Wahaca

Ive been to this place 3 times and i have to say that the place is not welcome. There was this Indian Manager at Westfield very annoying and i couldn't understand what he was saying without being racist, but if you don't understand the language please don't work in a busy place! for Godsake! Which was more even funny.. almost all the kitchen guys were Indian and it is funny because the place were meant to be MEXICAN! same at Covent garden. The meat was dry and hard, for the steak cheese tacos and my friend had a hair in the enchilada. The food came 30mins late as well. which was awful and the atmosphere was shit! i was very disappointed. Knowing that Myers was the Head-Chef i was keen to go there but never saw her in this kitchen.

We got a waitress very slow, quite old thought who couldn't even do the job properly. She was stroking her hair each time which taking orders.. It was disgusting.

I would not recommend people to eat there. Very disappointed. Waitress no manners, The food poor and finally this manager who was speaking his own language which obviously make the whole experience regrettable!

Hmmm, I've been here twice and both times I've left feeling annoyed.

They make you wait at least at hour for a table (I arrived on a weeknight at 7pm) and they give you unrealistic times so when you come back and expect your table ready, you have another half an hour to wait.

The Front of House staff are rude, sarcastic and kept forgetting our booking. I can understand they have a stressful job but no need to be rude, after all, we are the ones waiting for a table.

The first time we went, we ended up sitting about an inch away from the people who had been queueing behind us for an hour which was a bit awkward as it felt like we knew them by this point.

Wahaca is a money-making machine. If there is a table available for 4 but you are a party of 3, they would rather make you wait for an hour than lose out on that extra person's spend. This is not a struggling business, they are constantly full and pack everyone in like sardines. It's also noisy and you have to shout to make yourself heard.

The food is good but the above really does spoil the experience.

Wahaca claims to be authentic Mexican but I'm not so sure. They offer Churros y Chocolate (which I love) and, according to Wahaca: "churro stalls are found all over Mexico". Which is strange because I've travelled through a fair part of Mexico and never saw a churro stall.

So why does it attract so many people? I think us British can't help but be attracted to a queue. If there's a queue, it must be good right?

Please don't jump on this bandwagon and spend your money somewhere more worthy.