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View London: stars Review by Bill Buckley: You might think a mooli is a large, white radish but now there’s a new definition of the word. According to two young entrepreneurs, it means warm, flavoursome fillings, zesty salsa, vibrant chutneys and crunchy salad, all rolled in a fresh, homemade roti. That’s a pretty fair description of what they’re turning out on the site of defunct Soho Italian cafe Piada, and it could just be a tweak on fast food that’s destined to go big....This place has heart. Maybe, just maybe, one day every high street will have a branch. Read More

Wallpaper: The recent opening of Mooli's in London's Soho burgh, though, has us especially humming with pleasure. Putting a new spin on a cuisine that’s normally (if stereotypically) associated with ghee-laden curries and heavy breads, this street food-inspired eatery dishes out tasty roti rolls with wonderful fillings. Read More

Qype: stars Review by Neil Davey: '...........fresh Indian fillings and vibrant salads are served in generous measure in rolled Indian breads. The whole package is filling but deceptively light. You know how some spicy meals leave you bloated and feeling like you're moving through treacle? A Mooli lunch will leave you energised and nourished. Mind you, that could just be the unapologetic spicing: this probably isn't a place for the sensitive of tastebud. But if you like heat and big flavours, you'll find this properly portable, properly zingy Indian food very much up your small connective passage.... The lunch deal - a sandwich, lovely roasted poppadums and some eye-popping chutney, a drink (and the mango lassi with ginger is superb)- is a fiver. It's about the best way of spending a small blue one in the area.' Read More

London Eating: Now open on a former Piada site on Frith Street, Mooli's specialises in 'moveable feasts' - Indian-inspired fillings like subtly spiced chicken, braised Keralan beef and paneer rolled with salsa, chutney and crunchy salads into homemade rotis. All priced under a fiver, this could be a new lunchtime favourite for Soho foodies. Read More

Goodforlunch.com: Mooli's looks interesting. They describe themselves as a 'new fast casual restaurant concept' and will be serving fresh Indian food with cocktails & beer just up from Ronnie Scott's in the old Piada shop on Frith Street. Read More

Dos Hermanos: '......Mooli offers a fresh and welcome addition to an already crowded market. They’ll do very well.' Read More

TAB's reviews

Before we even launched, TAB, our guest blogger wrote some early reviews. Note: these are fiction. Well most of them are – the ones by Mrs. Chandy and Mr. Singh (Mathew’s mum and Sam’s dad respectively) could well be true.

As far as I am concerned, when it comes to express meals, there are mooli's and then there is everything else
-Andrew Mckneely, Eat Me

If an alien from outer space happened to be in Soho and wanted to understand the earthlings' fascination for Indian food, then it could do no better than head down to 50 Frith Street
-New York Times

"[after some unconnected story]... and so, the comforting vision is the ever so slight but real danger that some ants may crawl out of the carpeted walls, the chicken tikka may glow if the lights go out, and the fact that the polite indian waiter is taking out his frustration by pissing in my vindaloo. This is what we want from an indian food experience, not some pretentious fusion of different indian regional food all presented with the aesthetic sensibility of Japanese design"
-G Coren, The Times

There is a new force in town, and it is currently radiating at 50 Frith Street. Easily the best, most tastiest rolls/wraps whatever, you will ever eat
-Eat Out

"For a long time I failed to understand the allure of paneer. A tasteless cheese, it had nothing to commend it other than its parasitic qualities. I could fully understand why it never featured in the cuisine of Pakistan. Perhaps it was just a vegetarian thing. However, having tasted the paneer mooli, I can now see that this is what the paneer was made for. This is its true vocation"
-Zaheer Murdabad, Dawn

"The "simplified" menu really signals the lack of imagination. For real variety and options you need to go down to East London"
-Brick Lane Bi-Monthly

The best thing I have ever had in my life
-Mr Singh, Delhi Times

[after some unconnected story] If I were a goat I would happily die to be laid out in the warm bread that hugs the goat mooli. To give this much pleasure would not be a bad way to go. I am not sure the blonde would agree....
-AA Gill, The Times Magazine

Awesome, it changed my life
-Mrs Chandy, Kerala Times

A mooli is just such a comforting thing. It puts you in a good mood. Indeed if served, it could be the key to resolving the Arab Israeli and Kashmir conflicts
-Post-Structural-Alternative-Meta-Views on Conflict (food section)