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Sydney
Sydney CBD
Contrabando
Contrabando Reviews

Contrabando

Latin American, Mexican, Tex-Mex, South American

Dishes priced around$10

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Reviews of Contrabando (493)

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5.3/6

493 reviews

5.3/6

493 reviews

Food:Outstanding
Atmosphere:Excellent
Service:Great
Value for money:Great value
Waiting time:Exceptionally Good
Noise levels:Pleasant
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"Excellent"
6/6
Gillian E.5 years ago · 1 review

Always Fantastic def go back time and time again. and would highly recommend.

"Excellent"
6/6
Ali K.5 years ago · 9 reviews

Good food as always. Service used to be worse, we'd just get ignored by the servers but now its better.

"Excellent"
6/6
Ali K.5 years ago · 9 reviews

A good place to bring along work colleagues and friends.

"Very good"
5/6
Georgie N.5 years ago · 1 review

Absolutely loved my visit here. Great food and fast service. I will be coming back again!

"Very good"
5/6
JONATHAN W.5 years ago · 1 review

Food here is delicious! Taco Tuesdays are great value and the tacos come out quite quickly. The amazing food always has me coming back. Service can be a bit slow and impersonal but I guess thats what happens when they are busy.

"Average"
3/6
Longa K.5 years ago · 1 review

Very mechanical environment - separate waiters and no real consistency in service. As a friend of mine had allergies there were questions that were inconsistently answered. My partner didn’t get what he ordered in tacos - all come out together and no one takes the time to explain what is what or follow up if you have a question.

"Very good"
5/6
Nicole H.5 years ago · 1 review

Great food - plenty of flavourful options, as well as lovely service.

"Very good"
5/6
Kelly B.5 years ago · 9 reviews

Great value for money, great food and drinks, good service

"Excellent"
6/6
Azhani A.5 years ago · 11 reviews

Brilliant service and amazing tacos! We will definitely be returning!

"Good"
4/6
Laura C.5 years ago · 1 review

Overall was good but felt like we were rushed to order food

"Excellent"
6/6
Jo P.5 years ago · 1 review

Love the tacos and good service and value for money!

"Good"
4/6
Carolyn L.5 years ago · 1 review

Tacos were particularly salty, everything had a little too much sauce, including the corn

"Excellent"
6/6
Jasmine Harumi H.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Great food, especially fish taco and guac! mocktail was great too. atmosphere is quite noisy

"Very good"
5/6
Alexa C.5 years ago · 1 review

Quite noisy but nice atmosphere. The staff were quite rude and shoo'd us off your table. This has happened twice when we've been chatting and still drinking wine and the staff ask you to pay and leave. I understand there's other people waiting but it does ruin the experience a little bit. The food and value is great but service needs to be better.

"Excellent"
6/6
Isabella G.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Best tacos in Sydney! Love the cheap tacos and margaritas on Tuesdays

"Excellent"
6/6
Lianna M.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Most of all, the food was absolutely delicious! Highly recommend!

"Very good"
5/6
Melissa T.5 years ago · 1 review

Tables are a bit jammed. Would be useful to have a spice guide next to the menu items, background music could be turned down. Overall the food was fantastic and came out quickly.

"Excellent"
6/6
Brianna B.5 years ago · 1 review

Amazing food and always amazing service. The pork tacos are great.

"Average"
3/6
Taleana A.5 years ago · 2 reviews

They are soooooo understaffed! Although margaritas were 👌 they were served after 2x courses of our food arrived, ridiculous!!!. Guac was delicious but putting it politely, won’t be going back in any hurry

"Excellent"
6/6
Zoe S.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Great food and atmosphere! The staff were all very friendly

"Excellent"
6/6
Elizabeth S.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Great modern Mexican fusion food. The set menus are great value for money.

"Very good"
5/6
Chiara J.5 years ago · 6 reviews

Great food, perhaps a few more staff needed to be able to serve everyone

"Excellent"
6/6
Vivi J.5 years ago · 1 review

Everything was great. I will go there again in the near future.

"Very good"
5/6
Sharron X.5 years ago · 1 review

Came for Taco Tuesday. They're bigger than I expected, the toppings sitting in colourful mounds atop the warm toasted tortilla. The fish tacos are fabulous - lightly battered fish that is moist inside, not dry, and the chipotle mayo is on point. The meat ones were OK too.

"Average"
3/6
Marisa A.5 years ago · 1 review

Service was extremely slow and had to wait for order for a lengthy period. Dessert came out after the first round of tacos. Then we were told that we had to leave by 1pm - disappointing

"Excellent"
6/6
Katherine W.5 years ago · 1 review

Great food, service and atmosphere - would definitely go again!

"Very good"
5/6
Chiara J.5 years ago · 6 reviews

Love the food and atmosphere, however sometimes it’s a bit of a wait, but well worth it

"Excellent"
6/6
Emilia M.5 years ago · 1 review

Great food. Love the tuesday tacos. Fast service. Tad noisy

"Very good"
5/6
Sezen C.5 years ago · 1 review

The restaurant and the staff were awesome. The food was delicious and so were the drinks. However I wish the staff knew more about types of drinks being served and the bartender was more attentive to find the best drink for me. Other than that everything was perfect. Would definitely do it again.

"Excellent"
6/6
Amanda S.5 years ago · 4 reviews

Nice food and good service, food was quick and tasty

"Excellent"
6/6
Rob F.5 years ago · 1 review

Delicious food, fresh and tasty. Very quick service in a relaxed, unpretentious atmosphere. Will be going back

"Very good"
5/6
Cristiana P.5 years ago · 1 review

Excellent variety of great tacos at a very good price

"Very good"
5/6
Martine P.5 years ago · 2 reviews

My favourite lunch time place to go with work colleagues.

"Excellent"
6/6
Lauren M.5 years ago · 1 review

Great food, tacos are amazing, would rate & go again.

"Very good"
5/6
Peter F.5 years ago · 1 review

A perfect lunch during the business week. Food was tasty, quick to arrive and the service was great. Price was very good too. Will definitely be back.

"Very good"
5/6
Nicole E.5 years ago · 1 review

Delicious food and great service. The $3 tacos are definitely worth it! Can’t wait to try them again

"Very good"
5/6
Edwin L.5 years ago · 5 reviews

Taco Tuesday deal and drinks happy hour is great value.

"Excellent"
6/6
Conor M.5 years ago · 2 reviews

Great food and atmosphere. Taco Tuesday are a must do!!!

"Excellent"
6/6
Rosemarie M.5 years ago · 1 review

Need to book - fabulous tasty tacos ! Friendly staff and a quick delicious conversational meal

"Good"
4/6
Kp T.5 years ago · 9 reviews

overall okay experience this time, service was not as good as previous times, staff were a bit less attentive, but it is a Tuesday n given that they were fairly busy, it is understandable.

"Excellent"
6/6
Amelia G.5 years ago · 1 review

Would definitely go there again. The cheeseburger spring rolls were absolutely delicious, as were the tacos. Sweet potato chips too soggy though.

"Average"
3/6
June T.5 years ago · 2 reviews

The tacos made us very thirsty afterwards. We had to drink at least 1 litre of water. I think it’s the msg.

"Excellent"
6/6
Jason C.5 years ago · 1 review

Delicious food that was well priced. Friendly service . .

"Very good"
5/6
Faddie N.5 years ago · 1 review

Perhaps some south American tunes would add to the experience, but overall an enjoyable lunch

"Very good"
5/6
Rosie G.5 years ago · 1 review

it was great value for money, delicious food and quick service

"Very good"
5/6
Gabrielle A.5 years ago · 1 review

Delicious food - loved the barbecued corn and guacamole combo. The frozen margaritas went down a treat!!

"Good"
4/6
Neiru M.5 years ago · 1 review

Good food and good service. Went on a busy Tuesday night

"Excellent"
6/6
Matt H.5 years ago · 11 reviews

I am a regular at Contrabando because they continue to deliver a great experience. I'll be back again soon.

"Excellent"
6/6
Natasha E.5 years ago · 1 review

Great music, food, drinks and service. Would highly recommend! X

"Very good"
5/6
Chiara J.5 years ago · 6 reviews

Great food, friendly staff and awesome atmosphere. Will come back

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