A new Mexican restaurant opened up in the Truman Brewery complex near Brick Lane toward the end of the summer. The restaurant comes from the same people who launched popular Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca, which now manage several of the restaurants in this chain across London. DF Mexico is a one-off restaurant, and the restaurant is a trial. The menu is a fusion of American and Mexican cuisine. They do serve margaritas, healthy juice/flavoured-water alternatives, nachos, tortillas, burgers, burriots, tacos.
Now for my review. The frozen margaritas were alright, but I have had better. I did enjoy the healthy drink alternatives and wish more restaurants would do this. I ordered nachos to start, and they were fairly good. For the main meal, I ordered a chicken burger. I was not happy that they only use brown chicken meat and chicken skins for their chicken dishes. My chicken burger was filled with very little chicken and contained a lot of greasy/slimey chicken skin. I did not feel that it was worth the cost.
Another issue that I discovered and witnessed was that the staff were not friendly, and in one visit, they ignored me. At one point, I heard them arguing with another customer. Another issue I had when I visited with colleagues was the payment system at the time of visit. My colleagues were also not overly-impressed with the restaurant or their food either.
I did return with the intention to order a takeaway once, but they informed me that they only use brown chicken meat (and chicken skins) for their chicken dishes. I remembered how unenjoyable my chicken burger was during my initial visit, so I shall not be returning for their main dishes. I may give the nachos and drinks another try if I can be bothered, but this would be a last resort or if I am feeling particularly lazy as the restaurant is literally around the corner from where I work.
DF Mexico
Hanbury Street
London
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