Bakery counters in Marrakech worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.

Where to queue for bread and pastry

Patisserie Amandine ★ 4.4

Bakery$$guelizDaily 07:00-21:00Walk-in onlyFrench-Moroccan pastries with almond focus

Patisserie Amandine in Marrakech's Gueliz, since 1997, runs the city's best French-Moroccan bakery counter; viennoiseries, flans, almond pastries.

Tip: Take-away counter at the front; cafe at the back. Lighter mornings; afternoons fill with Gueliz regulars.

Worth the queue: Opera cake and cornes de gazelle

175 Rue Mohamed El Beqal, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000

Patisserie des Princes ★ 4.2

Bakery$medinaDaily 06:00-23:00Walk-in onlyMoroccan and French pastry, tea-room service

Patisserie des Princes on Rue Bab Agnaou near Marrakech's Jemaa el-Fna runs an air-conditioned tea room behind the counter, daily from 06:00, since the 1990s.

Tip: Pastries 14 to 18 DH, more expensive but cleaner than other medina cake shops. The back tea room is a heat refuge.

Worth the queue: Cornes de gazelle and chebakia

32 Rue Bab Agnaou, Medina, Marrakech 40000

Boutique Pierre Herme Paris ★ 4.7

Bakery$$$$hivernageDaily 10:00-20:00Walk-in onlyPierre Herme macarons and signature pastries

The Boutique Pierre Herme Paris at Marrakech's La Mamounia is the chef-pastrymaker's only African outpost; macarons, Ispahan, and the Mamounia-only specials.

Tip: Open to the public, not hotel guests only. Ispahan macarons and the rose-litchi cake are the bench-marks.

Worth the queue: Ispahan macaron

Avenue Bab Jdid, La Mamounia, Marrakech 40000

Bacha Coffee Bakery Counter ★ 4.4

Bakery$$$medinaTue-Sun 10:00-18:00; closed MondayWalk-in onlyCoffee-paired pastries and viennoiseries

Bacha Coffee at Dar el Bacha in Marrakech sells pastries from a counter beside the salon: madeleines, sables, croissants paired with single-origin coffees.

Tip: Closed Mondays. Counter sales skip the dining-room queue; buy a box of madeleines to go.

Worth the queue: Madeleines paired with single-origin coffee

Dar el Bacha, Rue Fatima Zahra, Marrakech 40000
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