Going experimental down on The Southbank

The Wahaca Southbank Experiment is our new temporary restaurant, opening at Southbank Centre alongside Waterloo Bridge today. It’s not like a Wahaca restaurant that you may have seen before, we’ve challenged ourselves to be more innovative. It’s built from 8 recycled shipping containers and we’ve introduced a new menu with monthly changing specials, the most popular of which will take up residency in all of our restaurants. We like to think it’ll help to keep us on our toes.

Our 8 shipping containers have been modified to create an interlinked open space on 2 levels to include panoramic windows offering some pretty stunning views of the river and the passing parade of people floating by. If you’re after a cocktail, it also has a dedicated tequila bar serving award winning tequilas and single village mezcals.

We’ve enlisted the help of street art curator Tristan Manco who has invited 2 graffiti artists, Saner and Remed, to decorate the space for our opening, bringing some extra colour to the riverside.

Remed and Saner at work

Tommi has been up to her elbows in new recipes specifically for this site following our recent trip to Mexico and LA. We’re starting off with some punchy chilli tacos, salmon ceviche (a Mexico City fusion favourite) and a couple of different ways of eating beautifully slow cooked carnitas.

The Wahaca Southbank Experiment will be our new development kitchen and because the most popular dishes will be added to our regular menu, you are all our new recipe testers. Welcome to the team. We can’t wait to get the experiment started.

The Wahaca Southbank Experiment is located on the terrace under Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX. It will be open daily for the next 18 months from midday – 11pm (10.30pm on Sundays).

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by wahaca : Wednesday, 4 July 2012

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Posted by Wahaca Southbank Experiment - hiphopsideproject on Jul 10, 2012 at 10:35 am

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Posted by Container conversions. « houseJohansson on Jul 24, 2012 at 1:53 pm

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Posted by Remed x Saner Murals for Wahaca « SIXAND5 – Inspiration webzine on Jul 28, 2012 at 2:24 pm

[...] where Remed and Saner painted, is a temporary restaurant at London’s Southbank Centre. More info here, and more photos of what Saner and Remed got up to after the [...]

Posted by RESTAURANT: THE WAHACA SOUTHBANK EXPERIMENT (SOUTHBANK) « LONDON DESIGN GUIDE on Jul 31, 2012 at 9:25 pm

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Posted by Weekend Wonders: Top 5 design delights for the weekend | ACHICALiving on Aug 10, 2012 at 1:21 pm

[...] into a two-level space on London’s Southbank, with panoramic views of the river. What’s more, Wahaca is using this space to experiment with new dishes, the most popular of which will make it into their [...]

Posted by Tim on Sep 6, 2012 at 9:27 am

A relaxing Mexican beer in the top ‘lounge’ at Wahaca overlooking the shimmering Thames and the lively streetlife followed by a fresh, tasty, reasonably priced meal for the four of us (aged 50′ish) served by attentive and helpful waiting staff.
On a late summer’s evening it really is something special – well done!

Posted by Colorful Shipping Container Restaurants Pop Up in Southbank during the London Design Festival | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building on Sep 28, 2012 at 9:34 am

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Posted by Grasshoppers on the menu at The Wahaca Southbank Experiment | Wahaca on Mar 5, 2013 at 2:52 pm

[...] The Wahaca Southbank Experiment has always been a testing ground for new and interesting dishes for you to try before we decide whether to put them on the menu in our other restaurants, so we want to hear what you think of them. This time we’re asking you to cast your vote on twitter by using our cunningly devised hashtags, #ChapulinYES or #ChapuliNO to let us know what you think. [...]

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