Moroccan & Mediterranean Cafe (St Nicholas Market)…read more St Nicholas Market is brilliantly transformed into a Moroccan side street when dining at Al Madina St Nicholas Market. We were there on at the weekend - people squeeze by, in the throws of various conversations - and you feel part of all the activity, watching it all go by either siting at the 'al fresco' wrought iron / mosaic table & chairs or lounging in the boudoir enclave. The staff are great and run around trying to sort out meals and seats for people as both are in Hot demand. The meat mains are from around £5 and veggie dishes around £2 - £4 - very, very delicious.

Worked up an appetite after a day on a walking tour of the show Bridgerton set locations. This…read moreauthentic Moroccan restaurant rewarded us with an exceptional fresh meal. I had the very tasty and juicy tagine chicken. Wifey had the chicken skewers. Customer service was pleasing in spite of the large crowd that gathered. Nice family Moroccan style restaurant.

Sometimes an old trip calls you in the midst of a new one. When I heard there was a Moroccan…read morerestaurant in Bath, I thought about my foodie experiences in Morocco. I ordered a lamb tagine and salad. Both were excellent and I paired my tagine with couscous for lunch. The customer service was excellent and the decor of the restaurant is infused with Moroccan culture. Treat yourself!

A place of sheer opulence in comparison to the other businesses along this stretch of city road…read more This Middle eastern dining experience has to be one of my favorites, the complete atmosphere of the place transports you to the middle east with the lavish décor and traditional cooking. Stylish sophisticated design has gone into this renovated building with all the care and attention spent in transforming it into a masterful piece of interior design. The private seating gives your table a secluded feel and the service is pleasant and well worth the experience, additionally they are generous with the serving and extras. There is no service charge added, which makes the whole dining that more worth the trip. Food served in what I would imagine is Moroccan style tangine dishes makes the authenticity that more delightfully exciting, especially if you have never experienced this style of cuisine. I would recommend Burj Al Arab to anyone; I look forward to many repeat visits in the future.

Burj Al Arab, when literally translated from Arabic, reads 'Tower of the Arabs', and, somewhat…read moreunsurprisingly, has become a favoured name for businesses around the globe, (particularly hotels... with perhaps the most impressive of these being the Burj Al Arab in Dubai). It is fitting that there is a business of the same name on City Road. This area of Cardiff has a large Middle Eastern community, with Kurdish traders on the street outnumbering any other nationality. The Burj Al Arab on City Road is not a hotel however. It is a very elegant restaurant and coffee lounge that occupies a large property that looks like it used to be a pub. Unlike so many of the pubs in Cardiff today, this building is beautifully decorated in cream and brick red, with individual black canopies fanning out over the doors and windows. National flags of many of the Arab nations line a lintel that spans the width of the building beneath the upstairs windows. Pride of place is nevertheless reserved for the Welsh national flag that sits alongside a green ensign with an Arabic inscription. The food served here is clearly of Arabic origin, with tagines and couscous being the most dominantly featured items on the menu. Delicious!

Le Café Fez is a brand new café cum restaurant on Clifton Street, and is therefore forming part of…read morethe front guard of the businesses that are helping to regenerate the area. (A rapid decline amongst the businesses on this street has been apparent in recent months, since the council implemented a new one way system about a year ago.) Le Café Fez has been open about two months now, and everything seems to be going well. I have not eaten here yet, but am looking forward to some fine Moroccan dining at some point. Instead I have indulged in their fantastic coffee, and have enjoyed sitting at the table out front, just watching the world go by. Le Café Fez is situated in one of the busiest sections of Clifton Street, and so it always prove3s entertaining! The interior is really colourful and bright, and not being very large it feels intimate and homely. There is a huge marquee out the back that can be used for private events, as well as catering for the overflow from the restaurant. Somewhat inevitably it is also a shisha garden. Le Café Fez is owned by a really lovely gentleman called Ali, whose mild manners and engaging smile brighten up even the dullest of days.

I love Moroccan food and I'd really like to travel to Fez one day, because it sounds like one of…read morethe country's most exciting cities. As soon as I spotted this new café/restaurant on Clifton Street a month or two ago I was drawn in by the exotic name and the prospect of some authentic Moroccan cuisine. The menu features classics such as Lamb tagine, and I tried a couscous-based dish which was very tasty (and reasonably priced) - plus there's some good options for vegetarians. I think they are still finding their feet and their customer-base, as it was quiet when I went there, but I really hope they make it work as this area needs a good Moroccan. You can sit outside at the front of the café or inside amongst their warm and cosy décor. And for those who enjoy smoking a shisha pipe, there's a tented area out at the back where you can indulge.

In order to make this review more efficient, I am going to divide the problems the business is…read morefacing into 2 categories. 1. More minor, teething-problem type issues, that will hopefully (for their sake) be cleared up in the long-term 2. Major, serious issues that will result in the imminent failure of the business if not addressed immediately --------- I booked a table for 4 at 19:30, which I consider a pretty standard time to eat. I had a voucher from a well-known voucher company, which (alas) I pre-paid for. The manager wasn't enormously polite when I booked, but I figured he was having a bad day, or whatever. We arrived on time, and ordered around 19:45. The starters arrived an ENTIRE HOUR later. During that time, we were not asked if we would like more drinks. We also were not updated as to what was going on. The only contact we had with any staff was when the waitress came back after about 15 mins to tell us that several things we had ordered from the menu weren't actually available. There was also an hilarious moment when we were brought glasses of water intended for another table of annoyed customers. We kept them, for the lulz. During this time, most of the other guests left the restaurant, conspicuously not paying or leaving any tips as they did so. We could hear apologies from the very junior staff, and it was obvious that people were unhappy. The manager appeared to spend quite a bit of time hiding behind the bar (he used to run the Queens Shilling, so I supppose he was regressing to a safe, warm, familiar place in the hope that all the bad noises would go away). Starters: Awful, with no thought put into our dining experience, bad presentation and terrible cooking technique. I had Tiger Prawns in Harrissa sauce (sounds divine, no?). The prawns were pregnant (bellies full of little eggs) which revolts me, and is, in my book, bad cooking form- even if they're safe to eat, they look horrible in that state. I also think it's unethical to harvest pregnant creatures (though this isn't Tan Tan's fault directly) On top of this, they were served in their shells in the piping hot sauce. So what am I meant to do, just shove my fingers in there to fish 'em out and de-shell them? Or wait for them to get cold first? Decisions, decisions... I also had to ask for a bowl for the shells and a finger-washing bowl. In any case I didn't use them. I sent the tragi-prawns back to the kitchen, with a tear in my eye for the hundreds of wasted prawn-lives. The staff didn't bother to collect the finger bowls, so eventually I left them on another table on my way out for a smoke (I hadn't eaten my starter so I could, in good taste, smoke between courses. Also, i was bored out of my mind by the wait). Main Course: Arrived sometime after 10PM. 2.5 hours after we sat down to eat. This kind of delay is simply unacceptable. My lamb tagine had 4 or 5 pieces of 'lamb' in it, that were actually hunks of bone and gristle with a few edgings of meat. The vegetables in the sauce had been rendered somewhere close to liquidity due to overcooking. The sauce itself lacked any flavour at all. There also simply wasn't enough of it (a classic Woody Allen-esque case of 'terrible food, and such small portions!'). If you're making this type of food (which I have at home, with better results), there simply is no reason to run out of it. You make a massive pot of it to begin, and make more as required. I guess Tan Tan don't do it that way though. Baffling, really. Plus points: 1. We got a free drink (after about 2 hours of tedious waiting around) 2. We got a bizarre apology at the end. The manager said "sowwy" in a baby voice to us (!?) Minor problems: 1. Staff casually and openly chatting to friends or showing no urgency with a restaurant half-full of furious customers. 2. A manager that appeared to command no respect from his staff 3. A manager who spent too much time fussing over one specific table of guests (obviously his friends) 4. Not enough salt and pepper shakers for every table to have one 5. Taps in the toilets that we couldn't turn off 6. No thought put into the basics of dining- where to put shells, when to bring out more cutlery, etc. 7. No cigarette disposal boxes outside, so the butts had to go on the floor (which is technically against the law). 8. Inexperienced staff that couldn't remember basic orders (though they were young, and obviously flustered) Major problems: 1. Customer service. Apologies were grudging. Staff had given up on decent customer service by 8PM. No professionalism from anyone. 2. The manager. At one point, he poured himself a glass of wine to go with ours, saying he'd had a bad shift. !Newsflash for the manager! We don't care. And drinking on the job is enormously unprofessional, even at the best of times. 3. The food. Very, very poor. 2 of our side dishes were literally a can of tomatoes, a can of mixed beans and some spinach in a bowl. They tasted as though the beans hadn't been rinsed 4. Poor ingredients

Marrakech is a wonderful authentic Moroccan restaurant and takeaway, the food is served in…read moretraditional morrocan plates, if you go for a tagine your in for a pleasant surprise with the bubbling hot food and aroma as if you were in marrakech ! I strongly recommend a visit to this real authentic moroccan restaurant !

Having lived in Morocco for a few months I can tell you that everything at La Casbah is pretty…read moreauthentic - this includes the décor as well as the food. There's quite a few traditionally cooked meals prepared in tajines, but I always rock up and order the same thing. It's lamb and prunes with couscous all the way! I love this dish, and wish I could perfect the recipe at home, but until I do, I am bound to this place, because no-one else makes it better. I rarely spend more than a tenner when I come here. There's stiff competition amongst quite a few restaurants in the immediate area, which is great for the eater, even if it means that none of the restaurateurs in Easton are likely to be able to afford to retire early. But you could always leave a larger tip than usual if your conscience gets the better of you!

Well, it's not Casablanca but this Easton eatery does manage to bring a little Moroccan spice and…read morewarmth to Bristol. Good lamb dishes, as you would expect from a Moroccan place - all spicy and tender. Not just about the meat though, with plenty of choice for vegetarians as well. Plenty of puddings to tempt you but no alcohol as this place is BYO. If you're not from the area what really makes it worth a trip out here are the prices. You won't pay more than a tenner for any of the mains, and usually quite a bit less. So as well being able to try something a bit different you can do it without splashing out, splendid.

Recommended if you like authentic Moroccan / Middle Eastern food…read more Excellent and authentic Moroccan kitchen. chicken Tagine was delicious and served on sizzling plate. Nasra was super friendly / helpful service.

Excellent little find as a new opening on Apsley Road. This venue has changed hands a couple of…read moretimes recently, being slightly off the thoroughfare of Whiteladies Rd. The new owners have a restaurant in Bedminster that my family highly rated, so being around the corner was a plus. Really tasty, well cooked Moroccan food on the menu. A fairly concise offering, but everything looked interesting and appealing! We went with lamp chops, with pearl barley, tzatzaki, lemon, aubergine which was amazing and a mushroom dish which went down very well with the finance! The carrot cake was massive and tasty, as well. Small advice, it was a cold evening and the restaurant is half inside, half under a high spec awning, so try and get in the building if there's a chill. Didn't put us off, however!

I wanted something slightly different for dinner and was not disappointed by the delicious Moroccan…read morecuisine on offer. The owner was friendly and welcoming and the decor. and food were both authentic. We forgot about the 'Bring Your Own' alcohol policy so were ushered to co-op just down the road. Excellent location, just outside the city centre. I'm a big fan.

This independent BYO restaurant is a local treasure. The owner is cheerful and the food is good…read more Seating is either at small tables or cushion style around a low table for groups. Quite a small menu means the food comes quickly and is consistent, but a couple of specials would go down well with me just to add a little variety. BYO helps to keep the cost of a meal down and there's an off license nearby. Corkage is £2 per bottle. Do phone for a reservation, it's quite popular