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A meat tagine topped with prunes, almonds and sesame on a zellige table, flatbread beside it

Private dining and fine dining in Fes

The best dinner in Fes might be a chef's tasting menu, a candlelit courtyard in a palace riad, a rooftop above the lit medina or a family supper in a Fassi home. We know which suits your night, book the table and get you there and back through the lanes.

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The best meal in Fes may be in a family home, a palace courtyard or on a rooftop.Plan this with us

  • Styles: Chef's table, courtyard, family home
  • When: Evenings, sometimes lunch
  • Diets: Planned in advance
  • Getting there: Walked in, walked home
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Three ways to dine in Fes

Chef-led: a modern Moroccan tasting menu in a medina townhouse, where the cooking takes Fassi ingredients somewhere new. Palace courtyard: a riad dining room under carved cedar and plaster, with pastilla, tagines and the slow sweet-savoury dishes Fes is known for.

Family home: supper with a Fassi family in their house, the food the city actually eats. And when the evening is the point, we set a private table on a rooftop or in a courtyard for just the two of you, or for your whole party.

PlaceAreaKnown for (as sourced)Source
NURFes el-BaliModern Moroccan tasting menu by chef Najat Kaanache; listed on World's 50 Best DiscoveryWorld's 50 Best Discovery; Afar
Fez Café, Le Jardin des BiehnFes el-BaliGarden bistro; dinners around concertsIndagare
Dar HatimFes el-BaliFassi home cooking in the family's housemoroccotravelblog
The Ruined GardenFes el-BaliGarden dining among ruinsmoroccotravelblog
Dar RoumanaFes el-BaliA riad dining roomIndagare
A tiled lane of the Kissaria market in Fes el Bali hung with red lanterns

Styles: Chef's table, courtyard, family home.

Kissaria, Fes

More for your evenings in Fes

Jacaranda in bloom over the garden and fountain of the Dar Batha palaceCouplesA honeymoon in FesA courtyard suite, a private hammam, rooftop dinners and a night in the dunes.Take a lookThe arcaded courtyard of Dar Batha with its sunken zellige poolStaysLuxury riads and palace hotelsPalace riads, hilltop suites and garden hideaways, named and sourced.Take a lookMusicians in red kneeling with drums on Place Boujloud during the moussem, a dancer leaping in yellowEventsWeddings, parties and retreatsPalace riads, ballrooms and garden courtyards, with the guest days planned.Take a look

How a dinner evening works

Before

Tell us the kind of night

Romantic, family, celebration, a tasting menu or home cooking, and any dietary needs.

19:30

Walked to the door

Many medina restaurants are down unsigned lanes. Your guide or the riad walks you there.

Dinner

The table is expecting you

Courses timed, diets known, a quiet table where we could ask for one.

After

Walked home

Someone sees you back to your riad door.

Who arranges it

A Fes-based trip planner from Serenity Morocco Tours puts the whole thing together: the stay, the transfers, the guide, the tables and the timing. We tell you why we suggest each place, and if a property isn't right for your dates or your needs we say so and offer another. You get one written proposal and one contact for the whole trip.

What we arrange

  • Restaurant or private-dinner booking
  • Walk or transfer there and back
  • Dietary notes sent ahead
  • A cooking class or food tour on another day, if you like

Tell us what matters

  • Chef's tasting menu
  • Palace courtyard
  • Rooftop table
  • Supper with a family
  • Vegetarian or vegan
  • Celebration cake

How we work

  • We book the table and the walk there
  • No commissions steer our suggestions
  • Dietary needs sent ahead to the kitchen
  • Written plan and custom quote

Before you ask us

The questions people ask us most before they plan a trip.

What are the best fine-dining restaurants in Fes?
NUR, chef Najat Kaanache's modern Moroccan tasting menu in the medina, is listed on World's 50 Best Discovery. For garden settings there are the Fez Café at Le Jardin des Biehn and The Ruined Garden. For Fassi home cooking, Dar Hatim serves it in the family's own house.
Can you arrange a private dinner in a riad or on a rooftop?
Yes. We arrange private tables in riad courtyards and on rooftops over the medina, for two or for a group. Tell us the occasion and we plan the setting, the menu and the timing.
Do restaurants in Fes serve alcohol?
Some do and many don't, especially family-run places. Several hotels and a few restaurants have a wine list. Tell us if it matters and we choose accordingly.
Can you handle vegetarian, vegan or allergy needs?
Yes. Moroccan cooking has a lot of vegetable dishes, and we send dietary notes to the kitchen in advance so nothing is improvised on the night.

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Tell us your dates. We'll plan it with you.

  1. Tell us what drew you in. Your dates, who is travelling and what you want to see.
  2. A person reads it. We write a day-by-day plan for your group, private or small-group.
  3. You change anything. Then we confirm the guides, drivers and riads.
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