32 Blvd Mohammed Zerktouni (opposite Café Les Négociants), T 044-447215. Closed Tue and Wed lunchtime. Long-standing restaurant with good reputation. Well known for nouvelle French cuisine, including snails, beef carpaccio, and steak with Roquefort sauce. Eating à la carte, expect to pay 250dh. The menus are much cheaper. Terrace very noisy overlooking the traffic circle [...]
Derb Zaouia el Kadriya, Riad Zitoun Kedim, not far from the Dar Si
Said, T 044-385252. Evenings only, closed Wed. A la carte Moroccan
eating for around 200dh. Popular with foreign residents. Portions
said to be on the small side. Eat upstairs in one of the smaller salons.
Excellent opportunity to experience traditional Moroccan cuisine with
Moroccan wines. Wash your [...]
23 Derb Zanka Daika, Riad Zitoun Jedid, T 044- 385272. Open for lunch and till late, some credit cards accepted. Moroccan-Mediterranean menu and a selection of wines served in a white courtyard to a soundtrack of jazz, this is a classy restaurant set in the heart of the exclusive Palmeraie.
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79 Sidi Ahmed Soussi, T 044-382929. Evenings only, closed Mon and Aug. Total 600dh, including apéritif, wines and digestif. A classic (although the cuisine is said to have declined in recent years following extension works), born of the fervid imagination of one Bill Willis, haut décorateur extraordinaire. Here are all the trappings of Marrakech style: [...]
Derb Abdallah ben Hussein, Leksour, T 044- 444052, 044-441523. Evenings only. Reservations essential. Moroccan standards cooked and served with more subtlety than is perhaps the norm. This place it is stylish and friendly, and the cuisine is excellent and diners are always satisfied. Sophisticated but can get a bit cramped (there are only a handful of [...]
