Awesome Mexican food! If you haven’t been here make sure to add it to your list. We have ordered different dishes including the flautas, burritos, and tacos. Portions are huge so you will with a full belly. Service is good and prices are fair.
Fantastic food and accommodating staff. Carne asada good choice and the beef barbacue tacos are reason why I will be back. Definitely worth the drive.
Super love this place and their food! We hope they can accommodate more people. Their food is just LOVE! I’ve been eating in a lot of mexican dining places but this one is on my #1. We will return here soon.
Delicious food! absolutely a favorite local restaurant. The portions are generous and are well priced, the live music on Friday nights makes it such a great environment.
Daniella Almeida (danyloal)
+5
Soooooooooooooooooo good!!! Food is just heavenly amazing. A must go for Brazilians to get food that tastes like home. Great latin vibe and music.
Absolutely amazing authentic Mexican food!
Had the tostadas this evening. Tender crunchy and fresh. Perfect balance of meat beans and toppings. And HUGE portions.
100% recommend this restaurant to everyone.
Had the choriquezo quesadilla. It was so filling and it was really packed with bold flavours and I love that as soon as you come in here, they immediately give you some chips with salsa to start with. This place gave an authentic feel of Mexican foods and it's definitely a must go!
Wendy and I have recently been on a bit of a quest to find the best restaurant in New Westminster. We tried some of the overly hyped restaurants at the River Market, but somehow this lesser-known gem slipped our mind. Taqueria Playa Tropical is an authentic Mexican restaurant on 6th St. that we have been frequenting for some time, and have had a review in the draft stages for a year now (!!). The pictures below are from a mix of visits during this time period, so please excuse the older, lower resolution ones.
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If you love Mexican food, you'll absolutely love this restaurant. Of all New West's food gems (and there are a lot!), Playa Tropical always stands out for me and has been a longtime favorite!
I'm not a vegetarian, but definitely not much of a carnivore either and often opt for veggie dishes in general. My personal favorite menu item is their vegetarian burrito, which is wrapped in an 11" flour tortilla and wow is it STUFFED. I couldn't believe that they hadn't mixed up my order and given me a Monster Burrito (upsize option) by mistake!
On top of that, the guacamole and pico de gallo are always on point, very fresh and so so delicious.
My girlfriend and I try to visit every time we get together in the area, they have a great dine-in atmosphere and are always busy, and I believe they also have live music some evenings which I can only imagine would be really fun considering it's a spacious, bustling and very lively restaurant to start with.
Awesome place to have dinner with friends or family, date night as well!
Very unique place. Good, authentic Mexican food with a good environment for a small restaurant. We went on a Saturday night and they had live music. Good idea to make a reservation if you REALLY want to get there on a busy night. At some point there were over 15 people on the waiting list.
This place is amazing! The wait to get in was a bit long, but it was well worth it! Our waiter was super friendly and very helpful for helping my friends and I pick the most delicious menu items. The food came out super quick and it was so good! I got the tacos and my friends had the monster burritos which were HUGE! Best bang for your buck! We also got 2 pitchers of margaritas and they had many flavours to choose from. I HIGHLY recommend going here! I will definitely be back!
They work hard to keep the flavors authentic. Cheap tacos ($3 each!), plenty of interior seating, and pretty good cocktails.
You get what you pay for: nothing fancy here/over the top presentation but flavors are solid. I would try the plate or monster burritos next. Service was adequate.
Minimal free spots in the back, pay parking on main street but if you’re willing to walk block there’s free residential parking around. Cash or card accepted.
Our new neighbourhood favourite! We always wanted to try this place and it was worth it. We shared a platter for dinner and churros for dessert, and it was more than enough food for two. Great proportions, delicious and tasty food - we will definitely keep coming back!
Just had lunch here & omgoodness! It's been on my list of places to try & I really wish I had come here sooner, but better late than never right?!
It's a bright spacious restaurant with well spaced out tables. The service is friendly & inviting.
We order 2 Pollo Asada Platters (one with a side of mole) & 2 Carne Asada Platters.
These platters easily make two meals for a small eater & one delicious feast for a big eater. Everything is well prepared & absolutely delicious. Their mole 🤯.
We capped off our meal with Tres Leches & Churros. They make their Churros fresh to order so it takes about 10 minutes, but trust me it's worth the wait! They are literally the best Churros I have ever had.
This place doesn't need any publicity as it was packed the entire time we were here. Do yourself a favour & check it out. This is a great little gem in New West!
If you love authentic Mexican food, you can’t go wrong here. We tried a bit of everything. We had the ‘appy trio’ which was delish. A nice way to sample the guacamole, ceviche and salsa. The main meal we had shrimp quesadilla, shrimp enchilada, Choriqueso (Mexican chorizo) quesadilla, & Steak. The original steak order came out as tough & hard to cut through the meat. They were willing to get it right by preparing another cut. If you order the steak, make sure you ask for the thin cut. Someone had the chicken and veggie soup which was a huge serving. They even have a kids menu which is a bonus!
The real deal is when they offer week day specials from Monday to Friday. On Fridays go for the full meal deal - MONSTER Burrito for $12. It was humungous, enough for at least 3 meals. If you’re into some Latin music, visit on a Friday or Saturday night from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm for live music. There are plenty of drink choices too! Be prepared to wait as it’s probably the best Mexican food around.
Food was amazing good quality and quantity. Staff was very nice and polite. You have to visit the place for these enormous margaritas my favourite “lime Margarita double shot”
Top notch Mexican restaurant. Great atmosphere, outstanding service and excellent food. It reminds us so much of the Mexican restaurants when we were in S. Texas & S. California. Every dish was prepared fresh with quality ingredients. This is a restaurant that we will visit often. Highly recommended.
One of my favourite Mexican restaurants. Their tacos are really good but I love their rice and beans plates. Their monster burrito is the best value meal. This place is always busy with 15-30 min waits.
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