Restaurants in Tangier
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Agadir
The interior is thoroughly unassuming, but the checked tablecloths, red wine and Gallic crooning in the background give this place more than a hint of French bistro. Meals are good and hearty, with the free use of fresh herbs raising the succulent tajines to a level above the usual fare.
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DARNA, The Women’s Association of Tangier
The yellow building opposite La Terrasse is DARNA, the Women’s Association of Tangier, a small complex offering an inexpensive restaurant, a boutique shop with women’s clothing and a sunny courtyard, making it a popular stop for lunch or just to relax. Since 2002, DARNA has served as a community house to help local women in need, such as those suffering the after-effects of divorce.
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Populaire Saveur de Poisson
This charming little seafood restaurant offers excellent, filling set menus in rustic surroundings. The owner, a self-described Popeye lookalike, serves inventive plates of fresh catch with sticky seffa (sweet couscous) for dessert, all of it washed down with a homemade juice cocktail made from 15 kinds of fruit (have a look at the vat in back). Not just a meal, a whole experience.
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Restaurant el-Korsan
One of Tangier’s top restaurants, this chic and classy place inside the El-Minzah offers a smaller, more intimate version of the palace restaurant theme – without the bus tours. Well-presented Moroccan classics are served to soft live music, and often traditional dancing. Reservations are necessary, including one day prior notice for lunch. Dress well.
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Annae e Paolo
This is the top Italian bistro in the city, a family-run restaurant with Venetian owners that feels like you have been invited for Sunday dinner. Expect a highly international crowd, lots of cross-table conversations about the events of the day, wholesome food and a shot of grappa on the way out the door. Watch your head on the way upstairs.
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Marhaba Palace
Tangier's medina may be small, but it can still manage palace restaurants like the best of them. This garden house is lovingly decorated in traditional style, with music and folkloric shows thrown into the cost of your meal. Set meals follow the classic pattern of soup, salad, tajine or couscous plus dessert, cooked and presented well.
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Riad Tanja Restaurant
With a reputation for some of the best food in the city, and a romantic view of the ville nouvelle climbing up the opposite hill, this is a great place to splurge, particularly with that special someone. The bi-level dining area feels more like a well-designed living room, with a dozen tables, high ceilings and international decor.
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Mamounia Palace
Although the salon's decoration is textbook Morocco, 'palace' seems too grand a title for this restaurant, just inside the Grand Socco entrance to the medina. Set menus are the order of the day, and those traditional musicians continue to strum their ouds for added dining ambience. A hefty 15% service charge is added to all bills.
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Hamadi
This is one of the best ‘palace restaurants’ offering multicourse local cuisine, uniformed staff, live music and perhaps belly-dancing, all of it aimed at the next tour bus. But the price is right, the decor bright and the location pleasant. Avoid the rush hour at lunch, when they try to move tables at 25-minute intervals.
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Fried Fish Stalls
Several cheap hole-in-the-wall places huddle here looking onto the Grand Socco. They're as basic as can be, but serve out generous portions of fried sardines and the like with chips, salad, a hunk of bread and a squeeze of lemon. Quick, filling and exceedingly tasty. Similar stalls sit near the steps at Rue Dar Dbagh
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Restaurant Valencia
This excellent spot just off the waterfront is a perennial favourite, and always seems busy. The décor hints at the captain's table, and the menus are suitably seafaring. Have a look at the catch of the day on offer in the chiller as you walk in, then enjoy a cold beer while waiting for your meal.
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Number One
The rose walls and white windows in this renovated apartment provide the feel of a holiday cottage, while the red lighting, background jazz and exotic mementoes lend it an intimate, sultry allure. The Moroccan/French cuisine gets high marks from locals, who have been coming here for 45 years.
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Salon de Thé Liberté
Neatly decorated in dark wood, with a garden at the back, this place is also a restaurant serving up reliable Moroccan and international dishes. It excels as a café though, with its wide front windows opening to let the air in, where you can sit and watch the street at work and play.
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Casa de España
With its attractive minimal style, this contemporary Spanish bar/restaurant is a breath of fresh air after so many mosaic interiors. Snappily dressed waiters serve up classic Spanish dishes, with some wonderful specials like lamb with summer fruits, and there’s free tapas with drinks.
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Al Mountazah
While it seems more Floridian than Moroccan, you can’t beat this rooftop perch for observing the activity on the Grand Socco: sip your morning coffee and watch the square come alive from the great terrace. Offers breakfast for Dh12 (7am to 10am) and ice cream in summer.
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San Remo
An international menu, long on Italian and with a slant towards fish, tables with bright cloths facing the street, Moroccan background music and a mix of clientele – expats, tourists, local businessmen – make this a lively spot with a great cultural crossroads feel.
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Dolcy's Café
At the southern tip of Blvd Pasteur, this is a large café popular with both men and women, with clean, modern décor and friendly service. A good choice for breakfast, before the heat of the sun scorches the outside seating area.
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Le Pagode
If you’re tired of tajines and pasta, this realistic bit of Asia is the answer. An intimate and classy dining area, with lacquered furniture, white tablecloths and low lighting is mated with a classic Chinese menu.
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Patisserie La Española
A heavily mirrored tea room, this café tempts people off the street with its pretty arrangements of cakes and pastries. Everyone seems to come here – locals and foreigners, businessmen and courting couples.
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La Giralda
The young and beautiful adore this chic and quiet café overlooking the Terrasse des Paresseux, with its plush furniture and intricately carved ceiling. Huge windows give great sea views.
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Champs Élysées
This enormous café-in-the-round is high on opulence, with a huge central chandelier and red velour upholstery. The lack of a dress code is the big surprise. Great sticky pastries.
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Café Andalus
Much more of a local's place, the tiny Andalus dishes out cheap and tasty plates of fish, brochettes and bowls of soup. Definitely not a palace, but none the worse for it.
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Restaurant Le Kasbah
Another decent local dining hall, very much in the hole-in-the-wall vein. Soups, tajines, brochettes, fish - they're all there, in good portions and simple surroundings.
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Rubis Grill
This bar and grill is heavy on the meat and fish in good, tasty portions. If you only want a quick bite, you can sit at the bar and enjoy tapas over a cold beer.
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Fast Food Brahim
Great made-to-order sandwiches. You can’t go wrong here with half a baguette filled with kefta (spicy lamb meatballs) and salad to eat on the hoof.
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