Contrabando

Great food, Great experience and the staff was extremely friendly throughout the whole dining experience. Tuesday night Taco night offers a great variety and should satisfy all needs.

Love contrabando. It always delivers. The food and service is of a high quality. The tacos are always fresh. I love the beef short rib tacos.

This is a great choice for work lunchtime as the food is delicious and the service is fast and friendly. It's also a great location if you're going to Circular Quay or the Opera House.

Controbando is always a quick and easy dinner with friends. The tacos have a great combination of flavours - its hard to narrow down which ones to try....

I really liked the service. Everyone was attentive and friendly. Not too impressed with the food though. Pretty average and no low carb options unfortunately.

Great food - so fresh and flavoursome. The guacamole is fantastic and the variety and taste sensation withthe tacos is out of this world. Will be back for more.

Really good tacos, probably best I’ve ever had. Even some of the pickiest eaters that I dined with ended up saying how delicious it was. I am definitely coming back.

Great tacos & quick service. The fish 🐠 taco was out of this world. Great views and ambience. There was good specials on the beers too.

Their beef and fish tacos are the best :) cant wait to try their express lunch

Great food and service! The staff is friendly and helpful while the food is delicious for the price. I would absolutely recommend it for Mexican in the city

Great food, as always, but disappointed with the slow service this time round

Great food, great service and great location. Can be a bit noisy at lunch time, but great atmosphere.

Great food. Great service. Better atmosphere with new venue than when on Bent St. Would highly recommend to everyone and would continue to go back!

A great restaurant. Good atmosphere, very good food particularly the share plates, great service - helpful and friendly. Good well priced wine list.Value for money restaurant.

Great food at an ever greater price. $3.00 tacos with an electric vibe. High recommended. Recommend you try the beef rib taco - but really all are great.

Great restaurant with great staff. The staff all very friendly and welcoming. Music could be slightly louder. But overall, the atmosphere is great in there.

Friendly polite service from all the waitresses. If booking in and using a Groupon voucher please ring to let staff know they announced when we arrived, but they happily accepted our voucher for all you eat tacos. We tried all the tacos they had on offer. The meat options were generally good choices - our fave was the Bulgolgi beef and the crispy fish. The vegetarian options were not good. Crispy pumpkin was not crispy and the mushrooms lacking seasoning hence the less than perfect rating. Would recommend for groups (not vegetarians though).

Delicious! Great pre-performance dinner and drinks only 7 minutes away from the Sydney Opera House. Service (as always) was prompt and unobtrusive. Well done Contrabando!

The consistency of the food seemed different. eg. the ratio of meet with the sauce - there was a little too much sauce with each of the dishes. The process of distributing the food is a little confusing. It gives the onus back on the customer to figure out how to split the food across the table. Perhaps laying the food on the centre of the table would be better OR that you ask them who would be responsible for distributing the food amongst the group. That way, it is one person who manages it for the group.

We had lunch at Contrabando. Great and fast service from the staff. Food was tasty and not over priced. We will definitely come back again - thank you!

Loved their croquettes and corns!! However, their tacos used to be better. The crispy fish was so so and the beef was way too sweet. The churros were the worst churros I've ever had in my life. 4 tiny little pieces of thick battered churros which came with cheap tasting chocolate sauce and marshmallow for $10 were very disappointing. The music was also way too loud which made it hard to have a conversation with my mates.

Good service and tasty tacos. Particularly the pork and pumpkin tacos on Taco Tuesday where you pay just $3 per taco. One of my group ate 9 so they must be good.

We all tried the express menu .. a good way to have a little taste of everything and it was great. We'll definitely be back!

I love coming here, it’s one of my favourite restaurants, they have amazing food. Great Margaritas. Fast service recommend booking. Especially on Taco Tuesdays where it’s $3 tacos

great taco Tuesday deal with delicious starters also. Would recommend the fish taco! Service was very swift too.

The fish & beef tacos are so delicious, and also the loaded fries! They also do the fish/beef taco in kids version. Its really worth the money on taco Tuesday, but make sure you book.

great food especially the taco Tuesdays deal and great ambience

The friendly staff and beautiful atmosphere made the whole dining experience that extra bit better - we arranged a last minute birthday cake for my friend and the staff were very accommodating

The food drinks and staff were super friendly from the very beginning

It was a fantastic place with excellent taco deals. Room was a little warm but the outside areas was ambient with a touch of flair

If you are wanting the old Contrabando experience give this new place a miss. Tacos are still great however all the old basement charm, Mexican beers and proper chili salsa are missing - Just not the same Contrabando of old. Service also very flat in comparison to the lively engaging service in the past. Also a 1hr 15min sitting for lunch without notifying us at the time of booking so we were promptly shuffled off our table and out of the restaurant prior to being ready. Such a shame as this place used to be a favorite for the team!

Always a great night but definitely need to book a table. Lovely food, decent prices. We come regularly for Taco Tuesday. The table times can be a bit annoying on a Tuesday.

The food, atmosphere are amazing but the bathrooms do not match the rest of the place. The toilets were badly stained a very dark orangey yellow colour and super dirty. Time for a deep clean and/or renovation.

extremely busy in the lead up to Christmas, we had to flag someone down after 15 minutes just to get water, and so it went for our 2 hour visit. The air con must have been down as well, as it was extremely uncomfortable. What we went there for though, the food, was good as always.

Food was good- service not great though. Everything was rushed- plates were taken away from us before we were finished and when I asked if they could exchange a chicken dish on the express lunch menu for a vegetarian one I got a categoric and uncompromising No in response. The service could have been friendlier.

We booked Contrabando for our team's Christmas lunch. The food for the Express Lunch was way more than substantial and really, really tasty. The staff were very attentive and service was quick. Thank you!

Great tapas. $3 Tuesday Tacos deal is pretty good value. I would recommend the fish, lamb, crispy beef and pork soft shell tacos to enjoy.

Fun and lively atmosphere, delicious food and clever cocktails made for great pre Christmas celebration. About time a restaurant like this opened in the city, great location, perfect for after work get togethers.

Fab food and friendly staff - highly recommend, especially on a lunchtime. Their express menu at lunchtime is such great value - $20 for lots of food!

Food is amazing and delicious! My friends and I love the fish and beef tacos and the Taco Tuesday deals! It can be hard to get the attention of staff at times, but otherwise everyone is super friendly and always smiling! :)

The food was great. The atmosphere was fun and cheerful. There were a lot of big groups of people, great for a team lunch especially on Taco Tuesdays

Had the fish, chicken and beef ribs. Would get the fish and ribs again. Speed they came out varied greatly. Would go back again for taco Tuesday - bargain!

Frustrating that the tacos come out in whatever order the kitchen wants, as a vegetarian it meant my friend received all of hers and my tacos came 15 minutes later. Need to improve the ordering system

1hour setting time was a bit short and ‘rude’ when our second order after 40mins was getting rejected. I was attending lunch with clients. Food was great Location is great Apart from the rejection for 2nd order .. staff are good.

First time went to Contrabando. There were seven of us and we chose a set menu which was great value. We will definitely go again.

Enjoyable and relaxed eating experience. From the first margarita to the 4th (?) my friends and I were spoilt by Laurel/Lauren who made navigating the menu a breeze. Gracias

Great $3 Taco Tuesday deal. All the tacos were flavourful, with quality ingredients. The service was great, with very attentive waitresses! Will come back soon.

The tacos and quesadillas were really yummy! Good service even though it was busy on a Tuesday night. We would definitely come back again soon!!

The restaurant made a fuss that we we had not booked from the Groupon site. We could not do that as we were not sure of the date when buying the ticket. I think there is no savings in value to buy the voucher. Lots of conditions with the Groupon voucher needs to be published. Food was good but could order 2 kinds only at a time, does not suit a group that does not eat pork, beef etc.

Everything great but you left me a taco short! When I asked the waitress she didn’t worked from your system validation rather than the fact is was left short. All in all a nice meal but come on