Must-see restaurants in Algiers

  • Le Caïd

    Algiers

    This classy, intimate and laid-back restaurant is perhaps the best place in Algiers to eat gourmet versions of local classics. It's best known for its…

  • Cafe-Restaurant El Salam

    Algiers

    A handy place to eat when exploring the Casbah district, this cheap locals favourite serves traditional home cooking that can be hard to find elsewhere…

  • Lalla Mina

    Algiers

    This gorgeously renovated old building, with its star-studded roof, Andalucian-style tiled walls, Moorish arches and an interior stage that was once…

  • Café Tontonville

    Algiers

    This Algiers institution is a great place for breakfast and coffee on the ever-busy terrace of the cafe. Around the back is the restaurant serving grilled…

  • Oriental Restaurant

    Algiers

    A fast, fun, noisy and busy Palestinian restaurant with a calling card of succulent dripping shawarma and plates of mezze loaded with hummus, olives and…

  • La Maison de Couscous

    Algiers

    Up by the concrete Sacré Coeur Cathedral, high up rue Didouche Mourad, this local no-frills place serves what its name says: couscous, along with chorba …

  • Brasserie des Facultés

    Algiers

    This venerable spot on Algiers' main drag offers hearty meals of the steaks and couscous kind in an atmospheric dining room with partial sea views. Good…

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