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Moro RestaurantvsSt. John
St John Bar & Restaurant Smithfield and Moro Restaurant are both rated very highly by expert writers. On balance, St John Bar & Restaurant Smithfield ranks significantly better than Moro Restaurant. St John Bar & Restaurant Smithfield ranks #3 in London with recommendations from 15 sources such as Rough Guide, DK Eyewitness and Insight Guides.
Moro Restaurant
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34-36 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE
From $27/night
Concierge "The much-lauded Moro has been the place to go for its passionate exploration of Moorish cuisine ever since husband-and-wife team Sam and Sam Clark opened for business in 1997."
Fodor's "Lovingly led for more than a decade by husband-and-wife chefs Sam and Sam Clark, the menu includes a mélange of Spanish and Moorish North African flavors." Full review
Frommer's "When it opened in 1997, Moro's Spanish and North African cooking helped put Exmouth Market on London's gastronomic map." Full review
Insight Guides "Laid-back restaurant serving Moorish cuisine, where lamb is charcoal grilled, tuna is wind-dried, monkfish wood-roasted, and manzanilla sherry partners prawns and garlic."
Gayot14.0
"This coming together of Spanish and North African food gastronomically echoes Cordoba's cathedral built inside a great mosque." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Inspired by Mediterranean travels, Sam and Samantha Clark create succulent dishes blending Spanish, Portuguese, and Moroccan influences, with wonderful fresh ingredients."
Michelin Guide Michelin Plate
"Not only has Moro been a feature of Exmouth Market for over 15 years, but it's still one of the busiest restaurants around." Full review
Rough Guide Star
"Lovely, warmly decorated restaurant that’s a place of pilgrimage for disciples of Sam and Sam Clark’s Moorish/ Iberian/Middle Eastern cuisine."
Time Out "Sam(antha) and Sam Clark’s Exmouth Market restaurant and cookbook set the benchmark for a distinctly British style of Iberian-with-a-North-African-twist Mediterranean cooking." Full review
Zagat4.6
""Gutsy flavours" deliver "constant surprises" at this Exmouth Market North African-Spanish hotspot." Full review
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26 St John Street, London EC1M 4AY
From $41/night
Concierge "They call it "Nose-to-Tail Eating," and you'll be amazed at the number of obscure cuts that can crop up between those too extremes and end up on your plate."
Fodor's "Foodies travel the globe for pioneering chef Fergus Henderson's ultra-British nose-to-tail cooking." Full review
Frommer's "The ingredients are the best, the cooking is superb, and the dish is what it says on the menu." Full review
Insight Guides "This little restaurant, a stone’s throw from Smithfield’s meat market, is a Clerkenwell favourite. It offers simple but curious dishes such as Middle White belly and dandelion."
BlackBook "Located in a former smokehouse near Smithfield meat market, St John specialises in what chef Fergus Henderson terms ‘nose-to-tail’ eating – ie, offal."
Gayot14.0
"The belief that no one eats better than farmers is confirmed by the repertoire of this bare, white, classy canteen, with its pleasant relaxed service which is far from rustic." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Here they like to eat the bits of animals you barely hear about so don’t bring squeamish eaters."
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The walls, painted in a shade of detention centre white, add to the utilitarian feel of the room which was a smokehouse in the 19C."
Rough Guide "Former smokehouse close to Smithfield meat market that’s famous for Fergus Henderson’s perfect, utterly simple, execution of traditional British dishes."
Time Out "St John’s cooking is famously full-on, but also sophisticated, concocting flavours that are delicate as well as rich." Full review
