Muy Muy is a Mexican tapas and margarita bar on Welles Street in Christchurch's central city — a place where Mexican street food, sharing plates and a serious margarita programme all share one room, and where the night often runs long. Doors open at 11am and the bar goes until late, seven days a week.
The drinks list leans hard into tequila: a full page of margaritas, including frozen versions the team bills as the best in the CBD, alongside classic cocktails, house cocktails, a tequila selection, craft beers, wine and non-alcoholic options. Happy hour runs 4-6pm, Sunday to Thursday.
The food follows the same casual, shared spirit — street-food style Mexican plates and tapas platters for the middle of the table, plus the Fiesta Board for bigger gatherings. Beyond walk-in visits, Muy Muy runs cocktail masterclasses for hen's parties and team building, hosts themed nights and DJ parties, and handles functions from a 40-person group up to private events for 400, complete with DJs, bands, grazing tables, a 100-inch projector and a mic. Gift cards and event listings are available through the website.
Muy Muy sits at 44 Welles Street in the heart of Christchurch's central city, and it has never pretended to be a quiet, white-tablecloth kind of place. It's a Mexican tapas and margarita bar — part street-food kitchen, part tequila bar, part party venue — built for tables that graze, glasses that clink and nights that run longer than planned. Doors open at 11am and the bar keeps going until late, seven days a week, so the same room can host a long lunch, an after-work round or a full fiesta with a DJ behind the decks.
Tequila is the backbone of the drinks list, and margaritas are the headline act. The menu devotes an entire page to them, including frozen margaritas the team confidently bills as the best in the Christchurch CBD. Around the margaritas sit classic cocktails, a house cocktail list of Muy Muy's own, a dedicated tequila selection, craft beers and a wine list. Non-alcoholic options get their own section too, so anyone taking the night off is still properly looked after. Happy hour runs 4pm to 6pm, Sunday through Thursday — a tidy window for an after-work catch-up before the evening crowd builds.
The kitchen keeps the same casual, shared spirit. Mexican street food leads the way: snacky plates made for grazing between sips. Tapas platters are built for the middle of the table — food to pass around rather than plate up individually — and for bigger gatherings there's the Fiesta Board, a share spread you can arrange through the website. Nothing about the format is formal; it's designed for lingering, toasting and ordering one more round of plates.
This is where Muy Muy separates itself from an ordinary neighbourhood bar. Cocktail masterclasses are run for hen's parties, team-building days and group bonding sessions — your crew learns to mix proper drinks rather than just watch someone else do it. On the functions side, the team handles everything from a 40-person walk-in group or a large birthday table to a fully private event for up to 400 guests. DJs, bands, balloons, stages and grazing tables can all be organised through the venue, and there's a 100-inch projector and a microphone on hand for speeches and presentations. Christmas parties, 40ths, hen's nights — the function team invites planners to get in early and build the night properly.
Finding Muy Muy is easy: 44 Welles Street, Christchurch Central City, with parking in the streets around it — the website even publishes a parking map for the block. Bookings can be made online, which is worth doing for Friday and Saturday nights or any group bigger than a few friends. The site also lists upcoming events, including themed nights and DJ parties, and gift cards are available if you'd rather gift a night out than organise one.
That range is really the point. Drop in on a weekday evening and you'll find a relaxed margarita bar with street food and an easy pace. Turn up on a themed night and it's the same room with the volume turned right up. Come hungry, come with people, and check the events calendar before you pick your night — between the weekday wind-down and the late-night fiesta, Muy Muy covers most of what a night out in the Christchurch CBD might call for, which is why the regulars keep finding their way back to Welles Street.