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fast or a selection of salads for lunch. Tajines are a speciality and the menu features plenty
of fish, as well as a selection of meat brochettes.
Taverne du Dauphin
FRENCH
€€
( 0522 22 12 00; 115 Blvd Houphouët Boigny; mains Dh70-90, set menu Dh110; noon-11pm Mon-
Sat)
A Casablanca institution, this traditional Provençal restaurant and bar has been
serving up
fruits de mer
(seafood) since it opened in 1958. On first glance it's a humble,
family-run place, but one taste of the succulent grilled fish, fried calamari and
crevettes
royales
(king prawns) will leave you smitten
.
Alcohol is served.
SEAFOOD
€€
Ostréa
( 0522 44 13 90; Le Port de Pêche; mains Dh150; lunch & dinner)
Across the road from Res-
taurant du Port de Pêche inside the port is this more upmarket seafood restaurant special-
ising in Oualidia oysters, fresh lobster and other shellfish. Wash it all down with a glass of
wine or beer.
Restaurant al-Mounia
( 0522 22 26 69; 95 Rue Prince Moulay Abdallah; mains Dh150; dinner)
Eat the best Moroccan
food in Casablanca's centre at this delightful traditional restaurant where you can choose
to sit in the Moroccan salon elegantly decorated with
zellij
(tilework) and sculpted wood,
or under the pepper tree in the cool, leafy garden. There's a selection of salads worthy of
any vegetarian restaurant and an array of exotic delicacies such as pigeon
pastilla
(rich,
savoury pie) and sweet tomato tajine.
MOROCCAN
€€
ITALIAN
€€
Chez Flavio
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( 0522 29 45 29; 3 Blvd Mohamed Abdou; pizzas Dh80, mains Dh120; lunch & dinner)
One of the
most popular Italian restaurants, Chez Flavio makes for a welcome break from tajine if
you've been in Morocco for some time. These are definitely some of the best pizzas in
town.
Le Rouget de l'Isle
FRENCH
€€€
