I've seen this place a few times on my way to other places in Little Italy so I was excited to finally be able to sneak in before closing time and try it (close at 10pm on the weekedays at least).
It's a Moroccan restaurant that focuses on a small but impressive menu (they also do catering if you are interested). We tried a few dishes to share:
- lemon chicken - I loved this - so simple, but juicy and flavourful
- beet salad - was a nice cool refreshing bite that went well with the chicken
- the lamb/beef sausage (I think it's called their merguez sausage) - they are small but pack a flavour punch in your mouth
- olive tapenade - delicious and it still had pieces of olives in it so it wasn't processed to death. It went well with the nice hot bread they gave us (seriously ask for the bread).
The decor is definitely Moroccan with their lanterns and pictures on the wall, but it isn't in your face kinda decor, more like a no frills, lets concentrate on the food decor. It's a small place, but definitely left me impressed.
When we were leaving the owners/chefs (??) indicated they would be changing up their menu shortly so I look forward to coming back and seeing what new things they have in store for us! Next time though we are definitely getting the tagine - they said they will have a tagine each day that's ready made for quick order so I'm excited to try that.
Having been to Moroccan before I can safely say they haven't strayed too far from the cuisine. Which is definitely a good thing.