The hotel restaurant offers Moroccan specialties.

The hotel restaurant, which offers Moroccan specialties, is open to nonguests, and dinner for two costs about $55.

But just savoring a few hard-to-come-by Moroccan specialties was satisfying.

Another good choice is the pastilla, a Moroccan specialty that traditionally is a pigeon pie made with ground almonds, sugar and cinnamon.

In some restaurants, you can feast on a Moroccan specialty, merguez, a spicy cumin-flavored lamb sausage.

A five-course menu of Moroccan specialties is priced from about $15 to $40.

But the other Moroccan specialty is a disappointment; the chicken pastilla may be pretty, but it is a thin, pale version of the many-layered pigeon pie.

While it may resemble couscous, fregola is heavier than that Moroccan specialty and is never steamed.

Intimate and atmospheric, with tight seating on cushioned banquettes, and the appropriate tiles contrasted to apricot walls, this tiny corner storefront offers gentle, tentatively seasoned Moroccan specialties at modest prices.

ELLE ET LUI - A blend of traditional Moroccan specialties and Mediterranean dishes are on the menu here: 272 West 119th Street, (212) 280-2248.