Review Mexicali Fresh - Auckland Central

James Ashwin

Anson from Mexicali Ponsonby has been applying his trade for well over a decade, is an absolute legend and home to the best cali burrito in Auckland. Big fan of the shredded chicken tacos as well. Highly recommend trying. James Ashwin Kakapo Business Sales

life

We went to Mexicali for brunch. Greeted with lovely smiles and hospitality ! The waiter allowed us to create out own Nachos with double meat or pulled pork and mince etc. Such lovely service and delicious tasty food !! Great value and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !

Shanna Mehmeh

The street nachos are amazing and super yummy! I love that it comes with Queso cheese instead of regular cheddar sprinkled at the top.

Logan Rasmussen

It's very similar to USA, even the dine in baskets, the regular is massive and it's usually good. Sometimes it's better than others depending on the proportions of ingredients. Often too much beans & rice, no where near as much meat as you'd get in usa so one less star:)

Gargi Nayak

Highly recommend, very friendly staff and chicken burritos so yummy 😋,

Diren Singh

Had lunch at about 1 on a Sunday, and it was surprisingly quiet! Mexico, next door seemed to have more patrons, but bang for buck, mexicali is way better. The food here, as always, was phenomenal, good size portions, packed with flavour, service with a smile! Parking in Ponsonby is always annoying, so keep that in mind..

Caitlin Widdowson

Absolutely devine, I’ve had the burrito which is stunning, and the different bowls, 10/10

Bron Solla

I popped in for a quick lunch. It's the perfect quick bite. I was surprised by the flavours. For some reason I thought it might be under welming. The decor is a bit boring. But I enjoyed my lunch. It was really OK

Roy Gormley

Love how all the food is made fresh every day. My absolute favourite is the quesadilla chill, yum. They also have lots of promos do worth downloading the app if you like fresh Mexican.

Mitchell Houlbrooke

Expensive, but good quality. Their burritos are generous and tasty - just be aware that their menu board doesn't list the more basic items - check the paper menu for more options.

Toby Jug

Ponsonby Road has some of the best restaurants and takeaways in Auckland but Mexicali Fresh isn't one of them. Expect unfriendly service, poor value, tiny portions - there is absolutely nothing authentically Mexican about this place. Oh, the only positive is that it has a view! Eat here as a last resort or at 4am in the morning when your senses are numb.

Dins Rodriguez

Have been seeing this restaurant while walking along Queen Street, but this is the first time I’ve tried eating here, through their Ponsonby branch. Was looking foreward to it because I’ll finally be able to try a Mexican restaurant here in Auckland. Was a tad bit disappointed about the experience though. First, the menu here in this app is different from what’s displayed in the eatery menu (lesser options). We bought the Longboard taco salad and a Chicken Quesadilla. The quesadilla tasted bland for me, while the thing I loved about the taco salad was the taco shell itself—which doesn’t say much about the meal, overall. What I liked—the serving size (can be split by two people or 1.5) and the overall service, because staff was accommodating. Would likely try to eat at other restaurants when craving for Mexican food, or try other orders if ever I eat here again.

Anastasia Matiatos

Mexicali Fresh is always the damn place to be. I always come here with mates or boyfriends or whoever. I always always always get the chicken quesadilla it is so fricken amazing dude it's just straight up dope as fuk. I love how they chuck the chips and salsa on the side as like an extra shnacc. I'm just in love with there mexican food here it's so bloody good omg you NEED to go here if you haven't because everything just tastes too damn good. x

Anna Blaiklock

Great place with yummy food! What made this outlet stand out though was the great service we received from Jenson. Would recommend. Generous sides of salsa and guacamole with the quesadilla.

Pooja Vyas

Ordered Nachos through Ubereats. Timely arrival and yummy,however the serving size was very disappointing. It was almost half the portion of what is normally served at the restaurant..not sure why??:(

Ben

Solid 4 star. I eat here once a week, the food is alway good quality, the fries are awesome too! The only thing that lets them down is over the busy lunch rush they sometimes don’t have enough staff, so the wait time is a little long (worth the wait though)

Pooja Singh

We had their chicken fajita taco salad. It was pretty much average in terms of taste, though the serving size was pretty much decent. The service was also kind of slow..

Sarah Shepherd

Much better than Mad Mex. Love that they now use free range meat. Mexicali fresh is good for a super casual lunch and can be made healthy if you want.

Frank

Apart from the fact there are now about fourteen Mexican restaurants in a row along P Rd, making it hard to distinguish (for an amateur diner like myself) which one you have accidently landed in (Mexico, Mexicali, Mad Mexicali, Mexico Mex, Mexicoli and Mex Mexico just to name a few of them) there is plenty to celebrate, which each one bringing it's own unique combination of Mexicanness to town... In the case of this one we combine a fast food element with basic rustic fit out. The tacos, nachos and quesadillas are made up in front of you by friendly servers and you can enjoy your meal on a high table with a pleasant brewski. Definitely a go to place for a quick healthy lunch at a reasonable price...

Coral Stroud

Worst Mexicali fresh experience to date. The server was rude and argumentative, his co worker was new and he offered him no help in how to prepare my mango chicken salad and I felt really sorry for him because the guy instead of helped took over and left him standing there dismayed. I wrote an email to the branch afterwards detailing everything that happened from messing up my order to his rude attitude and didn't get a reply so thought I'd post something here too as I am not usually one to complain. Mexicali fresh in constellation and takapuna always have amazing service so I had high expectations and this experience made me never want to return to the ponsonby branch again.

Tuku

Dine in experience. Awesome interior, staff was friendly. Easy step by step when ordering for your meal although it was hard to choose which one. Nice quick easy meal to have. Also fresh. Yum. I would recommend to anyone who opts for a change.

Captain Underpants

A great, quick takeaway joint. Service is adequate and the food is pretty good. Not going to change your life but if you're after a quick Mexican feed stop by

Britney Beeby

My fiancé and I popped into Mexicali for their nachos special two weeks ago. I wasn't super impressed. Felt slightly let down. I didn't feel like their flavours were particularly authentic, and didn't like the texture of the mince on our nachos. It was soft and mushy. We won't be back, because we really enjoy Mexican and feel there are better places to eat it in Auckland. I've given them a slightly higher rating that I should have, because I the single portion was large enough to feed two people.

Annette Wong

I have been to every mexicali in auckland and this is the best one. Their food is always fresh with generous amounts of meat. My usual favourite is the Fajita chicken salad. Iv been here more times than I care to admit. I love their loyalty points system which makes eating here more affordable and a weekly treat

LucyGoosey

I really love Mexican food, though I am not the most knowledgeable about whether or not flavours are authentic. To me, Old El Paso kits are pretty amazing, especially the tacos and chicken enchiladas! So, when reviewing a Mexican restaurant, I am trying to keep in mind that I may not be the most experienced critic when it comes to Mexican cuisine. I really enjoyed the food at this place and thought it was fresh and tasty! My friend and I ordered two tacos each and some corn chips with refried beans and salsa. I'm not the biggest fan of refried beans, I find the texture really od but my friend enjoyed it. I really liked the chicken taco. I noticed my friend had chipotle on her one so I went back inside and asked the lady behind the counter for some. Why was the chipotle not offered to me when I ordered the tacos? It's not nice to deprive me of chipotle, and hiding it won't work, I will find it in the end! We also got some Mexican cola which was delicious! All in all, this place is good value for money, has friendly service and tasty Mexican food!