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Cantina Mexicana

Restaurant Mexican restaurant

👍👍 Cool place for Mexican food. Delicious as well. Their service is good. It is located opposite 2 other restaurant and pub so it can be quite noisy at times if you are expecting quite dining experience. Otherwise everything is great. People often mention good, Mexican, service, portions, dishes, options, staff, nice, restaurant, main,


Address

Knafljev prehod 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Website

www.cantina.si

Contact

+386 1 426 93 25

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (3.7K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 10 AM to 2 AM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 2 AM
  • Sunday: 10 AM to 1 AM
  • Monday: 10 AM to 1 AM
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 1 AM
  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 1 AM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 1 AM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (20) Mexican (15) service (12) portions (11) dishes (8) options (7) staff (7) nice (7) restaurant (6) main (6)
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  • 5/5 Harry R. 9 months ago on Google
    Cool place for Mexican food. Delicious as well. Their service is good. It is located opposite 2 other restaurant and pub so it can be quite noisy at times if you are expecting quite dining experience. Otherwise everything is great.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ni R. 1 year ago on Google
    Good Mexican food! So colourful and like the presentation of dishes. If you crave for meat and Maxican taste with good atmosphere Here is the place.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Aleksandar D. 4 months ago on Google
    Situated in the heart of the city center, nestled in the passage in the pedestal street amidst a cluster of other restaurants. The service is both friendly and enthusiastic. The extensive menu boasts a myriad of options inspired by Latin American cuisine, offering great value for money. There are ample choices for vegetarians, with a few vegan options available as well. The portions are fresh and generous, making it advisable to visit when you have a hearty appetite. Alternatively, you can opt for tapas if you're in the mood for a casual beer and a snack. They serve also local drink (beers and stronger alcohol) it's a fine dining experience.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Krzysztof Z. 1 year ago on Google
    What a great place. Delicious food, laid back waiters, and i Was impressed how quickly they serving so many guests 😁. Menu with wide variety of dishes.I totally recommend.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Noah S. 6 months ago on Google
    Scroll down for my tortilla chips rant. Taco Bell or Chipotle are more authentic than this place. As someone who grew up very close to Mexico, and with lots of authentic cuisine, I was skeptical when my wife suggested it (we no longer live in a place with an ample variety of Mexican cuisine) But the reviews seem to have defended it. I have to get this main complaint out of the way. When you order chips and salsa, or chips and guacamole DORITOS ARE NOT PROPER TORTILLA CHIPS. The insult to injury is that they provide flour tortillas for some of their meals, but they are either too lazy to fry the pieces of tortilla for chips or don’t care about Mexican cuisine to know the difference. This is an affront to Mexican cuisine. The beans tasted canned, the enchiladas resembled burritos more than they did enchiladas. And the service was nothing to write home about. I would avoid.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Sandy L. 7 months ago on Google
    Cute place. Good music. Service was good. I was disappointed in the food. It was okay. Really didn't seem Mexican at all to me. Served French fries with my chimichanga, which also was unlike any chimichanga I have ever had. The outside was very pasty and tasteless. I'm not sure what the white sauce they served was but it was tasteless and they served cheese wiz in a bowl with it. I sadly couldn't try a margarita. The food won't hurt you. The chicken inside tasted okay, but in my humble opinion, don't get a hankering for good Mexican.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 sophie w. 1 year ago on Google
    Delicious food, the best Mexican food we have ever eaten!! Food was fresh and flavourful, menu had lots of options. Good value, big portions. Staff are friendly and make lots of jokes :) Great atmosphere, would come back if we are ever in Ljubljana again!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 blanka p. 1 year ago on Google
    A neat place, everything in Mexican style, many tables, even on the 1st floor, which is very nicely lit. The food is excellent, the tortillas are very good, the portions are large, even for a very hungry man to eat well. A large selection of dishes, which are very nicely arranged in the menu, also marked with possible allergens. Friendly staff, fast service. The dishes are not expensive, depending on what you order, but since the portions are satisfactory and you eat well, of course it is not difficult to give a little more. The main dishes there are around 8-14 euros. As a family of three, we ate 3 main dishes, which had a choice of not only one side dish, but three (choice of fries, rice, vegetables, sauces, onion bread...), onion rings, a drink (beer, cocktail, juice) and we paid 43 which is not much for large portions. I highly recommend it.

  • 5/5 Michael J. 3 months ago on Google New
    Very delicious food, big portions, fair price. Atmosphere and the location is very cool and original. Fast and polite service.

  • 5/5 vee d. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing food and drinks at this place. Great prices. The portion sizes are huge and such good value. The liter sangria is such a good deal. Shocked at how good the food was. Highly recommend coming here.

  • 5/5 Sara W. 1 year ago on Google
    Fenomenal restaurant! From the interior design to the food to the very good waiters. The atmosphere was fun and cosy. The food and drinks(I had a great margarita) were amazing but most of all I enjoyed how good the staff was. I was by myself and the waiters really made me feel welcome and were super nice. The location is amazing, just by the main square but the prices were more than honest. I loved this place and highly recommend it to tourists and locals (there were mainly locals as far as I could tell)

  • 5/5 Clive G. 1 year ago on Google
    Visited this restaurant during our weekend in Ljubljana. Very helpful staff, especially assistant Damir. Food was excellent and atmosphere really nice too. Although place was busy, Damir made sure to provide excellent service with a smile. Highly recommended 👏 👏

  • 5/5 Philip T. 5 months ago on Google
    Tasty, delicious food.... Lots of choices. A hidden gem, found by accident. Great service... Waiter "convinced" us to have tequila shots too.... Hic!!

  • 5/5 Adela V. 6 months ago on Google
    Superb Mexican restaurant in Ljubljana, lovely ambience, polite and friendly staff (speaking multiple languages). Food is top notch, prepared quickly, plentiful and top quality. Highly recommended 👌 👍

  • 5/5 Gabriela A. 8 months ago on Google
    Wonderful place with delicious Mexican and tex mex food. The staff is very friendly. The portions are huge and contain many sauces and side dishes. Top!

  • 5/5 Anja M. 5 months ago on Google
    Our favourite place in Ljubljana... Love the ambient, love the food (and wine!), and it's price performance.

  • 5/5 Sheyla A. 2 years ago on Google
    Be prepared for an excellent flavor and big portions. One dish could easily be for 2 people. The presentation of the food is excellent. Drinks also look cute. Top service, they even speak Spanish and recomend you the best options.

  • 4/5 Christy D. 1 year ago on Google
    Nicely located in the centre of Ljubljana, at a shadow rich area just off the main shopping streets. Friendly and enthusiastic service. A huge list of options for any dishes related to Latin America. Good value for money. Vegetarians few vegan options, too. We were with eight and they still found a nice place for us. The taste is not very specific Mexican, but good quality for the veggies and salads. Fresh and quite a lot, so do not go here of you're not too hungry. Although, they have tapas and you may wish to just have a beer and a bite. The music was s bit loud, with a kind of cellar acoustic creating more noise. Will be hard for people with hearing issues, otherwise fine.

  • 5/5 Nur S. 1 year ago on Google
    The best Mexican food I ever tried! Tacos Verde is so good for vegetarian. Totally recommended!! Cheap, tasty and big portion.

  • 5/5 Te K. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice place. The restaurant is in a quiet side Street with a nice balcony. The prices are very good! And also there are big portions with delicious food! I can recommend it.

  • 5/5 Nemanja G. 1 year ago on Google
    Big indoor and outdoor seating space. Easy to find. Tasty food with different options to choose. Not very expensive compared with other themed restaurants in the city. Professional barista and polite staff.

  • 5/5 Denise A. 2 years ago on Google
    The place is really cute and in the centre of the city! portions are big and the prices are good! We were delighted by fajitas and tortillas, hightly recommended. A special thanks goes to our waiter who kept my wallet that I forgot at my seat, thank you again!!

  • 5/5 Balazs S. 1 year ago on Google
    Affordable prices (10-18 EUR for main dish) , delicious food (if you like mexican), super nice waitresses and cozy interior / spacious garden space. The place is not directly next to the river, slightly hidden but worth to look for it!

  • 5/5 Vora 1 year ago on Google
    I came here so often when I lived here 3years ago its still good and generous portion BUT it would be much better if the food served more warmer like I don’t feel Like food were warmed for enough time. I suggest you cook them for more longer time. Otherwise everything was same and good. In English version of menu, there is no Nacho cheese sauce as side dish 🥲

  • 5/5 Kassandra J. 3 years ago on Google
    Hands down one of the best Mexican places in Europe. So cheap. Definitely stop here for a meal. Very affordable and tons of food. Lovely customer service. Most of mains come with 3 sides so if you are a person that eats a lot or wants value for money then I highly suggest.

  • 2/5 Hana R. 2 years ago on Google
    Okay service, meals are good size but the quality of food is low! We’ve ordered paella and quesadilla, both way too salty and paella had barely any rice in it. It’s a shame but we had to give back half of the food…

  • 5/5 Vittorio L. 2 years ago on Google
    Very great messican restaurant. Amazing nachos and tapas

  • 4/5 Slavica G. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food and ambiance, friendly and fair staff, there was little to wait given the crowd all within acceptable limits.

  • 3/5 Jeanlou D. 2 years ago on Google
    As a french people, medium range Mexican food. not a lot of things are homemade, ask to cancel one ingredient on tortilla that wasn't possible !! brownie dry. Cheap tapas but the quantity it's ridiculous. Dish are good and good quantity.

  • 5/5 Vojtech H. 2 years ago on Google
    Very good food and nice service, we enjoyed 😌

  • 4/5 Primož 2 years ago on Google
    A lot to choose from, big portions, delicious deserts, the waiters are very cool


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
  • Parking
    • ✓️ Difficult to find a space
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Salad bar
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Organic dishes
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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