12 Best Mexican Restaurants in Hong Kong

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The bar at Caliente, a Mexican restaurant in Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui district. Photo Credit: Caliente.

Eating Out in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the world’s best cities for foodies, but when it comes to Mexican food, the choices have always been limited. That is starting to change as Mexican restaurants start to gain in popularity. Here is a short list of city’s most popular Mexican eateries.

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Mexican Food in Hong Kong

Putting together a list of Hong Kong’s top 10 Mexican restaurants just 10 years ago would have been impossible.

Because 10 years ago Hong Kong didn’t even have 10 Mexican restaurants. You could probably have counted the number of Hong Kong Mexican restaurants on the fingers on one hand.

All that started to change a few years ago, with Mexican restaurants starting to sprout like mushrooms after a spring rain. Now there’s no problem coming up with a list of 12 Mexican eateries!

Some of the Mexican restaurants in Hong Konghave been flashes in pan, opening with great fanfare, only to close several months later.

But other Mexican restaurants are proving to be highly successful.

California Style Mexican Food

image-of-Hong-Kong-Mexican-bar-and-grill — **Cali-Mex Bar and Grill in a popular Mexican restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo Credit: Accidental Travel Writer.**

image-of-guacamole-and-nachos — **Nachos with guacamole and salsa at Cali-Mex. Photo Credit: Accidental Travel Writer.**

image-of-beef-tacos — **Beef tacos at Cali-Mex. Photo Credit: Accidental Travel Writer.**

Most of the Mexican restaurants in Hong Kong have only one or two outlets. An exception is Cali-Mex, which at last count had a total of 16 outlets, which are located on both sides of Victoria Harbour.

There are now Cali-Mex outlets in Aberdeen, Admiralty Causeway Bay, Mongkok, Kennedy Town, Quarry Bay, Sheung Wan, SoHo, Tsim Sha Tsui – the list goes on.

The largest venue – the Cali-Mex Bar and Grill – opened last in the heart of Hong Kong’s premier food-and-beverage district, Lan Kwai Fong, at 21 D’Aguilar Street.

Purists might balk that what they serve “isn’t really Mexican food,” but the chain’s marketing materials make no bones about it.

They proudly describe their fare as California-style Mexican food, which is both light and fresh.

Cinco de Mayo 101

Whether they serve California-style Mexican food, Tex-Mex, Southwestern barbecue, authentic Mexico City-style street fare, or Veracruz-style seafood, many Mexican restaurants across Hong Kong will be offering special promotions to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

What’s interesting is that Cinco de Mayo, which means’ “May Fifth” in Spanish, is much more popular in the United States than in Mexico, where it is celebrated in only one state: Puebla.

Click on the following link for more information on Cinco de Mayo – what it celebrates and why it has gained in such immense popularity …