Restaurants

Great food & great atmosphere at The Mexican

Situated in the heart of Old Town, in Jeffrey’s Bay, where surfing and sandy beaches reign supreme, rests the perfect place to enjoy a sundowner and cocktails with friends; The Mexican!

As the name suggests, The Mexican serves a wide variety of margaritas and traditional Mexican cuisine, which they have become famous for. They are ideally located right by Dolphin Beach, and have beautiful views of Da Gama Street when the lights come on at night.

They recently underwent renovations and now gives off a refreshing beach bar vibe. My friend and I loved the relaxed atmosphere of The Mexican when we arrived for dinner. Out table had the perfect view of the restaurant and was right next to the balcony, which offered a nice cool ocean breeze.

Enjoy some fruity cocktails & amazing cuisine at The Mexican

To get the evening started, we ordered some of their signature drinks. Since my friend doesn’t drink alcohol, she tried their famous Marilyn Monroe mocktail, while I enjoyed the Mermaids Orgasm cocktail.

My friend had never tasted Mexican food before, so she had no idea what to expect from. Their menu offers a wide variety of tasty treats, from pizza to burgers and salads – so if you’re not quite ready to handle the spicy Mexican cuisine, you don’t have to worry!

Seeing that we were in a Mexican restaurant, we had to try Mexican dishes. I ordered their chicken Chimichanga while my friend tried her first ground beef Burrito and Taco. Not only was our waitress very friendly, she was prompt and informed us that The Mexican offers different specials every day of the week.

Delicioso is the best word to describe out food!

My Chimichanga was delicious and had just the right level of spiciness that I could enjoy all the flavours while enduring the heat from my meal. My friend, who was new to Mexican food, was not prepared for her burrito and taco, but she still enjoyed the surprise.

The spicy food paired well with the fruitiness of our cocktails as we chatted and enjoyed the beachy atmosphere as the sun set.

My friend and I would definitely love to go back again and try the rest or their menu and one of their many unique cocktails! We’d definitely make sure to try some of their sweet desserts.

To make a booking at The Mexican, call 042 293 2966. Visit their website at www.themexicanjbay.co.za.

For great savings on life’s little pleasures visit Bargain Buys! Know somebody who is getting married, Wedding and Function can assist. Have kids, then you need to visit Kids Connection.

Enjoy reading this article? For more articles like this click here

Looking for factual news? Click here for Eastern Cape and Here for Western Cape news.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE

About us

Actually, Home Food and Travel offers a lot more than just reviews of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities. We also visit great destinations, receive advice from interior designers and stop to smell the roses and taste the coffee.

Our team of journalists are seasoned travels and love visiting the myriad of exciting places around South Africa. Whether it is off the beaten track or in the heart of the top attractions of the country, we’ll be there,

Home Food and Travel advice on finding the right accommodation

So what is the right accommodation? Well more often than not, it’s your travel budget that dictates the type of accommodation that you choose.

Expensive is not always better. Our team at Home Food and Travel will tell you that they have camped in areas with limited ablutions and had a wonderful holiday. They have also spent a night in a five star hotel only to be disappointed because their expectations exceeded the experience.

The reason for your travels will also affect your choice. A business trip requires different amenities to a beach holiday.

Our articles, reviews and experiences can certainly help you make your decision.

Restaurants with a good mix of service, food and ambiance

To my mind a great restaurant offers three things – excellent service, great food and a wonderful ambiance. Of these, service is the most important.

No matter that the food is delicious and the setting delightful, poor service can ruin the occasion. However, great service combined with mediocre meal and a plane jane restaurant can still be a pleasant night out.

We’ve eaten in restaurants that are really dirty but with incredible food and couldn’t help but give a rave review. We’ve also hardly noticed what we ate because the setting was just amazing.

However, the best restaurants come with the best of service, food and ambiance.

Spas are the ultimate relaxation aid

How do you know when you have had a great spa experience? The answer, of course, is when you doze off on the treatment table.

Well that’s our theory anyway. It also doesn’t take a grand location with enormous facilities for a spa to be really good

A small, personal spa that is owner run can result in the best massage you have ever experienced. However, the grand spas in five star hotels offer unsurpassed facilities in an environment that just makes the stress in your shoulders and neck melt away before you even finish checking in.

Adventure!

You don’t have to be an adrenaline junky to enjoy an exciting experience. In fact, what are commonly termed adventure activities usually have incredibly high safety standards and unblemished safety records.

Ziplining, bungy jumping and shark cage diving are all very safe. It’s just that our mind tells us we are craaazzzzyyyy to be doing this.

On the road to great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities

If you’re driving, be safe and make use of all the wonderful farm stalls that populate South Africa’s open roads.

If you overhear somebody asking a lot of questions or see someone taking photos of empty bedrooms chances are it’s one of our Home Food and Travel team members.

We’re out looking or those great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.

See you on the road!