Reviews of Contrabando (493)
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Express lunch option at great value, delicious good as always. However no substitution allowed despite dietary restrictions
Food was amazing as always & waiting time was short because we went early and had already made a booking.
Really good venue, great food, friendly staff - we needed to leave early to go to a show and they were super quick at bringing out food and drinks
Fish taco the best, margarita was ok! Will come again
Fantastic! Love this place. Will definitely be back. Bargain and great food!
Good place good food. Set menu for gluten free was great
Love it every time - the food, drinks, staff! Thank you!
You get a feeling that they just want you to pay and leave. Not helpful or accommodating at all.
really good loved tacos!! will definitely go back again and bring my colleagues again
Good food, service was good, food came out quickly and was great value for money
Very tasty tacos and good service would recommend the chicken had a good kick to it
Food was tasty, I had corn cob, fish and prawn tacos and shared slow cooked beef brisket. The wait staff was attentive and provided good service. The price for the food for dinner is on the medium to moderately high side for the quantity of food. The atmosphere was lively on Friday night and good place to have a group catch up or dinner for two (if you don’t mind a bit of noise).
Good always on point there, love the food and the service there
Very good value with the $3 tacos and drinks specials. Plus there is lots of gluten free options for those with dietary requirements.
Great staff, great food! x x x xx x x
I went with friends last week, so I asked my wife to come on Taco Tuesday this week for dinner. She came from quite a distance and she tried the gluten free. She was able to down 6 varieties of tacos. I could only do 5. The corn tortillas are less filling, but the flour tortillas are tastier. She enjoyed it and we'll go again. We love the fish and the pork the best, but the prawns are our 3rd favorite. Beef is 4th. Each one has its own taste with the various sauces they use on them. Terrific.
We liked the sample platter that lets you try all of their staples
Great value for money and the food was really delicious!
Contrabando do a $20 five-plate tapas lunch offer Mon-Thurs which was great value and super tasty! Will definitely be back again and again!
We picked a great day as a customer as it wasn't so busy. We had speedy service and it was certainly quiet enough to chat and hear one another. Love love the fish tacos at Contrabando. Could live off these alone! Will be back again.
An enjoyable lunch, would go back again. Overall very happy.
Would definitely come back. Can't recommend it enough, great service and amazing food.
Unfortunately the food wasn't great. Most of it was pretty bland. We got the $40 banquet and I don't eat fish and the was a fish taco on the menu and I asked if they could swap it. They said no way and suggested I get the vegetarian option. The waitors weren't polite and clearly didn't want to be there. Won't be going back
Great food. Great setting. I’d go back again and recommend it
Our visit was on Tuesday for the taco specials. We arrived early - one member of our party is allergic to avocado so to ensure there was no avocado on her tacos we had to pay full price for them. We enjoyed really nice mocktails (work lunch) and our waitress for really great and apologetic about the avocado thing.
Tacos are great as always. Shame they've discontinued the Lamb taco. Service used to be bad, the servers would flat out ignore you. But during my last visit the service was much better. The servers had smiles on their faces which was the first time thats happened. If I can get served delicious tacos the same way everytime it would be great.
We came for cheap $3 taco night and it was delicious! (As always)
Great food and good atmosphere. Well worth a visit - I'll be back
Great food and drinks. And atmosphere it was really enjoyable
New location is a bit disappointing. The quality of food and service has suffered a little. Hopefully this improves
For me, the music was just a little too loud in a reverberant environment at lunch time.
Food was nice but service very hurried and a bit hit & miss.
Did not receive one of the courses on our set menu.
The tacos are delicious especially the fish tacos! Its definitely our favourite one to order.
Tacos had so much coriander it was very overpowering! Also, bought a Groupon voucher as we were visiting SYDNEY and were told we couldn’t use it on the Friday night so then ended up paying another $100 on top of the voucher!
Tacos were great. Excellent lunch spot in the CBD. Cheers!
Amazing food. Staff super attentive and friendly. Really great atmosphere!
You get a great variety with the express lunch. Cheese burger spring rolls are absolutely amazing.
Food was great. Wait staff were attentive and helpful. Would go again
Best Taco Tuesday in Sydney!! I've tried every Mexican joint in town and this place stunned them all. Awesome spot for a first date!
Great place to go for Mexican food, Good food and value for money
Fantastic food, decent prices, great atmosphere - will be back again!
The service was great and the food came out very fast and was very delicious. Staff were amazing !
Immediately shown the table and served with speed. Food is FANTASTIC and excellent value for money.
Lovely set menu again. only suggestion would be that the courses could come out a little slower - we ran out of room on the table. but maybe we were just talking too much amongst ourselves !!
Contrabando delivered another delicious experience. Their fish tacos were as good as always. I’ll be back!
Regularly come here for Taco Tuesdays. Food is great (including menu items that aren't tacos). Can be a bit loud and bookings are a must.
tasty food, tacos are still our favorite, friendly service, will come back
Great food, especially love the fish taco’s. The service is always really good and the Margaritas are fabulous. Great for pre theatre drinks and dinner. Well done guys. I’ll be back.
Great old and great value worth a look for food.