French restaurants in Casablanca: 8 bistros and brasseries in 2026

The name is misleading. In March 2025, critic Gilles Pudlowski summed it up: this brasserie is Bavarian in name only. The first owner was from Alsace, and the house has been running since 1968, a short walk from the Marché central. Daniel Galabrun, originally from Montpellier, has run it for about 25 years, with Mourad Moutrib in the kitchen. On the plate, unapologetically French regional cooking: oeuf cocotte with foie gras and ceps, sea bass carpaccio, monkfish medallions with Atlas ceps, free-range chicken supreme. Even tartiflette is there, renamed délice savoyard. The dining room has been redone in a chic style, red velvet banquettes and a wall of bottles. The original wooden chairs still bear the Bavarian lion. The critic reckoned on 45 to 50 € à la carte and found the bill reasonable. Thinking of a Sunday? Make other plans: that's the closing day given in his article.

How about tasting the cooking of a top graduate of the Institut Paul Bocuse? Amine Chraïbi, born in Casablanca, worked at Senderens, the Auberge de l'Ill and L'Astrance. With Marion Chraïbi, he then worked in Paris at KGB and then BAT, before opening this restaurant at 50 bis avenue Hassan Souktani, in Gauthier. The base is French, the accents come from elsewhere. Gilles Pudlowski, who ate there in early 2025, mentions a meagre ceviche with leche de tigre, grilled octopus with broccoli, preserved lemon, feta and smoked pimentón, then free-range poultry with a cauliflower and comté mousseline. For dessert, Dulcey chocolate with coconut milk and a cep ice cream. Yes, ceps. He noted a 25 € lunch menu and around 55 € à la carte. A good pick for a weekday lunch. On Sundays, the door is closed.

An entrecôte, a sauce, fries. At Relais de Paris, the set menu fits in three words and costs 260 MAD, with a mesclun and walnut salad to start. The sauce is called Sauce Originale Relais de Paris, and the menu claims a quality house since 1972. You'll find it in the Villa Blanca hotel, on the Aïn Diab Corniche. The decor plays the Parisian brasserie card: wood panelling, cement tiles, long banquettes, and a covered terrace with rattan tables. Not in the mood for the set menu? Burgundy snails at 90 MAD for six, oysters depending on the catch, beef fillet béarnaise at 310 MAD, chateaubriand at 495 MAD for special occasions. A tip slipped onto the menu itself: the chocolate fondant and the thin apple tart should be ordered at the start of the meal. The hotel website advertises non-stop service from noon to midnight, seven days a week.

Oeufs en meurette, boeuf bourguignon, duck confit. If that list whets your appetite, push open the door at 3 rue Abou Adil Allaf. La Cantine de Gauthier bills itself as a bistronomy bistro, and its online menu ticks every French bistro box. Salade périgourdine at 140 MAD, a slice of house foie gras at 160 MAD, Morteau sausage, veal sweetbreads with portobellos. For fish, the sole meunière is 230 MAD. Most dishes are between 190 and 230 MAD. All desserts are 80 MAD, from Paris-Brest to tarte Tatin by way of crème brûlée. To share, there are also Dakhla oysters and a côte de boeuf for two at 460 MAD. Lunch is Monday to Friday. In the evening, the kitchen runs until 1 am according to the website. On Sundays, according to the listing, you stay home.

A business lunch to fit in and need a quiet table? L'Abri has made that one of its selling points. This neo-brasserie on boulevard Bir Anzarane talks about "sunshine cooking", but its menu keeps a solid French base. Sole meunière with brown butter at 290 MAD, Aveyron-style beef fondant with Roquefort at 210 MAD, bavette with pepper sauce at 195 MAD, niçoise with bluefin tuna at 130 MAD. There's also a smash burger to keep it simple. At lunchtime, the starter-and-main or main-and-dessert set menu is 240 MAD. All three come to 290 MAD, with for example a butcher's cut with entrecôte sauce followed by chocolate mousse. The desserts are all homemade, the menu assures. The setting does the rest: terraces under the bamboo and a winter garden. Open every day, from 12:15 pm to 1 am. In September 2026, Google gave it 4.6/5 from around 1,300 reviews.

Here, it feels a bit like having dinner at someone's home. Le Quatorze occupies an Art Deco family villa at 14 rue Najib Mahfoud, in Gauthier. Two sisters run the place, and it's Zineb, self-taught, who cooks. The decor is chic flea-market style, with vintage porcelain taken from the family's cupboards. On the plate, French-inspired, market-driven cooking where vegetables have a real place. The World's 50 Best Discovery guide mentions seared foie gras with figs, quail with caramelised apples and a silky egg with asparagus and hazelnuts. It puts the average spend at around 37 dollars per person. For a dinner for two or a quiet lunch, it's a great card to play. Watch the days: the same guide mentions service Monday to Friday, lunch and dinner. At weekends, call ahead.

A second address for entrecôte fans, more low-key, at 78 avenue Mers Sultan. In 2018, the H24info website described it as having been in the neighbourhood since 1984. The concept is nothing complicated. A grilled sirloin, cooked the way you like it, topped with a Café de Paris butter-and-spice sauce whose recipe the house keeps to itself, with matchstick fries. No long menu to decipher. The dining room has the air of an old Parisian brasserie, photos on the walls, solid wood furniture and red tablecloths, and the listing's photos show the red tablecloths are still there. On weekdays, service runs from noon to 3:30 pm, then from 8 pm to midnight. At weekends, it's noon to midnight non-stop, according to Arrival Guides. Prices aren't published online: give them a call if budget matters.

Your evening doesn't end at dessert? Le Kimmy'z opens at 6 pm and closes at 3 am, at 7 rue Najib Mahfoud, right in Gauthier. The Visit Casablanca website describes it as a French bistro whose chef picks fresh produce every day. What sets it apart from the other places on this list is the music. The same website advertises the band El Mundo live on Wednesdays and Saturdays, followed by a DJ, as well as appearances by saxophonists, violinists or accordionists. Check the programme before you go; it may have changed. The two-level dining room, dark wood panelling, leather and walls of bottles, suits that festive side well. On Google, the listing was around 4.1/5 from just over 1,000 reviews in September 2026. For a quiet tête-à-tête, pick another night. To celebrate something with friends, this is the place.