Mouna Laaragat
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Fantastic option for Vegans and great experience for non-ve as well to discover new flavours! We were lucky to have the place to ourselves before the rush of the dinner service and were able to discover their menu.
Would I take my vegan friends there again? Absolutely! And I recommend.
The decor is lovely, it was nice, warm and cosy, and although it is winter and we haven’t used it the terrace looked amazing with comfortable seating I cannot wait to try on warmer days.
Do I think it was exceptional vs any other restaurant? This is way too healthy for my personal taste and whilst the service started up fantastically it wasn’t the best ending. I had to chase to get plates cleared out, order dessert and a refill on my drink - being the only guests it would have made sense to get the table cleared out before having to chase to order dessert. I know we had to leave the table at 6.30 and would have understood to be hushed out, but instead from 5 or 5.30 we were simply ignored/left there with empty dirty plates and empty glasses on our table.
I saw them as recurring theme in reviews: the pancakes. Ours weren’t soggy. They were nice although the sauce was on the salty side, and there wasn’t any issue with the texture. Not our favourite dish because the gnocchi and broccoli have stolen the spot as stars of the show.
For having tried most of the small plates, my friend and I agreed on the gnocchi being our favourite, bang bang broccoli and the cauliflower too.
The mushroom has not been my favourite, whilst my friend enjoyed it, to me it was definitely not how I like my mushrooms cooked/texture. As alternative for scallops and in the tacos it was definitely a let down for me. I like my veggies soft and tender and it felt more on the raw chewy side. It was impossible for me to bite in the tacos (some would argue that it is fancy enough to have sticked to the knife and fork, but it is tacos for *insert your favourite polite swearing here*)- just a personal taste.
The crème brûlée divided us: my friend absolutely adored it. Too much jam on it for my taste.
To conclude, experience vs a normal restaurant I would give it 3/5
But compared to other vegan establishments I have tried I’d say it is a solid contender hence the better rating despite it not being to my taste, it fairly deserve recognition!