Cochabamba Restaurants

Casablanca

#19 of 70 things to do in Cochabamba

#22 of 104 south american restaurants in South America

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Good for: coffee, Pasta, Late night food/drink

Not good for: good service, being left alone, Clean bathrooms

  • Address
    • 25 de Mayo btwn Ecuador & Venezuela Town Center
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 4 452 9328

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Lonely Planet review for Casablanca

Both restaurant and bar, this spot is popular with both locals and visitors and always has a busy buzz. As one might expect, there are dodgy Bogart murals on the walls. The place also offers a large range of international dishes, and drinks until late. Service is very poor.

 

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    “Good food, but too many beggars, bad bathrooms, and service

    inblueseas does not recommend this,

    I've been here once at night, and once this week for lunch. I'll get the negative out of the way first. Today, we were here for lunch from 1:15-2:45. During that time, 4 different beggars were allowed in the restaurant. Two of the beggars who came at separate times were very insistent, and didn't leave our table for a whole minute because they kept asking us for money. We kept saying no, but they wouldn't leave! We found ourselves getting more and more angry as each beggar was allowed in the restaurant and bothered us at our table. It really messed up our dining experience. We don't mind passing along some pocket change on the streets sometimes, but certainly not while we eat. As a foreigner, I'm already aggressively pursued by multiple beggars on the street daily, so when I pay to eat at a restaurant, I do not like to be bothered. I appreciate that the restaurant is trying to be benevolent to everyone in Cochabamba, but I think this restaurant needs to find some kind of balance.

    The service was super slow today. There was only one girl working the tables, and we had to wait 25 minutes to receive our bill once we were finished eating.

    There are many restaurants that cater to foreigners here, and I am sorry to say, this is my first time experiencing a bathroom that offered no soap to wash your hands, or towels to wipe them off. The toilet was also full with toilet paper and other things I won't mention here. They had strong air freshener gel in there to make you think it was clean. It didn't fool me. I've experienced many meticulously clean bathrooms here in Cochabamba, and I'm sorry to say this was not one of them. I was told to judge the cleanliness of all restaurants in South America by the condition of their bathroom. This restaurant failed the test.

    Now on to the positive...the food is pretty great. Anything you order, you will probably like. There is a great variety of juices, teas, coffees, pastas (including gnocchi), vegetarian options, pizzas, different cultural foods (Mexican, Mediterranean, Italian), and desserts. Casablanca is a fun place to come to, especially at night, and enjoy some food and games with your friends. I also love the music they play---a lot of 90's alternative American music. Pretty cool.

    Overall, I would love this place SO much more if I wasn't bothered by people asking me for money, if they would work a little harder to make the service a little more speedy, and if they would give some more attention to the bathroom. That would make me give them 5 stars.

    Good for: coffee, Pasta, Late night food/drink

    Not good for: good service, being left alone, Clean bathrooms

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    Your newest "regulars" spot.

    italkincircles recommends this,

    Regardless of the very poor service, which is not exaggerated by any means. You will go there, again and again.

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