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Tequila Joe's
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About
Tequila Joe's Mexican Food and Cocktail Bar. A Great place to see and be seen in Te Aro, the Capital City's Entertainment District. Tequila Joe's is all about fun - not your average dining experience. A great place to gather with friends for hours over cocktails, platters, and Main Meals. Hit the Town for a Dance just 1 block away afterwards. We are proud to offer you New Zealand's best Mexican cuisine, brought to you by the Cruz Family. We are also the home of New Zealand's first Buffalo Wings. During the week day we offer All You Can Eat Meals ( #tacotuesday #wingwednesday, and #tacothursday). Enjoy a fresh Margarita, Mexican craft beer, or even BYO Wine! Probably the best deal in town for throwing a Function! Whether it's a Birthday, 21st, Stag Do, Hen's Party, Engagement Party, Corporate Cocktail Function, or Leaving Party. Our Sound System Cranks, our lights can go way down, and the smoking area out front is very convenient. Keep on Rockin' in the Free World.
Features
CUISINES
Mexican, Bar
Meal types
Dinner, Drinks
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
FEATURES
Delivery
Full Bar
Mastercard
Reservations
Seating
Serves Alcohol
Street Parking
Table Service
Takeout
Television
Visa
Wheelchair Accessible
Location
Street Parking
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Hours
Closed today
Sunday
Closed
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
5:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Wednesday
5:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Thursday
5:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Friday
5:00 pm - 12:00 am
Saturday
5:00 pm - 12:00 am
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4.3
119 reviews
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SurferRosa
Wellington8 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
All you can eat wings, $29 - some amazing flavours, especially the buffalo hot wings and extra hot garlic & chilli ones. The little trays kept comin, and got a side of lovely seasoned fries. The waiters were lovely guys, polite and nothing too much trouble. A great experience and I’d go again.
Thank you
Written 25 February 2020
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greengemstone
88 contributions
May 2022 • family
Went for dinner tonight. Ordered buffalo wings , cocktail, quesadilla , carnitas and ended with cookie dough for dessert. Absolutely all delicious. Service was top notch from the bar guy from beginning to end. Trying the other items in the menu next time.
Written 20 May 2022
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David A
Auckland72 contributions
Apr 2021 • none
We did the All-you-can-eat Tuesday Taco deal and didn't regret the decision. Got a jug of Sangria and worked our way through 9 tacos each before we called it. Great staff that obviously enjoy their work. We're not big taco fans because of the 'bread' content, but we'd been walking all day and these hit the spot. This place is 50/50 bar/restaurant, but there were little kids and teens and no one looked or felt out of place. Hard to explain, but it just kinda worked because of the vibe.
Written 22 April 2021
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Steven T
Vancouver Island41 contributions
Apr 2024 • friends
Misleading. This is presently a "Mocktail" bar with NO alcohol options. The food is substantially over-priced for the quality. The beef ranchero seemed to be seasoned with HP Sauce versus Chipotle.
On the plus side, they provided a couple of free cauliflower tacos while we waited for our food. The server was optimistic but inexperienced and had some communication challenges.
Written 25 April 2024
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sofiaryan7
Wellington105 contributions
Sept 2020 • none
I went to this restaurant for the first time. i walked din and it was soo loud, the tables were cramp inside a tiny restaurants and it was busy. We booked a table but we saw a table straight away for four people since we were four. The service is quite slow. After 5 minutes we got given menus.
Great variety of food. I ordered the Baja quesadilla grande but with beef. It came at a reasonable time. The plate looked big. There were four big quesadillas. The quesadillas had a lot of beef and it was crispy. However the beef tasted quite good but it didn't go well with the green child sauce. The green child sauce was quite acidic and the mayo on it's own tasted fine but it didn't go with the quesadilla.
Overall the service needs to improve and some of the food needs improvements. The food is good but to make it perfect it needs some improvements.
Written 28 September 2020
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Ian W
15 contributions
Jul 2021 • solo
A rainy night looking for dinner. I was heading up the road and say people smiling and eating so I went in.
I was made welcome by the barman and a lovely lady who asked if I would prefer a table or the bar. I chose the bar.
Turned out to be Taco Tuesday. All you can eat for $25.
What lovely food. The barman was great company as was the waitress who turned out to be the manager.
Great evening with great food and a lovely Tuatara beer
Thanks guys 👍
Written 27 July 2021
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cindy
Wanaka2 contributions
Mar 2024 • friends
We visited "joes" as a group of friends visiting wellington. Sign outside saying " frozen margaritas ". Well there were no margaritas not even a beer insight! Apparently they had no liquor license. So we stayed for all you can eat tacos. Probably to worst tacos I have ever had. One taco just had leek and onions. And the cauliflower taco both inedible. Such a shame, very disappointed and at $29 a head just awful.
Written 29 February 2024
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kiwijokers
Auckland334 contributions
Mar 2023 • couples
This was a total disaster. We had a booking and the man pretended we didn’t. I had to find the email confirmation. He was very rude.
Mind you he probably couldn’t hear because of the too loud music at 5.30. The place only had 4 people in it.
The photos make it look upmarket. It’s very scruffy. And the food was average. Dreadful quesillada. Slow service too.
We were very happy to leave
Written 4 April 2023
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Jo
Wellington8 contributions
Oct 2021 • none
Went for ‘All you can eat taco Tuesday’ and ordered four tacos meals for three of us. Went to pay and they tried to charge for four but I pointed out it was all you can eat. They explained that was a different menu, I said they never made that clear or gave us the other menu. I refused to pay the fourth taco meal but didn’t quibble over being overcharged on the margarita. Slow, slow service but delicious food.
Written 4 October 2021
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Global07269182501
1 contribution
Apr 2024 • friends
The food was ok but overpriced. A street vendor would do better. There were no alcoholic beverages available even though the spot is marketed as a cocktail bar and Mexican restaurant. They must not have a liquor license as only 'mocktails' are available. Highly disappointed! Would not recommend.
Written 24 April 2024
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Kelly B
Whakapapa181 contributions
Aug 2023 • couples
What an awesome place with amazing food and amazing service. The Barman was super friendly and made me and my partner a tasty cocktail each! I was fussy and didn’t know what to drink as I’m actually not keen on tequila! But my cocktail was awesome Thankyou! We had the all you can eat tacos which were super yummy and fries were fresh n crispy! Overall a real nice experience - Thankyou! Will be back next time we’re in wellington!
Written 15 August 2023
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Curiosity11961798683
3 contributions
Apr 2023 • none
Fantastic evening with beautiful food and gorgeous cocktails.
The staff were run off their feet tonight but were attentive and any wait was well worth it. Highly recommend.
Written 13 April 2023
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Escape609900
Wellington37 contributions
May 2022 • none
Thanks so much for the great Tacos & Margueritas - lovely staff as well - you made a busy doctor new to Wellington extremely happy :-) I will be back ! x
Written 16 May 2022
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Jeff O
Christchurch12 contributions
Apr 2021 • friends
Great energy and vibe in this place.
Excellent drink selection and simple but delicious food
We visited on Wings Wednesday- all you can eat spicy and bbq wings and our group throughly enjoyed this
Written 12 May 2021
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Louise T
Amelie-les-Bains-Palalda1 contribution
Apr 2021 • none
Excellent service and authentic tasty food. Stool weren't the most comfortable but otherwise a great evening.
Written 2 May 2021
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