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5800 Geary (at 22nd Ave.) San Francisco, CA 94121

415-752-2222

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SF Weekly
Recommended
Critics'
Pick
Best North African Restaurant
Award Winner 2003

Cuisine(s): African, Moroccan

Hours: Sun-Mon, Wed-Sat 5:30pm-10:30pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa

Features: Delivery, Family Style, Private Party, Prix Fixe, Takeout

Serving: Dinner
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street, Valet

Description

Over Aziza's lifespan, the restaurant has undergone a quasi-mystical metamorphosis: What started out as San Francisco's best Moroccan restaurant, serving refined versions of classic salads and tajines, has turned into one of the city's best restaurants, period. Chef-owner Mourad Lahlou has embraced many of the techniques and aesthetics of modernist cuisine, but infused them with warmth and complex spicing. Long-simmered stews have evolved into precise stripes of sauce, artfully poached vegetables, and meats whose uniform pinkness identifies them as having been cooked sous-vide. Melissa Chou's desserts are of a piece with the savory food, and the cocktail list reads like a mixologist's oxy-addled scribblings -- but the drinks themselves unexpectedly work.

2003 | Best North African Restaurant

Although Aziza exhibits most of the classic Moroccan-restaurant characteristics, it isn't your typical North African hangout. Sure, there are belly dancers, and the hand-washing ritual, and the deal where the waiter pours the mint tea into your cup from three feet up in the air. But brothers Khalid and Mourad Lahlou (Khalid has since left) created a venue in which the foods of their native Marrakech are touched with fresh new flavors and accents. Hummus is flecked with sun-dried tomatoes;... More »
2002 | Best New Restaurant

For the past few years, naming the best new restaurant in San Francisco has been difficult. High-end projects popped up faster than we could review them -- Fifth Floor! Gary Danko! Elisabeth Daniel! Azie! Now, in these leaner times, the newcomers have become a lot less ambitious. Even the names (Grub, Bloo, Night Monkey) aren't as catchy. Still, don't let that detract from our praise of Aziza. After closing their highly rated Kasbah in San Rafael, brother act Mourad and Khalid Lahlou opened... More »

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Sweet Spot

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, December 12, 2001

To dine at Aziza is to experience a rare brand of luxury that leaves no sense untouched. Step inside and you'll encounter dusky cobalt walls, dramatic arches painted with blue and white stripes, and the soft, twangy lilt of Moroccan music. Someone... More »

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Bay_Runner | New York , NY | 26 Reviews

| Sun, August 15, 2010

one of my fav restaurants in SF

Main Menu

Starters

$7.00

Olive
raw almond, rosemary

$8.00

Lentil Soup
medjool date, celery, parsley

$11.00

Spreads
chickpea, yogurt-dill, piquillo-almond, flatbread

$12.00

Beet
cucumber, peanut, crème fraiche

$15.00

amberjack
seaweed, black trumpet, snap pea, ash

$17.00

Big Fin Squid
artichoke, citrus, piquillo, olive

$16.00

Chicken Wings
kohlrabi, apple, cabbage

$15.00

Sweetbreads
winter squash, cornichon, marash pepper

$22.00

duck confit basteeya
raisin, almond

Entree

$22.00

Green Farro
legumes, truffle

$19.00

couscous
couscous, artichoke, ramp, baby corn, sesame

$28.00

Branzino
mustard greens, turnip, pepper

$27.00

Chicken
hen of the woods, celery root, green garlic

$29.00

Squab
huckleberry, sweet potato, horseradish

$28.00

Short Rib
carrot jam, nettle soubric, date

$26.00

Lamb Shank
barley, cherry, saffron

Desserts

guava sorbet
kiwi granita, coconut, peanut

strawberry parfait
beet sorbet, rhubarb, kumquatm pistachio

lavender panna cotta
malted vanilla ice cream, walnut cake, rye

pound cake
lemon ice cream, mint, caramel, blood orange

chocolate brioche french toast
green cardamom, coffee, hazelnut

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Aziza

5800 Geary (at 22nd Ave.) San Francisco, CA 94121

415-752-2222

Description

2003 | Best North African Restaurant

2002 | Best New Restaurant

By W. Blake Gray | Thu, April 5, 2012

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, September 23, 2010

By Tamara Palmer | Mon, August 23, 2010

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, December 12, 2001

Bay_Runner | New York , NY | 26 Reviews