Cafe des Epices

If you're a Londoner, you'll know what I mean if I say this cafe is a bit like Hoxton only bright, breezy, hot, and bang in the middle of the Marrakech Medina near Jammaa el Fna. It's a bit of a cool hang out in exactly that Hoxton kind of way. There'll be a web designer sitting next to you with his laptop on his knee talking through layouts with a client. It is a trendy tourist / trendy local sort of place. It's cosmopolitan - there's an excitement about visitors meeting each other there. The proprietor runs a couple of small riads and is now opening a new roof top restaurant (let you know more if I ever visit it when finished). He encourages clients to come to the cafe of course, and also randomly invites lucky people to book up for group dinners on the roof terrace at one of the riads. This means visitors end up meeting new people and having a good time. It's all very informal...

There are also art exhibitions there.

Food is good - typical for Marrakech... grilled meat sandwiches with salads of chopped cucumber and tomato; little glasses of latte; Moroccan mint tea and so on. Very good view from la terrace (polish up your French!) of the Spice Souk outside.

Cafe des epices even have their own straw hats with their name embroidered on the front :)