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The Megaro Eatery

Restaurants, Contemporary European King’s Cross
3 out of 5 stars
(9user reviews)
The Megaro Eatery
Venue says The best Italian Eatery in Kings Cross has launched a new menu. Come and enjoy our indoor garden with some excellent Italian sharing dishes.
The Megaro Eatery
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Time Out says

Please note, the review below relates to the venue when it was called Karpo, its previous name. Time Out editors, Feb 2018.

A hypercoloured graffiti mural covering the top four floors of the building sounds warning bells. Is Karpo going be a style-over-content kind of joint? Thankfully, no – the food delivers innovative flavours, the staff are friendly, and the location is ideal for an easy-going dinner date or catching up with friends near King’s Cross. A small entrance opens up to the main restaurant, giving a wide view on to chefs working in the kitchen.

Dark decor and a quirky wall covered in plants keep the bohemian look going inside, but the focus is on the food. We started with cocktails in the railway-inspired basement bar, where you can also order nibbles such as soft-centered ham croquettes from the upstairs menu. From a seasonally-changing menu, mains are playful: roast venison came with an on-trend side serving of tender salt-baked celeriac, but it tried too hard with an overly-sweet chocolate garnish to the meat. Mac ’n’ cheese went retro, arriving in a hot cast-iron pan, and the mixed leaf salad had a tangy red wine vinegar dressing.

To finish, rhubarb fool was a tasty jive off traditional trifle, coming with a rich custardy cream served between layers of stewed rhubarb, pistachio nibs and a fine shortbread crumb.

 

The Megaro Eatery says
The Megaro Eatery is a powerhouse of the Italian kitchen, where the very best seasonal and local British produce is transformed into a food journey in our open kitchen.

The Eatery serves up an iconic breakfast concept inviting guests to try their classic breakfast combinations inside a succulent and freshly-baked golden bun. Gluten free options are available for those who still want to indulge in this pleasure guilt-free. Meanwhile, the café area is serving a blend of the best coffees and teas with Italian pastries to sit back and relax with next to the fresh living wall and enjoy the internal natural light.

Noon arrives sending powerful Italian vibes. Burrata Pugliese, mascarpone and potato ravioli with octopus, sweet potato gnocchi with butter and sage, are some of the dishes that compose the sharing style menu that the restaurant offers. For fuller options a sumptuous Fiorentina, or the majestic beef cut of the city of Florence continue your journey and are followed by the delicious Tiramisu and/or mini bomba, classics of the sweet Italian cuisine. The menu runs all day and though dishes are the same, at dinner the atmosphere takes a dim, fun and intimate mood that provides guests with a new experience within the same venue.

To pair this Festa in your mouth, our beverage manager has finely curated a selection of wines and spirits that will accompany through the culinary journey for an authentic contemporary Italian experience.

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Address: 23-27 Euston Road
King's Cross
London
NW1 2SD
Transport: Tube/rail: King's Cross St Pancras
Contact:
www.themegaro.co.uk/megaro-eatery-2 eat@themegaro.co.uk Call Venue 020 7843 2221
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Users say (9)

3 out of 5 stars

Average User Rating

3.3 / 5

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Came here for Saturday lunch and was met straight away and shown to our booked table. The restaurant has a nice feel to it.  The furniture is impressive and the balcony above was a nice feature - it had a table of about 10 people eating there.  For the next 15 minutes we were ignored, yet there seemed to be many waiters not overly occupied.  Eventually we were brought the menus and we requested water for the table (£1.50 charge?) and waited a further 10 minutes for that to appear.  We ordered straight away fearing we would not be approached again for a while.  I had salmon, chips and a side of salad, which was very acceptable, though a little greasy.  My friend had ordered grilled chicken, which was undercooked and her side of mushroom was burned.  She didn't eat them and complained.  She also left most of the chicken.  When the bill came, the mushrooms had been charged and 12.5% added to the total bill.  They apologised and subtracted the cost of the mushrooms.  We refused to pay the service charge as the service had been appalling and left to find a more professionally run place to have dessert and coffee.

Tastemaker

If you ever noticed the multi-coloured painted building across from King's Cross Train Station, that is Karpo striking your attention. You walk in to find a lovely space with high ceilings and big tables. I went there for a weekday breakfast with my friend. From the three breakfast dishes we ordered, the Eggs Royale did not disappoint but the rest of the dishes were not anything to write back home about. What surprised me about this place was the Charlie Chaplin movie room downstairs at the other end of the bar. They plan to open a terrace this summer and that might be worth a go.


Thank you Time Out for bringing this restaurant to our attention. We were staying in a hotel nearby and trusted some of the comments.

The food was delightful. It was thoughtful and well constructed and the lemon tart dessert was beautiful to look at and to eat. Nice staff. We were possibly a little old for the rest of the clientele but we thought it was great.


The restaurant was beautiful. The food was appalling. Save yourself a massive disappointment by avoiding this place like the plague. My soup was served with a poached duck egg that was raw. My mac and cheese was tiny and cold. My fig mille feuille did not have any fig on it. The pastry was wrong. The cream was wrong. We asked the waiter about the fig and he said it was in the cream. We confronted him and said there was no way that dessert had fig and he said he would give a round of drinks for the tables. Not a proper apology and a very arrogant attitude. Appalling. Just appalling. Got home and had to prepare myself a sandwich after paying £45 pounds each in an appalling meal!


Really wasn't impressed. The food was okay, though barely exists depending on what you choose. Desert took forever to arrive. To add insult to injury they decided they would add their own 20% service charge, hence the single star. Go elsewhere folks.


You know the type of place where you get a menu full of foreign words, pay 12 pounds, wait 15 minutes, and get a big plate with a little edible something in the middle? All this is true about Karpo, but before you dismiss it as another overrated, moderately posh spot, give the restaurant another look. Already the joyfully colourful mural decorating the building’s facade feels very inviting, and the leafy interior (complete with heated benches) even more so – not to mention the uber-friendly staff who will patiently explain to you the difference between béarnaise and remoulade. And if you’re embarrassed to ask, just pick anything from the ever-changing menu and you have my guarantee that it will taste divine.


My friends and I stumbled upon this place by accident and loved it!! We went to the downstairs cocktail/tapas bar and had some yummy food - try out the cheese, hummus and the ham croquettes - and they made me a alcohol free cocktail which wasn't even on the menu. Would highly recommend this place for some quiet food and drinks before heading out further or just for a sit down with friends. The coffee was great too and that is a rarity in London (coming from someone living in Australia). Verdict: Great chilled out atmosphere downstairs, yummy cocktails and good food


My wife, 6 month old and I decided to try out Karpo after reading reviews. The staff were very friendly. They brought a clean baby chair albeit a few raisins. The deco was very nice. The charcuterie plate was good but our mullet and braised rabbit was mediocre. Great eating environment but food ok.

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