Los Vida

Terrible. Where’s the spice? Where’s the chili? Had a few dishes including the «los vida famous fish» taco and the tuna ceviche. Ok base flavors but that’s it. As close to Mexican food as McDonalds although Micky D’s has more flavor. Not worth the effort — sadly I can’t give less than 1 star !

Tried a variety off the menu today and really enjoyed ourselves. The beef and pork tacos were yum and juicy. Guac and corn chips were tasty and zesty. Crab croquette were good and well worth the price ($ 20 for 4). Wasn’t a huge fan of the oysters, and the chicken wings were good but not as good as the tacos and croquettes.
We tried the corn semolina for dessert and I think I was craving something sweet and this wasn’t!
Otherwise we really enjoyed our meal and we’ll be back for sure with friends.

Whatever offers with tacos they had before, they have no more. So you have to shell out $ 5 or $ 8 for a taco, which I think it’s a bit overpriced. I had the pibil pork taco (great) and the octopus and chorizo taco (meh — could not taste either one… it was good, just not as tasty as I though).
Service was a bit crappy as well… tacos arrived before my Negra Modelo… inconceivable! Anyways, I think Mad Mex, being a franchise and all, offers better tacos at a better price.

What they advertise as a large bowl is in fact a small one. I was expecting to be filled up for $ 13. Far from it. The food was okay.

Other reviews have said that good Mexican is hard to find, and I certainly agree with them. This is not good Mexican. The service is slow and unhelpful, and we were the only table with customers on it. The area doesn’t create a good atmosphere, we were out the front of the restaurant which feels like the departure lounge of an airport, which at least gave us a view of the kitchen and of the mall for people watching. The food was fine, the cocktails ditto. Nothing special, but just what you’d expect for a food hall in a mall. Shame this is supposed to be a full restaurant.

Avoid. A long way from the best Mexican that I’ve ever had. The patatas bravas were gluggy (to use a technical term) and the service was indifferent at best.

Went here the first time late on Thursday and the food and service was seriously lacking. Had the chicken enchilada and was not a fan while my friend was trying to not give me death stares as I asked to come here. Came here again much earlier on the groupon and it was great! Grain salad was the highlight and very unique. Corn was smaller than expected but nice. Pork and beef mains were soft and good. The churros was the most disappointing. It was doughy and stodgy. Luckily there wasn’t much and we were full by then. Would go there again for the grain salad for sure.

Good Mexican is always hard to find and this spot is well hidden on level 6 of Westfield building. This level reminded me of an airport terminal.
We started with corn chips with a bean dip. The corn chips were clearly fresh and that made a big difference. Really yum and the dip was perfect to match.
Next up was grilled corn with a creamy butter coriander sauce. This was nothing special. Was more looking for something a little bit spicer considering its a Mexican.
The ancient grain salad was served. This salad contained quinoa, broccoli, pumpkin, chia and pomegranate seeds with a tequila sauce. This was a great choice on the menu and definitely would choose this one again.
For the mains we selected Beef enchiladas and Cod. The beef enchiladas was pretty good but not exceptional and was a little light in the meat department.
The cod was not what you would traditionally expect from a Mexican so figured it was a good choice to go with. It turned out to be a stellar one. The cod was beautiful and had a nice smoky sauce to go with it.
Amazingly there was room for dessert and decided to opt for the Chilli Brownie. The brownie was made with dark chocolate and didn’t have that overly heavy after feeling that you get from some desserts. Just didn’t really notice the chilli in it though but still nice.
The experience was really good in this place. The atmosphere was very relaxed and would certainly come back again.

Level 6 in the Westfield mall gets you away from the noise and chaos with the food hall on level 5. The Mexican restaurant a lovely riot of colour and a sense of space. We opted for the 7 taco tasting for $ 30 and this was filling for two adults … The taco’s were soft and the fillings varied but by far the taco that got our vote was the fish taco. For those that want extra heat there is ‘hot sauce’!!!

After travelling to the states where its pretty much the closest thing to getting authentic mexican, it has been a tough task to find something close in Sydney. I must say the food here good. We started off with guacamole and freshly made corn chips. For our mains we ordered the pork belly and calamari. The pork belly was sensational, melted in your mouth with the right flavours, however the calamari was a little bland, a poor choice on our part.
Would come back here in a heartbeat!