Maoz Vegetarian – A (Mostly) Pun-less Review

Arabic — By admin on July 4, 2007 12:00 am

Feeling Maoz-y At Midnight

This article was definitely not by Andrew Poole

Don’t worry. Even though most people pronounce the name of the restaurant “mouth” we will avoid such bad puns as “It’s maoz watering!” – we simply aren’t that sort of publication.

This non-pun-oriented restaurant is almost more of a hybrid restaurant/kiosk, but think cozy not cramped. It’s the place for every frazzled, Madrileño who’s short on time and money, but wants to eat healthily on occasion. If you are from a city that has entered the vegetarian realm a little more deeply than Madrid (for example, any place where “ham” isn’t classified as a vegetable), you’ll definitely appreciate this opportunity to “veg out” – that wasn’t a pun my finger slipped on the keys, I swear!

Maoz really only has a couple of menu items, but think selective, not limited: you can get a hummus and falafel pita, Belgian fries, or the salad bar. All items are very filling and less than five euros. If you don’t believe that a salad can be a full meal it’s worth mentioning that you can make as many repeat visits to the vegetable/salad bar as you like. Another nice touch is that you can fill your pita with the vegetable/salad bar items as well; however, “re-pita” trips are not allowed. Also not a pun! That is simply a phonetic spelling with a slight Italian accent – there’s a difference.

The ingredients in the above mentioned salad bar are healthy and unique: olive pate, seared cauliflower, marinated vegetables, and much more. If you think you’ll have room left, you can indulge in the Belgian fries which showcase the restaurant’s Amsterdam roots.

Not willing to merely let the news of this wonderful restaurant travel by word of “Maoz”, the nice folks in Holland have, of course, set up a website.

Ok! OK! That last one was a pun – they were all puns – I admit it! I just came off a sixteen-hour-shift and have regressed into a cheeseball motor “Maoz” dashing off bad puns in the early hours of the morning. I realize this makes you want to punch me in the “Maoz”, but don’t let my lack of good taste reflect poorly on this restaurant.

Maoz

Calle Mayor, 4 or Calle de Hortaleza, 7

647 40 87 31 (same number for both locations)
Open: 11h to 2.30

To go to the main Food and Tapas page click here