Restaurants
Fes
The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over 600 dirhams)
$$$ (400 to 600 dirhams)
$$ (200 to 400 dirhams)
$ (under 200 dirhams)
The prices quoted are for a three-course meal (or equivalent with shared meze, main course and dessert) without drinks. All the restaurants below serve alcohol, unless indicated otherwise.
Al Fassia
The highly regarded Moroccan restaurant at the renowned Hotel Palais Jamai has spellbinding terrace views over the old city's rooftops, Andalusian band and belly dancing. Faultless gourmet fare includes pastilla, couscous, tajine and mechoui (roast lamb). Book ahead; dinner only.
Bab Guissa
Tel: 055 634 331.
Price: $$$$
Dar Saada
Lavish Arabian Nights restaurant in a former palace in the heart of the souk serving large portions of classic Moroccan cuisine, including an excellent couscous. Waist and budget watchers economise by sharing. Open lunchtimes only, until late afternoon.
21 rue Attarine, Medina
Tel: 055 637 370/1.
Website: www.restaurantdarsaada.com
Price: $$$-$$$$
Kasbah
Immensely popular hang-out on three floors - go early for a seat. Hearty tagines and great views from the fourth floor terrace of Bab Boujeloud. No alcohol.
Rue Serrajine
No telephone.
Price: $
La Maison Bleue
The restaurant of this sophisticated riad just outside the medina is a fashionable place to dine: relax like a pasha on brocaded divans in a candlelit salon while waiters in pantaloons and babouches serve subtly-spiced, aromatic traditional dishes: cooked salads, succulent lamb tajines, pastilla (pigeon pie), oranges with cinnamon and orange flower water. Good live oud (lute) and Gnaoua music. Dinner only.
2 place de L'Istiqlal, Batha
Tel: 055 636 052.
Website: www.maisonbleue.com
Price: $$$$
Restaurant Zagora
French-Moroccan fare, modern, colourful décor and caring service in the commercial heart of Fes, the Ville Nouvelle, a world away from Fez el-Bali's wildness. There is always a buzz in the restaurant , which is as popular with local business lunchers as it is with visitors.
5 boulevard Mohammed V, Ville Nouvelle
Tel: 055 940 686.
Price: $$
Royal Mirage Al Wadi Restaurant
Business travellers wanting comfort and good service in the Ville Nouvelle, a world away from Fez el-Bali's wildness, will find that Al Wadi, the Moroccan restaurant of the Royal Mirage Hotel (formerly the Sheraton), will fit the bill.
Avenue des Far, Ville Nouvelle
Tel: 055 930 909.
Website: www.royalmiragehotels.com
Price: $$$
$$$$ (over 600 dirhams)
$$$ (400 to 600 dirhams)
$$ (200 to 400 dirhams)
$ (under 200 dirhams)
The prices quoted are for a three-course meal (or equivalent with shared meze, main course and dessert) without drinks. All the restaurants below serve alcohol, unless indicated otherwise.
Al Fassia
The highly regarded Moroccan restaurant at the renowned Hotel Palais Jamai has spellbinding terrace views over the old city's rooftops, Andalusian band and belly dancing. Faultless gourmet fare includes pastilla, couscous, tajine and mechoui (roast lamb). Book ahead; dinner only.
Bab Guissa
Tel: 055 634 331.
Price: $$$$
Dar Saada
Lavish Arabian Nights restaurant in a former palace in the heart of the souk serving large portions of classic Moroccan cuisine, including an excellent couscous. Waist and budget watchers economise by sharing. Open lunchtimes only, until late afternoon.
21 rue Attarine, Medina
Tel: 055 637 370/1.
Website: www.restaurantdarsaada.com
Price: $$$-$$$$
Kasbah
Immensely popular hang-out on three floors - go early for a seat. Hearty tagines and great views from the fourth floor terrace of Bab Boujeloud. No alcohol.
Rue Serrajine
No telephone.
Price: $
La Maison Bleue
The restaurant of this sophisticated riad just outside the medina is a fashionable place to dine: relax like a pasha on brocaded divans in a candlelit salon while waiters in pantaloons and babouches serve subtly-spiced, aromatic traditional dishes: cooked salads, succulent lamb tajines, pastilla (pigeon pie), oranges with cinnamon and orange flower water. Good live oud (lute) and Gnaoua music. Dinner only.
2 place de L'Istiqlal, Batha
Tel: 055 636 052.
Website: www.maisonbleue.com
Price: $$$$
Restaurant Zagora
French-Moroccan fare, modern, colourful décor and caring service in the commercial heart of Fes, the Ville Nouvelle, a world away from Fez el-Bali's wildness. There is always a buzz in the restaurant , which is as popular with local business lunchers as it is with visitors.
5 boulevard Mohammed V, Ville Nouvelle
Tel: 055 940 686.
Price: $$
Royal Mirage Al Wadi Restaurant
Business travellers wanting comfort and good service in the Ville Nouvelle, a world away from Fez el-Bali's wildness, will find that Al Wadi, the Moroccan restaurant of the Royal Mirage Hotel (formerly the Sheraton), will fit the bill.
Avenue des Far, Ville Nouvelle
Tel: 055 930 909.
Website: www.royalmiragehotels.com
Price: $$$
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