Eat · Centre (Didouche Mourad)
Sit-down couscous and chorba restaurant, centre
A proper sit-down meal off Didouche Mourad: couscous (lamb, chicken or vegetable) and chorba frik soup, the two dishes to order if you eat only one restaurant meal in Algiers.
- Order: Couscous or chorba
- Table seating
- Walk-in window: 12:00–14:30
- Queue risk: Friday lunch
- Halal
- Book ahead
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Plan
Open now, when you can walk in, what to order
Go now?
Open?
Hours not published
Easiest walk-in
12:00–14:30
Reservations
Reserve ahead
Walk-in windows
A walk-in lunch is only planned as primary when your arrival lands outside the “impossible” window.
Not checked in the last 12 months (no check date on file).
On the ground
How to order, tip and pay, allergies, and booking
Tipping
Sit-down restaurants: about 5–10%, less than the 15–20% US norm.
Allergies and diets
- AskVegetarian
- YesHalal
Booking
- Booking
- Reserve ahead
- Reservations
- Taken
- Note
- Phone or walk-in; book ahead for a Friday lunch, the week's main family meal.
Not checked in the last 12 months (no check date on file).
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The pin marks the centre of Centre (Didouche Mourad): this place has no exact point on file.
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How to order here
The order of play at the counter or table, what to say, how much to order and how to pay.
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What to say
| In English | Say or show | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| How much is this? | بشحال هذا؟ | besh-hal hada |
| Not spicy | بلا حار من فضلك | bla har min fadlik |
| The bill | الحساب من فضلك | el hsab min fadlik |
| Hello | السلام عليكم | as-salamu alaykum |
| Thank you | شكرا | shukran |
| Delicious! | بنين برك | bnin berk |
Paying and tipping
Sit-down restaurants: about 5–10%, less than the 15–20% US norm.
At the table
- Eat where the turnover is fast and the counter is busy; a busy stall has fresh stock.
- During Ramadan, most stalls and cafés close in daylight hours and reopen after sunset.
Paying, diet and allergies
Diet and allergies
Yes means there is something for you; ask means possible with care; no means go elsewhere.
- Vegetarianask
- Halalyes
Who it suits, booking and the kitchen
Comfort, facts and cons
Hygiene and comfort
- Seating
- Chairs at tables
Facts
- Reservations
- Taken — Phone or walk-in; book ahead for a Friday lunch, the week's main family meal.
- Capabilities
- food · seated_rest
- Diet
- vegetarian: ask · gluten free: unknown · halal: yes
- Getting there
- Off Didouche Mourad boulevard, centre cluster · ~6 min walk
Cons
- Couscous service can be slow: it is cooked to order, not held warm.
- Menu and prices are not fixed in this draft; ask before ordering.
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Questions, alternatives, and where our facts come from
Questions and answers
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Used as a seated rest node in Algiers in 4 days.
Sources
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