Medina
Tiled floor to ceiling, this is less a tea shop than a decorative box, a kind of tiny theatre in which the voluble Abdellah, a born showman, mixes teas to…
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Medina
One of the most elegant places for a cocktail (Dh120) in all of Fez, the gorgeous courtyard bar at Riad Fès drips with atmosphere: the stucco columns…
Fez
Popular with the young Fassi crowd, this multistorey lounge is a nice counterpoint to medina life, just a short walk from Bab Bou Jeloud. The covered roof…
Meknes
A modern Moroccan cafe, with a large terrace and very decent coffee. Set on a quiet cul-de-sac, it’s a pleasant spot to kill an hour or two, and the…
Ville Nouvelle
The cafes on the northeast section of Avenue Hassan II are generally for men. After you pass the first roundabout, there's a cluster of more mixed grand…
Medina
A cold beer is hard to come by in the medina, but this four-storey place delivers, along with the requisite mint tea and fresh juices. At ground level it…
Meknes
Come dusk, this succession of roof terraces is where young locals settle in for a sundowner coffee. The best tables are at the top, where you can watch…
Medina
Head upstairs to this impeccably old cafe, where water for your mint tea is boiled in a copper urn that's set over a wood fire and pumped with bellows …
Meknes
At the end of a skinny lane, this little courtyard house is a social hub for creative young Meknassis, hosting acoustic music and art workshops. It's open…
Medina
Place As Seffarine is one of the most interesting spots in the medina, and this cafe is a prime place to watch the square's coppersmiths, over juice, tea,…
Ville Nouvelle
In a small park, this cafe has a nice breezy upper terrace, along with the usual coffee and tea. Breakfast (from Dh15) is served all day.
Ville Nouvelle
Dark and full of plants and the occasional giraffe sculpture, Jungle welcomes drinkers with green-velvet seating around a central bar. On the terrace…
Medina
Craving a bar scene in the medina? Head for Hotel Batha's two drinking dens. The dark, wood-panelled indoor bar recalls the building's former history as a…
Fez
Set in a tumbledown riad by a splashing fountain, this old-fashioned cafe is a pleasant place for coffee or juice, and convenient to Jnan Sbil and the…
Medina
Up against the wall of the venerable Kairaouine Mosque, this 1940s-look coffee bar, with dapper old waiters in white shirts, seems ever so modern. It's a…
Meknes
Enter through the horseshoe arch on the corner of Place El Hedim to reach this rooftop cafe-restaurant with a coveted view overlooking the square and Bab…
Middle Atlas
This modern place has a prime position on Place Aharach, and is perfect for watching the world go by over a nus-nus (half-half coffee with milk). It might…
Sefrou
Women will feel comfortable at this lovely cafe on the south side of the shady riverbank in Sefrou's popular park.
Sefrou
This tiny hole-in-the-wall serves the best tea in Sefrou. Once you're sitting on one of the wooden stools outside or opposite in one of the larger cafes,…
Meknes
This grand cafe is among the most popular for Moroccan men to sip their mint tea. Sitting outside and people-watching is a great breakfast pastime. There…
Middle Atlas
A modern cafe with plenty of pavement seating and one that’s not threatened by the concept of female customers.
