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Cous Cous Cafe

Address:	7 Porchester Gardens W2 4DB
Tel	020 7727 6597
Price: £32.00	Wine: £12.95	Champagne: £34.95
Opening Hours:	Mon-Fri 5pm-12M Sat-Sun 12N-12M

Square Meal review of Cous Cous Cafe:

An Aladdin’s cave set just below street level, this tiny restaurant has just seven tables & fills up nightly. Everything about the place is typically Moroccan, from the gorgeous, souk-like interiors hung with all manner of knick-knacks to a menu that kicks off with briouat & borek pastries ahead of meat, fish & vegetable brochettes, tagines &, of course, couscous. The couscous royal – lamb, chicken & merguez sausages with all the North African trimmings – is a meal in itself & served on traditional tableware that’s as exotic as the interiors. Mains priced around £14 are expensive for a local Moroccan, & it’s no longer BYO, which further pushes up bills. Keep costs down by avoiding booze & choosing from a long list of cleansing juices, sweet-flavoured milks &, naturally, mint tea, theatrically poured from a great height.