Mexican Restaurants in Glasgow: A Neighbourhood Guide

Glasgow's Mexican places cluster in two broad zones: the grid of the city centre, where several sit within a few minutes' walk of Central Station, and the western strip that runs from Finnieston out along Byres Road. Beyond the city boundary, our directory also maps a restaurant in Paisley and another in Falkirk, both close enough to count for anyone in the wider region.

This page collects the Glasgow-area businesses currently listed in our UK directory and groups them by the area given in each address. It is a directory listing, not a ranking. RecetasMexas maps venues rather than reviewing them: we have not eaten at any of these places, and every detail below — format, price band, what the menu features — comes from the business's own entry in our database.

Price bands follow the directory convention: £ is budget, ££ mid-range. Hours and menus change, so check the venue's own website or ring before you set off.

City centre

Four of the entries below sit inside the central grid, within a short walk of each other and of Central and Queen Street stations. Three are mid-range sit-down restaurants; one is a budget counter.

Mezcal Glasgow

At 104 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 6PH, which the listing places seconds from Central Station. Tacos, burritos and quesadillas alongside what the entry describes as an extensive mezcal and tequila selection. Mid-range band, with recorded hours of 12:00 to 22:00 and a phone number of +44 141 221 9127.

Topolabamba Glasgow

Listed at 89 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5TF. Our entry describes a longstanding Mexican sharing-plates restaurant with a colourful dining room, a fierce margarita game, and tacos and tostadas built around imported chillies. Mid-range band; the number on file is +44 141 248 9359 and the recorded pattern is 12:00 to 22:00.

El Santo

At 84 Miller Street, Glasgow G1 1DT. The directory files it as a cantina and describes a Latin American restaurant serving Brazilian and Mexican cuisine with a speakeasy cocktail bar, live music and a vibrant atmosphere — so expect a menu that ranges wider than Mexico alone. Mid-range band; the listed number is +44 141 260 0770.

Barburrito Glasgow

The budget-band option in the centre, at 138 Queen Street, Glasgow G1 3BX. Part of a Mexican street food chain, with burritos, tacos and nachos made to order from a choice of fillings. Recorded hours run 10:00 to 22:00 on weekdays and from 11:00 on Sundays; the phone number listed is +44 141 221 9330.

Merchant City

Las Iguanas Glasgow

At 16-20 West Nile Street, Glasgow G1 2PW, which our listing places in the Merchant City area. It is a Latin American chain rather than a strictly Mexican kitchen — the directory files it under Tex-Mex — with flame-grilled dishes, sharing plates, bottomless brunch and cocktails on the menu according to the entry. Mid-range band, and the recorded hours vary by day: 12:00 to 21:00 on Mondays, later on Fridays at 22:30, and closing at 20:00 on Sundays. The number listed is +44 141 248 5705.

Finnieston

El Jefe's Finnieston

Listed at 1166-1170 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8TE. The entry describes a Mexican restaurant and bar with live mariachi at weekends, serving tacos, quesadillas, elote and churros in what it calls a party atmosphere. It keeps the latest hours of anything in this guide: midnight most nights and 01:00 on Fridays, from a 12:00 opening. Mid-range band, with a phone number of +44 330 043 2647.

Rafa's

Also in Finnieston but very easy to walk past: Rafa's is listed at 1103 The Hidden Lane, Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8ND, tucked into the Hidden Lane courtyard. Our entry records a tiny nine-seater serving Arizona-inspired tacos, burritos, quesadillas and nachos. It sits in the budget band. With nine seats, timing your visit matters more than usual.

West End

Topolabamba West End

The Byres Road branch of the Scottish Mexican chain, at 116-122 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8TB. The listing describes sharing plates, tacos and cocktails, and calls the chain a popular one and the surrounding area Glasgow's bohemian neighbourhood. Mid-range band.

Lupe Pintos Glasgow

The only shop in the Glasgow pack, at 313 Great Western Road, G4 9HR, which the listing places in the West End's Kelvin Bridge area. It is the Glasgow branch of Lupe Pintos, carrying a full range of Mexican and American ingredients: dried chillies, hot sauces, spices and speciality imported products. Recorded hours are 10:00 to 18:00 on weekdays and 12:30 to 17:30 on Sundays; the number on file is +44 1413345444. If you are cooking Mexican food anywhere in the west of Scotland, this is the address in our directory to know.

South Glasgow

Tortilla Glasgow

At Barrhead Road, Silverburn, Glasgow G53 6AG, inside the Silverburn shopping centre in south Glasgow. Fast-casual California-style burritos and tacos, in the budget band, with recorded hours of 11:00 to 21:00 seven days. The phone number listed is +44 141 881 4784.

Beyond the city: Paisley and Falkirk

La Mesa Paisley

Listed at 25 New Street, Paisley PA1 1XU, in the centre of the town. The entry describes it as an authentic Mexican restaurant and the new face of Mexican cuisine in Renfrewshire, with a wide-ranging menu of tacos, fajitas, burritos and signature margaritas. Mid-range band. Recorded hours are 12:00 to 22:00 most days, running to 23:00 on Fridays; the number is +44 141 378 5588.

Mexican Texmex Bar & Grill

Further east, at 222 Grahams Road, Falkirk FK2 7BH. Our directory records a family-run Tex-Mex bar and grill with a classic Mexican menu of fajitas, burritos and enchiladas alongside grilled steaks and a relaxed bar atmosphere. Mid-range band; the listed number is +44 1324 627 270.

Cooking it at home, and keeping this page accurate

Between the mezcal lists in the city centre and the shelves at Lupe Pintos on Great Western Road, Glasgow is a reasonable place to take Mexican cooking seriously at home. If you want to understand what you are drinking, our British drinker’s guide to mezcal and tequila covers where each spirit comes from and what separates them. For cooking, the foundation is handmade maize tortillas; from there, birria tacos reward a slow afternoon, and elote en vaso takes about fifteen minutes if you already have the corn.

One last practical note. This is a directory listing rather than a verdict on any kitchen. Addresses, price bands and opening patterns are recorded from each business's own information, and information ages: places move, change hands and close. If anything on the pages linked above looks wrong — a changed address, different hours, a venue that has closed — use the report option on that venue's page and we will correct the entry. New Mexican kitchens can be submitted the same way, and they are added to the map on the same terms as everything else here: recorded, located and described, not scored.