The Casbah Restaurant - Calgary

Name: The Casbah Restaurant - Calgary
Address: 720 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E4, Canada, R, 2, Canada

4.4/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

About The Casbah Restaurant

Regular hours are:
Wednesday - Saturday: open at 5:30pm Sunday - Tuesday: Closed

Contact The Casbah Restaurant

Address :	720 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E4, Canada
Phone :	📞 +98
Postal code :	2
Website :	http://www.casbahrestaurant.ca/
Categories :	Mediterranean restaurant , Moroccan restaurant ,
City :	R
Description :	Upscale establishment featuring Moroccan cuisine in a dimly lit space with colourful mosaics.

720 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E4, Canada

Best Moroccan restaurant in Canada

Z	Zak Souter-Lucas on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My wife and I had dinner here for Valentines Day. I couldn't be happier with our choice. The resturant is gorgeous and the staff are extremely helpful and nice. The food alone is 5 stars! Get the lamb!
J	Jack on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I don't usually comment about atmosphere, but Casbah definitely has it. I had the couscous with braised lamb. The flavors were unique and the seasonal vegetables were perfectly cooked. I felt like the lamb was slightly overcooked. Unfortunately, the lamb shank special was sold out but I would come back to try it and the cornish hen.
H	Heartless66601 on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The esthetic of this place alone should be a reason to visit. The food was 10/10 every single meal was delicious. We opted in for the dinner meal package which included salad&soup, a main and a dessert with option of coffee or tea. The price was great for the portions and the main was delicious. The owner (at least I think it was the owner) was charismatic and welcomed us warmly. He gave us a bit of a history lesson and geography lesson as well with our meal, which we asked for, and I couldn't have been happier with the food, service, atmosphere. Definetly a must see
c	cyano on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The ambience is nothing short of breathtaking. It is an entire underground Moroccan dream world. Absolutely mesmerizing ( I wish I knew where they get their tea cups). The food is so flavorful, fresh and comforting. The pistachio rose desert was spectacular. Service was friendly and relaxed. * I see some complains about portion sizes and price. Most of the people in the world outside of North America, go to a restaurant to enjoy an entire evening slowly, with incredibly well prepared and thought out food that is an experience. Not to stuff your face and go. But to socialize, experience and take it slow. These portions are meant for that. If you are still hungry after an appetizer, main and dessert with drinks....That has nothing to do with the portion size of this restaurant. The price reflects the incredible amount of time, effort and dedication it takes to make fresh authentic Moroccan food, that is consistently good. This is not a burger with ketchup and fries menu guys. This food takes time, dedication and hard work. Please do not compare this to a Canadian standard joint. It is an insult to this Gem of a restaurant. Go here, experience, relax, take it slow, make good memories.
S	Stephanie G. on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My husband took me here for my birthday after a coworker recommended it to him. We loved the ambiance and decor of the place. It was quiet and dark and was really nicely decorated. The food was very good, we had never tried Moroccan cuisine and we were excited to try it. The flavors were wonderful, the lamb was some of the best I've ever had. My husband got a dish with the hen, the hen was fall of the bone tender. Everything was really great and I look forward to trying more in the future. The not as great, I felt the service left a bit to be desired. We were about 10 minutes early for our reservation, I felt as though we were an inconvenience, even though our table was set up, clear and ready for us. We stood awkwardly in the entrance way with the skip the dishes drivers. Being as Moroccan food is not the most mainstream cuisine here, and I believe most people have not tried it before, a little bit of guidance with the menu would have been appreciated, or at least an offer of recommendations. I felt the server was maybe a little bit annoyed with us after we were early, and I felt that the service did suffer a bit from that. It wouldn't stop us from returning, but I think it was a low point of the otherwise amazing meal.
J	Julia Holmes on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have never been in a cooler restaurant. This place is bursting at the seams with ambiance. Service was outstanding. The dishes I selected were part of a menu called Touring Morocco. Wow! Real food, the kind of food you feel good about eating. The lamb, oh my, get the lamb! I left feeling like people need to know about this hidden gem! Outstanding all around. Thank you to the server for the special attention that we were given.
D	Dave H on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wow!!!! We just escaped Calgary and travelled 1/2 way around to world to Morocco!! The atmosphere is outstandingly authentic. The flavours, authenticity and hospitality of this amazing family run restaurant will both delight and enthral you. I totally recommend this place to everyone…I know I’ll be back ?
J	Jia M on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautifully decorated, great ambiance and amazing service. serving size for mains is decent, but unless you are ordering couscous you will have to order bread or rice with it. Desserts size for the sampler is really small for sharing even though they say it includes 3 regular sized desserts.