If you want to visit the best restaurants in Marrakech, start with Dar Essalam in the city center. This palatial restaurant has hosted Winston Churchill, Alfred Hitchcock and Sean Connery, serving classic Moroccan dishes and a rousing evening show.
Marrakech restaurant reviews also highly recommend another palace-restaurant, Dar Moha, where you'll be treated to some of the finest local cuisine, as well as the open-air Chez Ali, a world-famous restaurant in the Palmeraie district, where you'll find a fairy-tale atmosphere and wonderful dance and music performances.
The prices at these restaurants in Marrakech are around 600-700 MAD for a good dinner. If you are aiming for more moderately priced establishments, visit the excellent French restaurant L'Annexe on 14 Rue Moulay Ali (average bill - 300 MAD) or La Table Al Badia at Riad Al Badia on Riad Al Badia, where you will be treated to local cuisine (average bill - 280 MAD).
Less pretentious, inexpensive restaurants abound in Marrakech. Check out the Grande Terrace on the south side of the main town square for local or international cuisine. Don't expect any frills here - just very tasty and inexpensive food. Italian cuisine awaits you at VITA NOVA on Rue Ibn Aicha for an average lunch of 120 MAD.
In Marrakech's cafes are low-priced, you can dine for 20-100 MAD. Choose the best cafes in Marrakech depending on your culinary preferences:
- American cuisine is served at Cafe O2 on Rue Tarik Ibn Ziyad (average bill is 45 MAD);
- Moroccan and international cuisine can be enjoyed at the very reasonably priced Marrakech Henna Art Cafe at 35 Derb Sqaya;
- local cuisine and entertainment await you at the romantic Ksar Es Saoussan on Rue des Ksour 3 Derb E.
