I went with family. We order dishes off the menu instead of doing prefix. Moroccan flatbread with eggplant dish is da bomb. Kids had lots flatbread. Jose took well care of us, we had champagne, white wine and a bottle of perfect Grenache to go with our beef and lamb. Lovely dinner at a hip restaurant! What’s not to love!!!
Buzzing and Viby place. great service. excellent food with stunning presentations and moroccan theme in each dish so subtly disguised in our strawerry dessert. Loved each dish! awesome place!
One of the best meals of my life! Me and the hubby came here to celebrate our first anniversary and I was just overwhelmed by how well the staff treated us! we wanted to have a special meal and opted for the tasting menu and there was not a single thing on that menu that I wish was different. Every single thing from the design to execution was perfect! I am glad we chose Mourad for this special occasion and we will definitely be back there!
The service was outstanding. Our waiter was very helpful by explaining the various dinners. But, the best part of the experience was the food. Short ribs were to die for. Wonderful dinner.
It blows my mind how they come up with such amazing dishes. Everything I eat was better than the last. How am I going to eat anywhere else and not hold it to the standards of this place. My top ten from around the world
Thursday nite about 4:30pm: Started to go to Waterbar, too crowded; walked then to Prospect, packed and did not get a good vibe; then to Anchor and Hope, rude front of the house and not accommodating; then finally to Mourad!! Sat at the bar: The best food and excellent service from Noah the barman!! Great wine list and casual but elegant experience!! A future return is definite!!
Food & Service are very good. I have been to several Moroccan restaurants, Mourad is a good one!! I do recommend this place !!
Such a great staff and the food was AMAZING!! The attention to detail was paid down to the smallest vege in the salad. The Oysters were awesome and so was the eggplant 3 ways and that was all before we even got to the main course. The chicken for 2 was so tender and well spiced we ate every bit. Great experience and we are planning a return trip over the holidays.
One of our favorite places to go for a wonderful meal. The staff is top notch making the food even more fantastic. The food is delicious and you feel beyond satisfied with the portions unlike many SF "fancy" resturants today in SF. Thanks to Mourad and the team for a fabulous date night.
The food was at the level it should be for a Michelin star establishment. I dined at the bar from the same tasting menu as the people further in the restaurant. I was impressed with the service and unpretentious staff delivering food with knowledge and penage. Outstanding!
Excellent food and desert. Well presentation and large portion. Excellent international wine list.
Absolutely amazing food.
No way I can describe the multitude of tastes.
Just TRY it yourself.
If I could rate more than 5*, I surely would
It was an amazing dining experience like never before great food great service it was totally awesome we will go back in a heartbeat Everything was excellent great service unbelievable and the food was divine 🍽🍸☝🏻
Hands down best salmon I've ever had in my life. Highly recommend Mourad.
Delicious, beautiful tasting menu, with thoughtful wine pairings. Excellent service.
A right mix of Fine Dining and San Francisco :) Many Michelin restaurants serve multi-course meal in sometimes boring setting. But this restaurant feels casual. And fun! The food is great to share. The cod and duck were delicious! I had 2 cocktails and they were really good. The waitress was attentive and gave great recommendations. I will come back the next time I’m in SF.
We thoroughly enjoyed our dining experience. The place itself was beautiful and the menu was uniquely interesting. The hit of the table was the duck pastry, but honestly, everything was superb! The short ribs were rich with flavor and melted in your mouth. Highly suggest the stone fruit burata as it was just an explosion of flavor and felt everyone should have had their own. The family style chicken platter was absolutely stunning visually and so tender and flavorful with the harissa kale chips and cipollini onions. The uni app was good but probably the least favorite of the table. Overall, we walked away feeling like we just had a very special dining evening enjoyed by all!
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As someone who loves trying new restaurants, and in a dynamic food city with an ever-growing list of notable spots, I find myself limited in time and resources to revisit even some of my favorite experiences. One such example is Mourad, an upscale and modern Moroccan restaurant in SoMa from chef Mourad Lahlou.
Mourad opened his eponymous space in early 2015 to high expectations after already establishing a name for himself with Michelin-starred Aziza. Mourad restaurant was a hit and quickly received a Michelin star that year.
I fondly remember two visits in those early years. The grand tree root sculpture at the entrance, the suspended glass wine cellar, the stylish bar, and of course the food! I couldn’t forget cutting into that flakey duck basteeya and being embraced by the intoxicating smell of the warm spices.
I also remember the tender octopus, and the large format entrees accompanied by the simple, yet highly satisfying four sides. And the presentation of the food was both bold and elegant, like the restaurant. After those strong meals, Mourad would be my go-to recommendation for out-of-town guests. I also found that the larger space was easier to book compared to other similarly trendy spots.
Fast forward to last month, and I had the opportunity to finally revisit Mourad, and what a magnificent return it was. The food was as strong as I recalled, the space grand, and the service was absolutely wonderful. Some highlights included make your own Hokkaido uni toast, pillowy milk bread with a trio of butter, the refined “eggshuka”, and the chocolate dessert with sumac ice cream and olive oil.
The meal was accompanied by a bottle of bold, leathery 2012 Rovellotti Ghemme "Chioso dei Pomi”, selected by wine director Jose Delgado. And wine fans should definitely request a look at their wine cellar “bridge”.
After this meal, I can gladly reiterate my long-standing recommendation of Mourad as a great example of modern Californian menus that San Francisco does so well.
The food is amazing! The duck wrap is so beautiful and delicious. The ribs are so tender and juicy. The desert is the only thing that's less impressive.
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We went to Mourad to celebrate our anniversary and had a great meal!
We started with Eggshuka, which comes with hen yolk, shakshuka, and is paired with flatbreads. Their Eggshuka is truly delectable, featuring the flavors of paprika or harissa. The hen yolk adds another layer of texture and flavor to this dish.
For the entree, we decided to go with the lamb. We also tried the La'acha, a Moroccan family-style dining option, and chose the short rib!
As for the lamb, it's a duo of cuts with red kuri squash, cocoa nib, and chili pepper. I particularly enjoyed the braised lamb cut, which was incredibly tender and flavorful with a medley of spices like thyme, cumin, clove, cinnamon, and paprika. These spices complemented the lamb's flavor without overpowering it, achieving a perfect balance.
On the other hand, the other cut offered a bolder lamb flavor that was equally delicious, juicy, and tender.
Next came our short rib, accompanied by little gem lettuce, gochujang tahini, furikake, and bone marrow. The short rib was indeed juicy, tender, and flavorful, pairing well with the three dipping sauces provided. However, the rich flavor of the short rib was already so satisfying that the dipping sauces were more of an optional addition.
To top it off, the waitress surprised us with a sweet treat for our anniversary!
Great ambience and service. Really enjoyed the basteeya, I’d say it’s Wellington steak just with duck, but the puff on the outside is perfectly crispy as I like. Filling is awesome with nice fragrance. For main lamb is perfect as well with huge portion - took my two sep meals to finish. Friend enjoyed squab too. As for dessert we choose Marrakesh gold, which is basically carrot cake with whipped cream and hazelnut golden milk poured over. A little bit too sweet for me (didn’t really taste the yuzu flavor) but in general a legit dessert.
The level of service really seal the deal for a 5 star rating here. We had the pleasure of having Ben Z as our server. He had the right amount of attentiveness - wasn’t overbearing and didn’t make us felt abandoned either. We really appreciate his knowledge of the menu and random facts.
We ordered the oysters, hokkaido uni, tartare, and the short ribs. Finished our night off with this dessert that had yuzu. The bearnaise sauce added a nice creamy touch to the oysters, but we wish the oysters were a little bigger. The uni and brioche combo was interesting - quality was good too. The short rib was really soft and tender.. don’t forget to use either of the 3 sauces they provide! A lot I can say about the food but y’all should just come and try.
The ambience, the service, and the wine set the tone at this fine dining experience. An extensive wine listing, the servers never let our glass remain empty for more than a few moments…
Our server mentioned the halibut is cooked & prepared so you can tackle the whole body with just a spoon, and they were not kidding. So good.
The salmon and scallops weren’t exactly what I was expecting but still were good.
The puffs were delicious, I hardly had room to eat them though.
The short rib was incredible!
Lobster chicken carrots eggs pecans olives lamb couscous kale drinks service wow! Everything was top notch. So good. We had reservations for six on a Thursday at 8:30 and they took us upstairs. The menu was explained and the food started flowing. Good wine selection with a story about the vineyard and farmers in Italy.
Absolute fine dining experience 😍 I really loved the aura here as my close friend surprised me for birthday dinner. I couldn’t have imagined more than this!
Food was absolute stunner, hospitality 5 star, after all you are visiting Michelle star restaurant!
The staff was keeping a constant check on us if we were doing good. We had so many items that I just cannot list it out!
Their wine is amazing, food is hell yeah amazing, but overall you get that awesome feeling when you are in San Francisco😍
After living 4y in SF and trying 150+ amazing restaurants, Mourad still stands out as one of my favorites. The food is unbelievably tasty and unique, their cocktails are fantastic, and the decor is beautiful.
Their signature 3 day short rib (featured in an Eater video) is expensive but one of the best dishes you’ll have anywhere in the US. Also unmissable are the milk bread with various butters, and the Hokkaido uni with brioche.
Michelin Star Moroccan Cuisine- I think that says it all. A modern interpretation of a cuisine deeply rooted in the past. Menu is extensive and seasonal to a particularly high standard. Can’t wait to return and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to anyone looking for somewhere to eat in San Francisco 🌸
Very pleasant experience at Mourad for a celebration dinner. Overall, felt like an elevated dining experience with helpful servers and thoughtful touches. All dishes were good, some better than others, with the star being the donut puffs which I dream about.
The beef is so juicy and so tender, and tastes great even after reheating the next day with air fryer. Unfortunately they didn’t allow ordering half serving. Would be great to come with many family/friends and share these large dishes.
Beautiful setting, really nice ambiance, great service. Really mediocre food. They serve it in great style and it looks amazing. But it tastes mediocre. And it's expensive. So I guess you're paying for the presentation, decor, service and ambiance. But not flavor. So I can't recommended it.
We came here for our anniversary and ordered the eggplant, beef cheeks, squab and mint & lemon.
Our server, Gariba, was excellent and made our decisions for tonight so much easier. Her suggestions were spot on.
When I was served my beef cheeks, I thought that there must have been a mistake since I was not given a steak knife. It turned out that I didn't even need a knife! The beef had been cooked for 48 hours and was so tender that you could use the blunt side of the knife, and it would still be enough to pull the meat apart.
The squab reminded me of a very good duck.
We paired the beef with the heirloom beans, and they worked together nicely.
Dessert was suggested by Gariba, and the mint and lime with shards of meringue were an exclamation point to this wonderful meal.
Mourad was an incredible dining experience. Picking what to order was easy because the menu is simple. We just went with a lot of small plates, a few entrees and we made sure to put in an order for the chicken early on with our server as that one takes a long time to prepare. We started off with cocktails- I was a fan of the Desert Bliss (I like mezcal) and the Black & Chrome. Out of the starters my favorites were the Tartare and the Basteeya. The chicken was very good, cooked tenderly with a lot of natural flavor. I recommend speaking with their resident sommelier for wine pairings.
Our servers were very professional, they helped us split all the food equally in to go boxes for each group on the table. There were moments where the service was a little slow, but we were in no rush and having a good time. Overall this was a fantastic dinner, definitely worth it!
Wonderful restaurant, fantastic food, great experience! Michelin Star well-deserved!
It was busy and the vibe was casual.
Octopus - By far the best dish and the best octopus we have had anywhere else. It was a brilliant combination of beef marrow with all the dressings that went really well with the octopus.
Basteeya - Great presentation, excellent balance of spice and seasoning
Beef Cheek - Super tender and delicious, full of flavour
Lamb - Very nicely cooked, soft, slightly crispy on the outside and really good combination of sauce and dressings
We had a glass of rose and a glass of pinot noir to go with our dinner.
Too bad we did not have room for dessert.
The only thing was the wait between starters and entrée, it took a little while which kind of broke the flow of the experience.
I definitely recommend Mourad for anyone who is in San Francisco and looking for an excellent culinary experience.
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