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Moro Restaurant vs St. 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."
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Frommer's
"When it opened in 1997, Moro's Spanish and North African cooking helped put Exmouth Market on London's gastronomic map."
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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."
Gayot
14.0
"This coming together of Spanish and North African food gastronomically echoes Cordoba's cathedral built inside a great mosque."
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St. John
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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."
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Frommer's
"The ingredients are the best, the cooking is superb, and the dish is what it says on the menu."
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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."
