Trends · data through September 2026

Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 241 stores from 177 Mexican restaurants & taquerias in the United Kingdom. La Casa grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Jenny's Cafe and Wahaca.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
177
Tracked stores
241
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mexican restaurants & taquerias

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. La Casa and Jenny's Cafe sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L La Casa ▲3 +3.1%
2 J Jenny's Cafe ▲2 -2.6%
3 W Wahaca logo Wahaca - -2.7%
4 Z Zambrero - -7.2%
5 M Mercado ▲1 -14.7%
6 T Tequila Mockingbird ▼1 -15.0%
7 B Barracuda - -19.3%
8 A Apollo ▼5 -79.8%
  • Wahaca
  • Imperial
  • Topolabamba
  • Los Mochis
  • Mezcal
  • Zambrero
  • La Fiesta
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

241 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Wahaca (14)
  • Imperial (6)
  • Topolabamba (2)
  • Los Mochis (1)
  • Mezcal (1)
  • Zambrero (10)
  • La Fiesta (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Wahaca logo Wahaca 14
  • 2 Z Zambrero 10
  • 3 J Jenny's Cafe 7
  • 4 I Imperial 6
  • 5 T Tequila Mockingbird 4
  • 6 A Apollo 3
  • 7 L La Parrilla 3
  • 8 L La Casita 3
  • 9 M Mercado 3
  • 10 B Barracuda 3
  • 11 L La Casa 3
  • 12 C Cheeky Chicos Mexican Bar & Restaurant 2
  • 13 P Perios 2
  • 14 M Mucho Picante 2
  • 15 T The Taco House 2
  • 16 T The Street Food Chef 2
  • 17 V Vagabond 2
  • 18 L La Chingada 2
  • 19 P Pico's Tacos 2
  • 20 S Santo Remedio 2
  • 21 B Brorritos 2
  • 22 A Ali's Kitchen 2
  • 23 L Loco Mexicano logo Loco Mexicano 2
  • 24 M Madre logo Madre 2
  • 25 T The Mexican 2
  • 26 T Topolabamba logo Topolabamba 2
  • 27 M Mi Casa Burrito 2
  • 28 B Burrito Loco 1
  • 29 P Pedro's Kitchen 1
  • 30 Y Yucatan Taqueria 1
  • 31 M Maverick's 1
  • 32 T The Mission 1
  • 33 P Panchos Burritos 1
  • 34 B Broittos Burgess Hill 1
  • 35 M Maria's Kitchen 1
  • 36 M Mangos 1
  • 37 L Los Gringos 1
  • 38 L Listo Burrito Liverpool logo Listo Burrito Liverpool 1
  • 39 F Flame 1
  • 40 C Casa Azul Taqueria 1
  • 41 P Poco Loco 1
  • 42 M Maya 1
  • 43 C Club Mexicana logo Club Mexicana 1
  • 44 T Tropical Paradise 1
  • 45 K KOL 1
  • 46 M Malo 1
  • 47 P Pieno-Lleno 1
  • 48 S Spicy Bite 1
  • 49 D Dos Hermanos 1
  • 50 W Wrap It Up logo Wrap It Up 1

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