Birmingham braced itself as the vibrancy, fun and flavour of Mexican restaurant Chilango arrived in the city this month, as its latest restaurant threw open its doors.

With an unrivaled menu made up of burritos, tacos, nachos and salads, all made with the very best quality, fresh ingredients, Chilango is on a mission to raise the bar for Mexican food in the UK.

And to celebrate the opening of its latest restaurant, Brummies took the chance to grab a free burrito.

With an unmistakably Mexican Mariachi band to welcome the new restaurant’s first visitors, there was certainly a party atmosphere on opening day - made even better by the free Chicken Burrito, Veggie and Vegan Burrito for every customer through the door on July 4.

Visitors needed to sign up at bit.ly/chilangobirmingham and show their email to claim their free burrito as the celebrations continued into the evening with more Mariachi music, games and the chance to enjoy a burrito and a beer in the evening athe the new venue on Colmore Row.

Voted No.1 Mexican Restaurant in London by Zagat, and London’s Best Burritos by Time Out and Harden’s Survey, Chilango’s vibrant menu is inspired by its founders’ passion for Mexican flavours and cuisine, with a few extra tasty twists thrown into the mix.

On offer there are the Chilango, a burrito filled with chicken marinated in secret recipe spices, lime coriander rice, black beans, asada (their famous medium salsa made in-house every morning, as with all the salsas) along with sour cream and cheese, or the Surf and Turf, a meeting of land and sea, steak and prawns alongside your choice of toppings and salsas. Other favourites the chicken protein box, low carb box and vegan box feature as fewer than 500 calorie options.

Dan Houghton, co-founder and CEO, said: “We are very excited to open our second restaurant outside of London.

Birmingham has a great food scene which we are delighted to be a part of and has a fantastic buzz and vibrancy which perfectly aligns with why we started Chilango.

We hope to welcome all Birmingham’s Mexican food fans for vibrant food, flavours and experience.”