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In New Town’s thriving Thistle Street, on the former site of Mexican cantina El Cartel (from ex-El Cartel group honcho Stuart McCluskey), an ultra-minimalist addition to the city’s taco scene highly rated by Times critic Chitra Ramaswarmy.

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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Rated “exceptional all round for a cheap ’n’ cheerful meal” in one early report from our diners, this New Town newcomer on thriving Thistle Street is an upgrade of El Cartel on the same site. The Times’s Chitra Ramaswamy was likewise impressed in her April 2024 review, applauding a “more than welcome” addition to Scotland’s thriving taco scene… “all the bits and bobs that make a Mexican party in your mouth that you never want to leave”.

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64 Thistle Street, New Town, EH2 1EN

Paz Taqueria Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Paz Taqueria Restaurant in EH2, New Town by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Paz Taqueria restaurant.
Charlotte L
Nice food - short menu but well executed. W...
Reviewed 4 months, 7 days ago

"Nice food - short menu but well executed. Went at lunchtime, but the place was far too cold…"

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What the Newspaper Critics are saying

The Sunday Times

Chitra Ramaswamy found a “more than welcome” addition to Scotland’s thriving taco scene, an ultra-minimalist with a short menu of five antojitos (“little cravings” in Mexican Spanish) and seven tacos on Thistle Street in Edinburgh’s New Town.


“Our best taco? Chicken tinga: loaded with pulled chicken that’s been roasted, not simmered in broth as is usually the case, with tomato, onion, adobo and chipotle chillies. Then all the bits and bobs that make a Mexican party in your mouth that you never want to leave.


“It’s hot, sweet, tangy, palate-punching, gone in five sloppy bites. Everything you want from a banging taco.

Chitra Ramaswamy - 2024-04-07
64 Thistle Street, New Town, EH2 1EN

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