The Mexican in Burgwallen-Oude Zijde

found this place on a whim and it was a quick decision as we was hungry and impatient. Food was tasty and the server who I think was the owner was great and chatty. Would recommend. We paid on card and there was no option to tip which we would have done had there be.

My family of 4 went here last week, while visiting from Australia, and we are really happy that we did!! We all ordered a main and they were all lovely. I ordered vegetarian enchiladas and they were so delicious. The interior is authentic and a little quirky at the same time, which adds to the charm. The guy that served us looked like a younger Nicholas cage...very sweet too.

The food has no Mexican flavor, they charged me €5.90 for a simple coke, even at the A'dam lookout they are cheaper and on top of that the waitress has the nerve to tell me that the tip is not included in the bill and that if I wanted leave.

Hidden gem in Amsterdam, and well worth calling in and sitting down for a good feed ! Fresh and delicious food and great margaritas

Two nights ago I visited the place with my mother, very cozy, the food was very good, with a homemade flavor, Nicole served us, very friendly, I totally recommend it.

The food is good, but watch the bill.....by mistake or I don't know what, be careful, look at the menu and then go to the cashier

I can't understand the negative reviews. The food was really delicious and the whole shop seemed very authentic, and the atmosphere was also right. In addition, the prices are very reasonable, especially compared to the area in the city center.

The staff was very bad, very stingy, they didn't understand anything and when I started speaking Spanish they got angry

Yesterday I went to that restaurant and ordered some enchiladas. The meat had a strange flavor and the tortilla was raw. The ingredients don't really correspond to Mexican cuisine, or I didn't know that the enchilada had beans and peas... Today I woke up sick to my stomach...

Very beautiful place, we entered it by chance. The nachos and quesadillas were delicious.

THE MEXICAN is a very small hidden restaurant not far from the Dam, therefore extremely central. We came here for an early dinner on Boxing Day with two adults and a child. We ordered Jalapeño Poppers, Fajitas, Chicken Wings and drinks. Everything was served within an acceptable time frame and even though we only ordered one main dish, nobody looked at us in a funny way or made us feel less welcome. The food was great. It’s of course not the top tier authentic Mexican cuisine you’ll find here, but we found everything to be delicious and tasty measured by European Mexican restaurant standards. Saying this is more of an Indian restaurant cause the food is spicy is nothing but ridiculous. Educate yourself before making a fool of yourself on the internet. The prices at this restaurant are nearly unbeatable. Main courses come at around €18 per dish, starters are €8-10. You can eat much worse for much more money when you’re in Amsterdam, especially around the Dam. The service could be a lot more friendly aha welcoming, that much I’ll give you critical people. But we were still treated with respect and never felt unwelcome or overlooked. We’d come here again any given time. Thank you got for having us!

If you're especially vegetarian you HAVE to go here, the service was great, the place looked beautiful and the food was great quality and quantity for it's price. It's very affordable and in a good location as well I don't usually write reviews but I highly recommend!! Best food place in Amsterdam and the vegetarian quesadilla and the vegetarian enchiladas were the best

Amazing vegetarian food, In a town where most restaurants give you a veggie burger at best the Veggie enchiladas and quesadillas are ASTOUNDING and the Mojito is AMAZING. Honestly 10/10 restaurant and a must visit in amsterdam if youre vegetarian

Simply great food, great service, we loved it :):)

We visited here twice in one week last time we visited 3-4 years ago, portions have got significantly smaller from then, really quite expensive for what you get, €8 for a handful of tortilla chips and dip, and €18 for a small plate of chicken and rice with salad. Unfortunately won’t be returning

Food is good but not enough for the price

Very nice place. Very good food and quick service. The prices are correct. The place doesn't look like much but very pleasant.

This place should be called The Indian. Everything tasted like curry. It was decent cuz I was starving but man this is not Mexican food. Do not go here

Very good service and good food

Very lovingly managed. Very, very nice service. We really enjoyed spending time there and would recommend it at any time. Thank you for the nice atmosphere and the delicious food!!

Very rude welcome from the staff (owner?) Asked with my wife if we can order something to take away, the guy said 'not tonight because the kitchen is busy' in a very agressive manner (there were free tables). I feel sorry because I can't understand why he has been acting like this... This restaurant probably doesn't like foreigners. The guy seems to be very insecure and weak... for a low standard 'mexican' restaurant, this is funny... the guy isn't mexican by the way, he looks weird, not sure he is even from Holland.

The value for money is excellent, the staff is friendly and the food very good. The location super close to the square

Very good quantities and a good dose of spices, it was very good 😊

Even if it doesn't look particularly inviting from the outside, it surprises you even more with the delicious food. A small bowl of tortilla chips is always served and if you don't say you want something small to drink you get something large

Mexican in name only. More Indian cuisine with a Mexican influence, as the dishes taste very much like curry and are spicy.

Fabulous spot! Definitely must try their enchiladas. It was amazing!

Food is fantastic. A crowded place. Cramped space.

The kid enjoyed the Mexican music in the restaurant. Our three dishes were very good, good value for money.

As a Mexican I approve this place, it tastes good.

After I told how the salad was bitter and chicken was overcooked.the waitress asked me for a tip

I ordered cesar salad, it wasn’t good at all 🤮

The empanadas are masterful. Fresh and richly filled. Highly recommended!

I thought it was Mexican food but it’s just Indian food basically. Really bad taste the meat I was really worried, I also bought guacamole and it had something inside.. I don’t recommend it, if your near de area it’s better to search a other restaurant

We ordered chilli corn carne and fajitas. Very large portions and great taste.

We ordered Nachos and half of them were burnt, we asked for guacamole for the Nachos and they gave us a tiny bowl for which they charge you €4.50. I ordered grilled ribs and they put them with “barbecue” sauce which tasted like curry without asking, I asked them to change the ribs for some without sauce and they brought me spicy ones which were not grilled. I also ordered Coca Cola which came without bubbles as if they had given me one that was already open. The waitress from the beginning had a bad face and was not very friendly. One of the worst places.

Very nice food and friendly service

It is difficult to find an affordable and relaxed restaurant in Amsterdam Center. We had a very tasty meal here and received very friendly (and I mean friendly) service. Rare in this tourist enclave. Just try it once.

Very tasty food, cooked in front of you. Pleasant service. I recommend it.

Delicious Mexican food and not very expensive. The site is well located in Amsterdam.

Good Mexican food, we ordered the quesadilla and enchiladas and they were very good.

Good food and a really nice guy running it

The horrible salad. The delicious potatoes. The burger was just bread and meat with horrible sauce.

Super restaurant, very good and very plentiful

I recently visited this restaurant with family and had a very disappointing experience. The atmosphere was unpleasant, with a noticeable smell of smoke despite the no-smoking policy. When we addressed this with the staff, they boasted about it rather than taking corrective action.Additionally, the food was of very poor quality and lacked any flavor. It was a thoroughly unsatisfactory dining experience. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone.

A nice Mexican restaurant. The food tastes very tasty, the portions are good and the prices are ok for Amsterdam. It's nice to sit inside and can also see a bit into the kitchen and hear how the food is being prepared if you sit on the first floor. Unfortunately, the toilets were very narrow and dirty.

I don't know what, but the food is good For me, space 😱

The food was delicious full with spices..I like it

Pay attention to the big red X in the name! Horrible food, definitely not Mexican. Our loaded nachos were burnt, the tacos were made with mystery meat mixed with green beans, and the fajitas platter for two was simply embarrassing. Good fixings, but the cheap, chewy beef served in an Indonesian curry?! had nothing to do with a proper grilled marinated skirt steak. Way overpriced. Needed some fresh and grilled vegetables. Good fries. Cute bathrooms upstairs. Overall, one of the worst meals we have had anywhere.

Recently visited this “Mexican” place…hoping to enjoy some real Mexican food. Instead, what I got was a disaster. Ordered the beef quesadilla, and it was straight up, an abomination! First off, they used semi-cooked celery in the quesadilla. Celery! In a quesadilla! Who does that? The beef was ground, which is not what you expect in a traditional quesadilla. Yikes! To make matters worse, instead of using a proper tortilla, they served the quesadilla with some weird, crunchy pita bread that was burned at the edges. The whole thing lacked any authentic Mexican flavors. Tasted closer to a Samosa than a quesadilla. Also, just look at the way it was cut.. super weird and unappetizing. Any Mexican would probably rather end their life than eat what they served us. It was shameful and a complete waste of money. Avoid this place if you’re looking for anything remotely Mexican.

Stumbled upon the mexican and wasn't disappointed the food was delicious the grilled chicken and pepper sauce was the best ive had the jalapeño poppers were so delicious we ordered another portion and the nachos with chicken 😋the service was fantastic the cutlery was so well polished that it deserved 5☆☆☆☆☆alone Nellie was such a delight and it was by far the best meal Ihad this trip 😋😋🥰🥰

We went to this restaurant for a Mexican lunch. The place is quaint but nice. The food was delicious! Their salsa and chips were very tasty. We ordered loaded vegetarian nachos and enchiladas. Both of these were very yummy and filling but you'll be charged for the salsa. They also serve superb french fries 🍟

Tourist trap this is not at all Mexican food, this is Tex Mex food with Mexican dishes names. I would not recommend this restaurant, at least for the price it worth 7-8 eur range, the cost is around 15 euros which are not good enough related to the quality of the food. Nice ambience and decoration but it is overpriced related to quality

Fantastic Mexican food. Cosy ambience. Friendly service with a smile.

Delicious food! Magdalena was an excellent server and Aron Made a delicious enchilada! Good service and good food, couldn't ask for more :)

The food has nothing to do with Mexican gastronomy, great disappointment

A tourist trap. We sat and ordered the lunch menu, and at the end we were asked to pay the normal price which was much more expensive. The waiter insisted that we ordered the non-lunch menu because our portions were bigger than those from lunch menu. Although specifically we asked to show us the lunch menu dishes and ordered from there. A cheating place. Does not deserve more than 1 star.

Food was very tasty and beautifully prepared. The service was super friendly and the ambience was nice too. Had an American touch.

Disaster !!! Avoid taking advantage of tourists who don't speak very English to get scammed!!! Low-end cuisine and charges for the smallest thing, like small sauces or the slightest slice of cheddar! The drinks do not require the quantity and order the largest quantity, we were more satisfied at Febo!

Delicious steak in the middle of Amsterdam.

We had a really great time, service was really good. The food was great as well. Kind of touristy but still very good. Good price considering the quantity! We had the enchiladas, loved it!

The Esseb is great, the guacamole is a bit tasteless, otherwise everything is very good. The waitresses are very quick. Price-performance is very good thanks to the portions 👍

We came in for dinner, we are very satisfied. Nice service, delicious food, quick preparation, affordable price. I recommend.

NOT real Mexican food at all! (Stew beef burrito with green beans, peas, corn and tomato)

By far the worst Mexican I've ever been, a big joke, these people don't know Mexican food, a robbery

Unfortunately we went into the restaurant blind. There was a very large selection nearby and we were overwhelmed on the first day. You have to make reservations everywhere if you want to eat out. Then we decided on this restaurant because we wanted Mexican food. A table just became available. At first glance, the restaurant has a Mexican charm. You feel like you're in a bar in Mexico. The tables and the restaurant is not very clean. You sit cramped together at rickety little tables, with another table somewhere in the corner. There is a broken refrigerator in the corner of the guest room that hasn't been cleaned in a while. Stuff is stored on it. You look into the open kitchen and constantly hear the microwave. So the ambience is quite fitting for a Mexican bar in deepest Tijuana. I think that's a good idea - but it's also the only thing that reminds me of Mexico in this restaurant. The chefs look more Indian than Mexican. The food itself also tastes more Indian than Mexican. We had the fajita for two people. There was a lot of curry on it - so this was definitely an Indian dish reinterpreted as a Mexican dish! It generally tasted good but it's just not Mexican. There was also a side dish of (Belgian?) fries, which isn't really Mexican either. Normally you would expect rice and beans. Then there was a quarter of a big tomato, a cube of cucumber, corn, cheese and guacamole and corn tortillas. Plus a tasteless mayonaise. So a few ingredients were Mexican but unfortunately overall it wasn't a Mexican dish. It was still delicious, don't get me wrong. But just not Mexican. The staff was very disinterested. Some guests also complained but a waitress always argued that the way it was served was correct. The cooks from the Indian area watched you the whole time from the kitchen, which was somehow unpleasant. The waiters, on the other hand, didn't pay any attention to you at all. We also drank a magarita. Once with strawberry and a classic one. These drinks also had nothing to do with Mexico. The strawberry magarita was filled with strawberry juice. It had an extremely chemical taste. The classic margarita tasted like water. The artificial lemon essence also actually made the drink undrinkable for €11 each... So overall, really not recommended. We had a very good comparison because we recently ate at a real Mexican restaurant and ordered exactly the same thing and also have experience with Mexican food from real Mexicans. So if you want really Mexican then avoid this restaurant! The visit cost around €60 which really hurts because it wasn't what we had expected. €22 for two bad drinks and €38 for non-Mexican food.

Our stay in Amsterdam, which had gone really well, was unfortunately ruined after going to eat at The Maxican. We stopped to read the menu in front of the “restaurant”. Quite quickly the owner came to approach us and himself offered us a formula at €19.90 for a dish for supposedly two people. What was our surprise when the time came to pay. We were charged twice for the dish in question because two people ate it and not one. The boss's explanations were totally lunatic and in contradiction with the prices displayed and the explanations provided. As you can see only one dish came to our table for two charged and the quantity which was for supposedly two people we will return. The seafood was frozen from I don't know when and half the platter consisted of roughly chopped onions. This dish below cost us €38.80 Avoid tourist trap scam

Nothing disappoints. The food is perfect. The service and hospitality are also very good. And the atmosphere doesn't stand out. Really delicious 🤤🤤

Bad service and worst mood. Una pena

I was in a rush and ordered a burrito. The quality was great, spicy enough, and it came with fries and a small salad. I couldn't finish it! And prices are fantastic. I'd return for sure

The food was MEGA, as was the ambience. We will be back definitely!!!!

Worst service I’ve ever seen, the staff was super rude and didn’t know how to talk to customers. Me and my friends were so frustrated with their behaviour that we left without eating anything.

The food is very good and abundant

Fast, friendly service and typical Mexican cuisine.

Painfully slow and unfriendly service. No one greets you or says goodbye when you leave. Drinks took 30+ minutes to arrive and main courses 40+ mins even though it wasn't busy in there. Food was different from any Mexican food I've had before with cheese on top but taste not bad

Good afternoon, we are a family of vegetarians (Spanish) we entered at 2:30 in the afternoon and from the first moment the person who claims to be the owner of the establishment treated us very unpleasantly, while we were looking at the menu my father went into the bathroom to wash his hand It didn't even take 3 minutes, and my little brother and I weren't very happy with the menu, so I told the waiter very kindly that we were vegetarians and there wasn't much variety and my little brother was objecting, so sorry we were going to look for another place, we didn't even sit for more than 5 minutes, and he automatically asked us for €5 for the use of the toilet, in very bad manners, I would never return to this place, I am a waitress and the main thing is to have kindness and respect with the customer, He didn't have either and he is the owner.

This is an amazing Tex-Mex restaurant near the center of Amsterdam! My Spanish wife and I went here and we were given the best service I've ever had in a restaurant! We had the burrito and taco lunch combos with nachos to share, and they were fantastic! Steven, the team lead took time to make sure our meal was great and conversed with us as it was a slow day. We told Steven about how we are on our honeymoon, and he surprised us with a shot of tequila and lime each after our respective margaritas, completely on the house. He's an amazing person and an even better host, if you are looking for a place with great service and food, look no further than The Mexican. I don't usually make reviews, but Steven and the amazing food made for a great experience. Thank you once again Steven!

Bad service, not honest waiter, you order one thing you pay double I strongly advise against it 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

Scam alert! Remember to ask for details of your order before paying. We ordered two lunch options, the waiter had confirmed the price of the lunch options and yet after paying, we realized that we had paid €13 more! The waiter explained that he had served us dishes outside of the lunch menu. Obviously no refund is offered, you will be satisfied with a simple “sorry”.

Very good food and super nice service. I recommend

The food was very tasty, but there was a bit too much meat in the burritos, but it was still very tasty. The employees were very friendly. The restaurant was very cozy and nice

The food was fantastic and the service was very friendly. I can only recommend this restaurant.

The food was very nice and generous size. The service was very friendly and price was reasonable. What more could you ask for.

Good Mexican food.. super friendly service.

For a place which is located exactly in the city centre (close to the Dam Square) their prices are still reasonable and the service is fast. I was grabbing there lunch/dinner a few times already. The food is pretty good. I've tried tacos and loaded nachos, as well as Margarita drinks 😋

I had a delicious and satisfying meal. I think its name was tako. A taste I can eat again if I go one more time.

A group of us went in , no problem sitting down , very attentive to us , ordered gluten free fajitas, came it was really good , had the pitcher of margarita between 4 of us ,was faultless

This place may look like a tourist trap as it is located in the most crowded square but it is actually a hidden gem. Try their vegetarian Enchiladas.

Friendly staff, quick and efficient service and some of the tastiest food of the weekend.

Great vegetarian food and very good service loved the food here

Cheese Quesadillas are good tacos are awesome

I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Haven't eaten yet but I am already impressed enough by the experience..

Cibo buono peccato per lo staff che al momento del pagamento ho fatto notare nello scontrino una cosa che non ci è mai arrivata si è arrabbiato subito alzando la voce quindi abbiamo deciso di pagare ugualmente una cosa che non avevamo consumato per non avere problemi

La comida es normal, nada extraordinario, el servicio no es dado por mexicanos y no hay micheladas :( , no hablan español , pero en general bien para comer y quitarse el hambre, las enchiladas si estaban ricas

Buenos precios si aprovechas las ofertas del mediodía. El local es grande y bien ambientado.

Found this place near the city center. Had big hopes for it, but unfortunately, it fell a bit short from our expectations. Some of the items were really tasty, but others were bland and forgettable. I would eat here again, but knowing what to expect, it should be a better experience.

Below average. Chips are stale a bit and guacamole was normal

Small, cozy, fast - not bad not impressive

Découverte d'un excellent restaurant mexicain à Amsterdam. On s'est régalé avec des saveurs authentiques et, petite victoire, on a même réussi à esquiver les piments! Un endroit parfait pour une aventure culinaire sans trop de feu. 🌮

I couldn't get over the food here. It was absolutely gorgeous! I would highly recommend!

La cuisine est simple mais très bonne, le rapport qualité prix est au rendez vous pour un jeune couple( étudiant ou autres ) De plus le service est qualitatif . Je recommande