39 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris, Île-de-France
The staff of this restaurant has verbally confirmed halal status. All food at this restaurant is certified halal.
The Café de la Mosque de Paris is a North African cafe and tea room that is located within La Grande Mosque de Paris and serves wonderful traditional pastries and mint teas. The decor is a traditional North African setting, with cedar wood from Algeria, green tiles from Morocco and earthenware from Tunisia, with lots of cushions around to sit on. This cafe attracts a wonderfully mixed clientele including tourists and students, which makes for one of the more unusual cafes in Paris. The cafe is open from 10am through to 11pm, although at certain times of the day and evening the place turns into more of a restaurant, serving full meals, rather than snacks.
39 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris, Île-de-France
the food here was very good, with some different choices from the standard north african fare. in addition, the grand mosque is an experience itself, clean restrooms and a shop/courtyard makes it a good visit. They close early i'm told so after dhuhr would be a good bet.
Nice cafe. Like reviewed before, staff is a little rude. Typical middle eastern flavor.
We visited the Grand Mosque Paris next door, and then stopped by this restaurant for lunch mainly because it was halal. It was very crowded, mostly with non-Muslim French people and other tourists. The waiters are a motley mix of Indian, Bengali and Moroccan-French, and they were very hard to get hold off. None of them ever smiled or greeted us the whole time we were at the restaurant. I observed that they appeared to care more to serve the white folks more than to address us, Muslim-looking folks. When we finally got a table, ordered and got the food - two meat tagines and a vegetable couscous - we were surprised. The portions were enormous! We packed away one tagine (and later gave it to a Muslim Moroccan beggar woman outside the restaurant). The food we ate was, at best, average. The lamb dish was not at all seasoned well, and smelt bad. I have had way better (and more authentic) Moroccan food elsewhere. The mint tea and dessert was better, and saved the day. Because our mother wanted to visit a nearby Islamic bookstore, we ended up going to this same restaurant a few days later for lunch. Bad move! We asked for a table, and the Indian waiter said someone would seat us. But no one did. So we went into the inner room, where there were more seating. Another waiter (Moroccan) finally came to take our order. Knowing how large the portion sizes were, we decided to order and share one dish, along with several side dishes - it would be more than enough for three persons. This waiter had the audacity to tell us (we speak french btw) that it was not enough for three people. He then showed his displeasure and left. Imagine that! We had no idea if he took the order, or not. Finally, we asked another waiter (a Bengali) whether our order was in. It was NOT. We had to order again. The Moroccan salad was the best item of what we ordered at the restaurant that day - but how hard can it be to mess a salad up. The couscous was same as the previous occasion - bland and nothing spectacular. I would never return to this place again because of the terrible service and the bland food. There is a tea salon just outside the restaurant (probably run by the same restaurant) - if anyone wants to have mint tea and dessert, just do it there and avoid going to the restaurant. The restaurant food is bad, and so is their service. It is not a cheap place, so I find it surprising that it is so bad. Your money would be better spent elsewhere. There are so many other halal restaurants in Paris that deserve your money and visit than this place.
Food was average Moroccan fare, though portion was quite big. Not cheap though, as it seems a lot of the clinetele are tourists rather then locals.
Beautiful mosque with a very nicely arabic style decor cafe/restaurant. Great place to have some sweets, tea or smoke some shisha on the outdoor patio. Food on the other hand was average but big portions. It's more of a self seat type place, just walk in to seat yourself and then try and catch a waiter for the rest. Very busy with tourists, a good place to visit for any muslim visiting Paris.
The food was so so. Very Crowded during our visit. Most of the people was just sitting there for tea. Not much choice for food. Food Price wasn't so reasonable. We came here because of the mosque.
Salam, Brought 4 friends to have dinner here. Quite pricey place and very busy. So we were given a small table to share for 5 people. There is only 1 English menu and the rest were in French. So we had to wait for other customers to finish. My friends tried the Couscous Chicken, Tagine Chicken, Roasted Chicken, Lamb Kebab, Roasted Lamb. The food are just average. Probably, we haven't acquired the taste for North African food yet. The waiters had to be called several times. Only 1 person speaks English, the Bengali guy. The rest speaks Arabic or French. Restaurant service is not professional. Maybe they need some training or sharp critic from patient guests.
I went over a year ago and I found the surroundings to be very comfortable and nice. One of the waiters was a perv and made gestures to some of the female customers behind their backs. The food was very nice but surprisingly expensive. We wouldn't go back purely because of the cost. It was a good experience though.
Its Moroccan not Indian but the dishes they had were excellent particulary the Tagine dishes. Lamb with aubergine wonderful, lamb with olives and lime nice and lamb kefta excellent. Impressive seating area. Staff doesnt speak English so I tried speaking little French and punjabi - eventually got through. Its not cheap but its not that expensive either. Must go. Location is right next to the Paris masjid which is a piece of art itself. By the way restaurant was full of foreigners.
Food was very good. Excellent baclava in the cafe area. The tea & shisha was delicious! A member of staff in the restaurant area was very rude but after speaking to the manager about it he was no longer allowed near my table. Manners cost nothing. Recommended!
the architecture was great! the meat was not really so delicious. was not cooked correctly(burned some). one of the staff was really rude but the other one was friendly. price was a bit expensive. the tea was the best of all. would go there again? don't think so :|
I have been there twice and intend to go there more. The food was excellent and the restaurant itself is really beautiful (Moorish architecture). The service was excellent as well. Just a mention: The restaurant is annexed to the Grand Mosque of Paris. It is a place for both muslims and non-muslims. (No alcohol served - garanteed)
Food was alright but very expensive. Their sheeshah bar was nice, the tea was amazing. Service was decent. Although the food portions was a lot, the quality was just alright. The ambiance was decorations were amazing. It is expensice
I visited Paris from the US early January 2006. This restaurant is located in a historic mosque in Paris- easy to get to via cab. The ambience was excellent- with a sheesha/cafe in the front and a restaurant in the back. The lamb tagine and lamb couscous were tender and the service was excellent. It is very reasonably priced for Paris- dinner for 2 with sodas/tea was $42Euros. Definite must when you go to Paris- I will go back on my next trip!