Menu highlights
- Entrecôte with béarnaise and frites; duck confit with potato gratin; sole meunière; calf's liver Provençale; Sunday-lunch slow-roast lamb. Moroccan-Bordelais wine list; house pastis on the terrace.
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Cosmopolitan
FRENCH BISTRO
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Cosmopolitan — Rabat
FRENCH BISTRO
Cosmopolitan is the go-to Rabati French bistro, sitting on Avenue Oqba a short walk from the Rabat Ville train station. The room is classic French — white linen, dark-wood bar, a small terrace — and the menu stays close to brasserie staples with Moroccan-accent daily specials. A full wine list (Moroccan and French), proper aperitifs, and a Sunday lunch tradition that fills the dining room with regulars. Mid-to-upper price bracket; reservations recommended for dinner.
Why eat here
- When a Rabati professional wants a proper dinner with a wine list, this is where they end up. The cooking is classical rather than inventive, but the execution is consistent and the atmosphere — white linen, bistro clatter, the occasional journalist at the bar — is exactly right.
Best time
- Sunday lunch (13:00–15:00) for the classic Rabati experience. Weekday dinners (20:00–22:00) are calmer. Saturday night books out in advance.
How to combine
- Easy post-arrival dinner — five minutes walk from Rabat Ville station. Works as a nightcap dinner after a late Meknes or Casablanca day trip. Pair with a post-dinner walk to Hassan Tower (15 minutes).
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Menu highlights at Cosmopolitan include Entrecôte with béarnaise and frites; duck confit with potato gratin; sole meunière; calf's liver Provençale; Sunday-lunch slow-roast lamb. Moroccan-Bordelais wine list; house pastis on the terrace..
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