LOCALMOROCCANMOROCCANCAFELOUNGETAPAS BARMOROCCANItalian pizzas in Fez, but there are other interesting surprises in the good salads and terrines.
Snail Stand €
Offline map Google map ( cnr Talaa Seghira & Derb el-Horra; snails Dh5) This permanent stand is
a good place to fill up on a molluscan snack – the ultimate in pre-packaged fast food. Grab a
pin to pluck the beasts out of their shells, then slurp down the aromatic broth. Delicious!
Najmat Souafine €€€
Offline map Google map ( 0662 34 88 19; Oued Souafine, Ziat; lunch/dinner Dh120/150) Thename means Souafine Star – a confident name but one that this stylish modern medina
restaurant more than lives up to. Moroccan dishes are fresher and more inventive than you’d
normally expect, blending traditional and contemporary palates and relying more on what’s
good in the souq that day than attempting a set menu. More than worth exploring.
Famille Restaurant Berrada €
Offline map Google map ( 0662 34 88 19; 57 Sagha el Achebine; mains around Dh40; Sat-Thu) ‘Famille restaurant’ says it all here – a small medina place run with much hearty cheer.
Everything is very traditional, but they’re used to seeing tourists too, keeping dishes turned over
quickly and inviting diners into the kitchen to taste the days selections before ordering.
Cremerie La Place €
Offline map Google map ( Place as-Seffarine; 7.30am-8pm) Put a cafe in one of the most
interesting spots in the medina, and you have a near perfect combination. Over juice, tea,
coffee and pastries, the parade passes before you, accompanied by the tapping of the
square’s coppersmiths.
Fez Lounge €€
Offline map Google map ( 0535 63 30 97; www.fezlounge.com; 95 Zqaq Rowah, Chrabliyine;mains Dh50-80; 11am-10pm) A funky lounge that fancies itself in London or Barcelona.
Come here for two things: light meals of savoury tarts, pastilla and briouates (stuffed filo-
pastry rolls), or to chill away the time slumped in the low seats gently puffing on a water pipe.
Mezzanine €€
Offline map Google map ( 0535 63 34 30; 17 Kasbah Chams; tapas selection from Dh100, perdish around Dh30; noon-1am) Opposite the entrance to the Jnane Sbil gardens slightly
away from Bou Jeloud Sq, this tapas bar brings a bit of city chic to the medina. With modern
Moroccan furniture and tadelakt (smooth lime plaster) walls, the setting is consciously cool.
Order as you like from a good selection of Moroccan- and Mediterranean-styled tapas, and
wrap things up with a sweet dessert on the lovely roof terrace. Alcohol is served.
Médina Café €€
Offline map Google map ( 0535 63 34 30; 6 Derb Mernissi, Bab Bou Jeloud; mains Dh70-100;