Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Marrakech for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Marrakech for grown-ups.
Barometre on Rue Moulay Ali is Morocco's first mixology bar; a Gueliz basement speakeasy in Marrakech with rotating cocktails, infusions, small plates.
Signature drink: Rotating speakeasy of the month
Food: Mediterranean small plates
Tip: Closed Sundays. No reservations; line forms outside the unmarked door before 19:00 on weekends.
El Fenn's rooftop bar in Marrakech medina, 1300m2 with Koutoubia and Atlas views, serves cocktails, light meals and tapas; non-residents welcome till 23:00.
Signature drink: Koutoubia sunset spritz
Food: Tapas, light meals
Tip: Book a chaise for sunset; non-residents pay a 100 DH minimum spend on busy weekends.
Nomad's four-floor rooftop over Marrakech's Rahba Kedima spice square is the city's most-photographed cocktail terrace; cocktails, Moroccan small plates.
Signature drink: Mint mojito
Food: Modern Moroccan small plates
Tip: Book the rooftop terrace by 19:00 for sunset; the second-floor non-smoking salon is the cool fallback.
Le Churchill Bar at Marrakech's La Mamounia, a black-marble Pullman-style room by Patrick Jouin, is the city's most refined cocktail bar; jacket required.
Signature drink: Sir Winston Churchill cocktail
Food: Bar snacks, oysters
Tip: Elegant attire required. The marjoram in the Sir Winston comes from the Mamounia garden behind the bar.
Le Salama's three-floor Marrakech medina rooftop has the Koutoubia at eye level; cocktails, tapas and shisha to 02:00; the climb up is a tour of three eras.
Signature drink: Moroccan rose cocktail
Food: Tapas, shisha
Tip: Open till 02:00. The Sky Bar is non-smoking; shisha service downstairs on the second floor.
Kechmara on Marrakech's Rue de la Liberte runs an all-day bar-restaurant: 70s-vibe ground floor, jazz on busy nights, rooftop drinks till 02:00 in Gueliz.
Signature drink: Moroccan red on the rooftop
Food: Tapas, burgers, all-day menu
Tip: Jazz nights pull a crowd; rooftop fills first. The downstairs bar room is the quieter perch after midnight.