Naranj
Order Build a meal from the mezze, then the chargrilled lamb shawarma plate.
Naranj on Riad Zitoun el Jdid is the Marrakech medina Lebanese spot: a Lebanese-Syrian husband-and-wife team plate mezze and grills on a rooftop terrace.
Bistros, trattorias, taverns and neighbourhood rooms: the mid-tier places where Marrakech actually eats.
Where to eat well, no fuss
16 places
L'Mida
Order The Berber gnocchi (Italian technique with Moroccan spice), then lamb chops on the rooftop.
L'Mida sits two levels above Rahba Kedima in Marrakech, plating modern Moroccan fusion with rooftop Atlas views and a strict no-alcohol policy.
Le Jardin
Order Tanjia, the clay-urn lamb served straight from the amphora, with khobz bread.
Kamal Laftimi's emerald-green oasis hidden in the Marrakech souks, Le Jardin plates Moroccan classics and bistro food in a 16th-century riad.
Eat your way around Medina
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Cafe Arabe
Order The cannelloni, then climb to the rooftop for Koutoubia sunset; alcohol-licensed.
Cafe Arabe on Rue Mouassine has plated Italian-Moroccan fusion in Marrakech's medina for over 20 years; a rare alcohol-licensed rooftop near the Koutoubia.
Limoni
Order Whichever fresh pasta the kitchen made that morning; ask the server for the day's batch.
Limoni in north Marrakech medina is a quiet riad-kitchen running honest Italian pasta and pizza around a courtyard with a heavy old lemon tree.
Kechmara
- ★ 4.2
- Mediterranean
- $$
- Gueliz
Order The all-day burger and a glass of Moroccan red on the rooftop; live jazz some nights.
Kechmara on Marrakech's Rue de la Liberte runs an all-day bistro-bar with rooftop terrace; 70s interior, alcohol licence, and busy jazz nights in Gueliz.
L'Annexe
Order The aged beef is what locals come for; the South-of-France charcuterie board is the starter.
L'Annexe in Marrakech's Gueliz is a French Mediterranean bistro on Rue Moulay Ali, owner on premises, plating Southern French classics and the best aged beef.
Mama Afrika
- ★ 4.0
- West African
- $$
- Gueliz
Order The Afro-fusion bowl of the week; the vegan menu is one of the deepest in Gueliz.
Mama Afrika in Marrakech's Gueliz plates Afro-fusion under tribal-art ceilings, with a vegan-friendly menu and Monday-night live reggae-jazz Mama Jam sets.
Pepe Nero
Order Pick the Italian or the Moroccan menu, not both; the kitchen executes each tradition cleanly when it commits.
Pepe Nero plates Italian-Moroccan dual menus in the courtyard of Riyad Al Moussika, a former pasha's palace five minutes from Marrakech's Jemaa el-Fna.
Earth Cafe
- ★ 4.0
- Vegetarian
- $$
- Medina
Order Whatever the daily vegan tagine is, plus a juice from the cold-press counter.
Earth Cafe on Riad Zitoun el Kedim was Marrakech's first vegetarian restaurant: nine plates daily, three floors of alcoves, farm-to-table sourcing model.
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La Famille
- ★ 4.5
- Vegetarian
- $$
- Medina
Order Whatever the day's pasta is; finish with the raspberry ricotta cheesecake.
La Famille in Marrakech's Bab Mellah is a women-run vegetarian garden restaurant; concise rotating menu, leafy courtyard, the calmest medina lunch room.
Beats Burger
Order Standard Beats burger with frites; bagels are the lunch alternative.
Beats Burger near Dar el Bacha in Marrakech's medina is a casual gourmet burger counter built around a music-and-food concept; expats and tourists, 70 MAD.
Chez Lamine Gueliz
Order Mechoui by weight, with khobz and cumin; the tangia is the alternative.
Chez Lamine's Gueliz outpost on Rue Ibn Aicha brings Marrakech's mechoui-and-tangia institution to the new city, since 1965; cleaner than the medina counter.
Roti d'Or
Order Poulet roti with frites at 50 to 100 MAD; the falafel wrap is the lunch budget pick.
Roti d'Or in Marrakech's medina is a cheap and friendly counter for poulet roti and wraps; tagines, burgers, falafel wraps, 50 to 100 MAD per plate.
Latitude 31
- ★ 4.1
- Moroccan
- $$
- Bab Doukkala
Order Whichever revisited tagine is on the day's blackboard; the kitchen rotates seasonally.
Latitude 31 near Marrakech's Bab Doukkala gate serves revisited Moroccan in an orange-tree courtyard, a quieter alternative to the souk-side rooftops.
Amal Center Gueliz
Order Whatever the daily plate is; the Friday couscous is the standing classic.
Amal Center in Marrakech's Gueliz trains disadvantaged women in Moroccan cooking and serves the practice meals as lunch; non-profit, founded 2012.
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