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Cuisine Tex-Mex
Hours Mon-Thurs 11am-11pm; Fri 11am-midnight; Sat noon-midnight; Sun 1-11pm
Address
Mannerheimintie 68
Location North of the Center
Transportation Tram: 3B or 3T
Reservations Reservations recommended for dinner
Phone 09/49-35-91
Prices Main courses 9€-20€ ($12-$26)
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V

Frommer's Review

This is the least expensive and most popular of the limited number of Mexican restaurants in Helsinki. We'll be frank: The food served here is not the equal of any decent Mexican place in the American Southwest, but it comes as a welcome respite when you've had too many herring balls in cream sauce. The decor evokes the colors of the Mexican desert, accented with shades of green, yellow, and blue, and there's lots of exposed wood and a bar with comfortable sofas, which is worth visiting for a margarita even if you don't plan to have dinner afterward. Menu choices include seven kinds of fajitas, enchiladas, stuffed chiles, and a barbecue platter that everyone seems to like. The place was founded by an entrepreneurial Finn after visiting New Mexico and Arizona, so it has a distinctive American touch.

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