Le Tantra — French / Mediterranean, Algiers
Le Tantra is among the most frequently cited restaurants in Algiers dining guides — a French-Mediterranean kitchen near the Martyrs’ Memorial that offers exquisite cuisine with creative concoctions made from local ingredients including lamb, sea bass, and shrimp. The iconic seafood risotto that has become the restaurant’s calling card reflects a kitchen that understands both the French culinary tradition and the Mediterranean seafood that the Algerian coast provides.
The cooking at Le Tantra takes the French culinary tradition’s relationship with Mediterranean ingredients as its framework and applies it to the specific produce of the Algerian coast and interior: the seafood of the Bay of Algiers, the lamb of the highlands, and the fresh herbs that the region’s microclimate produces in extraordinary abundance.
The wine list has an extensive selection that can be hard to come by in the city — a distinction that reflects both the restaurant’s commitment to the drinking experience and the specific context of Algiers, where fine wine is a rarer commodity than in most Mediterranean capitals.
Le Tantra is the contemporary Algiers dining room — the restaurant that represents where the city’s food culture is going rather than where it has been.
Best Occasion: Close a Deal
Exquisite French-Mediterranean cuisine, a hard-to-find wine list, and a restaurant that is among the most consistently cited in the city: Le Tantra provides business dining in Algiers of genuine quality and contemporary energy.
Best Occasion: First Date
Creative local ingredients, an iconic seafood risotto, and a restaurant that knows it is being watched: Le Tantra is the contemporary Algiers first-date venue for those who want to demonstrate knowledge of what the city is becoming.