The restaurants worth the trip in Marrakech: bistros, neo-classics, neighbourhood favourites, and the rooms locals book first.
Our picks in Marrakech
16 places
Le Foundouk
- ★ 4.4
- $$$
- Medina
Order Pigeon pastilla, then the lamb-prune tagine; book the rooftop in clear weather.
A converted caravanserai near Bab Doukkala, Marrakech's Le Foundouk has plated Moroccan and Mediterranean tasting menus on its rooftop since 2002.
Al Fassia Gueliz
- ★ 4.7
- $$$
- Gueliz
Order The slow-cooked lamb tagine with caramelised quince, served with khobz bread.
Run entirely by women since 1987, Al Fassia in Marrakech's Gueliz cooks the refined Fassi (Fez) repertoire under chef Saida Chab, daily lunch and dinner.
Eat your way around Medina
9 of the restaurants on this list are in Medina. So are these tours and tastings.
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.
Le Comptoir Darna
- ★ 4.3
- $$$
- Hivernage
Order Book the dinner-show; the belly-dance performances start at 21:30 and 23:20.
Le Comptoir Darna has anchored Marrakech's Hivernage nightlife since 1999, plating Moroccan-Mediterranean in a 1930s Art Deco villa with two nightly shows.
Azar
Order The shawarma cut to order from the spit, with the house hummus and pickles.
Azar in Marrakech's Gueliz blends Lebanese mezze and grills with Moroccan plates; live oriental dance and shisha bar after 21:00, 20-plus years running.
Amal Center Gueliz
- ★ 4.5
- $$
- 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.
Where to stay in Marrakech
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Dar Ikalimo Marrakech
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Hostel Riad Marrakech Rouge
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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.
Latitude 31
- ★ 4.1
- $$
- Bab Doukkala
Order Whichever revisited tagine is on the day's blackboard; the kitchen rotates seasonally.
Latitude 31 near Marrakech's Bab Doukkala gate serves revisited Moroccan in an orange-tree courtyard, a quieter alternative to the souk-side rooftops.
Dameh
- ★ 4.4
- Mediterranean
- $$$
- Gueliz
Order Order across the mezze list, then pick a single shared main from the Levantine grills.
Dameh in Marrakech's Gueliz plates a Mediterranean menu spanning Morocco to Lebanon, Spain and Greece, in a sleek modern dining room near El Harti park.
Le Grand Cafe de la Poste
Order Steak frites at the brasserie; this is the city's clearest French-protectorate inheritance.
Marrakech's Grand Cafe de la Poste occupies the 1920s post office in Gueliz, plating French brasserie classics under colonial-era ceiling fans since 2005.
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.
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.
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