The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over Dh 400)
$$$ (Dh 200 to Dh 400)
$$ (Dh 100 to Dh 200)
$ (under Dh 100)
These prices are for a three-course meal per person without drinks.
A Ma Bretagne
Appropriately set out on the coastal Corniche just west of Aïn Diab, this is the fiefdom of Mâitre Cuisinier de France, André Halbert. The wondrous fish dishes of his native province of Bretagne dominate. It is rated by many as the best restaurant in all Africa but is bargain basement by European standards.
French gourmets are said to visit Casablanca simply to dine at this great chef’s table.
Fruits de mer takes on a whole new meaning.
Sidi Abderahman
Tel: (022) 397 979.
Website:
www.amabretagne.com Price: $$$$
Al Mounia
Catch the sun in the delightful garden of this popular hotel or relax inside, enjoying classic Moroccan cuisine with aromatic tagines and perfectly prepared couscous setting the mode. Note that there’s another restaurant using the
Al Mounia name, located just a few steps from the hotel.
85 rue du Prince Moulay Abdallah
Tel: (022) 203 211.
Website:
www.almouniahotel.ma Price: $$$
Restaurant au Petit Poucet
Once the haunt of the near-legendary pioneering French flyer and writer Saint-Exupéry, this colonial-era slice of old Casablanca is dressed in 1920s decor and oozes nostalgic ambience. It is great for romantics, even if the food is just so-so.
86 boulevard Mohammed V
No telephone.
Price: $$$
L’Etoile MarocaineYes, it is a Moroccan star.
L’Etoile Morocaine offers authentic and mouthwatering Magreb cuisine, including
mechoui (spit-roasted lamb) and
pastille (tasty meat pies)
specialties, at very affordable prices.
107 rue Allah Ben Abdellah
Tel: (022) 314 100.
Price: $$
Restaurant Snack Bar CaliforniaThe food here is simple but good - tagines, lentil soup, brochettes and more. It all smells great and comes as prices that make transport cafés seem exorbitant. A pocket of loose change will go a long way here.
30 rue Tata
No telephone.
Price: $
Nightlife:Casablanca is not renowned for the sophistication of its nightlife, and you really need on the spot advice from a local to get the best out of what is there. Downtown, there is tacky cabaret and a handful of discos while bars, like the cluster along rue Allal Ben Abdallah, tend to be male-only. For ladies, hotel bars like the Bogart/Bergman-themed
Casablanca Bar at the
Hyatt Regency (see
Hotels) are more welcoming.
While bars close fairly early, nightclubs open at 2300 and don’t close until 0300, though the less successful ones are depressingly empty.
Bars: Tour Hassan, 136 avenue des FAR;
Au Petit Poucet, 86 boulevard Mohammed V;
Churchill Club Aïn Diab,
1 rue Méditerranée, Aïn
Diab.
Clubs: Black House, at
Hyatt Regency Hotel, place des Nations Unies;
La Arizona, rue el Amraoui Brahim;
Club 84, boulevard el Mouahadine;
La Notte, 31 boulevard de la Corniche, Aïn Diab; and
Don Quixhote, 6 boulevard Félix Houphouët Boigny.
Live Music: There’s a dearth of live music venues in Casablanca but Latino fans can get their vibes at
Papagayo, 25 rue Zaïd Ibnou Rifâa, Mâarif, which has a band playing nightly. Sam really does play it again in the piano bar at
Rick’s Café, 248 boulevard Sour Jdid, Place du Jardin Public (tel: (022) 221 200), which evokes the ambience of the classic Casablanca movie. Stay long enough, drink enough shots, and Bogie might just amble in!
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