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We have selected 15 restaurants, which we have divided into five categories: Gastronomic, Business, Trendy, Budget and Personal Recommendations. The restaurants are listed alphabetically within these different categories, which serve as guidelines rather than absolute definitions of the establishments.
Restaurant prices are subject to 19% VAT (Value Added Tax). In the upmarket restaurants service charges of 10-15% are added to the bill; if not a tip of this amount is expected. Price ranges indicated below represent a three-course meal; wine is not available in many Marrakech eateries.
$$$$ (over Dh350)
$$$ (Dh250 to Dh350)
$$ (Dh100 to Dh250)
$ (under Dh100)
Restaurant prices are subject to 19% VAT (Value Added Tax). In the upmarket restaurants service charges of 10-15% are added to the bill; if not a tip of this amount is expected. Price ranges indicated below represent a three-course meal; wine is not available in many Marrakech eateries.
$$$$ (over Dh350)
$$$ (Dh250 to Dh350)
$$ (Dh100 to Dh250)
$ (under Dh100)
Gastronomic
Al Fassia
Al Fassia has become a local legend for hearty yet elegant dishes from the Middle Atlas and Fez, Morocco's culinary capital. The restaurant is run by a group of sisters who recreate their own family recipes with top-notch ingredients and a sharp all-female staff. The menu is à la carte and the décor plush modern Moroccan. A wide selection of savoury meat dishes, tagines and couscous are on offer, but the array of nine salads alone is enough to satisfy a vegetarian. Alcohol is served.
55 Boulevard Zerktouni (at end of pedestrian passage), Guéliz
Tel: (024) 434 060.
Price: $$
Al Fassia has become a local legend for hearty yet elegant dishes from the Middle Atlas and Fez, Morocco's culinary capital. The restaurant is run by a group of sisters who recreate their own family recipes with top-notch ingredients and a sharp all-female staff. The menu is à la carte and the décor plush modern Moroccan. A wide selection of savoury meat dishes, tagines and couscous are on offer, but the array of nine salads alone is enough to satisfy a vegetarian. Alcohol is served.
55 Boulevard Zerktouni (at end of pedestrian passage), Guéliz
Tel: (024) 434 060.
Price: $$
Dar Moha
The culinary star of Marrakech has set new standards for Moroccan fusion cuisine, with combinations dreamed up daily from the souks and the imagination of Chef Mohammed Fedal. The menu is à la carte for dinner, but lunchtime means great value for sumptuous fix-priced feasts. The best seats in this former family home are around the petal-strewn pool in the garden, where musicians play in the evenings and a grill house emits tantalising aromas by day. But take what you can get; reservations are necessary, especially at dinner. Alcohol is served.
81 Rue Dar el-Bacha
Tel: (024) 386 4000.
Website: www.darmoha.ma
Price: $$$
The culinary star of Marrakech has set new standards for Moroccan fusion cuisine, with combinations dreamed up daily from the souks and the imagination of Chef Mohammed Fedal. The menu is à la carte for dinner, but lunchtime means great value for sumptuous fix-priced feasts. The best seats in this former family home are around the petal-strewn pool in the garden, where musicians play in the evenings and a grill house emits tantalising aromas by day. But take what you can get; reservations are necessary, especially at dinner. Alcohol is served.
81 Rue Dar el-Bacha
Tel: (024) 386 4000.
Website: www.darmoha.ma
Price: $$$
Jnane Tamsna
With an inspired Moroccan-Mediterranean menu created daily with ingredients grown in the organic gardens of this villa estate, a fine selection of wines and meals served in the archway-lined courtyard or luxurious dining room, this guest house offers a delectable dining experience set in the heart of the exclusive Palmeraie.
Douar Abiad, Palmeraie
Tel: (024) 329 423.
Website: www.tamsna.com
Price: $$$$
With an inspired Moroccan-Mediterranean menu created daily with ingredients grown in the organic gardens of this villa estate, a fine selection of wines and meals served in the archway-lined courtyard or luxurious dining room, this guest house offers a delectable dining experience set in the heart of the exclusive Palmeraie.
Douar Abiad, Palmeraie
Tel: (024) 329 423.
Website: www.tamsna.com
Price: $$$$
Trendy
Le Comptoir
No longer the newest hotspot in town but still the place to be seen and the favourite hang-out for Marrakech's beautiful people. Both cocktail bar and restaurant, Le Comptoir segues from mellow dining downstairs to outbursts of belly-dancing and carousing by the upstairs bar as the night wears on. The Franco-Moroccan menu works well in this sumptuous, east-meets-west setting where diplomats, supermodels, and minor royalty rub shoulders.
Avenue Echouada, Hivernage
Tel: (024) 437 702.
Website: www.comptoirdarna.com
Price: $$$$
No longer the newest hotspot in town but still the place to be seen and the favourite hang-out for Marrakech's beautiful people. Both cocktail bar and restaurant, Le Comptoir segues from mellow dining downstairs to outbursts of belly-dancing and carousing by the upstairs bar as the night wears on. The Franco-Moroccan menu works well in this sumptuous, east-meets-west setting where diplomats, supermodels, and minor royalty rub shoulders.
Avenue Echouada, Hivernage
Tel: (024) 437 702.
Website: www.comptoirdarna.com
Price: $$$$
Le Grand Café de la Poste
Once a sorting office and colonial hotel, this deco Casablanca-style eatery is where Mediterranean flair meets top-notch Moroccan ingredients on the inventive seasonal à la carte menu. Among the potted palms in the dining room, ordinary mortals mingle with movie stars on a break from filming desert scenes. With ample vegetarian options, salads, and dishes light on the sauces, it's easy to justify dessert.
Boulevard El Mansour Eddahbi
Tel: (024) 433 038.
Website: www.grandcafedelaposte.com
Price: $$$
Once a sorting office and colonial hotel, this deco Casablanca-style eatery is where Mediterranean flair meets top-notch Moroccan ingredients on the inventive seasonal à la carte menu. Among the potted palms in the dining room, ordinary mortals mingle with movie stars on a break from filming desert scenes. With ample vegetarian options, salads, and dishes light on the sauces, it's easy to justify dessert.
Boulevard El Mansour Eddahbi
Tel: (024) 433 038.
Website: www.grandcafedelaposte.com
Price: $$$
Le Marrakchi
Set on a corner of the Jemaa el Fna, this atmospheric Moroccan restaurant is a place you'll want to settle in among the cushions and stay awhile, taking in superb views of the square. It offers a selection of Moroccan dishes à la carte as well as a set menu, and though the food can be bland, it's still popular with couples for its romantic candlelit setting and splendid mosaics from Fez. The restaurant also offers a selection of local wines.
52 Rue des Banques, Medina
Tel: (024) 443 377.
Website: www.lemarrakchi.com
Price: $$$
Set on a corner of the Jemaa el Fna, this atmospheric Moroccan restaurant is a place you'll want to settle in among the cushions and stay awhile, taking in superb views of the square. It offers a selection of Moroccan dishes à la carte as well as a set menu, and though the food can be bland, it's still popular with couples for its romantic candlelit setting and splendid mosaics from Fez. The restaurant also offers a selection of local wines.
52 Rue des Banques, Medina
Tel: (024) 443 377.
Website: www.lemarrakchi.com
Price: $$$
Budget
Chez Chegrouni
A better option for delicate stomachs and vegetarians than the food stalls in the Jemaa el Fna but still within the square, this is a hugely popular restaurant with tourists and locals alike. It offers all the usual dishes and has a small terrace at the front to watch the nightly antics. Unlike many of the budget restaurants, it does not use meat stock for non-meat dishes, so vegetarian dishes are just that. Although it's small and basic, it's very clean and well-run and a justifiable favourite.
Jemaa el-Fna
Tel: (065) 474 615.
Price: $
A better option for delicate stomachs and vegetarians than the food stalls in the Jemaa el Fna but still within the square, this is a hugely popular restaurant with tourists and locals alike. It offers all the usual dishes and has a small terrace at the front to watch the nightly antics. Unlike many of the budget restaurants, it does not use meat stock for non-meat dishes, so vegetarian dishes are just that. Although it's small and basic, it's very clean and well-run and a justifiable favourite.
Jemaa el-Fna
Tel: (065) 474 615.
Price: $
Jemaa el Fna
For the most authentic Moroccan dining experience, join the crowds and eat within the Jemaa el Fna itself. As twilight falls, over 100 food stalls are set up and clouds of smoke drift over the square as all manner of meats are grilled and served with cooked vegetable salads as sides. Wander around until you see ingredients that look the freshest, then squeeze onto one of the benches. Bread is used instead of cutlery and orange juice is brought from one of the many juice stalls. A word of warning - although the food is well cooked, ask for food to be served on paper instead of hastily rinsed plates, and drink OJ from your water bottle instead of reused cups.
Jemaa-el-Fna
Price: $
For the most authentic Moroccan dining experience, join the crowds and eat within the Jemaa el Fna itself. As twilight falls, over 100 food stalls are set up and clouds of smoke drift over the square as all manner of meats are grilled and served with cooked vegetable salads as sides. Wander around until you see ingredients that look the freshest, then squeeze onto one of the benches. Bread is used instead of cutlery and orange juice is brought from one of the many juice stalls. A word of warning - although the food is well cooked, ask for food to be served on paper instead of hastily rinsed plates, and drink OJ from your water bottle instead of reused cups.
Jemaa-el-Fna
Price: $
Personal Recommendations
Casa Lalla
Every night the candlelit patio of the refined Riad Casa Lalla is transformed into a gastronomic getaway, where the French chef serves a menu invented that day with the freshest, most succulent ingredients in the marketplace. The intimate setting among fellow foodies adds to the dining experience, but special tables can be arranged for couples. Reservations are required.
16 Derb Jemaa, Medina
Tel: (24) 429 757.
Price: $$$$
Every night the candlelit patio of the refined Riad Casa Lalla is transformed into a gastronomic getaway, where the French chef serves a menu invented that day with the freshest, most succulent ingredients in the marketplace. The intimate setting among fellow foodies adds to the dining experience, but special tables can be arranged for couples. Reservations are required.
16 Derb Jemaa, Medina
Tel: (24) 429 757.
Price: $$$$
Catanzaro
Generous steaks and thin-crust wood-fired pizzas are served up on red-checked tablecloths in an oddly Alpine interior. The nonstop throngs of locals and visitors testify to the efficient, friendly service. Wine is available, along with a respectable tiramisu.
11 Rue Tarik ibn Ziyad
Tel: (024) 433 731.
Price: $$
Generous steaks and thin-crust wood-fired pizzas are served up on red-checked tablecloths in an oddly Alpine interior. The nonstop throngs of locals and visitors testify to the efficient, friendly service. Wine is available, along with a respectable tiramisu.
11 Rue Tarik ibn Ziyad
Tel: (024) 433 731.
Price: $$
La Maison Arabe
The restaurant of the famed hotel offers a selection of traditional Moroccan dishes and local specialties, including a few vegetarian options. The restaurant has a plush interior with hand-painted woodwork and some tables spill over into the pretty, shaded courtyard. Good for lunch as well as dinner, but dinner is accompanied by excellent Arab-Andalusian music. Serves alcohol.
1 Derb Assehbe, Bab Doukkala, Medina
Tel: (024) 386 4000.
Website: www.lamaisonarabe.com
Price: $$$$
The restaurant of the famed hotel offers a selection of traditional Moroccan dishes and local specialties, including a few vegetarian options. The restaurant has a plush interior with hand-painted woodwork and some tables spill over into the pretty, shaded courtyard. Good for lunch as well as dinner, but dinner is accompanied by excellent Arab-Andalusian music. Serves alcohol.
1 Derb Assehbe, Bab Doukkala, Medina
Tel: (024) 386 4000.
Website: www.lamaisonarabe.com
Price: $$$$
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