El Sabor

Melbourne, Australia

3.6

5 reviews

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Telephone:
+61 3 9329 9477
Website:
elsabor.com.au
Address:
500 Victoria St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3051
North Melbourne
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
110 ft11 - Victoria Street
120 ft11 - Errol Street
700 ft12 - North Melbourne Town Hall
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
Yes

Today

Today –
Local time (Melbourne) 11:41 PM Sunday, June 22, 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Tuesday 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Thursday 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Saturday 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

El Sabor means «The Flavour» and is North Melbourne’s new restaurant which serves authentic upscale Mexican comfort food, under the leadership of Executive Chef Dhi a two time winner of Restaurant & Catering award for Best Corporate Caterer (Victoria) 2012 & 2013.

Enjoy Margaritas, hand crafted cocktails, imported Mexican beers & selected wines from South America & Spain. Discover the fresh & vibrant tastes of modern Mexican cuisine in a sophisticated yet relaxed atmosphere.

El Sabor is proud to use fresh local ingredients and incorporate them into the mouth-​watering Mexican dishes. We are very proud of our tacos where the tortillas used are made locally in Melbourne & are preservative free.

Meet the Business Owner

Dhiraj Vig D.

Business Owner

Dhiraj (prefers to be called Dhi) is an Executive Chef and a two a two time winner of Restaurant & Catering award for Best Corporate Caterer (Victoria) 2012 & 2013.

El Sabor is Dhi’s new venture that specializes in modern Mexican cuisines is proving to be very successful among the locals in Melbourne.

Think of homemade corn cakes and tequila marinated chicken breast. Dhi is adding a dash of colonial Mexican style, flambee-​ing enchiladas at the table and mixing South American cocktails.

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5 reviews of El Sabor

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Place rating: 3
Melbourne, Australia
I was looking for that «Hook Line and Sinker» experience.
Awesome Melbourne’s Winter evening …
Easy to park the car, looks like a great evening, Mexican degustation dishes to come.
It didn’t start well with the Sangria.
Grilled Corn Cob as an opener, followed by Calamari… Chicken Wings … looking good so far, then it just hovered, stalled, palate not going anywhere.
Very small dishes/​serving to share.
3 bottles of FANTASTIC hot sauces on the table.
House Red, Hunter Valley Shiraz has been opened too long.
Pleasant service and nice ambiance.
Can’t say it’s our favourite at this stage.
Place rating: 3
St Kilda, Australia
We had the black bean enchiladas and the beef tacos.
One of the things that Mexican food has going for it is the levels and complexities of flavours, when it’s done properly.
Unfortunately this place just doesn’t have that complexity of flavour. It kind of didn’t have much flavour at all. We had to use quite a lot of El Yucateco.
Other than that the food was cooked adequately. They have one dish with free range chicken but all their other chicken dishes are not free range.
Place rating: 5
Melbourne, Australia
Excelente and authentic Mexican food, when I first walked in I wasn’t expecting much but the food is really good, very generous portions very tasty.
Definitely I will go back. A must try place in North Melbourne
Pd. Really nice cocktails and good selection of tequila
Place rating: 3
Australia
With Mexican restaurants on every second corner in Melbourne, I had high hopes. Unfortunately, the food was that Aussie version of tex-​mex you’ll find at taco bill.
Unfortunately each dish tasted the same. A mixture of cheese and refried beens.
The service however was stand out. Making this a 3 star review and not a two. Maybe I’ll give it another go in a few months.
Place rating: 4
Melbourne, Australia
Really excited to find a great Mexican place in North Melbourne! Service was great, décor is colourful and the food was tasty. We had prawn tacos and a large pork nachos. Yum! Tacos were nice but not as good as the delish nachos. They were topped with pulled pork, heaping guac, black beans, corn, sour cream and the tortilla chips were hearty, salty nice chips. We both had a drink and the whole meal was $ 42. I’m salivating just thinking about the nachos! Will be a repeat customer.