Lady’s Boqueria Restaurant in Brixton Review

Today I want to share my review of Boqueria restaurant in Brixton with you. This Spanish restaurant on Acre Lane is a great place to indulge in tapas in London.

Boqueria Restaurant in Brixton

After having dinner in Balham last week, I decided to continue the trend of getting to know new-to-me south London neighborhoods through their dining out scenes. To that end, I had dinner at Boqueria restaurant in Brixton.

Boqueria has been a hit on the London restaurant scene since it opened. With an impressive number of awards under its belt, the team behind it invited me and a friend to taste its tapas on Saturday night.

And taste we did. We started with acorn-fed Iberico ham and chorizo with pan con tomate. The meats were rich and flavorful, starting the meal off on a good note.

From there we moved onto croquetas de jamon, plump golden parcels with deliciously smooth centers. We washed them down with a fruity Beronia Crianza Rioja wine. Our server had done a great job choosing it for us.

Next came the octopus with paprika on a bed of potatoes. It was good, but a bit too salty. Thankfully the black rice with squid and mussels that came after it contained just the right balance of flavors.

As did Boqueria’s suckling pig with parsnips, sweet potato crisps, and apple sauce. It was served with lemon sorbet, which provided a cool, sharp contrast to the warm, sweet pork. It made for a unique combination.

Next came dessert, which was the only part of the meal at Boqueria we weren’t impressed with. We tried most of the dessert menu in a sampling platter, but couldn’t pick out one that really had enough flavor.

Instead, we made do with Sherry and a plate of patatas bravas that had gone missing in the tapas shuffle before our desserts came. The sauce had just the right amount of kick to it, and the piping hot potatoes were perfect.

At the end of the meal, we took a quick peek at the downstairs dining room at Boqueria. It had a nice little bar area kitted out with Mies van der Rohe’s famous Barcelona chairs.

Back upstairs, we passed through the bar at the entrance as we made our way out of Boqueria restaurant and back into Brixton.

If our tapas were any indication of the rest of the neighborhood’s cuisine, my first foray into this part of London will certainly not be my last.

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