Berber & Q | Middle-Eastern Grill House In A Railway Arch
When Berber & Q first opened in their modest Haggerston railway arch back in 2015, they were right at the front of a new wave of live fire cooking.
And now that dozens of spots have followed in their footsteps? They’re innovating all over again. The team have just unveiled a brand new menu inspired by the food markets on the streets of Marrakech.
It’s a very compelling reason to visit – or revisit – Berber & Q’s converted railway arch right next to Haggerston station. Inside, that industrial muscularity is heightened with patinated metal, distressed wood furnishings, and cast iron fittings – and then softened with Medina-like patterns on the glass, velvet banquette seating and hand-painted signs inspired by Moroccan backstreets adorning the bare brick walls.
Berber & Q is suffused with that provocative, appetite-whetting smell of protein being smoked and scorched on a BBQ, drifting from the open kitchen in the back. Grabbing a seat at one of the long benches, you’ll see the new menu filled with the things you’re smelling: a smoky, slow-cooked lamb dish rubbed with cumin and harissa, a dish made famous on Mechoui Alley in Marrakech. Plucked from the lively Jemaa el-Fnaa square just to the south, there’s merguez sausage buns with pickled chilli and tomato relish. And from the coast, ‘married sardines’: paired and stuffed with a chermoula marinade combining fresh herbs with lemon, ginger, and red pepper flakes.
Washing all this down you’ll find some lively and inventive house cocktails, including an Old Fashioned stirred with Turkish coffee-infused tobacco liqueur, and the Berber Souk, with mezcal, pul biber agave & herbs. And they’re exactly as good as they sound…
…so don’t be surprised if, when you turn up, there’s a Q.
NOTE: Berber & Q is open for dinner Wednesday-Saturday. You can find out more and book on their website right HERE.
ALSO NOTE: If you liked this place, you’ll no doubt be delighted to hear they also have a second restaurant, Berber & Q Shawarma Bar…
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Berber & Q | Arch 338 Acton Mews, E8 4EA
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