Navajo Joe (Covent Garden, London) review on Fluid Eating

Navajo Joe Overview

Situated on King Street in Covent Garden, Navajo Joes Mexican Restaurant and Bar certainly has a prime location. The low key facade does not attract too much attention from the rabble of tourists milling around aimlessly watching street performers and other tourists.

On entering you will normally be asked if you are eating or just drinking. If you are drinking you will be guided to the bar on the ground level, with most of the eating being done on the balcony and, in the daytime and early evening, basement levels. The decor is modern and fairly stylish yet not pretentiously so.

The bar sports an impressive Cocktail menu and an even more impressive 250 varieties of Tequila. The massive array of bottled spirits lining the back of the bar are broken only by 3 large projection screens displaying Native American chiefs, while the animated bar staff toss bottles in the air.

Drinking here can become fairly crowded upstairs with people walking past the narrow bar to get to the toilets and tables in the rest of the building. This renders the bar area unsuitable for larger crowds in the daytime and early evening. The lower restaurant arear is cleared of tables and used as a bar later in the evening.

Both bar and table service is to a high standard with friendly staff always willing to talk you through some of the more unusual drinks on the menu. If you get in to the experimental mood you can always expect a hefty bar bill at the end of the night. The food is more reasonably priced although it can not be considered authentic South Western American due to some of the more trendy serving equipment.
(Updated 12/04/2005)

Additional Info: Cocktails, Cocktails Recommended, Late License

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