Mamasita is one of the most popular restaurants in the Melbourne CBD with long queues leading up to its entrance. The very trendy Mamasita has a variety of tasty Mexican dishes to tantalise your taste buds. The trendy decore makes it a great venue to catch up with friends. I'd definitely suggest going early if you want to avoid the queues. First up was the Totopos (Tortilla Chips) with guacamole and salsa at $9. I really loved the big crunchy chips. The salsa and guacamole were freshly made and worked well as a starter. To share; I ordered the Tamal De Carne De Res ($14) which was the Beef Brisket Tamale, tomatillo salsa, goats cheese crema and slaw. It was a bit spicy but the beef was beautifully cooked. I also ordered a few tacos which included the must order De Puerco ($6) which is the Al Pastor-Style Pig's cheek, fiercy apple and white cabbage which was absolutely delicious. In the middle was the fish taco called De Pescado ($6), this taco included grilled market fish, red onion, salsa, lime with chipotle mayo which was not bad. The bottom right taco was the De camarones ($7) which had marinated prawns, creamed corn puree, epazote and jalapeno crema. The tacos are the size of your palm so I would suggest two per person at a minimum.

Meh-xican food, not Mexican. Our share plates were bland and ordinary. Onion strings were stale and chewy. All taco meat fillings tasted the same - impossible to tell the chicken from pork. Everything else, meh. Would be OK as a drunken/hungover food truck meal, but not a Mexican dining experience. After all the good reviews and an interesting written menu, I can only conclude that people are comparing their dinner here to Old El Passo meal kits. Yes Mamasita is nicer, but only just. For anyone who's finished uni or over 30, you could cook better Mexican for yourself at home.

As a yank, I'm left yearning for more traditional down-and-dirty Mexican food. It'll beat a Zambrero on quality of ingredients any day of the week, but it's a bit fancy pants and the portions are small. If you go, the best thing I had was the beef tamale, but you'd need 3 of them to sort you out.

Love this place! Totally my favorite Mexican restaurant ever!!! I wish we had one of these in Sydney!! The menu is so exotic, so many cool meals to choose from, the decor is awesome and staff are very friendly! Would recommend the corn its so good!!! Make sure you get in early as it gets very busy!

Average and expensive is how I would describe it. The menu is fairly limited, but to their credit the food choices offered are tasty. Be prepared to empty your wallet if you are tempted to enjoy a small, weak margarita. Four drinks and a few tapas will easily set you back $200 leaving you feeling as though you were just fleeced as you depart.