Marrakesh Restaurants

  1. Café 16

    This double-height storefront of delights is an overnight sensation in the otherwise awkward, vast brick plaza of Place du Novembre 16. Crowds of fashionable Marrakshis queue up for fantasy versions of cake and ice cream: deliriously light multilayered raspberry mousse cake, or velvety chocolate coffee cream cake topped with gold leaf, and ice creams in such palate-waking flavours as lavender or basil and lemon.

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  2. Ice Legend

    Your saving grace on scorching afternoons: fresh, locally made ice cream in modern facilities. Go with the tantalizing (if alarmingly bright) fruity varieties - the lemon sorbet here is legendary. To compensate for the male dominance of cafés, women have the run of ice-cream parlours in Morocco, so men should be prepared to surrender their seats gallantly or suffer icy stares.

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  3. Oliveri

    Thermometers aren't necessary in Marrakesh; all you need to gauge the heat are the lines at Oliveri. Ice creams have been made on these premises for 50 years, and while the seasonal fresh fruit varieties are admirable, it's the pistachio that will inspire you to get in line all over again.

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