Simon's Café

Name: Simon's Café
Address: 4515 Sepulveda blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA, United States, 91403
Telephone: (818) 783-6698
Price range: $30 and under
Rating: 4.4

4.4 (56)

$30 and under

Moroccan

4515 Sepulveda blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

About this restaurant

Dine on authentic Moroccan fare at Simon's Cafe. Its casual setting is ideal for enjoying a meal with friends or a date. Owner and chef Simon Elmaleh opened its doors in 2004 to offer guests flavorful traditional dishes made with a touch of Mediterranean flair. An appetizer of hummus, falafel or grilled eggplant will please the taste buds. At Simon's Cafe, guests can dine on an entrée of penne with lamb and beef sausage, chicken tagine with saffron rice or a vegetarian couscous. Fresh salads, hearty soups and tasty desserts can also be found on the menu. Simon's Cafe was awarded as having the Best Lamb Tagine in Los Angeles by LA Magazine, the Best Couscous by Daily Mail and Best Merguez in Los Angeles by LA Times. This restaurant caters private events and provides take-out service for guests.

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Moroccan, Mediterranean
Hours of operation
Dinner: Tuesday - Saturday 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Phone number
(818) 783-6698
Website
http://www.simonscafe.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress
Executive chef
Simon Elmaleh
Catering
Fully or partially Custom Catering on request.

Location
4515 Sepulveda blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Neighborhood
Sherman Oaks
Cross street
Dickens
Parking details
City Parking, entrance from Dickens street when you driving south on Sepulveda blvd. Make a right on Dickens and left to the parking lot.
Additional
Beer, Corkage Fee, Non-Smoking, Takeout, Wine

Houmous With Tahini$6.95
(home made). Mashed garbanzo blended with tahini, fresh lemon juice, and garlic. Served with Pita.
Baba Ganoush$6.95
Fresh grilled eggplant mashed with tahini. Served with Pita.
Matbouha$6.95
Stewed tomato and Grilled peppers and Garlic. Served with Pita.
Zaalouk$6.95
Fresh grilled eggplant cooked with tomatoes. a kick of cayenne pepper with Pita.
Falafel$7.95
Made from scratch with Chickpeas, onions, and spices fried in ball shapes.
Combination Appetiser Platter$15.95
A combination platter that includes Houmous, Baba Ganoush, Matbouha Zaalouk and Falafel. Served with Pita.
Lebaneh$5.95
Yogurt cheese, served with Pita.
Spicy Cigars$8.95
(home made). Thin pastry filled with ground beef, fried to crispy golden brown.
Chicken Feuillete$8.95
(home made). Thin triangular pastry filled with ground chicken fried crispy.
Cheese Borek$8.95
(home made). Freshly baked ,Filled puff pastry with the perfect blend of 3 kinds of cheeses.
Pastilla$16.95
Freshly baked with Ground chicken and duck pie wrapped in thin pastry Dusted with Powder sugar & cinnamon.

Salads

Classic Caesar Salad$10.95
Freshly made with home made croutons.
- With Chicken$12.95
Israeli Salad$8.95
Freshly cut vegetables tossed in fresh lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh chopped parsley.
Couscous Salad$10.95
Served with freshly cut vegetables, apples, currants, cilantro, and a kick of cumin.
Greek Salad$10.95
With kalamata black olives, Greek feta cheese, tomatoes, and romaine.
Ada Protein Salad With Chicken$12.95
Diced salad with marinated grilled chicken breasts.

Soups

Harira Soup
Chickpeas, lentils, and vegetables soup.cooked for 12 hours.
- Cup$6.95
- Bowl$8.95
Soup Of The Day
Ask your server for our speciality soups.
- Cup$5.95
- Bowl$7.95

Pasta

Pasta With Spicy Eggplant$12.95
Cappellini with grilled and stewed eggplant tomato sauce.
Penne With Merghez$14.95
Penne with tomato sauce and spicy home made beef &lamb sausages.

Fish

Salmon A La Marocaine$18.95
Salmon cooked with tomato, garlic and Olives.
Fish Of The Day
- Starting at$18.95

Tagines

Served with Saffron Rice (recommended) or Steamed Mix Vegetables.

Morrocan Moist Lamb Tagine$22.95
Slowly cooked with dry fruits, fresh apples, and cinnamon.
Beef Tagine With Olives$20.95
Tenderly cooked beef spiced up with bayleaf and paprika.
Chicken Tagine With Tomato And Olives$18.95
Fresh thigh skinless b/less baked in oven with tomatoes and pitted olives.
Chicken Tagine With Dry Fruits$18.95
Fresh thigh skinless b/less chicken baked in oven with prunes, apricots, currants and fresh apples.

Couscous

Vegetarian Couscous Royale$12.95
Served with our homemade vegetable broth made with turnips, carrots, celery, zucchini, cabbage,leeks, tomatoes, pumpkins and our blend of spices.
Couscous Royale$24.95
With vegetable broth and served with grilled merguez, lamb and chicken brochettes.

Entrees From The Grill

Served with your choice of Saffron Rice, French Fries, or Steamed & saute Mix Vegetables For Couscous with Broth, add $3.

Grilled Fresh Marinated Half Spring Chicken$17.95
Marinated with fresh rosemary and garlic.
Grilled Morrocan Lamb Brochettes$22.95
Spiced with fresh ground cumin and garlic.
Lamb Chops$29.95
Frenched rack with Fresh herb marinated lamb grilled to perfection.
Chicken Brochettes$17.95
Marinated and grilled boneless chicken breast.
Brochettes De Boeuf Hache$17.95
Grilled minced beef seasoned with our special recipe.
Merguez$19.95
Spicy homemade, lamb and beef sausages. recommended with French Fries.
Chicken Schnitzel$16.95
Pan fried to a golden brown; tender yet crisp.

What 56 people are saying

Simon's Café reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.4

4.4 based on all time ratings

4.6Food
4.3Service
3.6Ambience
0.6Value

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56 Reviews

OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles7 reviews
5.0
Dined on March 23, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
I love Simon and his cafe. The food is deliciously prepared! I had the chicken cooked with green olives and tomatoes over couscous with a side of stewed veggies! Absolutely delicious-like a good home cooked meal.
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CHarch
California Central Coast3 reviews
4.0
Dined on March 21, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Smells were intoxicating, the food was super fresh, like home cooking. Not fancy, just really good, solid, fresh food. Chef came out to see us and make sure we were satisfied...we were. Great place to share with each other, lots of variety. Teens went in grumbling and left really happy!
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OpenTable Diner VIP
Los Angeles2 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 29, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 5
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
I like Simon's so much, I eat there at least once a month even though I live 15 miles away.
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Karyb VIP
Los Angeles81 reviews
4.0
Dined on February 17, 2016
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 4
4. Ambience 3
Simon's Cafe does a spot-on job of preparing everything from scratch and to order. His Moroccan dishes are highlights; particularly the mixed appetizer plate with pita, tender lamb tajine, and chicken tajine with dried fruits. He's a kind man, always there, always cooking, and pretty much a one-man-band. Let's support our non-corporate neighborhood eateries!
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Orrin
Los Angeles10 reviews
5.0
Dined on January 25, 2016
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Simon's Cafe is an unassuming storefront on Sepulveda Boulevard South of Ventura Boulevard just North of the 101/405 on ramp. The best entrance is from the parking lot off of Dickens St (pay in advance or valet). It's not fancy- no belly dancers or costumed servers, just Simon himself in the kitchen, but the food is amazing! We had a delicious b'stilla, lamb tajine, and couscous "Royale" with skewers of chicken and lamb, and home made merguez sausage. All were delicious and mDe with obvious care and pride. Simon also makes delicious desserts, including candied orange peel, candied figs, and candied baby eggplants (!), as well as house-made tarts, baklava, and other Moroccan pastries. Simon himself is one of the most gracious restaurant hosts around! One of our favorite dining treats!
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OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles2 reviews
5.0
Dined on November 30, 2015
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 3
Everything is so freshly prepared.
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AALG VIP
Orange County22 reviews
5.0
Dined on November 19, 2015
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
This is a wonderful little restaurant recommended by my sister, who lives in the area. We were greeted by the owner and shown to a table right away. The owner has a pleasant and welcoming demeanor, readily answering questions about the offerings of the day. We shared Pastilla, a delicious pastry with duck and chicken, as an appetizer. It was so delicious that we might not be able to try any of the other tempting appetizer offerings, since we are likely to order Pastilla again! Three of us had the Couscous Royale, a delicious and filling entree. The fourth person had a bowl of Harira Soup, which he said he will order again in the future. He had the Merguez as his entree. The evening was so enjoyable we will return. In fact, this restaurant has rocketed to the top of our list of area restaurants.
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tamara VIP
Los Angeles150 reviews
5.0
Dined on November 4, 2015
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
this food is amazing! simon does it all. he is great. we had Combination Appetiser Platter , Harira Soup, Chicken Tagine with Tomato and Olives and Couscous Royale. every single thing was delicious and tons of flavor. this was my 2nd time there and i will totally go again and again
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Rick VIP
Greater Boston8 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 31, 2015
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Simon welcomed us, offered insight himself into his menu, and checked on us afterward to make sure we were pleased. He made a point of removing turnips from the couscous for one person in our party, while providing the full dish to the rest. The food was delicious, creative, and abundant. We look forward to returning. It was the personal touch like I've never seen before.
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Goddess661
California Central Coast2 reviews
5.0
Dined on October 18, 2015
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
We have known Simon for almost 10 years now. He is amazingly sweet, attentive and home made food he and his wife prepares better then any rare restaurants in the Valley or LA. You got to try this place and you will be hooked forever. Thank you Simon for the great desserts as well.
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Simon's Café is rated 4.4 stars by 56 OpenTable diners.

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4515 Sepulveda blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

Additional information

Cross street
Dickens
Neighborhood
Sherman Oaks
Hours of operation
Dinner: Tuesday - Saturday 5:30pm - 10:00pm
Price
$30 and under
Cuisines
Moroccan, Mediterranean
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
City Parking, entrance from Dickens street when you driving south on Sepulveda blvd. Make a right on Dickens and left to the parking lot.
Payment options
AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Simon Elmaleh
Additional
Beer, Corkage Fee, Non-Smoking, Takeout, Wine

Website
http://www.simonscafe.com/
Phone number
(818) 783-6698
Catering
Fully or partially Custom Catering on request.

Simon's Café

About this restaurant

Not available on OpenTable

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Additional information

Appetisers

Houmous With Tahini$6.95

Baba Ganoush$6.95

Matbouha$6.95

Zaalouk$6.95

Falafel$7.95

Combination Appetiser Platter$15.95

Lebaneh$5.95

Spicy Cigars$8.95

Chicken Feuillete$8.95

Cheese Borek$8.95

Pastilla$16.95

Salads

Classic Caesar Salad$10.95

Israeli Salad$8.95

Couscous Salad$10.95

Greek Salad$10.95

Ada Protein Salad With Chicken$12.95

Soups

Harira Soup

Soup Of The Day

Pasta

Pasta With Spicy Eggplant$12.95

Penne With Merghez$14.95

Fish

Salmon A La Marocaine$18.95

Fish Of The Day

Tagines

Morrocan Moist Lamb Tagine$22.95

Beef Tagine With Olives$20.95

Chicken Tagine With Tomato And Olives$18.95

Chicken Tagine With Dry Fruits$18.95

Couscous

Vegetarian Couscous Royale$12.95

Couscous Royale$24.95

Entrees From The Grill

Grilled Fresh Marinated Half Spring Chicken$17.95

Grilled Morrocan Lamb Brochettes$22.95

Lamb Chops$29.95

Chicken Brochettes$17.95

Brochettes De Boeuf Hache$17.95

Merguez$19.95

Chicken Schnitzel$16.95

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