Cafe Mogador

Read the positive reviews and decide to have dinner here before attending the NYC Piano Festival.

First impression walking in, much, much nicer and larger than it appears in photos posted here (so I'll post mine to help). The space is very warm and cozy with framed photos adorning the walls making you feel like you're in a family's living room.

Service was very prompt and friendly. Upon our servers recommendation we order the house (Moroccan Lager) and the falafel + hummus platter to start. Booth we're great. One hint, they serve a tiny dish of hot sauce that adds some spice when stirred into the hummus.

For entrees we both had the chicken kabob from the grilled meat menu. The chicken was exactly how I like it, grilled with some Moroccan seasoning. Tasty. The rice was delicious as well.

Nothing bad to say, solid all around. Definitely recommend.

Food - Tasty and current. We ordered the tajin.
Service - Nice and kind service.
Ambiance - Relaxed atmosphere and stylish crowd

I really enjoyed my Moroccan eggs dish. It was tasty and filling.

The chicken terrine was great! You can choose between 4 sauces- my wife got the chickpea based sauce and it was really good.

We intended to eat more afterwards but we were so stuffed! This restaurant is great for a flavorful and hearty meal.

I can see why they have such high ratings. The service was great and the atmosphere was too. I would like to go back again. There's a back patio area that is closed off, which makes the indoor area extended. It gives the restaurant a different feel when you go towards the back area.

For the food, we ordered the hummus plate and the mixed grill. The mixed grill has three different types of meat, such as chicken, sausage, and lamb. I enjoyed the lamb and sausage the most. The chicken was a bit dry. The hummus had a bit of chili oil in it, so it tasted good. Overall, I would like to go back and try other things off the menu.

BEST MOROCCAN FOOD ever!!!!

This cafe deserves 5/5. Everything I tried at Cafe Mogador was INCREDIBLE. My friend and I walked in without a reservation for Sunday brunch.

Between the two of us: we ordered a mezze of Labne with Zàatar for an appetizer. Zàatar was earthy and tangy and pita served with it was so soft. I also ordered Moroccan Tagine with Chicken in Lemon & Olive sauce. They have 3 more sauce options to choose from. This dish stole the show for me. One of the best I tried at this cafe. Apparently, it's a slow cooking dish like a stew with all spices blended in so well. The flavors were mouth watering. My friend ordered Middle Eastern breakfast. It had hummus, Tabouli and Arabic salad.

I was particularly impressed by Turkish Coffee - one of the best Turkish coffees I ever had - thick, velvety texture of the sediment at the bottom which wasn't too strong or bitter.

Though Moroccan mint tea was somewhat below average for me.

The staff was attentive, provided the right recommendations as we loved everything. The ambience was low key, warm, authentic and had very family friendly vibe.

Highly recommend this place for absolutely delicious Moroccan food. Can't wait to come back and try rest of their menu!

I've been in a Williamsburg state of mind and two streets have caught my attention: Berry and Wythe.
I wanted to eat breakfast out this morning and decided I wanted a Middle Eastern style one, thus I Yelped placed in Williamsburg and Cafe Magador popped up.
On the L train to Bedford Avenue I reviewed the menu thus as I walked to Cafe M. I was already In Halloumi heaven.
I entered, drew the curtain, and took in the glorious bar and multitudes of customers dining. I thought to myself, " Wow, I picked a popular spot"!.
I was greeted and seated in the back of dining room, near outdoor dining. My table had the bench part adorned with pillows ( love it!). I was greeted by my waiter Pedro. I knew I wanted the poached eggs with Halloumi, stewed tomatoes, salad and Zaa'taar pita.
I decided to forgo coffee and ordered the mint lemonade. I really was into the ambience of the place and as I dipped my lemonade the vibe really lifted my Monday blues.
Then my dish came and it looked delicious... now I'm not a poached egg type of diner and decided to try it. I sliced the egg carefully and the yolk oozed and then i strategically placed a bit of pita, Halloumi, salad and tomato and then pressed REPEAT throughout my meal.
Every bite was downright delicious, the pita had a spicy kick to it. I highly recommend this dish!
CM has other dishes besides eggs like hummus, lamb shank tangible, couscous and other Middle Eastern delights.
Shout out to Pedro, my waiter, who is terrific.
If you're looking for a chill Middle Eastern vibe this is for you.
I can't wait to return and sit at that cool bar.
CM is located on 133 Wythe Street, five minute walk from L Bedford Avenue train station.
Additionally, it's roughly @10 minute walk to Domino Park.
Next up my sweet treat post CM.

RATING (for dinner): 8.4/10

PRO TIP: Come here for brunch; I originally tried the Manhattan location for brunch and it's still one of my top 5's, it's pretty solid for dinner though and everything is quality. But imo brunch over dinner by a little bit.

CHICKEN TAGINE & COUSCOUS
Moroccan food is a hard find in NYC. The chicken was delectably tender, and delicious. The sauce was bold and flavorful, though the entire dish itself I thought was small on the portion size. The chicken really just falls of the bone. Got couscous on the side, which was light, fluffy, and very fine, kind of almost like polenta. Buttery and delicious. The great part about eating food here is that it feels so healthy yet delicious. I would not fight anyone if they recommended coming back.

FINAL RANKING: GREAT
(terrible / bad / ok / good / GREAT / excellent)

One of my favorite restaurants in Williamsburg!

The zaatar chicken OH MY GOD. So freaking amazing!! So flavorful, juicy and my favorite thing on the menu. The falafel was so crispy, fluffy inside and some of the best I've had in nyc. The veggie curry was really tasty and packed with spices. Service was attentive and helpful.

I thought the tagine's suace and the lamb meat were flavorful, but I think it could've been better if the rice was at the bottom and soaked up all that flavor like how it is done in Morocco.

Ambiance was really great, but wish it was a bit more light inside.

Overall, such a tasty meal and I will be back! Highly recommend.

When I'm craving for Middle Eastern food and no idea for the good new place, Cafe Mogador is a backup plan, especially on Saturday when some authentic middle eastern type of place is closed. Their table is small, and they have nice backroom space. I always seated at the front, so I don't know how the backyard feel like.

This time I had soup of the day, which was tomato soup: delicious and I loved it. Kefta Kebab: it was ok and satisfied kebab hunger, LOL. Baklava was also good, and I couldn't complain it. Service was friendly and super casual.

The place is always trendy and family welcome, I see lots of customers bring kids and toddler. The highlight is, they open earlier than a regular restaurant so if you want to have a breakfast, you can come to this restaurant.

If you've ever met someone who's been to Cafe Mogador, they will rave about it (it also was featured on a late night Williamsburg munchies video a while back). It was a long time coming, but I finally can say I went. My favorite thing I had here was definitely my drink. Forgot to take a photo, but opted for the Heartbeet cocktail because apparently I'm a sucker for a cocktail these days. It was a beautiful deep purple color and delicious! Reminiscent of a sangria but with more of a punch due to the tequila. I would come back here just for that drink.

For food me and one other person split the halloumi, labne, tandoori chicken (was a special) and the chicken tagine in the apricot plum sauce. I thought the small plates were fine, but nothing extraordinary. The tagine was great, though. We got it with the couscous which had a great texture and I loved the whole dried plums and apricots that were in the sauce. In comparison to the hype of the restaurant, I'd probably give it a 3/5 but it was a solid meal (and not too expensive)!