Al Farid

I had never tried Moroccan food before, but I’m an adventurous eater and had heard great things about this place from friends who had gone for dinner the night before, so a couple of friends and I decided to try it out, especially since it was very close to our hotel (The Crowne).
It’s easy to find — right by the cathedral. We walk in and it looks like someone’s well-​decorated house. We sit at a low table on a couch and the waitress comes to take our orders.
After much deliberation, I decide to split a meat platter (lamb kebab, chicken kebab, sausage, 3 dips, 2 lavash, root vegetable couscous) with 2 friends, along with hummus + pita mezze and the duck with pomegranate appetizer. Our other two friends split chicken kebabs and hummus + lavash since they weren’t as hungry as us.
Our meat platter was everything I’d ever dreamed and hoped for. The lamb sausage and kebab were my favorites, but the combination of everything was delicious. The couscous was surprisingly good; the dips went will with everything. The hummus and pita was amazing as well. The only downside was that the chicken was kind of dry and the duck and pomegranate appetizer was mostly salad and not enough duck, and the flavor was underwhelming.
My friends also split a baklava platter for dessert; I tried a bite and it was good as well.
Overall, good experience in Exeter. They also have a «feast» option where you can pick anything from the mezze section for a set price.
Check out my other Exeter eats here:

I can understand why many people love this place. The food is very nice, but our particular experience was not a happy one.
It was a friend’s birthday and a booki

More walking around Exeter — we were planning to go to a Thai restaurant but we saw this place nearly next door — the two places are in the Three Gables, next to Exeter Cathedral.
So, what to expect from a Moroccan restaurant, when you haven’t booked. The upstairs is the tabled area, but we stayed on the ground floor — a small room with floor cushions, small coffee tables, fabrics on the walls and tent material for a ceiling. More cushions are strewn (strewed?) everywhere in some kind of simulation of a Berber tent.
Foodwise, we had the Meze — meatballs with cumin, potatoes, humous, prawn skewers, olives, chicken filo parcels with cinamon — very nice.
For pudding, I had a selection of pastries — lots of honey and pistachio and calories — and a Moroccan coffee — like many Mediterranean coffees this is made as follows: make filter coffee with only a tenth the water and without the filter. The waiter asked me twice whether I was sure I wanted it, but I persuaded him, and it di-di-di-di-di-didn’t affect me at all.
I also had a Moroccan wine — clearly made in a hot country, it tasted of wood and was quite alcoholic. I would stick to the Pinot Noir.

Si te apetece algo completamente distinto y nada que ver con la cultura anglosajona, Al Farid es el lugar idóneo. Se trata de un restaurante marroquí en el que se puede disfrutar desde bebidas y comida típica hasta una shisha!
El ambiente es bastante acogedor y relajado, el servicio es atento y agradable y los precios son bastante asequibles lo que hace que la estancia esté genial.
El restaurante se divide en tres plantas decoradas al estilo marroquí, es decir, con mesas bajas y cojines en el suelo en la primera planta y con sillas y mesas en la segunda si lo que queremos es disfrutar de su gastronomía. En esta misma segunda planta hay también una terraza habilitada para aquellos que quieran fumarse una shisha! En la planta baja están los aseos.
Nos habían recomendado el sitio unos amigos, así que fuimos a descubrirlo y ver si era tan fantástico como nos habían dicho y la verdad es que no nos defraudó en absoluto. Aunque el tiempo no acompañaba porque hacía un poco de frío nos fumamos una shisha y nos tomamos unos típicos cafés marroquís y salimos encantados!
También es posible comprar tabaco y sabores para tu propia shisha.
Si vas de visita a Exeter no olvides pasarte por Al Farid! =)