"Walking past La Bodega Negra on Old Compton Street, you can be forgiven for thinking that the restaurant is just another Soho sex shop. Head downstairs however and you’ll be surprised to find a charming basement restaurant rather than another insensitively marketed gimmick. Here the food has a modern Mexican slant, featuring some classic Mexican dishes alongside some genuinely exciting highlights. Think pickled tomatillo with frisee leaves, chayote, walnut and cranberry; quesadillas with truffle and black mole, cheese and salsa verde; lamb barbacoa with tortillas and various salsas; or, best of all, al pastor marinated Secreto Iberico pork with salsa verde and tortillas for making tacos at the table." - Jonathan Hatchman
