El Publico, Perth: Highgate Mexican restaurant menu & cocktails
El Publico in Highgate, Perth, is one of Western Australia’s top Mexican restaurants. The taco menu is inventive, but the meaty mixed grill is tough to turn down.
El Publico in Highgate has become one of Perth’s most popular Mexican restaurants since it opened in 2012.
The focus at El Publico is on modern Mexican food. The willingness to do something different is probably most obvious in the taco menu. Here you can try some classic options like the steak asada, but there are some eye-openers, too.
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El Publico menu
The battered fish taco, for example, comes with mezcal-infused orange and rice crackling. There’s also a cauliflower taco, while the pork belly pastor taco comes with tequila pineapple.
Also interesting is the botanas and antojitos menu. These snacky dishes are designed as starters or sharing dishes for the whole table to have a pick at. Options available include charred ceviche, beef mogo mogo balls and mini mushroom quesadillas.
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The star of the show at El Publico, however, is the mixed grill. Make sure you arrive hungry if you pick this meat feast. It includes medium-rare rump steak, chorizo, battered chicken and pork belly, plus seasonal vegetables, red rice, beans and tortillas.
The mixed grill at El Publico costs $45.
Cocktails at El Publico, Perth
The El Publico drinks menu is understandably heavy on cocktails. These include classics, such as the margarita, but there are also a few fun options amongst the house cocktails. Try, for example, the El Tigre. This comes with gin, pear, amaretto, lemon, cinnamon and ginger.
There are also a few craft beer options. These come from breweries such as Colonial in Margaret River, the Boston Brewery in Denmark and Gage Roads in Fremantle.
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