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Piano Bar Les Jardins de la Koutoubia

Offline map Google map ( 024 388800; www.lesjardinsdelakoutoubia.com; Les Jardins de la
Koutoubia Hotel, 26 Rue de la Koutoubia; entry with drink free; 5pm-1am) Step from the
red Berber carpet into the classiest gin joint in Marrakesh, with powerful long drinks (Dh70 to
Dh90) delivered to leather club chairs as jazz classics soar to carved cedar ceilings. A second
plush seating area behind the reflecting pool makes a serene escape for nonsmokers and jazz-
avoiders, and the terrace restaurant serves a decent Indian curry quite late.

Café Arabe

Offline map Google  map (    0524   42  97  28; www.cafearabe.com;  184 Rue el-Mouassine;   

10am-midnight; ) Gloat over souq purchases with cocktails on rooftop sofas at sunset, or a
glass of wine next to the Zen- zellij courtyard fountain. The pasta is bland, but merguez tajines
are tasty and Caesar salads loaded with anchovies and real Parmesan, and wine prices are
down to earth for such a stylish perch.

Le Melting Pot

Offline map Google  map (    0524   45  77  73; Rue de  Yougoslavie;     9am-9pm;    )  With

rotating local art shows, a strong wi-fi signal, hand-chiselled sunburst stucco walls, and
espresso to revive the dead, Le Melting Pot is a smart, modern, and thoroughly Marrakshi
cafe. Service is attentive but not intrusive, and quite correct in boasting about their Nutella
crepes. It’s near the tourist office.

Kechmara

Offline map Google  map (    0524   42  25  32; 3   Rue de  La  Liberté;     8am-midnight;   )  Pull    up  a

Saarinen tulip chair and stay awhile with a hip Marrakshi crowd, local art, groovy music and a
low-key cocktail bar on the silvery tadelakt terrace. Come after trawling local boutiques for a
fashionably late lunch, and stick around for sunsets, Dh65 to Dh90 cocktails and DJs or live
music.

Coffee Marrak’chic

Offline map Google map ( 0644 49 79 91; Residence al-Morad, Ave Mohammed V; noon-
midnight; ) Stay cool and look cooler under canvas canopies ideal for people-watching along
downtown sidewalks. Brunches here are straight out of Sex in the City, with bagels, bacon,
pancakes and champagne cocktails, but nights here are pure Marrakesh, thanks to house-
special Morocco martinis (vodka, mint and green tea extract) and rosy backlighting.

Bar du Grand Tazi

Offline map Google map ( 0524 44 27 87; cnr Ave el-Mouahidine & Rue de Bab Agnaou;
7pm-1am) Raucous but not sleazy, serving Dh25 local beer to throngs of travellers and
Marrakshis just off work in the souqs. Grab a wooden chair in the scuffed hotel lobby bar for
football matches on a large flat-screen TV, and tales that grow increasingly outrageous as the