Casablanca Cafe

Our supper was absolutely fabulous along with our service by Trevor. One of his recommendation was the blackened grouper over coconut curry rice, and he was dead on. This meal is a flavor explosion. We can't wait to come back and try his other recommendations. Honestly, best server we have had our trip.

Our waiter Mike was incredible. Provided great options and kept our party going with a great attitude. Spicy scallops were really good and the mahi mahi with crab was amazing.

I found this restaurant while I'm visiting Fort Lauderdale from NY . It's really good !! Food , price and service are excellent. I really want ti say thank you to Mike who was our server tonight . He was so kind and friendly. Thank you very much .

Another year of our 10 year tradition of visiting Casablanca every time we come to our timeshare, Marriott Beach Place Towers. Tonight, we are here for their happy hour. What an amazing happy hour! We got our favorite martini, Bombay Sapphire, shaken not stirred, for $6. The cheap bites were good, too.

We also like their lunches and dinner. They are a Moroccan restaurant, but they have a broad menu. The ambiance of the restaurant reminds me of the movie, Casablanca.

Cabe was our server. He went beyond the call of duty and took a couple of pictures of the 4 of us. He shakes a mighty good martini, too.

Picked this spot based on the Yelp reviews and pictures of the food. Have to say, this is a nice little gem to find while we were looking to recover from the Tortuga Music Festival. Just a short walk from our hotel, we walked up to the sights of this cute little place.

Located right next to the beach, you can choose to sit on the outside patio area, bar or inside - wherever you choose is guaranteed to provide some good views. Romantic enough for a date but also casual enough for a Sunday brunch with the girls.

The food was delicious and actually pretty affordable for what we got. My boyfriend and I split the calamari, house salad and seafood pasta. Calamari was perfectly battered and the aoli was a nice touch to dip it in. The marinara was tasty, but was a bit watered down, so it just missed the texture needed to properly compliment the fresh calamari, in my opinion. That is a downfall for me too because the seafood pasta also had the red watery sauce... Don't get me wrong, the seafood pasta is hands-down the way to go still, but I just prefer a more hearty sauce. Flavor profile of the seafood was so delicious! The sauce is, although watery, still a nice mix with the pasta and seafood. Since the dish was being split between 2, we opted to add more shrimp, which was the right call. We both felt satisfied with the portion size. Honestly, I think that the amount of protein with the extra shrimp should be the amount they should use regularly. Without it, I'd say this dish may be a little on the wimpy side due to the amount of pasta with it. For the price, you really get a wonderful value for this kind of freshly prepared seafood dish.

TIPS: If you are planning on going on a Sunday for mimosas (like we did), make sure you sit at the bar! They have unlimited for $15, but you have to sit in the right place... Our tab was $60 in mimosas alone because we did not realize this! Don't let your 'buzz' get killed by this, like we did! Haha!

In addition to the watery sauce, I have to take a jab at the speed of service. It was fairly busy, so the wait in between drinks and food was reasonable, but it took way too long to wait for our tab, get it ran and returned. Last thing I want to do after paying way too much for mimosas, is wait to pay for my mimosas so I can leave, ya know? So, for those things, I had to dock a star from my review.

Overall, I'd say I would definitely come back next time I'm in town! The view alone is a vibe I could jam with, but the look of all the other food around me has me already thinking about what I'll get next time... And how many mimosas I'm going to indulge in at the $15 rate to make up for my little oversight this go-around! See you another time soon, Casablanca Cafe.

Liked the atmosphere kind of old Florida vibe
Right across from the beach!

Service was slow but for me they are all in the South

Had a lamb gyro and was delicious nice soft wrap and the teazecki sauce was flavorful

Son had fish and chips - nice batter but fish was just okay

Other had a Cuban and a chicken Cesar wrap
We all liked the waffle fries

Would go back

In beautiful Ft. Lauderdale for work retreat . The team decided to leave the hotel for a little sight seeing. We ran across the cutest restaurant with the perfect view of the beach. We started with appetizers of salad, mussels, and ceviche. Everyone was satisfied with their choices. I decided on the scallops and was not disappointed. They weee cooked to perfection, an amazing glaze and some of the best mashed potatoes I've had in a while.

Five stars for the food, location and venue, amazing as usual... sadly as usual the service was terrible. Outside in nealy 90 degree weather for Mother's Day with my 79 year old mom, had to ask 5x before our water showed up halfway through our entrees.

Asked when we arrived, asked again when they were out of our bottle wine, asked when they brought the app, asked when the entrees arrived and asked again when the waiter finally checked in.

Insult to injury, check out took forever and the host was clueless when we came back after my mom left her purse at the table (shocker it was still at the table).

Date of visit: January 13, 2024

Our last official meal in Fort Lauderdale before returning to the frozen tundra known as our home was a good one! We had walked by a couple times during our brief stay and each time Casablanca Cafe was hopping!

While the place was a bit too busy for us to snag a table outside without a wait, we found it fun and cozy inside and that didn't dampen our spirits one bit. Michael S took great care of us and we really wanted for nothing during our stay.

I went with the French Toast and it was a no frills kind of dish in terms of presentation, but it was very tasty and frankly, that's where it counts. Everyone enjoyed their food and we were all distinguished members of the Clean Plate Club when the meal concluded.

This review is long over due. While visiting Fort Lauderdale on an impromptu trip, I booked a last min place to stay upon landing. The Snooze Hotel was located right next door to this wonderful place, and even presented me w two drink coupons to try this cafe after I had inquired about a nice local eatery. I happened to go during happy hour and boy let me tell you! The happy hour was happy houring! The bar staff were fantastic and the happy hour menu was nice and inexpensive offering a nice mix of cocktails and small bites. I ordered all of the small bites offered with the exception of the escargot and pizza ( I did not have room for them). The food and drinks were so delicious that I forgot to take pics of everything.