Cantina Bar

Best Known For

Gourmet tacos such as Baja California crispy fish, with pickled cabbage, chipotle mayo and jalapeño.

For an intimate Latin-Mex street food experience head to Sydney’s harbourside suburb of Balmain to find Cantina Bar on Darling Street. With a menu drawing inspiration from street food vendors in Mexico, Spain, Portugal and Cuba and a bar selection laid out over 44-gallon drums; even the most-fickle gringo says arriba to tacos and tequila in funky surrounds of wall murals, exposed brick and recycled timber. A breakfast burrito appeals for brunch, with scrambled egg, bacon, chorizo, hash brown, roasted chilli salsa and cheese; while later diners chow down on slow-cooked lamb tacos, house slaw and picked red onion, or char-grilled prawn, habanero cream, guacamole and sliced radish. Perhaps seared scallop tostadas hit the mark, or eye fillet, risotto cake, onion jam, aioli and red wine jus.