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34-36 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QE Full details & map

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Time Out says   8 Users say 2/5 Rate it

Posted: Oct 20 2011

Although new restaurants pop up regularly in Exmouth Market, well-established Moro still has the edge, serving quality Spanish/North African food that is cooked simply and presented with a twist. Staff were as relaxed as the setting. You can sit inside, perched on a stool at the bar or at a table, or outside, and order from the tapas menu or the grill, or both. The plain interior can be noisy when full.

All our dishes pleased, from garlicky boquerones with crusty bread, to tender chargrilled squid coated in harissa; the latter came with fresh broad beans, rocket and pea shoots in a delightfully tangy preserved lemon and coriander dressing. Simple-sounding mains of wood-roasted chicken, pork or fish, and charcoal-grilled wild salmon or lamb chops, are raised to dizzy heights, if our choice was typical. Perfectly grilled mullet fillet, with a sensational creamy dressing of yoghurt, dill, black sesame seeds and chilli, arrived on a bed of lentils with wonderfully light, tempura-battered cucumber.

The Spanish-oriented wine list is helpfully divided by style (crisp and dry, fruity, and so on), and includes plenty of sherries, dessert wines and ports, even Jerez brandies. But on a hot summer lunchtime, most diners were opting for glasses of cooling lemonade.

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Address

Moro

34-36 Exmouth Market EC1R 4QE

Transport Angel tube or Farringdon tube/rail

Telephone

020 7833 8336

Moro website

Bar Open/tapas served 12.30-10.30pm Mon-Sat. Tapas £3.50-£14.50. Restaurant Lunch served 12.30-2.30pm Mon-Sat; noon-2.45pm Sun dinner served 7-10.30pm Mon-Sat

Main courses £15.50-£19.50

Credit cards AmEx, DC, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 7, pavement ), Babies and children welcome ( high chairs ), Booking essential, Available for hire, Disabled ( toilet )

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Comments & ratings 2/5 (Average of 8 ratings)

By Roz - Jan 17 2012
5/5

Went to Moro for the second time for my boyfriends birthday and it was lovely. The staff were so friendly and happy to serve up a birthday cake that I'd brought with us after the meal. The food was incredible and completely worth the money. Moro has an unpretentious, friendly, and welcoming atmosphere. Wish I could afford to eat there every day!!

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By Andy S - Aug 24 2011
1/5

The food was great, much enjoyed, but the service was risible. We waited 45 minutes from the end of the starter to the mains being serviced. Every single time we wanted a drink we had to flag someone down and my wife even had to get up and interrupt three waitresses chatting to get the bill. I was really disappointed and couldn't imagine recommending Moro.

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By Jo - Aug 11 2011
1/5

It's hard to find good tapas but unfortunately I wouldn't recommend Moro - expensive, food too salty, ridiculously small portions and very arrogant staff. Seems like a place resting on it's laurels!

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By Ben - Jul 10 2011
2/5

tasty but very expensive for what you get.

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By cocosmooth - Jul 6 2011
5/5

All I can say about the other comments is "Bad Luck" ... we waltzed in at 10pm on a Friday and had one of the most defining food moments of London (and our lives)!

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By Lozi - May 15 2011
1/5

We were warmly welcomed by a very enthusiastic maitre d' but once seated it was definitely not service with a smile. The waiters were not forthcoming. Not once were we asked how our meal was or whether we wanted more drinks. The food was terrible-plain, tasteless and massively over-priced. Particularly the starters ( avoid the jamon and peas, you will be de-podding those raw suckers for ever! ) Won't be going back!

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By Laure - Mar 29 2011
1/5

Really disappointed... I went to Moro on Saturday. The waiters were nice, but the food was really boring. The chicken I had was tender but the sides were terribly boring and the whole thing was presented like a canteen. I won't return.
Also, I am working from time to time close to Moro and they have a tent on Exmouth Market. The hygiene is terrible, the woman makes your things with hands with gloves, but then take the money with the same gloves. She is not friendly at all and I won't return either.

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By Stuart - Mar 22 2011
1/5

Extremely disappointing meal. Dirty tables, lackluster service, dull tapas menu, an uninspired and tasteless main and far too over-priced for the quality.

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By Ravi Kohli - Feb 4 2011

Just returned from Moro. Haven't been there for some time. A busy Friday night. The food was ordinary, sloppy and over-priced, and the place quite noisy. Waitress prefunctory and disinterested. Rather dull overall, and really not worth the £86 for two. Why does it get such good reviews? Am I missing something?

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By North London Dweller - Aug 23 2010

I ate at moro after hearing rave reviews and although the food was good, the service was terrible. We waited to be seated, then waited so long to be asked if we wanted a drink that I had to get up and ask for a waitress. One of our dishes was dropped on the floor and while the wairess faffed about swearing loudly about the mess, she left our other dish sitting on an empty table next to her. We would have had another drink after our meal but no waiter / waitress appeared so we decided to ask for the bill and just leave.

Very disappointing.

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