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Marrakech Restaurants

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Restaurant · bar · serves wine

La Table du Palais Lamrani

Moroccan and French-influenced à la carte.

63 Rue Sidi el Yamani, Mouassine

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Garden lunch, gourmet Moroccan dinner, drinks in the patio or by the fire. Light picks: carrot soup with cinnamon or cold beetroot soup with feta (90 MAD each), vegetable tagine (170). Wine 80–90 MAD a glass or from 270 MAD a bottle.

Closed
Wednesdays
Phone
+212 5 24 385 051

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Restaurant · café · gallery

Dar Cherifa

Historic house in Mouassine, contemporary with the Ben Youssef Madrasa, reopened in 2000.

8 Derb Chorfa Lkabir, Mouassine

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Calm, close to the souks, with exhibitions and concerts. À la carte from 50 MAD. Same owners as 1112 Tea House and Dar Zellij.

Hours
daily 10:00–23:00, Wed until 19:00
Phone
+212 5 24 42 65 50

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Café · daily street food

Fatima Food

Small neighbourhood café with a daily-changing menu of street food: Moroccan salad, loubia beans, lentils, tagines.

Dar el Bacha

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Recommended by El Fenn for a cheap, quick lunch.

Dinner · set menu · live music

Dar Marjana

Local favourite since 1981 in a 19th-century family home: tiled walls, a courtyard of big trees and a fountain.

15 Derb Sidi Ali Tair, opposite Dar el Bacha Palace

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Traditional set menus (salads, chicken bastilla, pigeon trid). Gnawa musicians, singing and a belly dancer through the evening.

Tip
set menus are big, so skip lunch; ask your riad to walk you back
Open-fire kitchen · terrace · cocktails

Flowers

Botanical, light, Moroccan-produce cooking from an open fire, in colourful magazine-worthy rooms with a terrace.

Dar Marjana, 15 Derb Sidi Ali Tair, Dar el Bacha, down a small alley

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Reviewers rave about the dips (aubergine, labneh, tahini chickpeas), feta croquettes, cauliflower and the salted chocolate mousse. Good coffee and cocktails. Rated 4.8.

Hours
Tue–Sun 12:30pm–midnight, closed Mondays; takes reservations
Phone
+212 6 63 74 13 50

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Mexican · rooftop · cocktails & wine

Azulik Inla

Proper Mexican cooking (tacos, ceviche, quesadillas, churros) behind a quiet door.

Bab Doukkala quarter, near Mustapha Blaoui; exact address to confirm

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Wood and natural tones inside, a cactus-filled rooftop for sunset. Serves cocktails and wine.

Tip
sunset drinks around 5:30pm, then ask your riad to walk you back
Rooftop restaurant · pastry · concept store

Maison Reine

Naëlle Guennoun's rooftop, famous for her cakes and pavlova.

32 bis Rue Fatima Zahra, the road along the medina's west side, a short walk from Bab Laksour

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Light Maghrebi cooking: octopus with lemon and turmeric, smoked aubergine on labneh with sauce vierge, bright salads. Concept store on the first floor.

Tip
light enough for lunch, then browse the shop
Hours
Sat–Thu noon–10pm, closed Fridays
Dinner · four-course feast · Bill Willis interiors

Dar Yacout

Mohammed Zkhiri's famous restaurant in a palatial riad designed by Bill Willis: salons and courtyards of stained glass, carved plaster, tadelakt, vaulted brick and zellige.

79 Sidi Ahmed Soussi, through the Bab Yacout arcade (IZZA side)

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A classic four-course diffa with gnaoua musicians and oud.

Tip
a big feast, so skip lunch; ask them to arrange the taxi there and back
Restaurant at IZZA · bar

Noujoum

IZZA's restaurant, among 300+ contemporary artworks and handmade tableware.

46 Derb Driba Laarida, Sidi Ahmed Soussi

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Chef Paul Weaver mixes Moroccan, European and Mediterranean: calamari with cucumber salsa, rabbit ravioli in saffron and preserved lemon butter. Small plates 130–190 MAD, Bill Willis bar next door.

Pair with
Guéliz, just outside the walls from here
Gourmet Moroccan · 17th-century riad · cocktails

Dar Zellij

Same group as Dar Cherifa and 1112.

1 Kaasour, Sidi Ben Slimane, north-west medina near Riad Muarid

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A 17th-century riad with rare painted ceilings and a romantic, candlelit feel; gourmet Moroccan food and a cocktail list. Belly-dancing evenings on Thursdays and Sundays, so pick another night if you'd rather it was quiet. À la carte from 55 MAD.

Hours
noon–midnight, closed Tuesdays; Sunday brunch on request from 11am
Contact
+212 5 24 38 26 27, [email protected]
Tip
go for lunch to walk back in daylight

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Modern Moroccan · rooftop

L’Mida

Traditional house with one of the medina's highest rooftops, styled by Noon Interior Studio: wicker, linen, marble, hanging plants.

78 bis Derb Nkhal, by the spice square, about 15 min through the souks

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Chef Narjisse Benkabbou mixes classics (fish tagine, pulled méchoui) with twists like makhani beef tagine and Amazigh-style gnocchi with jben. Finish with yoghurt, amlou and caramelised nuts.

Tip
go for a late lunch to walk back in daylight
Hours
daily noon–11pm
Rooftop · cocktails

Otto

Minimalist rooftop restaurant and bar.

229 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid (Bahia side, near Rosemary)

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Small, focused menu: ceviche, bruschetta, ravioli, octopus. Well-priced cocktails; ask for a rooftop table.

Hours
daily from noon
Lebanese · mezze · grill

Naranj

Locals' favourite medina restaurant.

84 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid (Bahia side, same street as La Famille)

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Lebanese cooking with Marrakech produce: kibbeh, fattet djaj, cucumber soup with coriander and mint, belboula salad with caramelised onion, cashews and argan oil, falafel wraps. Generous sharing portions.

Hours
Mon–Sat 12:30–10:30pm, closed Sundays
Lunch only · vegetarian · small shop

La Famille

Garden restaurant under lemon trees in a former riad.

34 Derb Jdid, off Riad Zitoun el Jdid (Bahia side, so taxi rather than walking across the square)

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Organic vegetarian menu that changes daily: market salads, homemade pasta, focaccia pizzas with herb pesto, chocolate fondant with peanut butter. Small shop of wood and brass pieces and Stephanie Jewels.

Hours
Mon–Sat 12–4pm and 7–10pm; closed Sundays

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Riad hotel · home-cooked Moroccan · rooftop pool

The Mellah Hotel

Ten-room riad in a former rabbi's house in the old Jewish quarter, where Ruth and Zoe stayed.

113 Derb Alaati Allah, Mellah, near the Bahia Palace

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Minimal, warm-toned rooms with Mous Lamrabat photographs, a rooftop pool, and food by the "Moroccan Mamas" in the kitchen that reviewers call the best they had in Marrakech. Non-guests can book for dinner; ask about lunch. Also one for a future stay.

Phone
+212 6 28 61 38 48
Tip
dinner here means a taxi home after dark; ask them to book it

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Riad · rooftop view

Dar Yuba

Riad hotel in the medina that Marie Bastide recommends for its majestic rooftop view.

in the medina, address to confirm

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Evening Moroccan restaurant.

Note
ask whether non-guests can come up for tea or lunch
Restaurant · cocktails · farm-to-fork

Farmers

Dinner only, Tue–Sat 7–11pm; book ahead.

96 Rue Mohammed El Beqal, Guéliz

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Organic produce mostly from Sanctuary Slimane permaculture farm. Grilled baby gem with cured egg yolk, smoked broccoli with ginger scallion oil. Serves cocktails; try the Sbagliato.

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Lunch · non-profit

Amal Center

Non-profit training disadvantaged women as cooks since 2012, with a casual courtyard restaurant.

Rue Allal Ben Ahmed, Guéliz

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Seasonal menu that changes daily: lamb tagine, chicken pastilla. Fridays are hand-rolled couscous only.

Hours
lunch 12–3pm, closed Sundays
Restaurant · sharing plates

Mizaan

New, minimalist and chic: low terracotta pendants, Art Deco furniture.

255 Avenue Mohammed V, Guéliz

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Middle Eastern with Moroccan flavours, best as sharing plates: grilled kefta, roasted chicken labneh, falafel. Guest DJs some evenings.

Restaurant · designed by Studio KO

Sahbi Sahbi

Studio KO interior of warm brick, wood and tile.

37 Boulevard el Mansour Eddahbi, Guéliz

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A team of dadas, women home cooks from across Morocco, cook from a central open kitchen: tagines, unusual regional couscous, pigeon pastilla with cinnamon.

Hours
Tue–Sun, dinner 7pm–1am; closed Mondays
Booking number
+212 662 682 312
Restaurant · wine · cocktails

+61

Bill Granger-style mid-century modern restaurant, always busy.

96 Rue Mohammed el Beqal, Guéliz (same address as Farmers)

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Seasonal sharing plates: pickled sardines, green beans with buttered almonds, grilled fish with celeriac remoulade, short rib with salsa verde. Bread, pasta, cheese and yoghurt made in-house. Good wine list and cocktails.

Hours
Mon–Sat, dinner 6–10:30pm (Google also lists lunch 12–4pm); closed Sundays

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Brunch · bar · garden

Petanque Social Club

From the team behind Nomad and Café des Epices, in a restored 1930s pétanque club: big walled garden under rubber trees, boule track, bar, vintage furniture by Ibiza studio Alexeja and Diego.

70 Boulevard el Mansour Eddahbi, Guéliz (same street as Sahbi Sahbi)

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Medi-Moroccan menu, creative cocktails. Good for brunch or an early aperitivo.

Hours
daily 8am–1am

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Gallery · boutique · restaurant · tea salon

Jajjah by Hassan Hajjaj

The photographer Hassan Hajjaj's creative space: bright colour, geometric backdrops, a gallery and boutique.

114–116 Industrial Quarter, Sidi Ghanem, about 15 min by car

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Homestyle Moroccan lunch (vegetable stew, chicken tagine) and a tea salon with regional blends.

Note
Sidi Ghanem is mostly closed on Sundays