Mexican in South Korea - 27 Restaurant Picks

Salsa, bachata and reggaeton play inside this ground-floor pub down an alley from Itaewon Station. The taco set puts se…

The menu matches the original branch, but this second location has a brighter, more modern room. Chimichanga is a fille…

Slow-cooked, heavily seasoned beef and cheese fill the folded birria tacos, which come with a rich broth for dipping an…

Birria tacos come with a separate cup of consomme. Dip the edge of the tortilla and it softens with beef broth and fat,…

At this Mexican grill, the dish one diner insists you order is, of all things, a tomato pasta made with plenty of tomat…

A deliberately dark entrance on the eighth floor gives way to Mexican decor and music once you step inside. The Doritos…

Bright Mexican-style decor and dimmed evening lighting set this taco spot apart from the office blocks around Gasan Dig…

Among the tacos, the pescado, with fried John Dory inside, tends to come up first, while the tripa, made with pork inte…

Chopped beef intestine in the tripas taco crisps at the edges like fried chicken skin and stays chewy inside, with a he…

Fish tacos here wrap tender fish in a thin, crisp batter and top it with salsa. The beef quesadilla holds sirloin and M…

Chicken burritos are built by picking a heat level and then adding things like sausage, corn or cheese. Chili cheese fr…

A chef who grew up in East LA makes everything from the tortillas to the salsas in-house. The tacos to know are al past…

Tucked into the shopping arcade of an apartment complex in Jeju's English Education City, this Mexican spot is easy to…

Served whole rather than sliced, the chimichanga keeps its fried shell crisp to the last bite. Beef and chicken tacos a…

Pork lean, skin, stomach and tongue are cooked in fat as carnitas, and you pick the cut that goes into each carnitas ta…

Corn tortillas made in-house give the soft-shell tacos a texture quite unlike flour wraps. Chimichangas are stuffed ful…

Wagyu steak tacos come heavily loaded with beef, and the shrimp tacos use plump whole shrimp rather than small cocktail…

Pork, chicken and shrimp arrive sizzling on a hot plate with grilled onion and tomato for the fajitas, ready to wrap in…

Decorations straight out of the film Coco hang throughout this Mexican spot on Yongridan-gil in Samgakji, which makes i…

Thin fries piled with stir-fried kimchi, tender pork carnitas, sour cream and raw onion make up the Kimchi Carnitas Fri…

Since 2005 this small shop has been rolling tacos down an alley near Exit 7 of Gangnam Station, behind an entrance you…

Walk the counter and build the meal step by step, Chipotle-style: burrito, burrito bowl or tacos first, then rice, prot…

Tacos and burritos lead the menu at this Mexican kitchen on Hoenamu-ro, in the Itaewon area of Yongsan. Tacos come indi…

The meal starts at a self-service station, filling a bowl with free house-made nacho chips and two sauces while the kit…