Marrakech

We took a return trip to Marrakech, but was it as good as we remembered, it's time to find out 2 Reviews

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From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2009

Marrakech has a fine pedigree – including two Time Out Best North African restaurant awards. Nevertheless, it isn’t one of the city’s best-known restaurants – perhaps because its modern take on traditional Moroccan cuisine caters to more of a niche market; or it may just be that the restaurant doesn’t feel the need to shout from the rooftops about its past successes.

Whatever the reason, you’ll get a decent meal. Use the warm, fluffy buns to dig into bowls of mezze. The pigeon pastilla scores highly for starters; it’s a successful shotgun wedding between a sugary pastry and a tender, meaty interior and big enough for two to share.

Mains are equally appealing. The mountainous couscous royal is golden, perfectly steamed and packed with carrots, swede, hunks of super-soft lamb, veal and a disintegrating chicken drumstick. If you’ve room, share the kenafa for dessert – layers of wafer-thin pastry sandwiching vanilla custard.

It might be too sweet for some palates but sugar lovers will lap it up.

• Previous reviews
  • 23 February,2009- reviewed by Daisy Carrington
  • 07 July,2008- reviewed by Daisy Carrington
  • 26 March,2008- reviewed by Jeremy Lawrence
  • 09 May,2007- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff
  • 12 March,2007- reviewed by Time Out Dubai Staff
  • 27 April,2006- reviewed by Time Out Dubai
  • 15 February,2006- reviewed by Matthew Lee
  • 01 May,2005- reviewed by Matthew Lee
  • 01 October,2003- reviewed by Rob Orchard

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