Tamayo

Neighborhoods: Central Business District, Downtown, Lodo

1400 Larimer St.
Denver, CO 80202
(720) 946-1433
  • Cuisine Type: Mexican Restaurants
  • Restaurant Style: Mexican
  • Bar Style: Martini
  • Price Range: $16-25

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JJ7489 wrote about Tamayo

Upscale Mexican food is almost an oxymoron, but Tamayo pulls it off with grace. However, Mexican food is also one of those cuisines you can get great for cheap. So, when I could be just as satisfied with a taqueria for 1/16 the price I am paying at Tamayo, I expect a little something extra, especially in the service. Don't get me wrong, everyone speaks great English so it already has my hole in the wall on Colfax beat, and the food is just awesome, but the overall vibe from the staff is that the customers are "lucky to be here." It is so close to being an awesome experience, put the stench of pretentiousness can even put a bad odor on beautiful food.

posted on January 5, 2012
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posted on January 5, 2012

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  • First and foremost, this is not your typical, "eat chubby burritos while rocking out to mariachi bands," kind of Mexican restaurant. This is modern Mexican cuisine and darn good Mexican cuisine at that. The restaurant is bigger than it looks on the outside—it has an amazing terrace, multiple dining rooms, comfortable tables and booths, and an eye-catching bar with a fabulous tile collage as a focal point. Fancy cocktails are one of their specialties (hint hint, try the mango mojito). Entrees vary from tampiquena (filet mignon), flautas (flautas) and mole poblano (chicken breast). The portions are small and won’t make you feel like you need to unbutton your pants and get rolled out of the restaurant. As if it can’t get any better, Tamayo succeeds. Once you’re done with the main course, you better, and we repeat better, order their empanadas de platano! Maldicion delicioso (Darn delicious, or at least we hope that's what it means).

The Buzz Snapshot

  • eh

    What exactly is 'eh?'

    Eh. I don’t feel strongly about it either way. I don’t hate it or love it, I wouldn’t recommend it or dismiss it, it just is.

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