Moroccan restaurants in New York

Meskerem 47

468 W. 47th St., New York, NY 10036

This Ethiopian restaurant boasts an amazing vegetarian combo of seven dishes, including azifa-a cold lentil salad flavored with ginger and mustard that climbs right up your... More »
La Maison du Couscous

484 77th St., Brooklyn, NY 11209

Despite the sale to a new owner, this Brooklyn classic charges onward. A recent revisit demonstrated that the chicken, lemon, olive, and potato tajine is as good as... More »
Café Mogador

101 St. Marks Place, New York, NY 10009

Go after 5 p.m. when, first off, they bring a lovely tray of small dishes and let you take your pick. Try the cumin-laced beet salad, the verdant tabouli, or the carrot... More »
Awash

947 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10025

Though located on Indian Row in the Upper West Side, Awash serves down-to-the-boiled-egg authentic Ethiopian in a somewhat upscale, unassuming space that serves one... More »
Peels

325 Bowery, New York, NY 10003

The evening menu is an oddly appealing mix of trendy Southern (fried chicken, biscuits, shrimp and grits) and Southwestern/Latin American (lamb shank with mole, "Baja" salad). For... More »
Karma Lounge

51 1st Ave., New York, NY 10003

New York's strict smoking laws are the best things that ever happened to this hookah bar and refuge for cigarette addicts. Here, smokers gleefully inhale their clouds of... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

Sarah DiGregorio writes for Village Voice on Peels

On almost any given night at Peels, the two-story restaurant is as crowded as a house party after finals—a jostling, buzzy scene where you might get awkwardly chatted up by a guy brandishing a beer or take an accidental ponytail-to-the-face from a long-legged girl. Reservations aren't taken for a party under six, so you've got to wedge yourself into the bar upstairs, which looks out on...
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Robert Sietsema writes for Village Voice on Walima

The cheerful, round-faced proprietor met us in the doorway, clasping his hands in front of him. "We're serving the fast-breaking meal of Ramadan," he said without a trace of discouragement. "Please come in and sit down!"
Early Internet reports about Walima were promising. Moroccan is one of our most difficult-to-find cuisines. Yet the cuisine is among the world's tastiest, making subtle...
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Robert Sietsema writes for Village Voice on La Maison du Couscous

Though Moroccan cuisine is among the world's most subtle and appealing, New York suffers from a dearth of it. Manhattan Moroccan restaurants have typically been expensive and not very good, more intent on dispensing cocktails and attracting supermodels than on whipping up tasty food. But working-class cafés with cheaper and better Moroccan fare began springing up in Astoria and Bay Ridge...
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