FONDA, Windsor - 144 Chapel St - Menu, Prices & Restaurant Reviews

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In Mexico, a 'fonda' is a home that a family have opened up to their local community as an unofficial restaurant, bringing people together over delicious home-cooked food. Inspired by the fondas of Mexico, we've designed our restaurants to make everyone feel at home, with a menu that blends the best Mexican street food flavours with the freshest ingredients and a Fonda twist. Think crispy fish tacos, grilled chicken burritos, herbed mushroom quesadillas, nachos, house-made cervezas and pink grapefruit margaritas. Mi Casa Su Casa.

PRICE RANGE

$7.00 – $30.00

CUISINES

Mexican

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

Meals

Lunch, Dinner, Drinks

FEATURES

Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar

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4.0

109 reviews

Excellent

38

Very good

41

Average

19

Poor

5

Terrible

6

Troy G

44 contributions

Great staff, delicious food and awesome cocktails

Feb 2020 • couples

The staff here are really amazing!! I came here for a date and the tables were full so we sat at the bar drinking cocktails until our table was ready. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell us our table was ready so it took quite a while but eventually we got a table and the food was delicious. The frozen cocktails are a little too good haha. Can’t wait to come back and see what the rooftop bar looks like.

Written 16 February 2020

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WanderingAroundTheWorld

St Helens5716 contributions

Quick lunch

Dec 2019 • couples

We came to this Mexican restaurant for a quick lunch. We had the chips with Alioli dip to share I had the nachos loaded with chicken which was a very big portion basically a meal in itself and my partner had a chicken taco. Food was very nice and came quickly.

Written 1 January 2020

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Rickkik13

Melbourne119 contributions

Fun Fast Mexican

Dec 2020 • family

Daughter took us to her favorite Mexican eatery. It was a fun tasty night out - Beef brisket burrito was super delicious, wife enjoyed her Fish Mex Bim Bap which looked amazing with an array of colours. Great cocktails - Blueberry Bramble is a winner if you like gin/slightly sweet. Will be back

Written 18 December 2020

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Aine

Albufeira2 contributions

Disappointing experience

Oct 2023 • friends

I ordered prawn and beefs tacos, my friend order beef quesadillas and we ordered a portion of chips to share. My order and the chips came promptly but my friend’s order never came. 15 mins passed and we eventually asked staff to check where our order was. Manager eventually came with the order 30 mins later and asked us if we would like anything else. We asked for another order of chips and she said she would sort it for us. The chips never came and when we asked the waitress 15 mins later, she informed us there was no order made. Was very disappointed with the service and won’t be returning.

Written 6 October 2023

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Ozzy-Kunnu

Melbourne3225 contributions

Delish

Aug 2020 • couples

Thank God that we still take risks of ordering from the most unusual places even after some bad experiences or how would we come.across this gem? Were completely smitten by their slow cooked beef burrito. And their Chicken Quesadilla weren't bad top. Loved the smoky, herbed chipotle chips too... Definitely among our favorites.

Written 21 August 2020

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ALBJRB

109 contributions

Delicious food, good service, but cheeky in wanting your mobile phone number.

Mar 2023 • friends

Our food was excellent. Not just fresh and healthy, but also some kind of sauce to make it all delicious. (We both had a Mex-Bin-Bap). The waitress was particularly good. A lovely dry sense of humour and made us feel really comfortable. She helped us out and was understanding when we knocked over the cutlery at our table with a huge crash. Also was more than happy to take our order when I didn’t want to use the QR Code. (They ask for your mobile number for ‘verification’, and I wasn’t prepared to provide that). I’m looking forward to returning to try more things.

Written 7 March 2023

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Fonda Mexican

Thanks so much for your feedback! We are so glad you enjoyed the Mex-Bim-Bap! We have recently launched a new menu and can't wait to have you back 🙂 See you soon! Love, Fonda x

Written 9 March 2023

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Krista G

2 contributions

Appalling Service, 45min wait for lunch special

Dec 2024 • family

Ordered the lunch special with my daughter. it took 45 mins to arrive with no heads up. Service was appalling, I would not return.

Written 11 December 2024

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Mitchem1978

Newport194 contributions

Will be back!

Jan 2021 • none

Stopped for a quick drink....... Great service and atmosphere! Will be back to try the food next time!

Written 3 January 2021

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shayneey

Melbourne6 contributions

Prawn tacos omg

Jan 2020 • none

It's a vibrant vibing place with a traditional mexican take away selection but also some of the more modern offerings like fish tacos and prawn tacos. quite scrumptious

Written 15 January 2020

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Roxanne C

10 contributions

Fonda’s poor cousin

Dec 2019 • family

We love the Fonda in Melbourne and had hoped that this location would be equally as good - sadly not the case. The front of house staff were friendly and I was happy to pay the public holiday surcharge. However, the food was woefully slow, half of which arrived after our other meals were finished. The tacos and burritos were also sadly undercooked and doughy. It felt all a bit hopeless.

Written 25 December 2019

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Sarah V

5 contributions

Very dissapointing

Dec 2019 • none

I have given this restaurant many chances, and every time I leave disappointed. Last night I went with a friend and we spied the Fonda salad on the menu that was described as having pumpkin, beans, corn, pepitas, quinoa and all sorts of yummy things. For $13 it came out tiny, with almost all of it being rocket, minimal other ingredients and no crushed corn chips which we were looking forward to for a little crunch. I added prawns for $6 (ouch) and it came with literally 6 TINY prawns. We called the waitress over and asked if there were meant to be some crushed corn chips in it and we got a rough, 'no, why' so I explained it was listed on the menu. She begrudgingly said she'd bring over a side of corn chips (with an eye roll) as she agreed there were none inside and then NEVER brought them. We sat for over an hour waiting for these darn corn chips while she walked past looking at our table multiple times. I never leave bad reviews and I always offer restaurants the chance to fix any issues while I am still in the venue as I am in the industry myself and it's so annoying when it could be an easy in venue fix, but even after offering to fix the issue, it was not delivered. Melbourne has so many incredible Mexican restaurants like blue corn, radio Mexico, mamacita and little hop - do yourself a favour and go to one of those instead, don't spend $19 on an incredibly disappointing mostly rocket salad.

Written 17 December 2019

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Nathan G

7 contributions

Date Night

July 2019 • couples

Not a bad night if I don’t say so! Affordable prices and nicely presented restaurant and bar! Only stayed for dinner, however was not overly impressed with the beef winter warmer option. Lack of beef in the chilli con carne for the meat lovers out there! But, my partner enjoyed the chicken enchilada style winter warmer bowl! Plenty of chicken and great seasoning! The sangria was a little too sweet for my liking. Needed more tequila ;) but great service and lovely vibe! CHEERS! N

Written 3 September 2019

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L Wilson

5 contributions

Casual food at fine dining prices

Aug 2019 • none

took my family there for lunch and was very underwhelmed by the experience. Very pricey for what is just casual street food. Food was tasty, but didn't warrant the excessive price. There are a lot better food options in Melbourne for a lot better price.

Written 1 September 2019

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John

Melbourne757 contributions

Great tasty food

Aug 2019 • friends

Stumbled across this place looking for a good place for dinner, looked cool, a little funky and modern. Order the nachos to share and a burrito each. Very nice, I’ll go back for sure. Suggest you try also.

Written 8 August 2019

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Daniel C

438 contributions

Relaxing

July 2019 • friends

This little gem is a comfortable place to eat, the service was excellent and friendly and on top of that the food very good. Yes it’s Mexican but with a bent that won’t disappoint....Enjoy

Written 19 July 2019

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