Best restaurants in Marrakesh
Counters, dining rooms and neighbourhood favourites, chosen for the way they actually eat — not for how loudly they market.
Moroccan-Mediterranean • $$$
A Hivernage dinner-and-show restaurant in a 1930s Art Deco villa, serving Moroccan-Mediterranean plates with nightly cabaret.
Best for: Group Outing
Moroccan • $$
A leafy courtyard restaurant in the medina serving Moroccan classics beneath banana trees.
Best for: Casual Dinner
Modern Moroccan • $$$
A rooftop terrace above the spice souk reworking Moroccan dishes for a modern menu.
Best for: Date Night
Fassi • $$$
A Gueliz institution run entirely by women, serving refined Fassi cuisine since 1987.
Best for: Special Occasion
Asian-Moroccan Fusion • $$$
A palm-grove garden restaurant on the Route de l'Ourika mixing Moroccan and Asian dishes around torch-lit lounge seating.
Best for: Group Outing
Cafe • $
A three-storey terrace cafe overlooking the Spice Square, popular for mint tea and orange juice.
Best for: Casual Lunch
Moroccan Fine Dining • $$$$
Chef Mohamed Fedal's riad restaurant in the former home of designer Pierre Balmain, plating refined tagines around a courtyard pool.
Best for: Special Occasion
Moroccan • $$$
A restored medina riad serving a fixed Moroccan feast across rooftop and courtyard rooms.
Best for: Group Dinner
International • $$$
A Gueliz garden restaurant with an international menu and a poolside lounge that runs late into the evening.
Best for: Casual Dinner
Moroccan-French • $$$
A converted medina riad near the souks pairing Moroccan classics with French touches on a plant-filled roof terrace.
Best for: Date Night
Palace Moroccan • $$$$
La Mamounia's signature restaurant, serving Moroccan cuisine in a candlelit palace garden.
Best for: Special Occasion
Traditional Moroccan • $$$$
A long-standing medina riad serving a fixed multi-course Moroccan feast, from pastilla through slow-cooked tagine.
Best for: Special Occasion
Lebanese • $$
A Gueliz Lebanese restaurant known for mezze spreads and grilled meats in a relaxed courtyard setting.
Best for: Group Dinner
Italian • $$$
A riad courtyard restaurant behind Jemaa el-Fnaa serving Italian cooking under fig trees and fairy lights.
Best for: Date Night
