This place scores highly on so many levels … La Bodega Negra is a new restaurant in Soho (same owners as La Esquina in NY where the entrance is hidden behind a taco counter), and the entrance of this place is a sex shop (so you can’t see from outside that it is a restaurant at all, you need to know the address – 9 Old Compton Road and when you go there it is from the outside a sex shop advertising lap dances, etc…). Once you enter the restaurant (sex shop) and say you have a reservation for dinner people are very friendly and the waitress takes you downstairs to the main dining area, which is quite dark, plays funky music and has a great atmosphere (a bit like Hakassin in the city, has that cool vibe …). Now I usually don’t say anything about service, but here it was excellent, the waitress explained all the signature dishes and was genuine and nice and seemed very happy to help.