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The street on the heights of El Biar at dusk, before Dar Chemâa’s cedar doors.
Dar Chemâa’s cedar doors at dusk.
The street, at dusk
The lobby from the threshold of the open doors, its brass lamps lit.
The lobby and its moulded ceiling, from the threshold.
The cedar doors open
The entrance to Chemâa’s candlelit room as the first course arrives.
Chemâa’s candlelit room, the first course on its way.
The dining room, by candlelight

A hotel, its tables and its salons on the heights of El Biar

A house, a flame, the bay.

A house of 1912 brought back to the light: sixty rooms turned to the bay, a table served by candlelight, salons for the long evenings.

Choose your roomBook a table
  1. The street, at dusk
  2. The cedar doors open
  3. The dining room, by candlelight
  1. The Deluxe Bay Room: a wide bed facing a window open on the bay of Algiers.

    Act I

    Sleeping over the sea

    Four-metre ceilings, cement tiles in ochre and oxblood, washed-cotton linen. From the bay windows you watch the freighters come into port before breakfast.

    Rooms and suites
  2. Chemâa’s dining room: stone arches, dark oak, brass lamps and a candle on every table.

    Act II

    Dining by candlelight

    Chemâa, the chef’s table: the cooking of Algeria written in eight courses, from the sardines of the bay to the dates of Biskra. The patio, the roof and the pastry shop carry it from morning to night.

    Our four tables
  3. The Chandelier Hall set for a wedding: round tables, ivory cloths, white flowers and crystal chandeliers.

    Act III

    Receiving under the chandeliers

    The Chandelier Hall has held weddings since 1930: up to three hundred and sixty guests, separate spaces if you wish, and the bridal suite for the tesdira.

    Weddings and events

  4. Act IV

    Watching the bay go dark

    On the top floor the Belvedere pours mint tea while the sun goes down over Algiers, and the lights of the port come on one by one.

    The Belvedere

Sixty windows

Choose your room by its view

Every window on the façade is a room. Move from one to the next, change the time of day, and see what you will wake up to.

rooms and suites
60
floors over the arcade
5
the year the house was built
1912
Open the façade

Tonight’s menu

The Heights

Eight courses, from the bay to the High Plateaux and on to the palm groves: the whole kitchen told in one evening, served to the whole table.

  1. Bay sardines en escabèche, caraway and fennel
  2. Chorba frik as a clear consommé, confit lamb, coriander
  3. Flaky mhadjeb, slow-cooked tomato, terfess (desert truffle)
  4. Crisp bourek of brown crab, preserved lemon, mild harissa
  5. Couscous of the sea, red mullet, saffron broth
  6. Biskra chakhchoukha, seven-hour lamb shoulder, chickpeas
  7. Biskra dates, mint granita
  8. Makrout reimagined, Deglet Nour, orange-blossom honey, semolina ice cream

14 000 DZD per guestTea and mocktail pairing 4 500 DZD

Served to the whole table, Tuesday to Sunday · indicative

The menu, course by course

What our guests say

Average rating of stays

4.5out of 5

335 reviews · fictional review

Read every review

  • Calm, beautiful, just right

    The « Les Hauteurs » menu is a journey: every dish tells of a region. Breakfast in the room arrived at exactly the time asked, still hot. Already looking forward to the next stay.

    MarcoChemâa — the table · October 2026fictional review

  • A lovely family summer

    One question to the site’s assistant, and the answer was right. Many thanks.

    SophieThe stay · October 2026fictional review

  • The bay on waking

    The pressed orange juice and the matlouâ bread come out of the kitchen in front of you. The staff remember you from one stay to the next. The view of the bay from the balcony is breathtaking, especially at dawn. Many thanks.

    HaoThe Garden Brasserie · August 2026fictional review

The journal

Stories from the house

The whole journal
A gift card in a heavy paper envelope sealed with wax, beside a candle.

To give

An evening, a night, tea over the bay

Design a gift card: dinner for two, the tasting menu, a night with breakfast. It unfolds on screen and leaves with your note.

Design a gift card

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Your house deserves the same care

This site, the booking, the tables, the kitchen, the salons and the back office are one platform. We build it for hotels and restaurants in Algeria.

A house, a flame, the bay.

Reach us

The heights of El Biar, Algiers
Above the ridge road, facing the bay

023 •• •• 19 12

bonjour.dar-chemaa@exemple.dz

Write on WhatsApp

Masked number and demonstration address. The conversation opens inside the demonstration; nothing is sent.

Hours

  • Front desk open day and night
  • Chemâa: dinner Tuesday to Sunday, 7:30 – 11 pm
  • Events sales: Saturday to Thursday, 9 am – 6 pm

Demonstration Demonstration — fictional hotel, restaurants and data. Designed by Algeria Agency. Dar Chemâa does not exist: the house, its rooms, tables, salons, characters, guests, reviews and documents are invented. Rates are indicative, no number can be called, and nothing is booked, charged or sent.

The people named in this demonstration are invented characters. Fictional character

The house’s identity DEMO

Dar Chemâa Hospitality LLC (DEMO) — Limited liability company — demonstration data. Share capital 50 000 000 DZD. Classification — « Five-star » classification — demonstration decision.

Trade register
DÉMO-16/00-1912000B21
Tax ID (NIF)
DÉMO-001916190012021
Statistics ID (NIS)
DÉMO-091216010019
Tax article
DÉMO-16012191
Tourism licence
DÉMO-LIC-TOUR-2021-0412
Photo credits

The photographs of Algiers and a few details are published under free licences; each is credited here, as its licence asks. The demonstration’s other images were made for it.

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