48 Hours in Marrakech by London-unattached

48 Hours in Marrakech by London-unattached

For a memorable dinner experience, Dardar is located in the heart of the souk. One can take a fun tuk-tuk ride from La Naoura that traverses the busy roads and beeps its way through the evening shoppers in the narrow market streets. One then disappears up the stairs of Dardar onto a roof terrace lit up by hanging lanterns. DJs play a combination of Moroccan and Western music for happy diners, live Gnawa (traditional Moroccan music) players get tables dancing, and a magician wows you while you sip your mint tea.

The menu is expansive, including a variety of traditional Moroccan dishes and Western options. I enjoyed a starter platter comprising crispy gambas, pastilla, tuna tartare, ceviche, eggplant churros, barbecue wings, octopus and mashed potatoes (on the menu as “Poulpe Fiction”), crab meat and carpaccio salmon. The starters are generally light and all delicious.

For the main course, I tried the “Pink” option – a fragrant and moreish dish of pink couscous with lamb – and the “Veggie” option – a curious cactus couscous with seven vegetables, a tasty and unique menu item. A selection of inventive cocktails, and deserts that are dramatically doused in blue flames beside your table, add to an all-round exciting dining experience.

I particularly enjoyed Dardar’s atmosphere. Staff are part-waiters and part-entertainers, getting the clientele clapping and dancing along to the live music. With a table on the terrace, looking at the trees in the foreground and the Kutubiyya Mosque tower in the background, one can easily spend several hours eating, drinking and enjoying the warm Marrakech night. Full Article on london-unattached