You can’t really go wrong with a freshly made taco from El Loco, the newest member of the Merivale family serving up Mexican food on a street corner in Surry Hills. While it’s attached to the Excelsior Hotel on Foveaux St, it’s a stand-alone place in its own right, with tacos, sandwiches and plenty of tequila to go around.
The inside of the Mexican cantina is decked out in bright colours, pictures of cacti and sombreros as well as used jalapeno cans as pot plants. It’s all things Mexican here, and while I can’t vouch for the authenticity of the food having never been to Mexico myself, it’s a far cry from the food-court nachos with fresh, crisp flavours and quite possibly the most delicious guacamole I’ve ever had.
We grab some drinks and snack on some corn chips with guacamole and salsa ($5 – which I conveniently forgot to take a photo of). You can’t go wrong with a Classic Margarita, but if that’s not your thing you can always go for the more adventurous Jalapeno Margarita (which wasn’t actually that spicy) or the sweet Pink Cuco which comes in the form of a slushie. There is also an extensive selection of tequilas on offer with varying prices depending on the quality of the tequila.
