De Nada | Mexican Eatery & Tequila Bar 476 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland 1024

"Well priced and very flavoursome cocktails, we had steak Burria taco and nachos. The nachos should be tried, the liquid queso was delicious and lots of flavour. Will come back"

"De Nada is one of the newer places in Mt Eden village so we decided to go there for dinner. We did book beforehand which was a good idea since it got packed. The menu had a range of interesting Mexican items (food and drinks) and they also had specials of the day. We started with the corn chips and they were really good. Proper corn chips with nice salsa and dips. It gave us time to pick drinks and I went with the coconut meal mojito. It did have a nice coconut flavour and was quite refreshing. We grabbed a series of different items to share. I quite liked the prawn tacos and the carne de vaca. They had a really nice flavour and the taco was quite refreshing. The pork rib birra taco was also nice and the tortilla was cooked over the hot plate so it had a nice crunch to it. The chorizo nacho and chimichangas were ok. I was looking forward to the desserts, particularly the tres leches cake. The cake and the churros were quite nice. I was a bit disappointed with the flan since the texture was quite grainy, almost like it was overcooked. I can see why it does get busy because the food is quite nice and the drink options were quite interesting. They do have indoor and outdoor tables and both were quite busy for most of the night. it was a really nice place for tasty Mexcian food, although I can't comment on the "authenticity"."

"Very bland and flavorless. Had the pork and steak tacos. Both were very bland and need more flavor. They come with a sauce which is spicy, but unless you add the sauce there is nothing to them. Was hoping this would be my new local, but won't be returning unless the menu is improved."

"They've made a good effort with this place and it (sort of) works. The food is tasty though a bit samey and menu quite limited. Really nice cocktails and decor, and very impressed by our waitress who seemed massively overworked but still provided friendly and efficient service. They were definitely under -staffed though that's not their fault."

"What a great experience, really good quality, fresh, tasty food. I couldn’t fault anything, recommendations from the waitress were perfect. I would never have normally ordered Nacho’s,l but she recommended, they were so good and different to the normal ‘kiwi’ version. Everything (we got a lot of different food) was easily able to be shared by 4 or could have ordered our own if wanted to. Overall was $60 each, for lots of meals (with food left over) and 2 or 3 drinks each. It was easily good value for money. Atmosphere is good also, we had a booked table waiting but otherwise was packed. I’d recommend booking as was consistently popular throughout the time we were there."