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Sunset from the terrace: the medina, the line of the Atlas on the horizon and a lit lantern under the pergola

Climb up.Marrakech isbelow you.

The highest terrace in the medina. Three hundred and sixty degrees of rose-coloured rooftops, the Koutoubia on one side, the Atlas on the other — and a table waiting in the middle of it.

4.4on Google · 647 reviews360° panoramic terrace

The highest terrace in the medina

That is not a marketing line: it is what the board at the door has said for years.

  • Traditional Moroccan cooking
  • Travelers' Choice · Tripadvisor
  • Recommended by Le Routard
  • 4.4 on Google · 647 reviews

One table. The whole city.

Nothing in the quarter stands above this terrace. Turn once where you sit and you have gone round the whole of Marrakech.

The view from the terrace: the koutoubia

The Koutoubia

The 12th-century minaret, straight ahead. Lit once night falls.

The view from the terrace: the medina

The medina

Ochre rooftops to the horizon — storks, satellite dishes and all.

The view from the terrace: the atlas

The Atlas

On a clear day, the snow line. Sixty kilometres away and somehow right there.

The sun sets once a day.

And there is only one row of tables against the railing. It is the one sitting genuinely worth calling ahead for — not because we are full, but because everyone wants the same seat.

The row of tables against the terrace railing, low sun over the medina rooftops
The row against the railing — the one to ask for.

Tagine, couscous, tanjia. Cooked properly, served up there.

Traditional Moroccan cooking, no reinterpretation. Our prices are printed on the board, in dirhams and in euros — you will know what you are paying before you climb the stairs.

  • Tagine of fresh vegetables — vegetarian berber

    Tagine of fresh vegetables — vegetarian berber

    60 DH · 6 €

  • Tagine makfoul — beef with cinnamon, or lamb

    Tagine makfoul — beef with cinnamon, or lamb

    90 DH · 9 €

  • Royal couscous

    Royal couscous

    120 DH · 12 €

  • Mixed grill

    Mixed grill

    95 DH · 9,5 €

  • Chicken pastilla

    Chicken pastilla

    80 DH · 8 €

  • Mint tea

    Mint tea

    20 DH · 2 €

See the whole menu

Taken from the restaurant's own board, in dirhams and in euros.

The terrace after dark: strung bulbs under the iron pergola and the lit medina behind

The bulbs come on, the oud starts.

The terrace changes character at dusk: strung bulbs under the iron pergola, the Koutoubia lit in the distance, and more often than not musicians playing between the tables. Nobody hurries you back down the stairs.

A terrace for summer, salons for winter.

Below the terrace, three salons — Ambre, Rouge and Kibir — carved plaster and low banquettes. The tea room is air-conditioned in summer and heated in winter: this house works in every season, not only in spring.

  • Salon Ambre
  • Salon Rouge
  • Salon Kibir

Breakfast served 07:00–12:00, from 70 DH — each one with three complimentary fresh juices.

The Salle Rouge: low banquettes, red linen and carved plasterCarved and painted cedar ceiling above one of the salons

Your table is waiting at the top.

One WhatsApp message or one call is enough. Tell us the day, the time and how many of you — and if you want the railing, say so.

+212 661 471 663+212 5 24 38 66 73

How to find us

98, Riad Laarouss, Rue Sidi Abdellaziz — a few minutes' walk from the Ben Youssef Madrasa. Look for the big carved wooden door and the blue sign.

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