Though natives have long regarded this veteran restaurant as the best Mexican in town, we've never seen any evidence to suggest the food is anything other than calamitous; if anything Mexico Bar can be blamed for demonstrating to all the other owners of Wrocław's Mexican restaurants that you don't need to have any idea about Mexican cuisine or even the proper ingredients to open a successful restaurant. Yet, that may soon be changing. Having acquired the former head chef of Abrams' Tower during the competitor's temporary closure over the summer, it is conceivable that Mexico Bar may be putting his considerable knowledge and talents to use towards the creation of proper Mexican food. Or they may be parlaying the same slop they built their reputation on. We'll let you know next issue if we can get a table in this constantly packed, compact hacienda full of Corona chandeliers, cacti and Aztec masks.
Mexico Bar comments
- Frederick Abrams - Poland, Wroclaw
This is a ridiculous commentary. We do not use mayonnaise in our guacamole or tomato paste in our salsa. We never substitute our ingredients or cheapen our preparation with inferior substitutes. I stress this and friendliness to our guests at all times with extreme diligence. - 31
Mar
2009Dave - USA/California, Chula Vista
I'm from San Diego and I was just passing through lovely Wroclaw and stopped by Abrams' Tower having read about it In Your Pocket. Down in San Diego there seems to be Mexican food on every corner. The chips we had were authentic like we know in SD, deep fried, homemade. Never found this before in our travels. The green salsa that they served was smooth and perfect. I've spent time in New York and not found any Mexican food that is particularly appealing or really Mexican. Fajitas and a lot of Mexican food is oily, especially tacos. Hard shell tacos are artificial. A real one as we know, like the chips made from the same corn tortillas is deep fried in oil or there is the "soft" taco type which is a heated soft corn tortilla without the oil. Guacamole is not made with mayonnaise and I didn't notice any in what we had. The chef in the kitchen was very gracious when we left and complimented him and the owner was so helpful he gave us tips on finding our way around town. - 23
Mar
2009Steven Harrison - USA / New York, New York
I had just the opposite experience. While Abrams' Tower (your choice here for best Mexican) is "interesting" what was supposed to be guacamole was hard avocados blended with mayonnaise. The red salsa was some doctored up tomato paste with a crunchy texture. The fajitas were very good but not terribly authentic and swimming, no SWIMMING in oil. And the manager and chef didn't even bother to say hello and were both quite rude.On the other hand, Mexico Bar had some nice touches. A wonderful taco (with a hard shell unfortuneately) acceptable tamales and a rather nice enchilada. Even though the food wasn't 100% authentic it was the best I'd tasted on the European continent and they treated me with kindness and great service.
Apr
2009