25-27 Heddon Street,
Mayfair,
London,
W1B 4BH
0871 971 6457
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Love it!
Had dinner there with few friends and it was magic.
The food was so tasty and the ambiance great.
The whole restaurant started to dance at some point, was fun.
I will definately be going there often now, i fun my weekend place now!
Had my birthday dinner at Momo. Only had a small amount of Friend coming as I wanted to have an intimate dinner.
The restaurant was lovely and the atmosphere so good.
The food was really tasty and it really feel like you were in northe africa or midlle east but not in Mayfair!.
The staff did a good job and all danced when they brought my bday cake on table which was so much fun.
Had a enjoyable time at Momo where i took some friends for dinner.
The atmosphere in the restaurant was great. And our waiter really look after us. After reading few of the reviews I was not sure what to expect but the service was efficient and good.
The food was delicious. After dinner we had few drink outside.
I would recommend the restaurant as it so far one of my best experience in London.
I had previously been to the adjacent Tea Room but was keen to try the restaurant situated next door. Visually it beautiful and a good place to make an impression. Unfortuntly this is what you will have to pay for to take in the surroundings as opposed to the food. I opted to go on a Monday evening it was fairly busy and our waiters/ress were attentive. The food is over priced and average - Bland with lack of flavour compared to similar food where I have paid 1/2 of the price. Doubtful I will go back good place to try once but not to repeat.
After having been to Momo several times previously and having given it rave reviews I would say that I would no longer recommend it to anyone. Despite the fact that the food is tasty and ambiance is pleasant, the service and the staff at Momo are beyond appalling. I had made an early evening reservation and several people in our party of 5 had eaten prior to arriving so requested only small dishes. This seemed to perplex the waitress serving us whose English was pretty weak. After placing our orders, a junior manager came over to our table and demanded to know who had made the reservation. I identified myself and she proceeded to reprimand me for making a booking in the restaurant when they have a cafe for mezze. This was not stated when the booking was made and they could have simply politely requested that we decamp to the cafe and have our food served there. Instead she was aggressive and confrontational. She said we were lucky that tonight was quiet so it was ok for us to stay but usually it is very hectic. She was truly shocking no concept of customer service making us feel that we should be grateful to be there rather than the other way round. I wanted to remind her that it was my custom that kept her in a job! Now if she was not bad enough, she was soon followed by the manager, a male (i could not possibly use the word gentleman to describe this man) who asked who wanted to speak to the manager. We never requested that he come. He started reiterating this policy of theirs and when another member of our party interrupted him he told her that he was speaking and that he should be allowed to finish. As a result of this we had our last straw. London is a big city with millions of restaurants so we paid for our drinks - they even charged for one we never received, cancelled our food orders and left them with a half empty restaurant. Absolutely disgraceful! Reading other reviews here this seems to be a running theme!
This was my first visit to Momos and I have mixed reviews of it. Bottom line is I wouldnt go there again. The bar staff were very rude and unfriendly. It was my hen party and a warm evening to sit outside in the bar area. We were a civil hen party of 8, not causing any fuss or noise and I had a small tiara with veil but no sash or feather boa etc and none of my friends had anything like that on either and the waitress came over and told me they don't allow that sort of thing and to take off the veil. We were all shocked at how bold and abrupt she was about it. Then we asked for a couple more seats for the table and were told no as they only allow four around each table. Talk about putting a dampener on a happy occasion. They obviously thought i was ruining their image!
The restaurant itself was much friendlier, they allowed me to wear the veil but the service was dreadful. They put your bottle of wine in a place where you cant get to it but dont come and top it up regularly. The amount of glasses on the table that we weren't using was ridiculous and when asked to take them away, the waiter ignored that and it was only when they were stuffed into his hands physically that he finally took them. We waited ages for our food and drinks, with long periods of nothing to drink. The only saving grace for this restaurant, is how lovely the decor is and the food when it finally came, was superb.
They obviously haven't learnt from Gordon Ramsay's comments of why they didn't win their category in his programme "Gordon Ramsays Best Restaurants". I thought they would have learnt which is why i booked it.
We just left momo and it was great! We are from out of town and a friend of a friend highly recommended the place. Friend recommended booking but we did a walk-in as we happened to be on regents. The maitre'd was very sweet and got us a table (some no show apparently). She got us to wait downstairs while they got ready the table.
The bar experience was bad, hence I only gave 4 stars otherwise would have been a five. The bar was barely 20% filled and the waitress moved us twice cos we (two of us) occupied a table for three. She was irritating and rude. When she came and told us to move to some crammed corner I told her plainly it was squeeze and uncomfortable, besides we would just be there for short while. Wanted to order a drink but apparently her job is crowd control and no drink ordering... So never got a drink at all. Actually wanted to try the lava rock :(
But the restaurant side experience was very positive. Our waiter seemed a bit grouchy but two other waiters were very helpful and gave very good recommendations on both food and wine. Hubby actually said it's best lamb he had had for a long time!! We ate so much (cos it was so good) that we had no space for desserts!!
Oh dear, oh dear ... I'd give 0 stars if I could.
I've never left a restaurant review before, but after last night's performance I feel I must. I should add that I've lived in London for years and frequently dine out in a variety of smart (and not-so-smart) places all over the world.
We spent a few hours in the downstairs bar having cocktails, then moved upstairs for dinner. Throughout the whole evening, the lack of service was appalling. All of the staff had a "you're lucky to be in here" attitude which - frankly - is at odds with what good service should be! It was really hard to get anyone's attention, and when you did they were dismissive and slapdash, and on a few occasions, downright rude. It very much felt like they were doing us a favour in bringing us food and drink ...
The cocktails were admittedly good, but they seemed to have run out of a surprisingly large amount of their wine list. Our table - both downstairs and upstairs - on 3 or 4 occasions ran dry and remained so for between 15-30 minutes before we could get served.
The food ... ah, the food .... mediocre at best. When you're paying between £20 and £30 for a main course you expect better than mediocre.
And then there's the floor show ... oh my goodness, what do they think they're doing? The atmosphere and decor felt very themed (you can imagine they'd have this as the Moroccan ride at Disney) and the whole experience was cheesy and naff.
This restaurant is in the price bracket of some fine London restaurants, but is actually like an expensive, Moroccan version of Ping Pong (the cocktail dim sum chain). Avoid.
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