Eat Out London!The Barbary
Tucked away in Neal's Yard, this Covent Garden restaurant takes inspiration from the Barbary Coast of North Africa, along the Mediterranean coast to Israel.
Covent Garden Restaurant | The Barbary | Neal's Yard | London
The Barbary is situated in the iconic Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden.
The restaurant takes inspiration from the Barbary Coast, Identified by 16th century Europeans as the area settled by the Berbers in the Atlas Mountains (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), the Barbary Coast was infamous for pirates and (until the beginning of the 20th century) the Barbary Lion.
It tells a story of trade, travel and culture – people voyaging along the coast, collecting and sharing ingredients and recipes, gathering influences from areas visited and thus enriching their own culture and heritage.
The Barbary menu reflects the countries from the Atlantic Coast through to the Mediterranean Sea leading to Israel.
2017 was an incredible year for us at The Barbary, in September selected as Time Out’s number one restaurant in London and October retaining our Michelin Bib Gourmand for another year.
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2017 has been an incredible year for us at The Barbary in Covent Garden, in September we were humbled and honoured to be selected as Time Out’s number one restaurant in London and in October we were extremely proud to announce that our Michelin Bib Gourmand would be with us for another year.
The Barbary is situated in the iconic Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden.
The restaurant takes inspiration from the Barbary Coast, Identified by 16th century Europeans as the area settled by the Berbers in the Atlas Mountains (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), the Barbary Coast was infamous for pirates and (until the beginning of the 20th century) the Barbary Lion.
It tells a story of trade, travel and culture – people voyaging along the coast, collecting and sharing ingredients and recipes, gathering influences from areas visited and thus enriching their own culture and heritage.
The Barbary menu reflects the countries from the Atlantic Coast through to the Mediterranean Sea leading to Israel.
The Barbary restaurant review | Culture Whisper
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But do so leaning on the bar, with a steady flow of drinks and snacks from smiley staff, safe in the knowledge that the food is absolutely worth it.
Flames roar on an open grill amidst the bustle of dishes and drinks preparation and pulsating mood music.
Even the dourest of diner will strike a rapport with friendly chefs and staff, who are only to eager to share tidbits of dishes, recommend their favourite aperitif or join you in downing a shot.
The food: We tried The Barbary with high hopes — as devoted fans of The Palomar, just days after a visit to the mothership restaurant that inspired them both, the Machneyuda in Jerusalem.
A sesame-studded Jerusalem bagel is the perfect vehicle for creamy, zesty Baba Ganoush dotted with toasted pine nuts.
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It’s a restaurant that dishes out good times and conviviality like some others do baskets of baguette.
Its menu is broadly similar to that of The Palomar, pulling together influences from Israel, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, but also takes in dishes from the North African countries along the Barbary Coast: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
Pair it with a plate of deep-flavoured harissa, zhug (a vibrant garlicky hot sauce) and both pickled and charred peppers and you’ll already be on a fairground ride of flavour before even ordering any of the main dishes — which are all tapas-sized for sharing and sit under Land (meat), Sea (fish) and Earth (veggie) categories.
Each dish comes packed with layer upon layer of stonkingly bright flavours — coriander, cumin, lemon, parsley — and seductive smoke-scent from being cooked on an open grill; it’s wonderful, evocative stuff.
Final flavour: A restaurant that exudes a conviviality almost as vibrant as its herb and spice-laden dishes, The Barbary is somewhere to cherish.
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Everyone loved it but me: I thought the food over-seasoned, tiny-portioned, sloppy, the welcome chilly (one pal wasn’t allowed to sit until the rest of us arrived), the raw bar tired.
We’re told The Barbary’s menu reflects the former Barbary Coast (Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia), which translates into a series of lyrical culinary arcana: mashawsha, sharabik, tcheba, zuzu and the magnificent nishnushim.
The food more than lives up to the intrigue of the language: the mashawsha delivers a muscular tentacle of octopus coiled around a slick of pomegranate molasses and the titular hot, garlicky, lemony chickpeas (described earlier on the menu as msabacha, just to confuse us further).
We sponge up sauces with naan e barbari, a puffy, simple flatbread, smoky, blistered and slick with olive oil, closely related to its Indian namesake – and, yes, that’s a tandoor oven it’s fished out of.
• The Barbary 16 Neal’s Yard, London WC2H.