Reviews

Overall Total Score
4.5 out of 5
Outstanding | 955 reviews

What User likes about Merkato:
I love this restaurant! I've been coming here for years and it always hits the sign. it has real family vibes, they always make them so welcome and they are happy to explain the menu or recommend dinge. eating is delicious and incredibly affordable. the non- vegans I have taken have also made this non- vegan food available. View all feedback. What User doesn't like about Merkato:
embedded in a part of london, which seems to change its character (there is a vegan shop further down the street of this restaurant is definitely the short walk that they bring there. View all feedback.

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Gastroranking-it
5.0 ★ from 20 reviews
Salomeyem
08.05.2024 - 04:54

Though we were in a rush, Freweini has been extremely accommodating and managed to fast track our order. The restaurant was very clean with a very calm atmosphe...

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spring
08.05.2024 - 04:54

Great traditional Ethiopian food and amazing atmosphere. The staff is very nice and the menu is very flexible and affordable. They toast their coffee here, tast...

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Luca
08.05.2024 - 04:54

Food is superb, incredibly tasty and cooked at the perfection. We tried the combo 2 and two starters. Completely satisfied and highly recommended.

Howard
08.05.2024 - 04:54

A great little restaurant, serving authentic Ethiopian food and just a short walk along the canal from Kings Place. On a warm summer evening with Mulatu Astatke...

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Jennywednesday
08.05.2024 - 04:54

I hadn’t had Ethiopian before so we asked for a recommendation and were not disappointed! Perfect portion size and everything was very tasty and reasonably pric...

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Top-rated
4.2 ★ from 18 reviews

Firstly, I am unsure why they have potpourri on the dining table. The smell isn 't pleasant at all. Secondly, honey wine was served in a wooden wine glass , whi...

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Loved our awesome Ethiopian lunch and beer etc Could not ask for a more helpful and friendly restaurant. even helping us with buses to our next location Really...

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First Ethiopian food experience and definitely wont be the last! Hosts were very friendly and accommodating and helped with our choices. Food itself was very fl...

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This place is not to be judged from the outside. It may look small and easy to pass by but the food speaks for itself! The presentation alone is a statement pie...

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Interesting food. Good time, good experience. Menu was a little confusing. Left the order to recommendation from the owner. What arrived was quite attractive an...

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Menu
3.1 ★ from 11 reviews

Great atmosphere, decoration and people, and I appreciated the vegan menu. Eating was in order, although the options we tasted quite similar. friendly and helpf...

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I love this restaurant! I've been coming here for years and it always hits the sign. it has real family vibes, they always make them so welcome and they are hap...

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This was my first experience in a vegan matrix menu that was made a quite exciting beginning easy by choosing only for the full combo. the red lenses stood with...

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Ethiopian cuisine is for people who like to share food. After we have never tried, we have relied on the waitress to guide us through the menu, and we ended wit...

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Embedded in a part of london, which seems to change its character (there is a vegan shop further down the street of this restaurant is definitely the short walk...

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Tripadvisor
4.5 ★ from 119 reviews
Ben
12.02.2024 - 23:05

I have been dinning at Merkato since I had the pleasure of discovering it whilst searching for a go to Ethiopian spot in 2020. The food is incredible. In my vie...

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biglbee
12.02.2024 - 23:05

Exactly the authentic gem that we were hoping for. We experienced the warmest welcome ever, and the flavours were off the chart! We wanted to wait for our belli...

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11milenz
12.02.2024 - 23:05

I went to Merkato for the 2nd time with my friends and the food is absolutely delicious. This is coming from an Eritrean who knows what authentic eri/ethio food...

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Preefab
12.02.2024 - 23:05

Nesting pigeon outside that poops on the chair/diner closest to the shop front. Sit inside or on the other side. Restaurant continues to seat diners there despi...

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Venture301428
12.02.2024 - 23:05

I been used on night to have a dinner and I had bad experience that neglected me to served as I ordered before other's customer and also the approach that they...

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Zomato
2.7 ★ from 9 reviews
Gastroranking-uk
4.5 ★ from 107 reviews
Happycow
3.0 ★ from 6 reviews

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