Sonora Taquería
Mexican restaurant · Stoke Newington ·
Peerless flour tortillas with barbacoa, carne con chile, adobada
Peerless flour tortillas with barbacoa, carne con chile, adobada
"If you want to have the kind of weekend you can brag about on Monday, follow up your swim with a trip to London’s best taco spot. Sonora Taquería’s rich, slow-cooked beef fillings and peppery, crunchy nopales are worth popping a squat in the alley to eat, and the salsa bar is pretty special." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna
"Sonora Taquería, a Mexican spot in Stoke Newington, has a small amount of downstairs seating, but when the food is this good, inevitably it fills up fast. Wherever you end up pitching up, it’s worth it for the short menu of tacos and quesadillas. Whether you get yours stuffed with beef, pork, or nopales, they’re all brilliant. Two will set you back around £10 and is a good lunchtime portion." - jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"There aren’t many places where we’d happily squat in an alley to eat a taco, but Sonora Taquería is one of them. There’s almost always a queue at this Mexican spot. A queue of other believers who’ve made the pilgrimage to Stoke Newington for cheese crust bean quesadillas. These tacos are worth the wait, worth planning your entire day around, and worth braving the elements outside if the handful of seats are taken. The menu is short and ordering is simple—it’s all fantastic. The meat is consistently juicy and well-seasoned—from the smoky cubes of pork in a quesadilla, to the blushing steak in a carne asada taco—and the flour tortillas are soft and chewy, but hold up underneath a weighty pile of shredded beef. These are our benchmark tacos in London." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"There aren’t many places where we’d happily test our quad strength by squatting in an alley to eat a taco—but Sonora Taquería is one of them. The Mexican taqueria in Stoke Newington has a small amount of downstairs seating, but when the food is this good, these inevitably fill up fast. The menu is short—four to six taco options—but everything is brilliant, and all are improved with a crunchy cheesy crust. Our go-to is the chorizo which is juicy, spicy, and impossible to over-order." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, daisy meager, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"Sonora Taquería's menu is simple—six to 10 tacos and quesadillas stuffed with beef, pork, or nopales—but everything is brilliant. Make friends in the queue, then join the huddle in front of the counter and sip on a mango agua fresca while you wait for juicy, spicy chorizo tacos. There's a small amount of downstairs seating at the Stoke Newington spot, but even if you have to eat in the neighbouring alley, it’s worth it." - jake missing, heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
