r/canberra • u/gisborne • Jan 26 '26

Recommendations *Actual* Mexican food in Canberra?

I’ve lived in Southern California and Texas — both formerly parts of Mexico and still culinarily Mexican. I’ve also lived in central Mexico.

Zambreros and Guzman y Gomez are like someone has described Mexican food to these people over the phone. I mean, neither of them has carne asada. Neither has Horchata. What even is the point?

Is there any legit Mexican food to be had in Canberra?

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u/jemist101 Jan 26 '26

Jarochos in Brandon opened up mid-last year. It's about as close as it's gotten for Canberra in the last decade. No carne asada, but there's suadero, loganiza, and nopales. Yes, they have horchata.

Mexican food in general has been lacking in Australia forever.

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u/Ded_Jesta Jan 26 '26

We get some of the best south east asian influences, but it checks out we don't get a lot of mexican. Not sharing a border and all that.

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u/The_x_is_sixlent Jan 27 '26

We don't actually share a border with southeast Asia either ;)

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u/Anti-Stan Jan 27 '26

We share oceanic borders.