Spice Route Cantina Sylvia Park is a Mexican restaurant at 286 Mount Wellington Hwy, Park Avenue, Lower Hutt, with a 4.8 rating on Google. A good Mexican kitchen is judged on its fundamentals: corn tortillas warmed on the comal to order, salsas made fresh rather than tipped from a bottle, and slow-cooked fillings such as carnitas or barbacoa. A menu that runs very long is often a warning sign; the better places do a handful of tacos and a few larger plates, and do them properly. Heat is worth asking about rather than fearing, as a confident kitchen will happily talk you through its salsas, from smoky and mild to properly fierce. Sharing is how this food is meant to be eaten, so order across the table and graze. On Mount Wellington Hwy in Lower Hutt, this looks like a handy local answer for taco night.