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Cafés in Marrakech a terrace above the square

Mint tea on terraces over Jemaa el-Fna, spiced coffee above the Rahba Kedima spice square, nouss-nouss on Avenue Mohammed V in Guéliz and espresso kiosks near Dar el Bacha.

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Marrakech was founded around 1070 by the Almoravids, and its medina, ringed by some 19 km of ramparts, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.1 The 2024 census counted 1,014,813 people in the urban area.1 The city drinks on two maps: the walled old town, where café terraces look down on Jemaa el-Fna, and Guéliz, the district the French protectorate built outside the walls after 1912.81

Mint tea is still what a visitor gets offered, usually at least once a day.10 It is green tea, spearmint and sugar, poured from high above the glass to aerate it, and a guest is traditionally served three rounds.2 For coffee, classic cafés have long dominated, says Nouaman El Moujahid, a co-founder of Kartell Kollektiv; independent third-wave cafés only started to take shape four or five years before Barista Magazine surveyed the city in September 2026, and most of them are in Guéliz.3

The medina is catching up in small spaces. Simple Specialty Coffee, a kiosk by Dar el Bacha, and Kesh Cup, where Sidi Abdel Aziz, Rue Mouassine and Derb el Maaden meet, serve flat whites and plant milks over a counter, mostly to take away.4 Kartell, which opened in Guéliz in 2022, added a medina café in 2025.3

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Marrakech by area

Inside the walls, the Kasbah district holds the Mellah, the Jewish quarter the Saadians created in 1558 on the site of the sultan's stables.1 Outside them, Guéliz spreads northwest of the old town, and Hivernage lies west of the medina with the Menara gardens to its south.1415

Mouassine & Bab Doukkala

Saadian fountains, Dar el Bacha and Le Jardin Secret, with Henna Cafe, Bazaar Cafe's rooftop and an espresso kiosk on Rue Dar El Bacha.

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Kasbah & Mellah

Bab Agnaou, the Saadian Tombs and the Mellah, with Kasbah Café's terrace facing the tombs and storytelling nights at Cafe Clock.

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Medina & Jemaa el-Fna

Terraces over Jemaa el-Fna, a three-floor café on the Rahba Kedima spice square and espresso counters in the souk lanes.

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Majorelle & Semlalia

The Jardin Majorelle and Musée YSL on Rue Yves Saint Laurent, with neighborhood cafés on Avenue Yacoub El Mansour and Boulevard Al Mouzdalifa.

23 cafés

Guéliz

French-era café terraces on Place Abdel Moumen and Avenue Mohammed V, and the city's specialty bars on Rue Halab and Rue el Imam Malik.

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Hivernage & Menara

Palm-lined avenues of hotels between Guéliz and the Menara gardens, with a midnight café on Rue Abou Bakr Seddik.

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Free Wi-Fi from Riad Zitoun el Jedid and the Bazaar Cafe rooftop to Boulevard Zerktouni, Hivernage and a 24-hour café on Avenue Essaouira.

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Terraces over Jemaa el-Fna until 23:00, midnight cafés in the medina and Hivernage, and a 24-hour stop on Avenue Essaouira.

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Mouassine & Bab Doukkala 12 cafés

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Majorelle & Semlalia 23 cafés

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Guéliz 32 cafés

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Ayaso Concept Store

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  • Daily 09:00–21:00
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Hivernage & Menara 12 cafés

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M'Hamid & Agdal 13 cafés

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How to order coffee and tea in Marrakech

The Darija word for coffee is kahwa, and the café itself is often called a kahwa too.5 Ask for a café noir, also called a normale, and you get what amounts to an espresso in a small glass, sugar on the side; nouss-nouss (half-half) cuts it with steamed milk.5 A latte or cappuccino is possible but marks you as a visitor, and iced coffee, sweet and milky, is still mostly found at upscale cafés.5

Atay, mint tea, is brewed with water at a full boil, and the leaves stay in the pot while it is served, so each glass tastes a little different from the last.2 In winter, when fresh mint is scarce, some pots get shiba (tree wormwood), which makes the tea noticeably bitter, or lwiza (lemon verbena).2

Breakfast often happens at a mahlaba, the dairy and juice counter whose name comes from the Arabic for milk and stands in for the French laiterie: a nouss-nouss or a jus d'avocat (avocado milkshake) with a hard-boiled egg and cheese sandwich.6 Sfenj, spongy rings of dough fried in oil and named after the Arabic for sponge, are sold early in the morning and again in the late afternoon, to eat with tea or coffee.7

The terraces around Jemaa el-Fna charge no entry fee, but you are expected to order, and a mint tea or a juice is enough to hold a table.8 Rounding up the bill and leaving spare change is standard in cafés, though not required.9 Almost every café and restaurant in Morocco offers free Wi-Fi at usually acceptable speeds.10

During Ramadan, 19 February to 20 March in 2026, shops that closed around 16:00 or 17:00 mostly reopened from 20:00 to 23:00, after the fast was broken.16 Some medina cafés kept serving visitors all day but paused for about an hour around sunset; Café Arabe on Rue Mouassine, for one, stopped from 18:30 to 19:30.11

What coffee costs in Marrakech

DrinkTypical price
Atay
Mint tea, neighborhood café		8–15 DH
Cafés, March 2026
Café noir
Short black coffee in a glass		8–12 DH
Cafés, March 2026
Nouss-nouss
Half coffee, half steamed milk		10–15 DH
Cafés, March 2026
Atay
Mint tea or juice on a terrace over the square		15–40 DH
Jemaa el-Fna terraces, 2026
Flat white
Flat white or latte, specialty café		25–45 DH
Modern cafés, March 2026

Prices per glass. The café and specialty ranges are national figures from Heerby's March 2026 price guide, which notes that prices near Jemaa el-Fna carry a premium and drop 20–30% two streets away from the main landmarks; the terrace range is from Place Jemaa el Fna's August 2026 comparison, given as indicative.128 At Le Grand Café de la Poste in Guéliz, a nouss-nouss was 30 DH and a cappuccino 40 DH in April 2026.13

Sources

  1. Marrakesh, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Maghrebi mint tea, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Exploring the Specialty-Coffee World of Marrakech, Morocco, Barista Magazine (Michaela Tomchek, September 10, 2026), accessed October 2026
  4. Specialty cafés in Marrakech by a travel guidebook writer based in Morocco, Sally Kirby (2025), accessed October 2026
  5. From 'Normale' to 'Nouss-Nouss': How to Order Coffee in a Moroccan 'Kahwa', Morocco World News Lifestyle (Emma de Jong, July 2, 2025), accessed October 2026
  6. Morocco's Answer to New York's Bodega Breakfast Sandwich, Roads & Kingdoms (Graham H. Cornwell, August 2, 2017), accessed October 2026
  7. Sfenj, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  8. Terrasses Jemaa el Fna : le comparatif des rooftops, Place Jemaa el Fna (August 4, 2026), accessed October 2026
  9. Tipping in Morocco, Intrepid Travel, accessed October 2026
  10. Morocco, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  11. Marrakech pendant le Ramadan, qui est ouvert pour déjeuner ou dîner ?, Vivre Marrakech (Sara, February 12, 2026, updated February 23, 2026), accessed October 2026
  12. Food Prices in Morocco 2026: What Every Meal Really Costs, Heerby (March 27, 2026), accessed October 2026
  13. Forget tagines and couscous. Morocco's cafe culture is its best-kept culinary secret, Hyphen (Zaynab Asaadi, April 28, 2026), accessed October 2026
  14. Guéliz (ou Nouvelle Ville), le quartier occidental de Marrakech, Vanupied (Maciej Poltorak), accessed October 2026
  15. Hivernage, Le Routard, accessed October 2026
  16. Marrakech pendant le Ramadan 2026 ? Activités, restaurants et plus, Vivre Marrakech (Sara, February 12, 2026), accessed October 2026
FAQ

Cafés in Marrakech: common questions

How much does a mint tea cost in Marrakech?

At a neighborhood café, a mint tea cost about 8–15 DH and a café noir 8–12 DH as of March 2026. On the terraces around Jemaa el-Fna, a mint tea or juice ran about 15–40 DH in 2026; there is no entry fee, but you are expected to order. Prices drop 20–30% a couple of streets away from the main landmarks.

Which neighborhood of Marrakech has the most cafés?

Medina & Jemaa el-Fna and Guéliz have the most cafés, followed by Majorelle & Semlalia. In the medina, cafés gather around Rahba Kedima and along Route Kennaria; in Guéliz, on Boulevard Mohammed Zerktouni and Boulevard Abdelkrim El Khattabi.

What is a nouss-nouss in Marrakech?

Nouss-nouss is Darija for half-half: a café noir, the small espresso served in a glass, cut with steamed milk. A neighborhood café charged about 10–15 DH for one as of March 2026, and Le Grand Café de la Poste in Guéliz 30 DH in April 2026. Sugar comes on the side, and ordering a latte instead marks you as a visitor.

Where is the specialty coffee in Marrakech?

Most of Marrakech's third-wave cafés are in Guéliz, where Kartell Kollektiv opened in 2022 and added a medina café in 2025. Inside the medina, Simple Specialty Coffee by Dar el Bacha and Kesh Cup, where Sidi Abdel Aziz meets Rue Mouassine, serve flat whites and plant milks over a counter, mostly to take away.

Do you tip in cafés in Marrakech?

Tipping is not required in Marrakech cafés, but rounding up the bill and leaving your spare change is standard practice. On the terraces above Jemaa el-Fna there is no entry fee, but you are expected to order something, and a mint tea or a juice is enough to hold a table.

Are cafés in Marrakech open during Ramadan?

Some are. In Ramadan 2026, which ran from 19 February to 20 March, some medina cafés served visitors all day but paused for about an hour around sunset, when the fast is broken; Café Arabe stopped from 18:30 to 19:30. Shops that closed around 16:00 or 17:00 mostly reopened from 20:00 to 23:00.

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