Couple questions: Food and romance
Is Jemaa el-Fna food worth it for a couple?
Yes, as a short taste rather than the whole evening. At dusk the square fills with numbered food stalls grilling kefta, merguez and brochettes over charcoal. It is noisy and theatrical, and the grilling is good. We like a brief guided turn through the smoke, then dinner at a quiet riad table.
Answered by the Morocco Honeymoons team. Checked October 2026.
The short answer
Yes, as a short taste rather than the whole evening. At dusk the square fills with numbered food stalls grilling kefta, merguez and brochettes over charcoal. It is noisy and theatrical, and the grilling is good. We like a brief guided turn through the smoke, then dinner at a quiet riad table.
In more detail
The standards are snail broth in a cup, grilled merguez in bread, msemen with argan honey and orange juice pressed to order. A guide knows which stall is which, which saves you the guesswork.
Our food guide gives two rules. Pass on the set tourist menus pressed on new arrivals, and agree the price of each item before you sit. Per-item prices are fair when you say what you want.
The stalls run past midnight. That leaves plenty of time for a candlelit dinner afterwards, or a rooftop drink overlooking the square.
The juice stalls around the square press orange, pomegranate and mixed fruit to order, and our food guide rates the orange juice highly. In Fes, the street-food habit is breakfast: in the Rcif quarter, bissara, a thick fava bean soup with cumin and olive oil, is eaten standing, with bread dipped into the bowl.
Good to know
- Go early in the evening, as the stalls set up.
- Order a few things to share rather than a full meal.
- Skip ice at street stalls.
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