🌮 Best tacos in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best tacos. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Melbourne has Australia’s strongest tacos — led by La Tortilleria (4.2★ across 1,066 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best tacos	Rating	Reviews
1	Melbourne	La Tortilleria Kensington	4.2★	1,066
2	Sunshine Coast	Dee Den Restaurant Buderim	4.8★	2,205
3	Brisbane	La Bodega Taqueria - Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley	4.6★	239
4	Canberra	Loquita CBD	4.8★	1,344
5	Perth	La Cholita Northbridge	4.3★	1,638
6	Sydney	Esteban CBD	4.7★	1,866
7	Gold Coast	Bonita Bonita Mermaid Beach	4.6★	1,586
8	Adelaide	La Popular Taqueria Port Adelaide	4.6★	609
9	Darwin	District North Kitchen Palmerston Yarrawonga	4.8★	1,151
10	Cairns	Hecho En Mexico Cairns Cairns City	4.7★	2,059
11	Newcastle	Chucho's The Real Mexican Food	4.8★	964
12	Geelong	Recess Bar + Eats CBD	4.8★	765
13	Wollongong	Chechos Wollongong CBD	4.6★	658
14	Hobart	Pancho Villa North Hobart	4.6★	1,163

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own tacos ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Melbourne · Sunshine Coast · Brisbane · Canberra · Perth · Sydney · Gold Coast · Adelaide · Darwin · Cairns · Newcastle · Geelong · Wollongong · Hobart.