Boho Mexica

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<strong>Rating: </strong>4/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>3/5
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  • Address:

    Boho Mexica 151-153 Commercial Street
    London
    E1 6BJ

  • Venue phone:

    020 7377 8418

  • Venue website:

    www.bohomexica.co.uk

  • Opening hours:

    Lunch served noon-2.30pm Fri. Brunch served 12.30-4.30pm Sat, Sun. Dinner served 5.30-10pm Mon, Tue; 5.30-11pm Wed-Fri; 4.30-11pm Sat; 4.30-10pm Sun

  • Transport:

    Tube: Liverpool Street tube/rail

  • Price:

    Main courses £9.95-£14.95. Set brunch £12.95

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Rated as: 3/5 (31 ratings)
  • We went to the restaurant with friends after having read good reviews about this place but our expectations were not met. Mexican beer mixed with basic Bloody Mary ingredients was a horrible combination. Food we ordered obviously had wrong combination of flavours and sauces and tasted rotten. We left the place with sick stomachs and had to take medicine to stop being sick. Would not recommend this place to people with gentle/sensitive stomachs. The atmosphere was of a low cost canteen, but the food was overpriced for its quality and presentation.

    Mari and Friends Thu Apr 11
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  • My husband and I went there for lunch one day and ordered the enchiladas and some cocktails. Food was amazing that day and flavored so nice we were planning our next visit at the table. Server got our drinks wrong but we didn't complain. Unfortunately we returned on a Friday night with some friends and the good was dreadful! We were a bit embarrassed as we made a huge deal out if the place. Although we ordered the same dish it was completely different?! Bland, soggy, had different sauce and the rice and beans were just plain cooked rice with a dollop of black bean purée. Service was horrible and waited almost 20 mins for a drink and when we asked the snappy waitress just said its coming to never return. Finally by the third person we asked a drink arrived. Plantains were cold and rubbery. We have reservations for a party of 12 we had arranged but now after last night we plan on canceling and going elsewhere. Shame, we really enjoyed our first visit. Just goes to show if a restaurant isn't consistent customers won't return.

    Amanda Dalby Sat Mar 16
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  • tex mex is not mexican

    Ana Tue Jan 29
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • The extreme distribution of comments makes me want to go look for myself! It's definitely next on my list. I cannot rate it yet since I have not been there.

    Joaquin Wed Dec 12 2012
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  • I adore Mexican food as I spent a few years of my life there. The food is mexican as mexican mothers and granmas cook.... I had the amazing Zacatecan wedding roast recommended by a friend!i miss real mexican food so much and Boho is the only place where I can feel these flavours again... I understand that some people expect commercial Texmex but Mexican food is not about how Texas interpreted their food with burritos. The place is small and crowded, but the atmosphere is very nice. I felt in mexico, and with the memories of small taquerias and tabernas around...The staff is really friendly, i didn t have margaritas but they have a good selection of wine. We need more Bohos Mexica in London, a big city where no quality mexican food can be found except in this place. Too good to be true!

    Ninna Thu Oct 25 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Really good atmosphere and friendly staff. A bit noisy on weekends....packed! We had dinner celebrating that i m back from Mexico, they really recreate mexican flavours, the disparity of Mexican food and at the same time with originality. We had the honour to meet the Chef, amazing woman!boho mexica was just delicious! I love it!

    kenny Thu Sep 20 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • Our food was delicious! try all the tacos,all of them are delicious.The service was really good,our waitress was there for everything and gave us a good advice on the menu. I had the Morita chicken (you have to try the tamarind sauce) and my friend this big enchilada and salsa verde. Really good if you know about mexican food and you like strong flavours!The place is always busy so book a table or wait at the bar having the best margarita i ever had! check out the walls and paintings,there are for sell and from famous street Art mexican artist in London!

    Maya Thu Sep 20 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • my experience at Boho Mexica last week was delicious. We ordered a good selection of the tacos bar and there were definitely a-ma-zing!!!i don t understand these reviews talking about portions...my Puerco enchilanchado was just huge, served with my sweet plantains, rice, black beans...it was Friday and the only thing was that we didn t book a table and the place was packed.So we had to wait for a table 20 minutes...but happy having margaritas and lots of cocktails the bar. Well done for the bartender! I recommend the place, the music is sooooo cool,the place has a unseen decoration and the staff was very nice. We will return!

    Maya Thu Sep 13 2012
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • Had a very disappointing experience here last week. The prices are too high and the portions were just meagre. The worst aspect was that it took so long for the food to come out of the kitchen. We asked the waiter several times and he seemed just indifferent to us. We didn't leave a tip. There are better Mexican establishment than this one. We shall not be returning.

    Greg Brighton Thu Jul 12 2012
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  • This place is really very poor. There are suggestions of a vendetta against the restaurant in the comments below, but I can only imagine the favourable reviews are from those connected with the place considering how accurately the poor reviews matched our own experience. There was a large group of us there, so we tried a good range of the menu. I can honestly say that nobody was particularly impressed. The food was, as suggested below, smallish portions, very bland and relatively over-priced. The 'succulent' chicken in the enchiladas tasted more like reheated left-overs, which I really think it was. The texture of the whole thing was just grim. The chicken dishes were OK, though again over cooked and a bit dry. The vegetarian dishes looked and tasted disappointing. The total bill was over £30 a head and we left hungry, dissatisfied but glad to get out.

    John Thu Jun 14 2012
    Rated as: 2/5
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