken taco and thought the same thing! Then I ate the steak taco....well, you know how it goes. And to top it off - excellent service. I will be back! read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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Stopped in here to grab a drink but turned to leave feeling anti-tequila, until this sweet waitress hooked us with her obsession for the shark tacos. We had literally just come from a pizza restaurant absolutely stuffed but the love in her tone for the tacos and margaritas sucked us right in! Thank goodness we listened! The margaritas were amazing, the atmosphere was super cool with plenty to look at (literrally EVERYWHERE), and the tacos were awesome! We split the taco arra, lengua, mazunte, and robalito and were elated to have taken her advice. This trip wouldn't have been the same without a stop in Machete. The music was loud & good, the people were friendly, the place was busy, and well- we ate... again. I plan on being back ASAP! read more

Machete Tequila + Tacos - Tacos mazunte and robalito - Mexican Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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I don't normally write negative reviews but last time I was there with my girlfriend, we were treated pretty rude by the 2 front hostess (females). I understand that we are all going through some hard times in life right now but we are all still human. STOP being rude over a damn face masks that was not on all the way. There are ways to address and communicate with people and both of your front hostess do not know. Maybe you guys need more training on proper customer service or maybe you both need to find a different job. My girlfriend and I have been going to Machete for a while now and we have never been treated this way. I will never come here again and just want to let others know that we as customers pay your pay check so please treat us right. It's not hard to have good customer skills. #lostacustomer read more

Awesome food Huge Street Taco selection Highly recommend it ! if you like true taco foods and tequilas read more

This place is very expensive but quality, good food. There are so many options for everyone & I like that they're still open during COVID. You do have to wear a mask which is fine. I've been here twice now since I've come to Denver to visit & had a good experience each time. read more