Where to eat at and around La Villa des Orangers

Close by, on foot or by car

• Kasbah Café

  8 min walk

  Rooftop café and restaurant, Moroccan and international · €€

  A panoramic terrace in the Kasbah, directly opposite the Saadian Tombs, and the obvious stop before or after a visit: the view runs over the Kasbah and the Medina rooftops. The menu mixes Moroccan dishes, with couscous as the dish of the day and pastilla, with international plates, and there is a long list of fresh juices for the middle of a hot afternoon. It opens every day from the morning until at least 23:00, for lunch, dinner and drinks; tables can be booked by phone or WhatsApp for sunset.

  Walk in47 Boutouil, Kasbah, opposite the Saadian Tombs, Marrakech

• L'Italien par Simone Zanoni

  10 min walk

  Italian trattoria at La Mamounia · €€€€

  La Mamounia's Italian restaurant, a light-filled winter garden with frescoes of playful cats, a covered terrace onto the gardens and a central island where the kitchen works in view. Start with antipasti, burrata and calamari fritto misto, then wood-fired pizza, pasta or risotto, or a main from the oven, roast lobster, turbot or osso buco, and finish with Pierre Hermé's desserts; the wine list is Italian. Lunch is 12:30 to 15:00 and dinner 19:00 to 23:00, every day, and non-residents book. Dress is elegant: no shorts after 18:00 and no flip-flops, and large bags go to the cloakroom at the gate.

  Reserve aheadLa Mamounia, Avenue Bab Jdid, Marrakech

• Le Churchill

  10 min walk

  Bar at La Mamounia · €€€€

  The bar of La Mamounia, named after its most famous winter guest and fitted out like a Pullman carriage, in smoky oak and back-lit walls with a black marble counter. Come for a drink before or after dinner: Champagne by the glass, fine spirits and seasonal cocktails, each inspired by a Churchill quote printed on the menu, with blinis, sour cream and smoked fish or caviar if the evening calls for it. It is open every day from 16:00 to 01:00; the hotel's elegant dress rule applies, so no shorts after 18:00.

  Walk inLa Mamounia, Avenue Bab Jdid, Marrakech

• La Grande Table Marocaine

  3 min by car

  Moroccan fine dining at the Royal Mansour · €€€€

  The Royal Mansour's Moroccan dining room, a member of Les Grandes Tables du Monde, where family recipes are cooked at the level of haute cuisine and served under high ceilings to oud and lute. Order the sh'hiwates, a spread of Moroccan salads, the house chicken pastilla with almonds and Asni pears, and the lamb shoulder méchoui for two, then milk pastilla with orange blossom; there is a tasting menu at dinner. Dinner runs every day from 19:00 to 22:30, and on Friday there is a couscous lunch from 12:00. Book well ahead; it is a 17-minute walk, or a short taxi ride to the gate.

  Book well ahead: tables go weeks outRoyal Mansour, Rue Abou El Abbas Sebti, Marrakech

• Al Fassia Guéliz

  5 min by car

  Moroccan restaurant run by women, since 1987 · €€€

  The Guéliz original of Al Fassia, opened in 1987 on the idea, then a first in Morocco, of a restaurant where the cooking and the service are done only by women, and for more than 30 years a reference for typical, varied Moroccan cooking. It is an intimate room in the heart of the new town; start with the round of Moroccan salads, served in the indoor patio, and keep to the classics of the Moroccan family table. Lunch is from 12:00, and dinner every day except Tuesday from 17:00 to 23:00. Book online; it is a 5-minute taxi ride.

  Reserve ahead55 Boulevard Mohamed Zerktouni, Guéliz, Marrakech

• Le Grand Café de la Poste

  5 min by car

  French brasserie in a 1920s café, Guéliz · €€€

  A grand café from the 1920s on the corner of Boulevard El Mansour Eddahbi and Avenue Imam Malik, restored by Studio KO with wooden stairs, shutters and ceiling fans, and run as a Paris brasserie under the palms. The kitchen cooks the French classics with local produce: oysters from Oualidia, onion soup, escargots, roast beef with mash served as much as you like, and the house pain perdu with vanilla ice cream. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, taking bookings from 09:00 to 23:30, and it is the easy switch from Moroccan food for a night; book for dinner.

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

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