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Boutique hotels

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Marrakech Eating, drinking and dancing

Restaurants

(+212 (0)524 434060)

Al Fassia

Rather uniquely for Marrakech, this traditional Moroccan restaurant is run entirely by women, and serves up spot-on tagines and fluffy couscous.

232 Avenue Mohammed V, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 385110)

Dar Marjana

Fun, long-established Moroccan restaurant built around a plane tree in the centre of a courtyard more than 25 years ago and still run by the same family. No reservations? No chance – book well in advance or see if your concierge can wangle one for you. Wave after wave of Moroccan food, a great atmosphere and traditional belly-shaking, foot-stamping gnaoua entertainment. Although increasingly a tourist hangout, locals still have a soft spot for Dar Marjana.

15 Derb Sidi Ali Tair, Bab Doukkala, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 386400)

Dar Moha

Another trad-Maroc option opposite the walls of Dar el Bacha, set in what was formerly the house of Pierre Balmain. Good, delicately aromatic Franco-Moroccan cuisine: alongside well-balanced tagines and pastillas, there are fusion dishes such as baked scallops and saffron sorbet. Try to get a table in the walled garden by the pool; reservations essential.

81 rue Dar el Bacha, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 382929)

Dar Yacout

Fine Moroccan dining at a splendidly grand restaurant that is part of the Marrakchi night scene and has entertained the King of Spain and Will Smith; this place is all about the architectural wow factor. The set tasting menu costs €70 a head, including drinks.

79 rue Sidi Ahmed Soussi, Arset Ihiri, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 382627)

Dar Zellij

Up in the Sidi Ben Slimane quarter, this small, intimate, relaxed Moroccan restaurant is set in a 17th-century riad. Set menus consist of salads, briouats, pigeon or fish pastilla, chicken, lamb or vegetable tagine, then desserts and mint tea with traditional sweets. It’s also open for Moroccan brunch from 10.30am–3pm (www.darzellij.com).

1 Kssour Sidi Ben Slimane, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 380324)

Kosy Bar

Set on the palm-lined Place des Ferblantiers, this trendy sushi and Maroc-Asian fusion restaurant and bar near the Mellah district is spread across three floors. Whether you’re in the mood to lunch on pasta and salad or feel like picking at Japanese for dinner, if it’s balmy, definitely get a ringside spot on the roof terrace overlooking the square. The cigar/piano bar on the ground floor can be a romantic setting at night, and is usually rocking a jazzy soundtrack.

47 Place des Ferblantiers, Kzadria, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 387010)

La Maison Arabe

Originally a restaurant dating back to the 1940s, and now a hotel, this is still a quiet, grown-up spot for lunch: excellent stock-drenched couscous, tender tagines, fresh juices and fantastic coffee. Get a table in the courtyard or in the little ante-room.

1 Derb Assehbe, Bab Doukkala, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 383836)

La Tanjia

This stylish brasserie on Derb J’did in the medina has excellent tagines, couscous and fish dishes. The rooftop terrace is a great place to relax at sunset with views over the ancient alleyways.

14 Derb J’did, Hay Essalam Mellah, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 437702)

Le Comptoir

This place is well-known among Marrakech’s in-crowd. With less-than-demure belly-dancers and skilled musicians, it has a fantastic energy, making it a great place in which to eat trad Moroccan or international options with a group of friends. (The bar is fun for a pre-dinner drink, even if you are not dining there.)

37 Avenue Echouhada, Hivernage, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 378190)

Le Foundouk

Guided by men in cloaks and a lantern, down a dusty alley, you'll find this chic purple-hued dining den: a riad eaterie with a cosmopolitan feel, good cocktails and tasty Moroccan/Mediterranean fusion food. Try the grise wine, a very light Moroccan rosé, with Harira soup and seafood, or grilled sardines and tagines with a robust bottle of something red. Nab one of the highly sought-after tables on the first floor overlooking the giant wrought-iron candelabra, and it feels a little like you’re sitting in an art installation. If you’re in a group, swap the super-comfy leather tub chairs for one of the banquette-style cubbies – great for people-watching. Closed Mondays.

55 Souk Hal Fassi, Kat Bennahïd, Medina, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 444052)

Le Tobsil

This traditional restaurant is one of the best-known for multi-course Maroc cuisine, so there are lots of tour-group types and, unless you have an enormous appetite, the set menu works out as a bit of an extravagance. Prices include wine and aperitifs, and performances by traditional gnaoua groups.

22 Derb Moulay Abdellah Ben Hessaien, Bab Ksour, Medina

(+212 (0)524 449635)

Villa Rosa

The latest addition to Marrakech’s hip dining scene has live DJs, a fashionable Hôtel Costes vibe, Parisian decor with plenty of red velvet and dark corners, and a European menu. Get one of the tables for two facing the terrace through the French windows, or in the library for a more intimate evening. Open till 2am.

64 Avenue Hassan II, Guéliz, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 439457)

Yellow Sub

If you’ve tired of tagines and can’t face couscous anymore, you can get oven-fired pizzas and pastas in this modern lounge bar cum restaurant.

82 Avenue Hassan II, Guéliz, Marrakech

Bars

(+212 (0)524 388012)

Bô & Zin

Mojitos, delicious Thai and French fusion food, leather banquettes, cala lilies, moody lighting and minimalist fireplaces – you could almost be in New York. Almost. The elegant, slightly could-be-anywhere decor is the natural result of an aesthetic born in Marrakech, farmed out to stylists in London and LA, and flown back.

Douar Lahna, Route de l’Ourika, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 388400)

Pacha Marrakech

Go for lunch and lounge by the pool, or for dinner at one of the two restaurants (pierced-lantern lit Jana for Moroccan food; deco-fabulous Crystal for international fusion), followed by drinks and dancing at the club (www.pachamarrakech.com).

Nouvelle Zone Hôtelière de l’Aguedal, Boulevard Mohamed VI ex Avenue de France, Marrakech

Cafés

(+212 (0)524 313047)

Jardin Majorelle

Inside the Yves Saint Laurent-owned Majorelle plot is a chic little Bougainvillea-curtained garden café with sage-green Parisian-style metal chairs. Try Thé Vert 1001 (green tea with rose petals) or an Infusion Parfum de Sultan (rooibos with orange zest). You’ll have to pay the entrance fee to gain access, but if you go around midday, you’ll probably get the gardens to yourself and can nab a table for lunch afterwards. Alternatively, have breakfast before you tour the plants.

Jardin Majorelle, off Yakoub el Mansour, Guéliz, Marrakech

(+212 (0)524 433038)

Le Grand Café de la Poste

This Parisian-style bistro is popular with Marrakchi businessmen and European expats, and is a handy stop-off if you're shopping in Guéliz. Have a citron pressé, or a café au lait, and muse over how much the old outskirts of Marrakech have changed since the café's 1920s sorting-office heyday.

Corner of Boulevard El Mansour Eddahbi and Avenue Imam Malik, Guéliz, Marrakech

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