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jy5604 reviewed Francisco's Mexican Cantina, Manuka

Restaurants, Mexican / Latin American, BYO, Licensed, Serves Dinner

Overall 6.6 18

7.5 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 7 Service 7 Value 8

It's tucked inside a shopping arcade but they did put a sign out on the street. It's set up in an open air setting in the arcade which I liked as a change. The food was Marvellous, probably the tastiest Mexicans we've had! Service as expected. Good selection of dishes. We had the beef fajitas & chicken enchiladas; both were cooked to perfection, nicely balanced flavours & the spices were terrific. Not like most Mexican places in oz where they simply smother everything in cheese & jar salsa.
Highly recommended.

Feb 18, 2012

jy5604
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Herse reviewed Francisco's Mexican Cantina, Manuka

Restaurants, Mexican / Latin American, BYO, Licensed, Serves Dinner

Overall 6.6 18

7 Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 6 Service 7 Value 7

I've been to Francisco's several times now and have always had a good experience. I wonder if some of the poor reviews below are due to the hospitality problem of high turnover of staff, I've seen a few different people cooking in the kitchen.

Anyway, while the ambience isn't great, I really like the food, and the staff have always been pleasant enough (better than a lot of trendy Canberra eateries). Most of the dishes aren't incredibly hot, so like when you go to any Thai, Indian, etc restaurant, reassure them that you can take the heat and they don't need to give you the whitey version. I usually get extra Colorado sauce for more flavoursome heat. Friends from the USA have declared the food here a lot less salty than the tex-mex you get over there.

Jan 21, 2012