Luxury hotel quarter west of the medina, named for British winterers who decamped here from Marrakech's cold mornings. Hotel bars, Comptoir Darna dinner-shows, La Mamounia institutions.
Le Comptoir Darna has anchored Marrakech's Hivernage nightlife since 1999, plating Moroccan-Mediterranean in a 1930s Art Deco villa with two nightly shows.
Signature: Lamb tagine, Tagliatelle al tartufo, Signature cocktails
Order: Book the dinner-show; the belly-dance performances start at 21:30 and 23:20.
Tip: Two shows nightly at 21:30 and 23:20; book the earlier seating for dinner timing.
L'Italien par Simone Zanoni at Marrakech's La Mamounia plates the Italian chef's seasonal menu with Pierre Herme desserts, in a Pullman-grand dining room.
Signature: Italian tasting menu, Pierre Herme desserts, Italian wine pairing
Tip: Save room for Pierre Herme's pastry course; the L'Italien sweets travel from his Paris boutique recipes.
The Boutique Pierre Herme Paris at Marrakech's La Mamounia is the chef-pastrymaker's only African outpost; macarons, Ispahan, and the Mamounia-only specials.
Tip: Open to the public, not hotel guests only. Ispahan macarons and the rose-litchi cake are the bench-marks.
Worth the queue: Ispahan macaron
Le Churchill Bar at La Mamounia in Marrakech, named for Winston Churchill, is a black-marble Pullman-style bar by Patrick Jouin with champagnes and cocktails.
Signature pour: Sir Winston Churchill cocktail, gin and marjoram
Wine focus: Champagne and grand crus
Food: Bar snacks, oysters, caviar
Tip: Elegant attire required. Plastic sandals refused; the signature Sir Winston Churchill cocktail uses marjoram from the Mamounia garden.
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.
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.
Le Comptoir Darna in Marrakech's Hivernage runs late: kitchen till 01:00, two belly-dance shows at 21:30 and 23:20, the medina's post-midnight dinner pick.
Try: Lamb tagine and dinner-show belly dance
Tip: Two shows nightly; book the 23:20 if you want late dinner without the early-evening pace.