Press Coverage - (since original opening) Time Out says: Morgan Meunier's creative enterprise occupies premises that resemble a bijou living room. That's not to suggest it's in any way amateurish: quite the contrary. Tables dressed in linen are tended precisely by black-clad waiting staff. The intricate dishes - foams, purées, uncanny textures and unexpected flavour combinations abound - arouse a greedy curiosity to sample as many as possible. Hardens 2010 says: Morgan Meunier’s ‘clever, intricate and delicious’ Gallic cuisine- among London’s very best- is ‘an inspiration’ and well justifies a trip to his ‘out of the way’ pub-conversion in an ‘unsalubrious’ bit of Holloway; the interior is rather ‘sober’, but it is ‘warmed up by the personality of the staff’.

Zagat 2010 says: ‘Highly recommended’ for the eponymous chef’s ‘consistently outstanding’ Modern French cuisine that’s ‘also brilliant for vegetarians’ (‘at an exceptional price’), this ‘oasis in a rather dingy part’ of Islington makes a ‘lovely spot for a leisurely foodie experience’; ‘convivial service’ and a ‘charming atmosphere’ add ‘to the pleasure’.

Where London (2009) says:
It’s worth the detour from Highbury to seek out the highly superior Modern French cooking from Morgan Meunier.

North Magazine (2009) says:
North London still boasts one of the best French restaurants in the country.

AWARDS since launch

Named ‘Chef to Watch’ in the Independent (December 2003)
Shortlisted for Best New Restaurant at the Carlton London Restaurant Awards 2004
Shortlisted for London Chef of the Year at the Carlton London Restaurant Awards 2004
Shortlisted for Best French Restaurant at the Carlton London Restaurant Awards 2004/ 2005
Awarded a Remy Martin Restaurant Award in conjunction with Harden’s in 2004
Named amongst ‘The best and the brightest 2004’ in the Observer (December 2004)
Awarded Best Newcomer by Zagat London Restaurant Guide 2005
Named one of Egon Ronay’s seven finest restaurants in London 2005
Best Chocolate Dessert in Restaurant Magazines Best Dishes 2005
Voted into third position in a list of London’s best chefs in the Harden’s 2007 guide
Best for Haute Cuisine vegetarian cuisine in Time Out 2008
Best Meat-free French in Time Out Guide 2010
Best French (£45 and over) in Harden’s Guide 2010
Best Vegetarian and Best Restaurant in Islington in Zagat Guide 2010