Palais Casablanca Authentic - (303) 871-0494

We received a gift card for Palais Casablanca, initially were enjoying ourselves but thought the food was OVERPRICED and not WORTH the money. Then when we went to pay the owner told us we could only use 50.00 of our 100.00 gift card. Clever, he replied "this way, you get to come back again." So a little frustrated my husband got out the credit card to pay the difference. We left a cash tip and then a few days later realized the SCALY OWNER had charged an additional 16.00 to the Credit Card. I have read the other reports and it appears this wasn't the first time he has done this. I WOULD NOT recommend this place and if you must go here, pay in cash. We were excited to celebrate our anniversary only to leave feeling scammed. If you want to be scammed and eat overpriced food which is okay in taste this is the restaurant for you! Also on a FRIDAY night at 8pm there was 2 other tables there, I guess that is why he feels the need to take extra money.

Casablanca is the sort of place you talk about for months afterward. It's tucked away in south Denver, and the owner is one hell of a character. I came here on a Tuesday night to find that only one other table was being served. He explained quite a lot of the menu while we lounged on a couch that took up an entire wall of the restaurant. The food was tender, spicy, and several standard deviations outside of the Americanized norms of north African restaurants. My date had spent several years in various parts of the Middle East and North Africa and talked about how he hadn't eaten something like that in the years since he left. It is tremendously tasty and hard to replicate. The owner also made the meal an experience! Dishes are explained in detail and eaten with ones (right) hands. Casablanca seeks authenticity away from S. University from the hanging tapestries to the hookahs.

We should have read further into these reviews, the price for two of us was $110! And we didn't get the most expensive items on the menu! The food was okay, but NOT worth the money. Expect to pay at least $40 per person. $5 just for tea. Also, don't expect any spice here, the food is mild to the extreme.