Earth Cafe is a vegetarian restaurant in Medina, Marrakech.
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.
Signature dishes: Vegan tagine, Asian-inspired spring rolls, Cold-pressed juices
Must order: Whatever the daily vegan tagine is, plus a juice from the cold-press counter.
Tip: Nine plates daily, four to five vegan. The third floor has the calmest seating.
Address: 2 Derb Zouak, Rue Riad Zitoun el Kedim, Marrakech 40000
La Famille in Marrakech's Bab Mellah is a women-run vegetarian garden restaurant; concise rotating menu, leafy courtyard, the calmest medina lunch room.
Signature: Daily pasta, Salad of the day, Raspberry ricotta cheesecake
Order: Whatever the day's pasta is; finish with the raspberry ricotta cheesecake.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Lunch only; reservations recommended as the courtyard seats 30.
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.
Signature: Beats burger, Bagels, Music-themed menu
Order: Standard Beats burger with frites; bagels are the lunch alternative.
Tip: Burgers from 70 DH, bagels from 55 DH. The terrace fills at lunch; counter seats inside are usually open.
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.
Signature: Roast chicken, Falafel wrap, Tagines
Order: Poulet roti with frites at 50 to 100 MAD; the falafel wrap is the lunch budget pick.
Tip: Can get crowded; arrive before 13:00 for lunch or wait. Cash only.
La Famille in Marrakech's Bab Mellah is a women-run vegetarian garden restaurant; concise rotating menu, leafy courtyard, the calmest medina lunch room.
Signature: Daily pasta, Salad of the day, Raspberry ricotta cheesecake
Order: Whatever the day's pasta is; finish with the raspberry ricotta cheesecake.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Lunch only; reservations recommended as the courtyard seats 30.
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.
Signature: Beats burger, Bagels, Music-themed menu
Order: Standard Beats burger with frites; bagels are the lunch alternative.
Tip: Burgers from 70 DH, bagels from 55 DH. The terrace fills at lunch; counter seats inside are usually open.
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.
Signature: Mechoui lamb, Tangia, Mixed grill
Order: Mechoui by weight, with khobz and cumin; the tangia is the alternative.
Tip: Tangia at 100 DH is the cheapest sit-down version in Gueliz. Cash works best.
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.
Signature: Roast chicken, Falafel wrap, Tagines
Order: Poulet roti with frites at 50 to 100 MAD; the falafel wrap is the lunch budget pick.
Tip: Can get crowded; arrive before 13:00 for lunch or wait. Cash only.
Latitude 31 near Marrakech's Bab Doukkala gate serves revisited Moroccan in an orange-tree courtyard, a quieter alternative to the souk-side rooftops.
Signature: Revisited tagine, Vegetarian seven-veg plate, Citrus tart
Order: Whichever revisited tagine is on the day's blackboard; the kitchen rotates seasonally.
Tip: The dining room is in an inner courtyard; ask for a courtyard table over the interior salon.
Amal Center in Marrakech's Gueliz trains disadvantaged women in Moroccan cooking and serves the practice meals as lunch; non-profit, founded 2012.
Signature: Lamb tagine with prunes, Couscous, Daily seasonal plate
Order: Whatever the daily plate is; the Friday couscous is the standing classic.
Tip: Lunch only, closed Sundays. Book ahead; the dining room fills fast with NGO regulars and food-tour groups.