El Burro

                 

It was Mexico’s Independence day on the 16th of September, but we normally celebrate it on the night of the 15th to party all night until after 12am. So this year, seeing as though I’m far away from home, I decided to go to a Mexican restaurant to be a bit patriotic. We went to a restaurant called El Burro. I have written about a bar from the same owners called Cabrito. This is the first time I actually eat something at El Burro and I loved it! It is not only my favorite Mexican restaurant in town but it also one of my favorite overall restaurants in Cape Town. As a Mexican myself, I think some of the most important things that make a good Mexican restaurant good are: its tortillas and the guacamole, and El Burro did amazing on both! Very authentic I must say. The drinks are also amazing and the service is really good too. My boyfriend ordered the special for the night, the short ribs, and they were some of the most delicious short ribs I’ve ever had in Cape Town, even better than the ones at the Pot Luck Club. And we obviously had churros for desert, AMAZING; if you go order them. After having dinner at El Burro we went to have drinks downstairs at Cabrito.

I’ve only been there once and I made a reservation a couple nights in advance and they had space. But when we were there it was full and it was a Monday, so just to be safe I would call a few days before to make a reservation.

I really recommend El Burro for anyone looking to have a delicious and fun night out! Really one of the best so far.

El Burro website: http://elburro.co.za

Churros!

Cabrito

Night life in Cape Town is really fun you have bars and night clubs. The truth is that me and my boyfriend normally stick to bars, I don’t really like night clubs in general. Bars in Cape Town are very chill but very fun. One of my favorite bars in Cape Town is in Greenpoint, near to where I live; it is very new and it is called Cabrito. It’s a trendy Mexican bar (maybe I can identify with the Mexican part of it and that’s why I like to go there so much!) that was done by the same people that own the Mexican restaurant El Burro, which is located right above Cabrito.

Cabrito is a very nice bar to go to. What I love about it the most, besides it being Mexican, is that they sell really special liquor that you don’t find anywhere else in Cape Town. When I go out I normally stick to beer, wine and cider, but in this bar they sell very special kinds of craft beer, tequila and mezcal (another very very POTENT mexican liquor), not your typical really cheap tequila like Don Julio, and so my boyfriend and I sometimes go to try something new. We have made it a “thing” that we will try something new every time we go!

The bar has a very nice design, very simple, made out of wood, but also very modern. The ambience is very fun but very chill, I think your night really depends on the group you’re going there with. So make sure to go with a fun group of people if you do decide to try out this great little place.

Cabrito (El Burro) Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/elburro.co.za