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    Souk Medina

    3.4 (71 reviews)
    ModerateMoroccan, Bars, Tea Rooms
    Open • 11:00 am - 12:30 AM (Next day)

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups

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    Look at how amazing this teapot and handle-cosy-thingy is!
    Nathan D.

    Souk Medina is a real tardis of a place in Covent Garden. We stumbled upon it when trying to find somewhere to eat after a yelp event and brilliantly, they accept tastecard. Because we got 50% off, we took full advantage of the more expensive A la carte menu. Ordering 3 meat dishes and a vegetarian one - just for some variety as we were sharing anyway. My favourite way to eat. They also said, we could ask for more meat if we desired, but we were all totally stuffed! Sweet mint tea and baklava to finish off was a lovely treat! Really relaxed, comfortable atmosphere, although there were times when I wasn't sure what I was eating because of how dark it was. Midweek meal with a tastecard, doesn't get much better.

    Bruce C.

    Been here twice now and the service is terrible. First time I was there, it was crowded so I was quite forgiving with the bad service but today it was quite and we still had to wait nearly an hour for our main. My grilled sea bass was over grilled and it was dry. I ordered a fresh mixed fruit smoothies, which wasn't freshly made as it came from a bottle. 3 stars for the decor as it was the best thing about this place.

    Stephanie H.

    I visited on Saturday 12th December for our annual Christmas lunch get together. I booked at Souk Bazaar, having visited before. We turned up to find they were closed for lunch, despite making a booking there. Never fear, we were sent to their other restaurant 'Souk Medina' which was about 5 minutes walk away. I'm so glad we did because I had the best lunch ever. We opted for a lot of tapas style dishes and just shared everything. All the food was amazing, from calamari, humous to little soft cheese and feta parcels. The best, however, was the aubergine dip. So much so, we ordered a second! We noticed others around us smoking shish, so after our meal, we asked to move to the comfy sofas to have one as well. We created own flavour we named 'Grint' - grape and mint! The pipe was electronic, like vaper cigarettes. Above all, I'd like to say a special thank you to our waitress, Laura, who made our meal so enjoyable! Her service was phenomenal! We were laughing the whole way through. So thank you! And we will be back next Christmas!

    Amanda L.

    I've visited Souk Medina Four times both with local friends and international friends when I visit London. I always recommend this place to friends visiting London as well, it's a little hidden Gem. Entering through a curtain doorway down a small alley way you would think you were in Morrocco, the decor is down to a T from floor to ceiling and with wooden carvings, dark wood tables and the aroma of spiced food and mint tea. It's on two floors and always busy in the evenings so best to book a table. I always order the Mezze or a type of stew or if I'm with friends we order the set menu and there's always plenty of food to go round. The Moroccan tea and cocktails also worth a try. On most Saturday evenings there is a belly dancer downstairs so always good fun. Although I don't smoke shisha I believe there is a room for this Worth a visit if your in Covent Garden

    Whilst you can barely see the food you can see how dark it was in there!
    Lauren S.

    Located in Seven Dials this is a hidden gem in tourist central. We only came across it when looking at nearby restaurants where we could use a tastecard. The entrance is quite small and you could easily walk past and not be impressed by the look of the restaurant. It's deceptive though, as the place is pretty large inside, with an upstairs dining area too. We opted for one of their meal deal type menus. £25 each for starters, all you can eat meat mains and an array of baklava for dessert washed down with sweet mint tea. I wouldn't pay the full £25 to eat here but with 50% with a tastecard it made it a worthwhile deal. Starters included pitta, dips, falafel and vine leaves. Mains were lamb tagine, a slow cooked chicken (on the bone) dish, a chickpea dish and we also opted for a veggie moussaka. The chicken was delicious and fell off the bone and the lamb was tasty too. Perhaps a little bit too salty (and I like salt!) but still very nice. We thought we'd take advantage of the 'order as much meat as you'd like' offer but found we were full and didn't even finish all of our food, let alone order more! It was a fun, easy, very filling, sharing type meal. I enjoyed it, especially at a good price but we did find the restaurant so dark that it was hard to read the menus or see the food when it arrived! It came to £15 each inc. service, with no drinks. Not bad at all.

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    Review Highlights - Souk Medina

    “I went here as part of a Christmas party, the mint tea and the food were amazing.”

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    Little Marrakech - Entrance

    Little Marrakech

    4.2(11 reviews)
    18.8 mi
    •££

    Visited here during my stay in St Albans…read more The storefront is rather small, the first time I passed by I thought it was an antique shop or something, but later when this place popped up on my search for dinner, as one of the few places opening till late on a Monday night, I took this as the perfect opportunity to introduce my husband to Moroccan food. The gentleman who served us was really nice, walking us through the menu and answered the myriad of questions we had. Everything sounded delicious! The portion turned out to be very generous. Honestly one entree is enough to feed two. A shame to have so much leftover as the food was so delicious, but as tourists we couldn't pack it for another meal. My husband totally loved the lamb shank: succulent and flavorful after a long cooking. The vegetables with couscous was delicious too. I guess the tagine really does some magic to the cooking. If you are interested in trying something different while in St Albans, step in here and be transported to a a different world!

    Use to be Thaiwtes cafe, the Little Marrakech has not really change much of the original decor,…read morethey just added curtains and cushions. LM is a little piece of Morocco in the Roman town of St Albans, the service was slow but it was worth the wait. Really nice hummus plate and a fantastic veggie tangine. Together with some Moroccan beer it was a very good choice. It really is an interesting little place its well worth the visit. You can call ahead and book the private booth, but its pretty hot in there!

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    Little Marrakech - Great toilets

    Great toilets

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    Selection of starters

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    Le Rif - I feel like I'm in Morocco - Tagine à la Maison

    Le Rif

    4.4(16 reviews)
    3.4 mi•Lower Holloway
    •£

    We ordered food to feed 20 people for NYE, the tagines were delicious!!…read more The le Rif team really kindly gave us huge portions and loads of extras. We were so pleased with the service and would highly recommend if you're feeding a big group. And great value for money! Thank you le Rif!

    I'm impressed...by the friendliness of the owner, the tastiness of the food and by the overall…read moredown-to-earthness of this Moroccan restaurant. I'd bookmarked Le Rif a while back and when I was riding the bus along Seven Sisters Road towards Finsbury Park, I dimly remembered that there was this place that I've been meaning to check out. I quickly researched the whereabouts of this place and just a few minutes later I entered mini-Morocco. I had only a ten-quid note and so I made a deal with the owner to put together a nice selection for this money. And what a great selection that was: I had a meaty samoso as a starter, which was delicious, but lacked a little in crispiness. (I suspect it had been nuked.) As a main, I had a tagine of all sorts of delicious things: the owner said that since this was my first visit, he would put together a nice selection for me...the lamb was delightful and so tender it fell of the bone. The meatballs in a tomatoey sauce were also quite tasty and all the vegetable sides were spiced in that sweet-cinammony note. All in all, I really enjoyed my meal and would definitely recommend coming by here!

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    Le Rif - Cute and great for people watching. Service is impeccable.

    Cute and great for people watching. Service is impeccable.

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    Tagine Restaurant

    Tagine Restaurant

    4.2(26 reviews)
    5.0 mi•Balham
    •££

    I've never been to Morocco. I've been to London a few times. It's all relative, I understand. When…read moreI was much younger, my typical London stay would always involve a West End theatre night followed by Moroccan food. Had my heart set on North African food as I've been to East Africa and I much prefer Northern African food over East African food. So there was my qualifier. Having said that, we came to Tagine for a special meal to celebrate a very special occasion, which we'd often do abroad as of late, mostly in France and Germany but this year we ended up in the U.K. Balham is an awesome neighborhood. So many chic shops but they were all closed for a Sunday evening. Took Northern Line to get here and it's a short 3 minute walk from the station. Ordered the chicken tagine, mixed mezza for two so everyone had something to try, I think it's an easy solution if you are not an expert in Moroccan food. Then finally tagine lamb. It's named after tagine, why stray from it? It's a BYOB. So bring your own wine. Please. The dessert was on the simple side but they provided Moroccan tea for the table on the house, lovely and tastier than the Lebanese version. I liked it more. The restaurant played hipster dance music from Morocco and I must admit, it was quite happening. I wish I took down the record name, I'm sure I'd be able to find it on Soundcloud later. The most notable thing about the restaurant besides the very good food was the decor. The mixture of beautiful lighting hanging off the ceiling was mesmerizing. I took as many photos of the lighting as the food. Over the course of last 18 years since I've been coming to London, finding good Moroccan restaurants has always been one of my must to-dos. This did not disappoint. The entire restaurant had a very authentic ethnic feel to it, which in my mind is something I've not seen before in the States. It's certainly not touristy like the West End, so it was easier to enjoy the meal. When in London, find unusual things to eat. Don't go for fish n chips, try Moroccan. Guaranteed to be far more superior here than San Francisco. Sorry Aziza SF.

    So I came here very last minute with a friend and from the minute we walked it we weren't…read moredisappointed. The atmosphere in the restaurant was lovely and relaxed and the decor matched the theme of the restaurant beautifully. The ceilings are covered in gorgeous colourful chandeliers that you would find walking through a market in Morocco, if fact sitting in the restaurant I kind of felt that I was back in Morocco! We ordered houmous and bread for starters which was lovely and for main I had lamb tagine with cous cous (I can't remember the name). My friend had the fish tagine and both dishes were served beautifully. The portion sizes were really generous too! The only down side is that they don't serve alcohol, so I would pop to the local off licence or Sainsbury's and grab a bottle of wine before going there. Also whilst we were there, it was the birthday of some other group, and the waiters put on some traditional music and played a drum whilst bringing out the birthday cake! I really enjoyed my visit to this restaurant and already have plans to take my parents!

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    Tagine Restaurant
    Tagine Restaurant
    Tagine Restaurant

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    Fortnum and Mason: Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon - Savory on the left and traditional on the right

    Fortnum and Mason: Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon

    4.2(426 reviews)
    0.6 mi•Mayfair
    •££££

    I will admit up front that I had little knowledge of Fortnum & Mason before my most recent trip to…read moreLondon. I had done high tea before on a previous trip, and mentioned to one of my friends I would like to do it again. She is borderline obsessed with Fortnum & Mason so we decided to do high tea there. The tea room is fittingly at the very top of the building. Below are different floors that vary from a butcher's shop, to being filled with cookies and tea, and then having dinnerware. The Jubilee Tea Salon is exactly what you would think given its location. White tablecloths, well dressed servers, steaming pots of tea, and overflowing towers of miniature sandwiches and baked goods. The room is bright and well lit, and just had an airiness to it that I liked. We went all out and it was worth it for us. The context is that both myself and my friend Karin are big tea drinkers. I'm sure we could have found a similar high team for a cheaper price, but I really enjoyed it overall. If you aren't really into the high tea experience but just are doing it to check it off your bucket list, consider another spot. If you want to see what all of the fuss is though this is an excellent spot.

    Lessons learned. First, it was noisy! I did not count the tables, but there appeared to be more…read morethan 70. With most of them were occupied, I had trouble hearing my wife across our table. Second, if you order "still water" they will bring you still water---in a commercial bottle and charge you £5.95 ($7.88 on 27 SEPT 2026). If you want plain water, order "tap water". Third, our waiter not mention that additional sandwiches and scones were included at no extra charge. We learned that only after we left, so we had been reluctant to ask for more. Finally, F&M adds a 12.5% service charge to the bill. In our case that was £22.49 ($29.80 for the two of us). That's OK, just know that they will add the service charge. Our bill for high tea with still water and sparking water totaled £202.39 ($268). Would I recommend it? The food was good and generally attractive, but it did not feel special enough to justify the $268 price. Perhaps it is worth considering for a very special occasion, preferably when F&M is less busy. Otherwise, London has other appealing options at a lower price.

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    Fortnum and Mason: Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon - Waiting area for Tea Parlor

    Waiting area for Tea Parlor

    Fortnum and Mason: Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon
    Fortnum and Mason: Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon - Water.

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    Souk Medina - moroccan - Updated October 2026

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