Description: Our tour company for our mountain walk arranged for us to have a farewell meal in Marrakech. As our trip was a budget one we weren't anticipating anything fancy, and so was most impressed when we were led out onto a rooftop dining area in the centre of Marrakech, just down the road from the main square.
While the restaurant didn't serve alcohol it was a minor grumble considering the food was so good and plentiful. Starters were a huge array of beautiful fresh salads and dips meze style, and after a week of tagine on the mountain, it was lovely to have something just a little bit different for dinner. Along with the bread and olives, I was quite happy with the half dozen or so dishes they had put out.
After starter came the mains, and we were staggered with the amount of food put on the table. A whole chicken cooked in a slightly spicy and very tasty dark sauce, a huge casserole of lamb; a tagine (I swear it was lucky not to have been tossed from the roof top after a week of eating it), and some lovely chicken pastille (chicken cooked with almonds and rolled in filo pastry) and some kebab meat with rice. It really was all too over facing and it felt very decadent (which I suppose was the point).
For sweet, I was relieved to find some lovely fresh fruit on offer and I managed a few bits of juicy mango so I could at least pretend that I had had a healthy meal rather than the big splurge in reality. Service was quick and friendly, and we liked looking out over Marrakech from the rooftop.
Overall, I think the Riad Omar offered our best Marrakech meal and considering the restaurant is down one of the main streets leading off from the main square, quite an easy place to find (although the entrance to the restaurant is quite small and concealed).
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