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One of three Ethiopian restaurants on Caledonian Road, north of [[Locale King's Cross|King's Cross]].
One of three Ethiopian restaurants on Caledonian Road, north of [[Locale King's Cross|King's Cross]]. According to [http://www.nazret.com/restaurant/london.php?name=menelik this] it used to be called Merkato.
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[[secretlondon]] went here one Monday night in November 2009 with a group from College. Ethiopian food seems to be very similar to Eritrean food on the basis of this visit.
[[secretlondon]] went here one Monday night with a group from College.
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We had tea to start (tea bag with spiced hot water) and then two large injeeras were brought out. We were then brought a selection of dishes which we added to the injeera ourselves. The vegetarians in our party were given their own, smaller, injeera. The food was nice. There was a delay in getting us more injeeras but no other problems. More food than we could eat and the tea came to £11/head including service charge.
Ethiopian food seems to be very similar to Eritrean food on the basis of this visit. We had tea to start (tea bag with spiced hot water) and then two large injeeras were brought out. We were then brought a selection of dishes which we added to the injeera ourselves. The vegetarians in our party were given their own, smaller, injeera.
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[[Kake]] and friends visited on a Wednesday evening in October 2014. We went for the mixed selection (about £28) which included meat and vegetable dishes. Our waitress told us that would be enough for three people. Since there were five of us, we also had an order of tsome beye-aynetu (assorted vegetable and lentil dishes; £7). Along with a drink each (some soft drinks, one glass of wine) we paid just over £11/head including service for slightly more food than we could eat.
The food was nice, and the venue licensed (although we didn't have any alcohol). There was a delay in getting us more injeeras but no other problems. More food than we could eat and the tea came to £11/head including service charge.
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Accessibility: A step to get in, and two more steps to the dining area. Once you're in, there are no further steps to the toilets. The ladies' toilet at least is very narrow.
There was one female toilet. I can't remember if there were stairs to enter.
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] and friends, October 2014. Opening times taken from the Marathon website, October 2014.</div>
See also:
*[http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/england/merkato.html reviews of Merkato]
*[http://www.toptable.com/en-gb/venue/?id
=4351 Top Table reviews of Marathon]
*[http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10759.html Time Out review of Merkato]

Last visited by [[secretlondon]] and classmates November 2009. Opening times from the menu.
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category='African Food,Ethiopian Food,Restaurants,Takeaway'
category='Ethiopian Food,Restaurants,Takeaway'
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summary='Ethiopian Restaurant on Caledonian Road' summary='Ethiopian restaurant on Caledonian Road.'
website='http://www.marathonrestaurant.co.uk/'
summary='Ethiopian Restaurant on Caledonian Road' website='http://www.marathonrestaurant.co.uk/'

One of three Ethiopian restaurants on Caledonian Road, north of King's Cross. According to this it used to be called Merkato.

secretlondon went here one Monday night with a group from College.

Ethiopian food seems to be very similar to Eritrean food on the basis of this visit. We had tea to start (tea bag with spiced hot water) and then two large injeeras were brought out. We were then brought a selection of dishes which we added to the injeera ourselves. The vegetarians in our party were given their own, smaller, injeera.

The food was nice, and the venue licensed (although we didn't have any alcohol). There was a delay in getting us more injeeras but no other problems. More food than we could eat and the tea came to £11/head including service charge.

There was one female toilet. I can't remember if there were stairs to enter.

See also:

Last visited by secretlondon and classmates November 2009. Opening times from the menu.


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