Morocco Travel Guide

MOROCCAN

MOROCCAN

FAST    FOOD

MOROCCAN

SELF-CATERING

MOROCCAN

Offline map Google map ( 147 Dar Smen Lahdim; mains from Dh50) An ideal spot either for a
quick coffee or a lazy meal, this new cafe-restaurant has scooped all the others in finding a
great view overlooking Place Bab Mansour. The food is an unsurprising mix of grills, tajines and
couscous – perfectly decent, but the setting is really the thing here.

Restaurant Oumnia €€

Offline map Google  map (    0535   53  39  38; 8   Ain Fouki   Rouamzine;  set menu    Dh80)   This    is  less

a formal restaurant and more like a few rooms of a family home converted into dining salons,
and the emphasis here is on warm service and hearty Moroccan fare. There’s just a three-
course set menu, but it’s a real winner, with delicious harira , salads and a choice of several
tajines of the day.

Restaurant Riad €€

Offline map Google  map (    0535   53  05  42; 79  Ksar    Chaacha;    set menus   Dh110-160)  While   all

the riads in the Meknès medina have lovely restaurants, this is a great option for nonguests.
Set around a lush green courtyard, it’s a great place to relax, and while the menu of salads,
tajines and couscous is simple, it’s all delicious and served with care and attention.

Rue Rouamzine Eateries €

Offline map Google  map (   Rue Rouamzine;  meals   Dh30-50;     11am-10pm) Particularly    handy   for

the cheap hotels on the edge of the medina proper, this street has plenty of good eating places
serving up sandwiches, kebabs, tajines, grilled chicken, fruit juices and ice cream.

Restaurant Mille et Une Nuits €

Offline map Google  map (    0535   55  90  02; off Place   el-Hedim;   mains   Dh45-85)    Easily  located

off Place el-Hedim, this is another converted house, whose owners have leant towards the
more showy ‘palace’ restaurant style of surroundings. You’ll find all the Moroccan standards and
classics on a reasonably priced menu.

Covered Market €

Offline map Google  map (   Place   el-Hedim)   This    is  the place   in  Meknès  to  get fresh   produce,    and is

virtually a tourist attraction in itself, with its beautifully arranged pyramids of sugary sweet
delicacies, dates and nuts, olives and preserved lemons in glistening piles. There’s also good-
quality fruit and veg here, as well as meat – the faint-hearted may choose to avoid the
automated chicken-plucking machines at the rear of the hall.

VILLE NOUVELLE

Marhaba Restaurant €

Offline map Google  map (   23  Ave Mohammed    V;  tajines Dh25;    noon-10pm) We  adore

this canteen-style place – the essence of cheap and cheerful – and so does everyone else,
judging by how busy it is of an evening. While you can get tajines and the like, do as everyone
else does and fill up on a bowl of harira, a plate of makoda (potato fritters) with bread and