Kasbah Garden Cafe
| Address: | 105 Howe St RR, New Haven, CT 06511, USA |
| Phone: | +1 203-777-5053 |
| Site: | kasbahgarden.com |
| Rating: | 4.4 |
| Working: | Closed 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM |
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Steve B. Marks, Jr.
Thursday night, a little before 9:00 pm. Wife and I show and up. Theres one other couple finishing up their meal in the garden; no other patrons inside or out. We get seated pretty quickly. Its a nice enough night, so we sit in the garden. Waiter comes by, gives us some water, and takes our drink order. We get the Moroccan tea (which was delicious). Shortly later, he comes by to take our order; I order the kefta tagine and my wife orders the chicken couscous. It was about 9:10 when we placed our orders. Forty minutes go by. Nobody comes by to ask if we would like more water or more tea. Nobody comes by to tell us that its going to take a while for our dishes to come out. Nobody. Comes. By. For 40 minutes. After 40 minutes with no contact from any of the employees, our food comes out. I was ready to leave with no notice ten minutes before that, but it was an especially nice, crisp evening and I was enjoying the time chatting with Wife. At any rate, the food shows up. At this point, Im salivating at just the THOUGHT of eating. Turns out my imagination was far better than reality. My kefta tangine (ground beef mixed with Moroccan spices cooked in tomato sauce and eggs served with pita) wasnt bad. It wasnt good, either. As a matter of fact, it hardly had any flavor at all. I intend no insult to the chef when I say this, but I am 1000% inept in the kitchen, but my dinner tasted like something I could have easily made on my own. No depth, no character. Wife, as mentioned, ordered the chicken couscous. It was MARGINALLY better than mine, but still only tasted like fancy ShakenBake. Not only were the food and the service only such by definition, but the chairs were inappropriate for dining; the angle of the legs prevented me from getting close enough to the table without having to lean over my food. The garden, was nice, though. Nice decorations, nice lights. But not nice enough to earn a second star. I had read and heard only average reviews of Kasbah, but wanted to try it out for myself. It was a perfect evening, the sky was clear, the temperature was only slightly chilly for outdoor dining. Kasbah had the advantage going into it. But they blew it on literally every metric a restaurant can be judged by. I was going to give them two stars, but as I wrote this, my level of tolerance became less and less. I was utterly disappointed with my experience and will never return.
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Moriah Rahamim
The baba ganoush here is out of this world! I also love the tagine, couscous, falafel, and stuffed grape leaves. All dishes are prepared and presented with care and luscious attention to detail. Theres both indoor and outdoor seating, and the outdoor seating area is in the middle of a beautiful garden - perfect for the warm months. Warm relaxed atmosphere, and good service. The owner of the restaurant is always present, kind, and friendly. I always come back for more, and could eat here a million times! Would definitely recommend to friends and loved ones, and anybody searching google for a delicious new favorite restaurant.
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A Private User
This area has a good variety or restaurants where you can get all types of food but this is one of my favorite because you can escape for a bit. Kasbah has a nice selection of Moroccan dishes, pastries and drinks that are all well done but it is the atmosphere that really makes this a place to try. During good weather there is a quit garden where you can just sit enjoy a plate of feta and olives and sip mint tea. The owners makes you feel like a guest and you never feel rushed. Want to take a break try the kasbah.
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Dan Waskevich
Beautiful outdoor seating when the weather is right and some delicious Moroccan food. The fact that its BYOB doesnt hurt (though note that theres a $5 corking fee), and theres several liquor stores close by in case you forgot to bring something. Overall just a great place to share a meal and spend time.
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Jonathan Behling
Really cool place, so many plants it makes you feel like youre dining in the country. Complete with trails and a little bridge! Really cool to find this place downtown. The good was good as well, worth checking this place out. Really cool at night
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Jessica Mullings
I have eaten here for years with always exceptional service. I am planning to host my small wedding there next month and they have always been more than accommodating and kind. Love this place.
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Vanessa Love
Theyre like family to me. Ive been going for years. The food, tea and hookah are amazing. I try to get everyone I know in the area to go here because theyre good.
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Greg Rubino
This was my best dining experience in recent memory. The food and service were excellent and the setting and atmosphere very comfortable. I cant wait to go back!
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Yihao Xie
Ordered lamb tangine and baba ganosh. Tangine was bland and the pitas were served cold. Bana ganoush was pretty decent. Severely understaffed.
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Jonathan Kaufman Scher
No bike rack, so get creative. The gardens beautiful for an evening meal with friends or happy hour (BYOB). Warning: Hookah is smoked here.
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Annie Harold
Incredibly fresh and delicious food and a beautiful garden. We had a lovely Fathers Day lunch in the shady garden. Thank you Jamal!
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Rob Waterman
Delicious food, ample outdoor seating in a very interesting garden setting. Great way to enjoy a little shady break on a hot day.
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Aditya Puri
Beautiful ambiance, nice garden, good food, very friendly owners.. had a great evening. And ...oh loved the belly dancing!
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Spot Allen
Good food. Nice atmosphere. Helpfull staff. We really appreciated the hummus and hookah. Nice relaxing time to be had.
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Devin Rose
The hours make it difficult to get to, but the real issue is their closing over an hour early sometimes.
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Ángel García
The food is delicious and the staff is really nice! I love the gardens but I love to be inside too.
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Marc Purdon
Very nice quiet place to get a bite to eat just a short walk from the Marriott downtown
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MrValueking
Laid back and with excellent food and service. A fine addition to the neighborhood.
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Kiran Paul
Nature friendly... Should go at evening... Has a very good ambience for evenings
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Guy Sundara
Nice place to chill and hookah with friends. They offer byob as well.
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A Private User
A great place find a corner and forget the world for a while.
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mohd muneer
very rude and unprofessional, extremely bad service.
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James Amarante
The babaganoush is superlative!
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Viktor Diachuk
tasty meals and cool hookah
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Lucy Wang
Beautiful restaurant
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Armin Rad
So impolite!
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Jason Tran
