El Chico’s Cantina and Bar Review

El Chico’s is a Mexican bar and restaurant on Streatham High Road. They serve food all day and in the evening they serve drinks and cocktails. Scroll down for our review of a recent trip to El Chico’s for brunch.

Opening times

Menu

El Chico’s serve Mexican food. Think Nachos, Tacos ad Fajitas etc. Download the food menu.

In the evening they transform into a bar serving the usual selection of wines and beers as well as cocktails. Download their drinks menu.

Brunch

On Weekdays 12pm-4pm and weekends between 10am-4pm they serve brunch. The brunch menu is not as Mexican as than the normal food menu (click to enlarge):

Location and contact details

Special offers

• Happy hour: Monday-Friday 5pm-7pm; cheap wine (£4), cocktails (£5) and beer (£3)
• Ladies night: Tuesday evenings; Prossecco (£4.95)
• 20% student discount (excludes Fridays and Saturdays)

Review

We visited El Chico’s on a Sunday for Brunch. The restaurant was nicely but slightly oddly decorated in a Mexican theme. We were the only customers in the resturarent which was a little worrying.

To drink I had a Mocha with whipped cream:

And to eat I had the Mexican breakfast (eggs, chorizo, refried beans, tortilla, Salsa, sour cream and guacamole):

Pip had unlimited (2) black coffees:

To eat she had the veggie breakfast (eggs, halloumi, mushrooms, beans, avocado and sourdough toast):

The food was nice enough but nothing special for the price. We were surprised when both dishes were served to us in frying pans! I thought this was funny at first but the novelty wore off. Using metal cutlery to cut food on a non-stick pan is a weird feeling.

There wasn’t much of an atmosphere in the restaurant. We were the only two people there! The choice of music was also a bit odd – Mexican remixes of pop classics. I guess that’s also a good way to describe their brunch menu.