Pepe's Mexican Restaurant at Bayside

Wynnum’s bayside hideaway serves lively Mexican comfort across two energetic levels. Forget the quiet shopping complex facade—inside, it is all color and clatter. Regulars head straight upstairs, settling into the roomier dining room before the main show starts. First move: signature guacamole crushed tableside directly in the molcajete, scooped up warm with heaps of tortilla chips. The kitchen turns out jalapeño poppers dipped in sweet chilli jam alongside skillets of sizzling fajitas loaded with tender beef or prawns and scallops. Between bottomless sangria pours and colouring mats that keep younger diners occupied, cast-iron platters arrive hot alongside generous sharing sides.