La Taqueria is effing delicious. I've rated their first location and to be honest I feel that this…read moreis pretty much the same- which is a good thing! They serve a mean margarita and a FANTASTIC burrito- it's big too! Their other offers are also tasty- fish and vegetarian tacos, soup, veggie platter. All winners. I love that they have bottles of hot sauce for the tables- that's amazing. I love you La Taqueria. And when you open again, I'll be there for you. Kisses.

Five star Al pastor! I don't think I've ever had better Al pastor anywhere! Girlfriend had the…read moreburrito and liked it, but the beef wasn't great honestly. And the burritos don't have rice in them. The chips and salsas were great too. Pineapple sour beer was excellent also. Girlfriend loved the red cabbage, maybe a little anachronistic for Mexican, but tasty! Super cool ambiance with all kinds of Mexican images (heavy on the Frida khalo I'll say though). Service was fine, prices were fine by Swiss standards (about $30 USD for a burrito with red cabbage and chips or 3 tacos with no sides). A 750 ml pitcher of margaritas for $80 USD was a bridge too far though. ;)

Awesome service Stella is Amazing I will definitely return when I'm back in town the Margarita was…read morestrong

El Luchador is a fun Mexican restaurant located right in the place that I frequent a lot, but I…read morehave a terrible time explaining where it is. It's like, by the train station, but you have to walk a little ways in a diagonal fashion. What am I saying? Yeah, I don't know. Anyway, the food is good. I definitely love Mexican food, but will admit I've had better Mexican food in Zurich, and for a better price. But I am always thankful for a Mexican restaurant in Europe! The waitress that we had was absolutely lovely.

La Taqueria is recommended often, and for good reason…read more 1. When I saw this place on Google Maps, I was confused bc this place shares the same name as one of my favorite spots back home in SF. They offer a different menu but are just as tasty. 2. We were craving burritos but opted for tacos and quesadillas so we could try multiple meats, including carne asada, pollo asado, carnitas, al pastor, and camarones. We initially ordered 2 tacos and 2 quesadillas (on the smaller side) but everything was so good, we couldn't not order a round 2. 3. Prices here are a bit high, but it was worth it especially since we haven't had tacos and quesadillas in awhile. 4. Highly recommend!

The food was delicious! Service was fast and the margarita was really good. Tried each of the…read moresalsas and enjoyed them. 10/10 will be back

I've spent months in Switzerland now and one thing that's been lacking was not just good Mexican,…read morebut even elevated Mexican. El Alebrije does both, and the passion is seen everywhere. Their menu is smaller, but it has the necessities and you can't go wrong. The drink menu is top notch and the cocktails are amazing. I was also fortunate to a stop by and an odd slow night and had some time with Miguel, the owner, and got to hear the story of how the place came to be and got a tour as well. It's going to. E a regular stop when we're in town for sure.

El Alebrije is in a lovely spot because all I have to do is jump on the 7 tram and, shazam, here I…read moream! Woop! I like how sort of tucked away this place is. I like the location. The people working here are very friendly and attentive. The cocktails are fantastic. I was really impressed with them! And the jalapeño margarita is freaking spicy, but yummy. So, the food was good, but I wasn't completely blown away. We ordered the vegetarian tacos, and the stuffed poblano pepper with vegetarian filling. We came here with some good friends and they ordered the same, except with meat. Funnily enough, my husband accidentally got the poblano pepper with meat, and didn't realise it until he ate half and I had a taste. What an absolute goob... some "vegetarian". But I digress. I really appreciate how much care they give to their customers and I do love their cocktails. Their food is very expensive for what we ate. Yes, we only had vegetarian (sort of... haha) so maybe the meat options are a bit tastier. In the end, we had a lovely evening.

-authentic Mexican food and drink so far from North America? Well, shucks, that's just great!…read more I found a decent assortment of tequilas and mescal. 'Abuelita' chocolate, and, oh, um, CORN TORTILLAS handmade in CH really caught both my eye and pocket book. Aside from consumables, El Mais sells festive pinatas of various shapes and sizes, earthen ware, arty and funky Frieda Kahlo themed hand bags, and much more! Unable to go into the shop and purchase directly? Well, El M have a website set up for your buying pleasure! Don't forget to check out the band, too. :)

So, I stumbled upon El Maiz as I was walking through the neighborhood looking for something else…read more Luckily, I'd previously read about the store here on Yelp. So, when I was done doing my other errand, I popped in and was pleasantly surprised. I was immediately greeted warmly and asked if I needed any help. I told them that I'd just like to look around. The shop is split into the grocery side and the gift/decor side. I happened to be much more interested in the grocery side. It's small but it has a lot... a lot more than I'd found anywhere in Europe in the almost 9 years I've been here. Tomatillos (almost impossible to find in my searches)... fresh and canned, some good quality tequilas, hand/homemade goodies of all sorts. I bought some chips and tamales and I'm really looking forward to trying them. My wife is jealous that I got to go but she didn't... therefore, I know that we'll be back soon.

Another great place in Oerlikon, very close to Chayenne and with quite similar food (Mexican…read moreprofile) is Tres Amigos. I think the fact that these two very similar restaurants are so close to eachother and still manage to be full almost every nice in a suburb of Zurich is an indication that they do indeed serve good stuff :) One advantage over Chayenne is that they serve food all day long, even between lunch time and dinner time (Chayenne only serves snacks then). We visited the place twice. Once we ordered fajitas and it was just enough for two people and the other time I ordered a chicken burrito (it was huge), while my boyfriend had something like beef with lemon and tequila sauce. I liked the food every time and will definitely go back. Prices are high, but that's Zurich... P.S: great Apfel strudel as well :)

Nice location near the train station in Zurich on an open air square. I stopped there for lunch…read morebecause most of the other restaurants were closed at the time. The food was ok and the service was fantastic. But overall for the price it was disappointing.

I've been a local in Zurich for several years, and love eating around town…read more I came here with my friend for dinner, and we were really out of place, there was only two other couples that came in later. This is more of a business lunch place that the decor is modern fushion-Mexican-Swiss inspired (combination of colorful displays with very structured furniture). It is located in Zurich's technopark area which has recently been restored to house some tech companies here, but to those who like or dislike the industrial feel part of the city - they may or may not like it here. Our food was okay, decent quality, but it was safe. I like how they started out with complimentary chips served in a molcajete, a stone bowl on four legs. Overall for our meal, I appreciate the price, value and taste ratio for what you can find in Zurich, but we would certainly not come back for dinner. There are other places in town closer to use that has a better vibe, burst of taste in the food and vibrant feel that you would expect in a Mexican restaurant. If I was meeting someone in this neighborhood for a business lunch, I wouldn't mind coming back here. The service here was excellent. The kitchen staff was swift. No complaints here on anything relating to people. - 1 star off for the atmosphere, lacking Mexican ambiance/warmth, a bit sterile - 1 star off for the safe flavor (all subjective, could be more contoured more to Mexican-Swiss)

I've lived in New Mexico, San Diego, and the South and East Bay of San Francisco, so please believe…read moreme when I say Tlako seems to have decent contemporary almost-fusion, as long as you don't really think of it as authentic "everyday" Mexican food. Some of what makes this place nice: 1) The chips are an amazingly, beautifully perfected thing. And their chip salsa is legit, unique. Not _quite_ normal mexican chips and salsa, but honestly my favorite part of both meals I've had there (and it was the free part)! 2) Lime 'water' (agua fresca) is tasty, though I tend to appreciate sour more than sweet, and would be just as happy with twice the lime and 1/2 to 1/3 of the sugar. 3) Speaking of which, they are super-generous with fresh limes! 4) The tender swiss-ish ribs in chili guava sauce literally fell off the bone upon receipt. 5) The cappuccino was also solid. (Which it should be, for the price.) 6) They seem family-friendly. 7) The waitstaff is all very polite, exceedingly nice really, and they are very polite about speaking English; when I mentioned in a friendly way that their english handouts had slightly amusing grammatical errors the manager appreciated my suggestions; it turned out the updated form of the pdf on his phone had corrections for their next run. (I will note that all the managers and cooks seemed to be male, and most of the waitstaff female. A little more balanced diversity would be nice.) They also genuinely solicited feedback and tried to connect with customers, so I hope the below comments are taken as they are intended: constructively, not meanly! 8) Can't resist saying: the passionfruit mousse was delicious! Raspberry was a great touch (more please!) 9) Allergens and veggie/other are indicated on menu. Reasons it's not 'everyday mexican' / could improve for how it's billed: 1) Authentic tortillas are usually corn or white flour, usually (or maaybe yucca/cassava); the tacos came on some sort of unusual darker color or multigrain texture, which is not necessarily bad but also not traditional. They were also lukewarm and floppy, no lightly flakey edge typical of a traditional place that knows its tortillas (whether over open fire or in a pan). 2) The carnitas that came in the tacos were ok, but more super-soft and mushy than the perfect authentic carnitas, which are both slow-cooked, and have a golden crispiness to its finish. Savory crisp edge is key: this is best accomplished with a sear before the slow cook and a high fry at the end. Also, they were not busy: lukewarm's really suboptimal. 3) Great salsa fresca, and guacamole is extremely fresh, but these were not: the tomatoes and onions in the fresca were ok but a little wilted, and it's so easy for old onions to taint tomato freshness; the guac was tolerable, but had that slightly-overripe or less than fresh taste, helped by a little lemon, lime, or citric acid; both guac and salsa could've used more garlic. (I may be picky here: I won 3rd place in a city guac contest once, and it came in higher among the traditional guacs. Still, I stand by my statements.) 4) Pomegranate seeds and the dressing on the side salad are not normal mexican, but also seemed tasty-healthy for what it was. A little on the minimalist side. 5) In the US you can get tacos for 1/3 of the price of these things at least. I realize fresh meat is expensive in this town but oh, the pain. 6) The rib sauce was far more chili than guava -- overwhelmed whatever guava flavor may've cost money to add. (The ribs still fell off the bone, though.) 7) The 'red' tomato rice was a little boring. Also, what about just having typical spanish style rice options, or solid refried beans? That said, this place is still totally worth checking out if you're nearby and curious: hope this feedback is helpful.

Pretty good tacos from Switzerland! I got the Barbacoa and Al pastor and I liked the pork better…read more Both were good. Big tacos too!

Friendly service, and some of the best Mexican food I've had in Zürich, especially at this price.read more

Let's start with Pro's: I really enjoyed the steak! It was a juicy premium bison steak. Onion rings…read morewere great also (although for the price I expected more). I can't complain about the food and for that alone I would give 5 stars because it's hard to find a good steak around here, but a restaurant is much more than that. And the outside is very appealing as a Texas type of steakhouse. But the inside and service wasn't the best. To start our server made us feel bad because we wanted an appetizer after ordering our meal and said, "oh now I'll have to start the whole order over and delete everything" ... well we didn't see how that was our problem? Yet she made us feel somewhat uncomfortable for simply ordering food, which you do at a restaurant. Secondly, I ordered onion rings with my steak, which is traditional in the U.S., and she made a snarky comment saying that's a weird combination because they are fried... well so are French fries ? So why the comment? All in all food was great, but server just didn't know how to communicate positively. I won't bash the restaurant for one worker though so I'll still give 4 stars. Inside ambiance was also nice, but still more a Swiss restaurant, with the only American beer being miller. (No Texas beers) I still recommend for the food, but watch which server you get.