by Won S.

what is it with us and restaurants named casablanca that are in strip malls!  we went to one in bucks county and had a good time.  i don't know if these guys are related, but this one was good too.  the food was good.  the morrocan salads and hummus were good.  just enough to get you started.  well seasoned with traditional spices. the bastilla was different.  usually have it with ground beef, these guys use chicken, but it was good as well.  the main courses were also very tasty.  again, well seasoned.  the beef shishkabobs were well worth the price of admission.  trust me on this one.  the mint tea and the backlava were o, but by the end, you really don't have room for more.  pace yourselves.  go slow.  it's a long distance run, not a sprint to the finish, and you will want to eat everything they bring out for the feast, because it really is good.   And service is attentive.  that is the best part.we find the belly dancing to kind of get in the way of the food as a distraction more than anything else.  it doesn't really add to the ambience or atmosphere, but i guess they have to have it, i don't know.  it's more of a novelty.  this is not tangerine.  tangerine is great for a night on the town, but this place is great for just some good food.  it's a bit out of the way from the city, but it's still worth it.  besides, they have a parking lot!!  look for a small strip mall on the corner of haverford ave and city line or else you might miss it.  give it a try.

by BRUCE B.

I was invited to dinner at Casablanca by my friends Susan and John and her family, her mom, Jenny and her Father in law, Bob who are from England, now living in Spain. I was late as usual (flowers are so demanding dammit!) and I came in on dessert and the Belly Dancer. I enjoyed the Baklava and Turkish Coffee and  I enjoyed the Belly Dancer even more. After dinner we went downstairs to a club in the basement. This club was off the hook! We were escorted to a booth where the server places a large hookah or shiska pipe for us to relax with while enjoying the entertainment. The club was in a world of it's own, and at first i thought i was trapped in an episode of 24 and i was Jack Bauer looking for a way out. The place was filled with young Arab decent men with no women in site. I finally figured it out after a guy asked me to dance for the third time- in a lot of cultures the women dance together and the men dance together as well. The band was great, with a Lebanese singer, a Saudi guitarist, a Jamaican bass player and a Colombian drummer. Bob is the party est of our group and he danced almost every set with men and women, after a while the pipe we were smoking with that Delicious strawberry flavored tobacco mellow us out and we all enjoyed ourselves. What an experience!

by Mia K.

Tagine.Cous Cous.Paella.7 courses of Moroccan food and a fully stocked bar... It's like my life's vision has come true.  To be a bit cliche - east meets west in this beautifully decorated restaurant/night club.  The staff is amazing - music is good annnnd did I mention Moroccan food + Alcohol.  Um hi. Amazing yes!We always go here for birthday parties and stuff like that.  Downstairs is a club and since you're not technically in Philly you can smoke with your libations!

by Melissa A.

I went here for a friend's birthday with a large group of people. There were probably 15-20 of us and we had reservations and were seated in this area with long couches and a smattering of pillows on the floor. As I am wont to do, I show up late and have to sit on one of the dingier pillows on the end. Eh.My friends announce that this is a seven course meal. I start counting: 1. salad, 2. soup, 3. appetizer, 4. entree, 5. dessert. Hey guys, I can only come up with five courses, what are the other two?? The meal started off with some warm washcloths and I had to wait to see what everyone else did with them before I decided to join them and also wipe my hands off. Was that one of the courses? Then we get salads, hummus and baba ganouj--typical, typical--nothing special. Ho hum. I'm starting to think we're going all vegetarian which I guess is okay, but my friends told me to come hungry. Then we get a dessert-type pastry. WTF? Is dinner over? No? Where is the frickin silverware??Next up is the rabbit. I glance around and there are a few frownie faces amongst us crying over the death of Thumper, Bugs Bunny or whatever famous, fake, cartoon rabbit/bunny characters they can think of. Those are CARTOONS and NOT REAL. Whatever. Holy hell! Rabbit is delicious! This stuff was tender, falling off the bone, and melted like mashed potatoes in my mouth. Tex Avery be damned. The frownie faces amongst us are also eating the rabbit two-handed with greasy, maniacal smiles and sweaty mustache faces. Hypocrites. All of a sudden, we're eating lamb. Jesus Christ. Do these waiters even let you breathe? Frownie faces aren't even trying to complain about eating famous fake sheep characters. I can't even think of any...Lamb Chop? That thing is annoying. I ponder over why the character is named after a food produce and isn't that a little morbid? We all agree that we would eat Lamb Chop *tips Shari Lewis*. And the only other sheep I can think of is Shaun from Wallace and Gromit's "A Close Shave" and I picture him in his tiny little sweater made from his own fur and I get a little sad. I start welling up. I chew and swallow. Shaun...I mean, the lamb is okay, but the rabbit was much better. Head nods signify agreeance. Good. I remark that eating this meat off the bone makes me feel like a Moroccan prince. I bellow "MORE PROSTITUTES" in my best [read: worst] Moroccan accent and it comes out sounding strangely Australian. Whatever. I'm sure there's princes in Australia that need an extra amount of prostitutes. Next is couscous. It's just plain boring after having rabbit and lamb. Then fresh fruit. Seriously? I can get this at home. Not interested. I didn't even touch the Baklava and tea and barely even looked at it. And finally the washcloths come back. Thank god it's over.We continue to drink some Yuenglings and they start piling up. The belly dancer comes in and zeros me out because I'm on the end on the dingy pillow. Christ. I stand up. I get a quick mini-lesson with the dancer. My friends start laughing and snapping pictures. Great. The dancer compliments me and I slink back to my pillow. More and more Yuenglings start coming. We get the bill and it's obscene. The Yuenglings were around $6 a bottle and once everyone gets their money in, we're $100 short. Ick. My richer friends throw in extra money and we're done.Someone notices that there's a downstairs club so we all lumber down the stairs drunk, fat, with lighter wallets. We want to sit again, but every booth has a "reserved" sign. Grrr. There's some shisha or whatever it's called and we giggle unknowingly at it. There's a few uncomfortable glances from the other clientele and we finally leave.All in all, the best thing to come out of this is the "MORE PROSTITUTES" line, so that's why I'm giving it 3.5 stars.

by Glorilyn H.

I went here with some friends to celebrate a birthday. We had a fantastic time here. Wonderful atmosphere. Outstanding food, wine, and service. The belly dancer even helped celebrate our special day by teaching us some moves. I highly recommend this restaurant and will defintely be dining here again.

by Lauren S.

~ Mint tea ~ grilled pita ~ hummus, delightful prunes, dates, and figs, aromatic rice and chicken that fell off the bones.  I really can't remeber what else we ate, but the whole experience was very nice.The food was really excellent - and there was so much of it!If I remeber correctly -  my boyfriend took me here a while back, and we were surprised it was in a shopping center (!!!)It was super dark - It was a very romantic atmosphere where I could hold my honey, eat great food, and watch some incredible belly dancing!Loves it~

by Stephen H.

There are several good Moroccan Restaurants in the area, this is not one of them. The downfall of this pit, is it's owners/staff who may be the vilest people I have ever had the displeasure of patronising. They do not know how to treat people with respect. They are about as classy as the strip mall their place is in. If you want Moroccan food, try Marrakesh. If you are in the area, I suggest the McDonald's across the street. you will get better service and have a more pleasant experience.

by dj h.

PROS: No hipsters, yuppies, or transplantsCONS: NONEThis place is great.  All of the pretentiousness of 'downtown' gentrified Philly is completely gone.  That's right, there are absolutely NO POSERS here, just great food and service.  We went on a tuesday night, its like $27 per person for the 7 course meal, its dark and chill and laid back.. all the food is top notch, from the first courses of appetisers (you gitt a lot) you are alreay getting full -- the main dishes are smaller, but thats GOOD because you focus on the meat rather than the filler.Its topped off with that morrocan crunchy dessert thing and a mint tea, which is refreshing.  If this place was downtown they would be charging $57 a person, and it would be full of the fakes from nantucket who think philly is the new Paris.  This place feels authentic, having eaten REAL morrocan food before I know this is the real deal - this resturant is a glimpse of what philly USED to be like downtown, ALL substance and NO pretention.  This place is a bit of a secret, I dont tell ANYONE downtown (1 speed bicycles cannot get this far from fishtown anyway) - I dont want this place getting corny - I must say I will return, this is a place to CELEBRATE when you did something good for yourself, a place to get a PROPER meal without the pretentious stuffy BS of 'downtown'... see you next time...PS - your tip is included (18%) in the bill, so you dont have to sweat it.  The service was proper - not fake nice, and not mean, just REASONABLE which is all anyone could ever ask - the food is GREAT, you eat it with your HANDS which makes it taste even better, you wont need to drink here to pass the time, the dining experience enough doubles as a natural high...enjoy