Saharaween

This cute Morrocan restaurant is located just off Leicester Square on Panton Street. It felt extremely cosy and genuine and you could almost forget you were in the centre of the bustling theatre region. Once you step into the room you will find lots of low tables and floor cushions (go for the floor cushions if you can as the low tables will do your back in after a short period.) We loved our mezze starter and although the main dish menu is simple (consisting of dishes of tagines and cous cous) the tagines we selected were delicious.

Apparently you can hire the whole of the downstairs to fit 40 people or you can try squeezing in 100 people upstairs. Don’t be mislead by this – the restaurant is by no means big and you will have to get along with the other 99 people very well if you want to consider fitting in that many people.

Overall, service was friendly, food was good, atmosphere was brilliant. A refreshing change from the usual.