Marrakech · Morocco
The Marrakech food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
Beef or lamb slow-cooked in a clay urn with preserved lemon, saffron, cumin and smen, buried overnight in the ashes of a hammam furnace.
Best at Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha, Souk Ablueh, off Jemaa el-Fna. Get: Tanjia and mechoui by weight, with bread, cumin and salt
Five places, and what to order
- Amal Centrefamily-run · GuelizGet: Seasonal salads (lentil, cauliflower, leek), fish tagine, and the Friday couscous
- Mizaancounter · GuelizGet: Kefta, labneh and harissa dishes as shared plates
- Naranjfamily-run · Riad Zitoun el Jdid, MedinaGet: Kibbeh, fatet batinjan and the chicken salad, shared
- Le Trou au Murfor tanjia · Medina, near Ben YoussefGet: The tanjia and the pastilla, on the rooftop
- Le Jardinfor tanjia · Medina, Souk Sidi AbdelazizGet: Tanjia, in the green courtyard
The market
Night / open-air market. Harira, grilled meats, snails, orange juice
How it works here
Tip: Leave about 10% at restaurants and a few dirhams at stalls.
Book: Book the riad restaurants a day ahead; the medina's stalls and the square at night are walk-in.
When locals eat: Lunch 1-3pm, dinner from 8pm.