El Camino Cantina's Ritacoladas

Overview

If you like piña coladas, then sipping your favourite drink doesn't usually involve drinking margaritas as well. The key word: usually. From Monday, January 8–Sunday, February 11 at El Camino Cantina, the two cocktails are joining forces in a range of margarita-piña colada hybrids.

Meet the Tex-Mex chain's ritacoladas, which are exactly what they sound like — and keep levelling up the brand's approach to margs. As Gelato Messina does with frozen desserts, El Camino Cantina takes inspiration far and wide from other beloved foodstuffs. In the past, candy-flavoured 'ritas, Long Island iced tea-flavoured margs, soft drink-influenced tipples and Vodka Cruiser versions have all been on the menu.

Curious? On offer at the chain's Queensland venues at South Bank, Bowen Hills, Chermside, Robina, Surfers Paradise and Sunshine Plaza: nine flavours of ritacoladas in 15-ounce ($24) and 24-ounce ($28) servings.

Because pairing two cocktails in one beverage isn't enough, each drink also combines two flavours, keeping coconut a staple in every option. So, you can go for blueberry and coconut, peach and coconut, watermelon and coconut, and grape and coconut — or green apple, lychee, passionfruit, mango and strawberry with coconut as well.

The different varieties will be on rotation, but you'll always have at least six to choose from across the five weeks.