Asmara

This is a great restaurant - unique and more importantly, tasty! The lady who owns the place is wonderfully friendly and helpful. I didn't expect she would also feed me my first bite with her hands - it just added to the fun of the meal though.

Highly recommended!
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Had an excellent meal here but when ordering the messob be prepared to wait awhile. It took about 45 minutes to get served even though there was only one other table occupied. Also, we didn't get served coffee as it stated on the menu, we just got the bill. All in all, the food was very tasty. I'd gladly go back again.
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mrfalafel
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Food 9 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 9
Friday, June 22, 2007

A friend took me to Asmara last night (for my third Eritrean food experience and first in a decade) and it was delicious. Of the two chicken stews we had, the slow-cooked one was the most flavourful, and the shiro was perfect.

We almost fell out of our chairs laughing when the older woman taking orders taught the man and his son next to us how to eat. She prepared a bite and stuck it in the very British father's mouth, surprising everyone everyone, including him.

Such a great place -- and a great bargain!
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Sarah - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

It's all here, the coffee-poured-through-hay, the injara pankakes, the masses-and-masses of food. I have never been to Eritrea but I am assured this is the real thing. The staff are lovely too. The best thing is the offal/haggissy stuff, but none of my friends, nor my partner, ever let me order it. A nice peaceful oasis in the mentalism of Coldharbour Lane.
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mike
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Thursday, August 17, 2006

Go for the shared feast (messob) you won't be disappointed. The food is tasteful and plentiful, service attentive, there's not much to fault with this place. Have been going here for some years now and not once have been disapppointed - if only all London restaurants could be like this one !
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JB
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Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

I go here quite often, and have done for some time. All in all I've probably eaten here 40 times. Almost every time I have the messob - which is a big sharey/eat with your hands/stretchy pancakes and variety of dishes affair. Its absolutely amazing: it thrills kids to have a go at eating with hands when normally they're not supposed to! Its somewhere my friends from France always want to visit, and its delicious - lots of complementary tastes. This all comes as part of an overall deal involving the most delicious strong espresso-style coffee (poured from a clay pot through twigs) and popcorn. I've never left unsatisfied, there's always more than enough food (if you run out of pancakes they bring mroe),there's an element of ceremony and grace to the whole meal that other eating experiences lack. Its great value for money and my flatmate and I decided long ago that this was our favourite restaurant in London.

I went to an Eritrean restaurant in E&Castle once - it wasn't as good, so if you want to try Eritrean come here or visit the country.
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M
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, May 21, 2006

Went to Asmara about two weeks ago with friends from uni... the food was fantastic, the service great, the ambience soothing, and the setting fittingly simple! The lady who served us epitomised the gentle courtesy of the Eritrean people! I will definitely be back with friends in the next week or so.
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Isi
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, February 03, 2006

Came here last night to celebrate my friends birthday! The restaurant is simple but the food is amazing! Had a lovly meal and the service is out of this world! Its not expensive and the lady who owns the place is a star! She made our night special!

I will tell ALL my friends to come here and i will be back very soon, cant wait!!
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Fred
Saturday, November 05, 2005