Casablanca is a great find if you are on the westside of LA. The best way to describe it is Mexican seafood with a flair. Great calamari steaks 8 difference ways, hand made tortillas, great atmosphere, and a margarita cart with many different tequilas and mixtures to choose from. Casablanca is my Go To place for out of town guests.
Very eclectic spot that takes you right back to the movie Casablanca! The artwork, the signage and even a life-size Humphrey Bogart which takes it completely over the top. I need to watch the film again but Casablanca is in Morocco (Africa) but they serve fresh Mexican food here. A woman is making fresh tortillas in a brick oven as you dine. Take pics of her for a tip! I enjoyed the fresh food, margaritas and attentive service. You were a short distance from the Venice Canals to walk off the meal. Try it out!
Oddly the reviews of restaurants in the Venice-Santa Monica region are similarly positive. But nonetheless we chose Casablanca out of the group. The restaurant sits on a non-descript boulevard corner surrounded by very narrow parking slots. Entering the place you take in the shadowy decor with rough stucco plastered walls that have seen better days. The staff is cheery and positive but for a Mexican food spot, there is something offsetting by the Bogey movie photos and thematic touches. I presume that this reflects an earlier owner's homage to the '40s. The menu is pretty standard Mexican fare and the clientele included large hispanic families which can often hint at great food. Not the case here. The food was merely okay. The chile rellano was lightly battered and not greasy or oily as can be the case elsewhere so that was a plus. The tortillas are produced from dough rolled and direct onto the griddle before hitting your table - as in the other reviews - great stuff. But the sauces lacked substance and were bland. The cheese enchilada was a corn tortilla with some cheese covered in that bland sauce. One dish had to go back to the kitchen for all beans when it came to us as all rice so the service while friendly was not really paying attention. I would not bother with this fare and am surprised (and more than a little suspicious) by the ecstatic reviews.
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