Where to eat in Marrakech

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Marrakech, Morocco that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

Jemaa el-Fnaa food stalls — Street food, Medina / Jemaa el-Fnaa (1). Order the Stall-hopping: grills + babbouche. The night-market carnival — snail broth, grills, and storytellers.
Café des Épices — Café, Medina / Rahba Kedima (1). Order the Mint tea + kefta sandwich. Spice-square terrace for mint tea above the carpet sellers.
Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha — Mechoui, Medina / Mechoui Alley (1). Order the Mechoui lamb by the half-kilo. The mechoui pit-master — lamb pulled from underground ovens at noon.
Al Fassia — Moroccan, Gueliz (3). Order the Pigeon pastilla + lamb shoulder. The all-women brigade behind Marrakech's definitive pastilla.
Nomad — Modern Moroccan, Medina / Rahba Kedima (2). Order the Spiced lamb burger + rooftop view. Rooftop-modern takes over the spice square.
Le Jardin — Café / Moroccan, Medina (2). Order the Chicken tagine under the banana trees. A green courtyard oasis hidden in the souk maze.
Dar Yacout — Palace dining, Medina (4). Order the Multi-course Moroccan diffa. Candle-lit palace feast — go once, remember forever.
Amal Women's Training Center — Moroccan home cooking, Gueliz (1). Order the Friday couscous. Lunch that funds women's culinary training — Friday couscous is the move.