A table spread of Chiwahwah dishes: guacamole, quesadillas, salads and shared plates

¡Bienvenidos! · Oxford Terrace, Christchurch

Tacos, tequila & a whole lot of fiesta.

Crafted Mexican food, almost forty tequilas and a dining room full of palms and lanterns, right beside the Avon.

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Open 7 days
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Till 3am Fri & Sat
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10% off pickup orders

Live it up.

You’re a long time dead.

Day of the Dead skeletons dancing and playing the trumpet and violin, drawn in black ink

Tacos

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Margaritas

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Mezcal

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Fried chicken

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Ceviche

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Palomas

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Nachos

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Sangria

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Tacos

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Margaritas

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Mezcal

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Fried chicken

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Ceviche

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Palomas

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Nachos

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Sangria

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A plated Chiwahwah dish from above, on dark timber

A tostada with cilantro, radish and sesame

Overlooking the Avon

Barriga llena, corazón contento

Full stomach, happy heart.

That's the Mexican saying we live by. Chiwahwah sits in the redeveloped Terrace precinct on Oxford Terrace, overlooking the Avon River, with a dining room full of palms, woven lanterns and colour.

Come for a long lunch, dinner with the crew, or a late one at the bar. We serve the freshest Mexican flavours, made to share.

☀Open 7 days for lunch and dinner
✿Kids menu and highchairs available

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Lo más pedido

Cantina favourites

The plates our regulars order before they've even sat down.

$16.5

Hand hacked guacamole

Smashed by hand and served with corn chips. Add pico de gallo for $19.5.

Gluten free · Vegetarian

Soft shell taco loaded with salsa and pickled onion

$13.5 each

Taco clásico

Six-inch soft shells, from Corona-battered fish to beer-braised pork belly and chilli pequin lamb.

Gluten free option

Chiwahwah's famous Mexican fried chicken with lime

$22

Famous fried chicken

Our famous Mexican fried chicken. Add guac, salsa, rocket and other little delights for $13.5.

House favourite

A platter of chilli beef nachos with all the toppings

$25 / $39

All the toppings nachos

Corn chips loaded with chilli beef, guacamole, black beans, jalapeño queso fundido and sour cream.

Gluten free option

From $33

Carne asada

Garlic-marinated steak off the fire, with pepita chimichurri and smoked cumin salt.

Gluten free

$35.5

Baby pork ribs

Slow cooked, fire grilled and lashed with sticky lime sauce, with slaw on the side.

Dairy free

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¡Salud!

Margaritas, palomas & almost forty tequilas

Shaken margaritas in seven flavours, frozen margaritas, mojitos, Mexico's beloved paloma and sangria by the glass or the litre. Behind the bar sits a serious line-up of tequila and mezcal, and every mezcal comes with worm salt or grasshopper salt.