32 mid-range rooms in Marrakech, editor-picked. the comfortable everyday-good rooms in Marrakech, with real cooking and no surprise on the bill. All Marrakech food.
MARH Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
gueliz · Rue de Yougoslavie, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
MARH Coffee Roasters in Marrakech's Gueliz is the city's serious-coffee specialty cafe: V60, AeroPress, espresso pulled to international third-wave standard.
Tip: The third-wave coffee bench-mark in town. Order a flight; take whole beans home from the retail wall.
MARH Coffee Roasters ★ 4.7
gueliz · Rue de Yougoslavie, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
MARH Coffee Roasters in Marrakech: coffee roaster room. A third-wave Marrakech coffee bar in Gueliz that locals rate 5.0 on Google; minimalist room, no.
Tip: The closest Marrakech gets to a Melbourne or Tokyo specialty cafe. Order a flight; take whole beans home from the retail wall.
Amal Center Gueliz ★ 4.5
gueliz · Rue Allal Ben Ahmed et Rue Ibn Sina, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
Amal Center in Marrakech's Gueliz trains disadvantaged women in Moroccan cooking and serves the practice meals as lunch; non-profit, founded 2012.
Tip: Lunch only, closed Sundays. Book ahead; the dining room fills fast with NGO regulars and food-tour groups.
La Famille ★ 4.5
medina · 42 Riad Zitoun Jdid, Medina, 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.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Lunch only; reservations recommended as the courtyard seats 30.
Amal Center Gueliz ★ 4.5
gueliz · Rue Allal Ben Ahmed et Rue Ibn Sina, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
Amal Center in Marrakech's Gueliz trains disadvantaged women in Moroccan cooking and serves the practice meals as lunch; non-profit, founded 2012.
Tip: Lunch only, closed Sundays. Book ahead; the dining room fills fast with NGO regulars and food-tour groups.
HESPERIS Coffee Factory ★ 4.5
sidi-ghanem · Quartier Industriel Sidi Ghanem, Marrakech 40000
HESPERIS Coffee Factory in Marrakech's Sidi Ghanem industrial district is the city's most serious specialty roaster: full-traceability beans, on-site cafe.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Tour the roastery on weekday mornings; the cafe runs an espresso bar with whole-bean retail.
Amal Center Gueliz ★ 4.5
gueliz · Rue Allal Ben Ahmed et Rue Ibn Sina, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
Amal Center Gueliz is a moroccan room in Gueliz. Lunch only, closed Sundays. The training kitchen is open to view from the dining room; book ahead.
Tip: Lunch only, closed Sundays. The training kitchen is open to view from the dining room; book ahead.
La Famille ★ 4.5
medina · 42 Riad Zitoun Jdid, Medina, Marrakech 40000
La Famille is marrakech's women-run vegetarian courtyard garden in the mellah; a 30-seat oasis tucked behind an unmarked door, found by word of mouth.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Lunch only; reservations essential as the courtyard seats 30.
La Famille ★ 4.5
medina · 42 Riad Zitoun Jdid, Medina, Marrakech 40000
La Famille in Marrakech's Bab Mellah runs the city's quietest brunch service: a women-run vegetarian courtyard garden, lunch from noon, 30 seats only.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Reservations essential; the menu changes daily and the cheesecake sells out by 14:00.
L'Mida ★ 4.4
medina · 78 Bis Derb Nkhel, Rahba Kdima, Marrakech 40000
L'Mida sits two levels above Rahba Kedima in Marrakech, plating modern Moroccan fusion with rooftop Atlas views and a strict no-alcohol policy.
Tip: No alcohol, but the house mocktails (rose-cardamom, cucumber-mint) are worth the order.
L'Mida ★ 4.4
medina · 78 Bis Derb Nkhel, Rahba Kdima, Marrakech 40000
L'Mida sits two levels above Rahba Kedima in Marrakech, plating modern Moroccan fusion with rooftop Atlas views and a strict no-alcohol policy.
Tip: No alcohol, but the house mocktails (rose-cardamom, cucumber-mint) are worth the order.
Patisserie Amandine ★ 4.4
gueliz · 175 Rue Mohamed El Beqal, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
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.
Naranj ★ 4.3
medina · 84 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: The rooftop seats half the dining room; in cooler months the covered courtyard below is the calmer choice.
Le Jardin ★ 4.3
medina · 32 Souk Jeld Sidi Abdelaziz, Marrakech 40000
Kamal Laftimi's emerald-green oasis hidden in the Marrakech souks, Le Jardin plates Moroccan classics and bistro food in a 16th-century riad.
Tip: Reservations don't take; arrive before 13:00 for lunch or you wait. Chameleons live in the lemon trees.
Naranj ★ 4.3
medina · 84 Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: The rooftop seats half the dining room; in cooler months the covered courtyard below is the calmer choice.
Le Jardin ★ 4.3
medina · 32 Souk Jeld Sidi Abdelaziz, Marrakech 40000
Kamal Laftimi's emerald-green oasis hidden in the Marrakech souks, Le Jardin plates Moroccan classics and bistro food in a 16th-century riad.
Tip: Reservations don't take; arrive before 13:00 for lunch or you wait. Chameleons live in the lemon trees.
Cafe Clock ★ 4.3
kasbah · 224 Derb Chtouka, Kasbah, Marrakech 40000
Cafe Clock in Marrakech's Kasbah is a cross-cultural meeting room: camel-burger signature, live music Wednesdays, traditional storytelling, calligraphy.
Tip: Free Wednesday jam sessions, Saturday Berber music. Camel burger is the signature; vegetarians get a falafel-pita.
Patisserie Amandine ★ 4.3
gueliz · 175 Rue Mohamed El Beqal, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
Patisserie Amandine in Marrakech's Gueliz, since 1997: French and Moroccan pastries with almond focus, the café side at 175 Rue Mohamed El Beqal opens 07:00.
Tip: Second branch at 6 Rue de la Liberte. The opera cake and almond-paste cornes de gazelle are the bench-marks.
Cafe Clock ★ 4.3
kasbah · 224 Derb Chtouka, Kasbah, Marrakech 40000
Cafe Clock in Marrakech's Kasbah runs all-day brunch under storytelling-class courtyard ceilings: camel burger signature, vegetarian falafel-pita, juices.
Tip: Wednesday jam sessions; Saturday Berber music. The camel burger is the famed pick; falafel is the vegetarian default.
Le Jardin ★ 4.3
medina · 32 Souk Jeld Sidi Abdelaziz, Marrakech 40000
Kamal Laftimi's Le Jardin in Marrakech's medina runs walk-in brunch in a 16th-century riad courtyard; club sandwich, eggs, tanjia from the wood-fired ovens.
Tip: Reservations don't take. Arrive before 12:30 for lunch or wait. Chameleons live in the lemon trees overhead.
Kechmara ★ 4.2
gueliz · 3 Rue de la Liberte, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: Open till 02:00 with food till 23:30; the rooftop fills first, the gallery-floor bar is the late seat.
Marrakech Coffee Co. ★ 4.2
sidi-ghanem · Quartier Industriel Sidi Ghanem, Marrakech 40000
Marrakech Coffee Co. roasts small-batch specialty beans at Sidi Ghanem; the brand stocks cafes city-wide, with whole-bean retail through Marrakech Fine Food.
Tip: Wholesale roaster; retail through marrakechfinefood.com online or at HESPERIS and partner cafes city-wide.
Kechmara Bar ★ 4.2
gueliz · 3 Rue de la Liberte, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: Jazz nights pull a crowd; rooftop fills first. The downstairs bar room is the quieter perch after midnight.
Kechmara ★ 4.2
gueliz · 3 Rue de la Liberte, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
Kechmara on Marrakech's Rue de la Liberte stretches all-day to all-night: bar runs till 02:00, food till 23:30, jazz on busy nights in the rooftop room.
Tip: Last food order around 23:30, drinks till 02:00. The downstairs bar room is the after-midnight perch.
Latitude 31 ★ 4.1
bab-doukkala · 186 Rue El Gza, Arset Lhiri, Bab Doukkala, Marrakech 40000
Latitude 31 near Marrakech's Bab Doukkala gate serves revisited Moroccan in an orange-tree courtyard, a quieter alternative to the souk-side rooftops.
Tip: The dining room is in an inner courtyard; ask for a courtyard table over the interior salon.
Limoni ★ 4.1
medina · 40 Rue Diour Saboun, Bab Taghzout, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Find the door via Sidi Ben Abbas mausoleum; phone the riad if you get lost in Diour Saboun.
Limoni ★ 4.1
medina · 40 Rue Diour Saboun, Bab Taghzout, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Find the door via Sidi Ben Abbas mausoleum; phone the riad if you get lost in Diour Saboun.
Latitude 31 ★ 4.1
bab-doukkala · 186 Rue El Gza, Arset Lhiri, Bab Doukkala, Marrakech 40000
Latitude 31 near Marrakech's Bab Doukkala gate serves revisited Moroccan in an orange-tree courtyard, a quieter alternative to the souk-side rooftops.
Tip: The dining room is in an inner courtyard; ask for a courtyard table over the interior salon.
Limoni ★ 4.1
medina · 40 Rue Diour Saboun, Bab Taghzout, Marrakech 40000
Limoni is a italian room in Medina. Closed Sundays. Find the door via Sidi Ben Abbas mausoleum; phone the riad if you get lost in Diour Saboun.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Find the door via Sidi Ben Abbas mausoleum; phone the riad if you get lost in Diour Saboun.
Mama Afrika ★ 4.0
gueliz · Rue Oum Errabia, Gueliz, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: Monday live music nights fill up; reserve. Vegetarians can build a full meal across the appetizer list.
Earth Cafe ★ 4.0
medina · 2 Derb Zouak, Rue Riad Zitoun el Kedim, Marrakech 40000
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.
Tip: Nine plates daily, four to five vegan. The third floor has the calmest seating.
Casablanca Beer and Flag Speciale (on tap, city-wide) ★ 3.5
hivernage · Hotel bars across Hivernage, Gueliz and the medina, Marrakech 40000
Morocco's national lagers Casablanca Beer and Flag Speciale, brewed in Casablanca by SBM, are the default tap pour at Marrakech's hotel bars and rooftops.
Tip: No public brewery in Marrakech; the brewing is in Casablanca.