Mokonuts

Christopher Solomon★★★★★★★★★★5.0a month ago

What a fantastic dining experience. Mokonuts is located in an unassuming space with no real attempts to be fancy. The space is small but inviting, with utilitarian furniture and basic ambience. We were greeted by one of the owners for our 2:00 reservation and we waited outside for the tables to be ready, joined by the 6 or 7 others who were there for that seating. She was lovely and inviting and everything was just so normal. We chose from the menu (We got gnocchi and asparagus starters, salmon and pork mains, and a strawberry tart and a pavlova for desert. Drinks were a house made lemonade and a house made grapefruit and thyme soda - everything was fantastic). We watched those who had been in the earlier seating doing everything they could to not lick the bowls and laughed a little, but then our food came and seriously I wanted to take in every single droplet of the deliciousness. Every course was so wonderful and surprising and just perfect. I cannot recommend this place enough and we will make sure to visit every time we are in Paris - it was lovely and welcoming and plate-licking good. We kept forgetting to take pictures of the presented dishes because we were so excited to dig in - just wonderful.

Lim Li Gang★★★★★★★★★★5.02 weeks ago

Slow-cooked salmon had a wonderful melt-in-your-mouth texture and the coconut blancmange was a delectable and memorable dessert. The cookies were also delicious, with an interesting turmeric (?) one leaving a deeper impression. Reservations required and quite difficult to get; strongly recommend booking a while in advance, but managed to get a slot by randomly refreshing the reservation page.

Barry Lam★★★★★★★★★★5.07 months ago

I booked a private dinner at Mokonuts last week. There were 16 of us. Booking the night was quite simple and very hassle free (which got me worried at first). But they are very quick to respond to emails. They served a simple yet delicious 5-course meal and even accommodated the one vegetarian in our party. They recommended two bottles of wine to be paired with the food. This took the stress off of finding a good bottle. Having the whole space to ourselves was the big seller. Very happy to have dined at Mokonuts.

Charlie Byrne★★★★★★★★★★5.05 months ago

Oh, how I loved dining at Mokonuts in Paris! The unusual name caught my eye when I first started my restaurant research. But it was the reviews and feedback that cemented it as a “must do” for me. We managed to get a resy at this tiny (22 seats), lunch-only, Mon-Fri only, Mom and Pop shop. And it lived up to the accolades. Super-vibrant Moko Hirayama greeted and seated us. She’s an ex-NYC lawyer and amateur baker turned professional baker, plus front of house wizard. Back in the miniscule open kitchen we saw her husband, Omar Koreitem, furiously finishing prep and start to cook at 12 noon sharp, all with just one other staffer. By the way, this Japanese – Lebanese couple just released a fabulous, beautiful cookbook (Mokonuts, Phaidon Press)… and it tells the story better than I can here. Suffice to say – highest recommendation – order it today! On our visit in November, my wife and I ordered almost the entire lunch menu, small by design, but absolutely terrific from start to finish. Check out some of the photos… *Organic Chicken, Pomme Ratte, Bruxelle Sprouts, Jus *Slow-Cooked Salmon, Salsify, Endives *Hamachi Crudo, Sumac, Lemon *Labné, Puntarelle *Tangy Lemon Tart, Pomegranate, Coconut Cream, Quince, Tapioca, Pomelo *Various exterior, inside, prep, dining room shots, and more. Mokonuts is one of those special places you don’t come across very often. If you’re headed to Paris, please start working on securing a resy ASAP. If you’re not travelling, get the cookbook and enjoy at home. Either way, you can’t go wrong!

Lale Gungor★★★★★★★★★★5.05 months ago

Lived up to the hype. Really delicious food. And lovely service from this small restaurant in Paris. Recommend.