Sephardic & Kosher cuisine has been interwoven throughout Morocco for centuries. Sephardic cuisine tells the story of the Spanish Jewish community from its roots in ancient Spain through the community’s expulsion in 1492 and subsequent global diaspora. Visiting Morocco offers a golden opportunity for Jewish travelers to discover the vibrance of Moroccan Jewish Heritage and dine at the Top 10 Moroccan Kosher Restaurants. Kosher fare can be shared with locals from the Jewish community at Casablanca’s lively Kosher Club, at a Kosher Bakery or the Sabbath spent at a private Marrakech home. From Kosher sushi to bagels, Morocco offers a wide array of both Glatt Kosher and Kosher options.
Kosher caterers and specialty chefs who cook for Moroccan Kosher restaurants are bound to enliven your palette with a wide array of Sephardic and traditional Moroccan flavors. By choosing to dine at the Top 10 Morocco Kosher Restaurants travelers are guaranteed a unique, Moroccan-Jewish cultural experience. When embarking on a journey to Morocco, particularly on a comprehensive Morocco Jewish Heritage Tour, travelers are presented with a unique opportunity to delve into the rich tapestry of local Moroccan Kosher cuisine. This culinary exploration not only offers a tantalizing experience for the taste buds but also provides insights into the cultural and historical significance of Jewish heritage in Morocco.
Top 10 Morocco Kosher Restaurants
1. Cercle de L’Union, Casablanca Kosher Restaurant
Casablanca and Morocco’ s leading Kosher restaurant that offers excellent fare. Whether is is a brisket, salad, or a Moroccan Sephardic desert, you are bound to delight in each bite. Asian fare is also a part of their extensive Kosher menu. Cercle de l’Union provides take away upon request along with top notch catering services for weddings and bar mitzvah’s.
Adress: 19 Rue Abderrahman Sahraoui, Casablanca
Phone: +212-522279729
2. Cercle de L’Alliance, Casablanca Kosher Restaurant
This laid back, club style, Kosher restaurant serves authentic Moroccan Cuisine. Cooks offer excellent Moroccan dishes including unparalleled salads. The cuisine is a keen mix of Moroccan, Barbecue, Israeli and Mediterranean cuisine. Service is 5 Stars with good size portions. Take away is available.
Address: H9VF+JVG, Rue El Khaouarizmi
Phone: +212-615-904771
3. La Truffe Blanche, CasablancaKosher Restaurant
Address: 59 Rue Tahar Sebti
Phone: +212-522277263
4. Bagel Bar, Casablanca Kosher Restaurant
Morocco is the bread basket of North Africa offering a wide variety of tasty flat, stuffed and chewy baked breads. Kosher Jewish travelers to Morocco are bound to fill up on some of them at the country’s only Kosher “Bagel Bar.” From Western bagels to pizza, pasta, salads and sandwiches, you will not depart hungry when dining here.
Address: 17 Rue Mohamed Ben Brahim Al Mourrakouchi
Casablanca’s Kosher family bakery since 1930. The place to go for Biscuits Babkas/Rugelachs Donuts, Cakes, Challah Bread and Meatball sandwiches. Madame Fhal is a sweet lovers paradise. Freshly made cinnamon, apple and chocolate babka, almond macaroons, praline cake and some of Casablanca’s best challah bread stuffed with raisins and nuts are all made from scratch here. The word ‘babka’ means grandmother, referring to the grandmothers on Shabbat who made this out of the leftover challah. “
Address: 63 Jabel Ibnou Hayane
Phone: +212-663001216 / +212-661296902
6. Restaurant Center Maimonides, Fes Kosher Restaurant Centre Ibn Mimoun is well appointed in the Vile Nouvelle (new town) in Fes. It is within walking distance of the Simon Levy Synagogue and the Jnan Palace Hotel. This is the only Kosher restaurant in Fes, open primarily on Shabbat. Kosher fare is available to dine in or take away upon request. Arrangements for take away for Shabbat must be made in advance.
Address: 24 Rue Khattabi, La Ville Nouvelle
7. Wasabi, Asian Restaurant, Marrakech Kosher Restaurant Wasabi is Marrakech’s first Kosher Asian Restaurant. Certified by the Chabad, this chic and cozy dining establishment serves a wide range of delicious Asian Cuisine. From sushi and skewers to stir fries and more, Wasabi is the place to go.
A mainstay and the preferred restaurant in Marrakech for Kosher diners, Dar Ima prides itself on a full menu of Jewish, Moroccan cuisine. Moroccan pastilla, hummus, beef tagine and couscous along with grilled salmon steak are just few of its signature dishes ideal for those who seek a well rounded Kosher meal. There is a wide choice of starters, main courses and deserts, all richly made. Dar Ima offers Sabbath diners the option to create their own Shabbat meal by choosing their own salads, fish and meat, complimented by Moroccan Kosher wine. Take away is available upon request. People say, “I have never imagined to have such amazing food at a Moroccan Kosher Restaurant.
Address: 11 Rue de la Liberté, Marrakech
Phone: +212-524436893
9. Axo, Marrakech Kosher Restaurant
The Atlas Asni Hotel in Marrakech is now home to a Kosher restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Half board is available for hotel guests along with Shabbat meals, reserved in advance. Axo ha both Glatt kosher meat along with Cholov Yisorel dairy meals. The meats served at Axo are from from a Moroccan company that produces quality meats under high level of (Loubavitch Morocco, Vaad kosher Morocco) under the direction of Rav Rèvah Orthodoxe UNION. The team of chèhita bodkè houts and pnim come from Israel and France. The milk & cheese are Halav Israel from France under the hachgaha of Rav Schlesinger – Strasbourg and the great beth din of France.
Address: Boulevard Mohamed VI
Phone: +212-639813071
10. Kosher Family Dining Experience, Marrakech Kosher Restaurant
Celebrate Shabbat in a private Sephardic, historic home in the heart of the Marrakech Medina, footsteps from the Al Azama Synagogue. Light Shabbat candles and a challah blessing before indulging in a wonderful authentic Moroccan meal. An elaborate meal consisting of salads, stuffed vegetables and vine leaves, olive oil, lentils, fresh and dried fruits, herbs and nuts, chickpeas and several main dishes. Your hosts originate from a historic Moroccan Jewish family are pillars of the Marrakech Jewish community. Their Sepharfic Jewish cuisine is an assortment of cooking traditions developed from their family’s history which dates back to the Spanish Inquisition in 1492. Exclusively available when booking a private, guided tour to Morocco with Travel Exploration.
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