The dining room at Marrakech Restaurant, lantern light across a midnight blue ceiling and zellige tables

Marrakech Restaurant

Fine Moroccan Cuisine

91 O'Connell Street, North Adelaide

Dinner Tuesday to Sunday, from 5pm

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Specialties from our chef

Melwi, pan cooked Moroccan bread with goats' cheese and baby spinach

Melwi

Moroccan bread stuffed with goats' cheese, baby spinach & harissa. Pan cooked & served with a drizzle of argan oil.

Bestella dusted with icing sugar and cinnamon

Bestella

The Moroccan speciality & taste sensation. Chicken pie with ground roast almond, cinnamon & icing sugar, wrapped in filo pastry and served with salad.

A lamb tagine by lantern light

Afrah Tagine

Lamb cooked until tender with cinnamon, honey, prunes, roasted almonds, finished with sesame seeds.

Meslala with fairy floss and strawberries

Meslala

Couscous with ground roasted almonds, honey, cinnamon and sultanas, served with cream or ice cream.

Don't leave without trying their desserts!

A table of tagines, bread and dips at Marrakech

Diafa Moroccan banquet

Ultimate banquet on Friday & Saturday.

Banquet 1

Meat & vegetarian

61.90 per person

  1. Stuffed dates. High quality moist dates stuffed with walnuts & almonds
  2. Mini dip platter. Zaalouk, Khizzou, Barba and Bakkoula, served with flat bread
  3. Choice of any tagine (each person one tagine): lamb, chicken, beef or vegetarian. Served with either couscous or rice
  4. Chef's selection: traditional Moroccan sweets, one dessert to share between two
  5. Freshly brewed traditional mint tea

Banquet 2

Seafood, meat & vegetarian

71.90 per person

  1. Stuffed dates. High quality moist dates stuffed with walnuts & almonds
  2. Melwi. Moroccan bread stuffed with goats' cheese, baby spinach & harissa. Pan cooked & served with drizzle of argan oil
  3. Mini dip platter. Zaalouk, Khizzou, Barba and Bakkoula, served with flat bread
  4. Choice of any tagine (one tagine per person): seafood, lamb, chicken, beef or vegetarian. Served with either couscous or rice & khobz (baked traditional bread)
  5. Chef's selection: traditional Moroccan sweets, one dessert to share between two
  6. Freshly brewed traditional mint tea or coffee

Banquet 3

Pure vegetarian

61.90 per person

  1. Stuffed dates. High quality moist dates stuffed with walnuts & almonds
  2. Mini dip platter. Zaalouk, Khizzou, Barba and Bakkoula, served with flat bread
  3. Harira. Slow cooked authentic Moroccan soup made of lentils, chickpea, spices and fresh herbs, drizzled with chilli flakes
  4. Choice of one vegetarian tagine per person. Served with couscous or rice
  5. Chef's selection: traditional Moroccan sweets, one dessert to share between two
  6. Freshly brewed traditional mint tea

Minimum of two people.

A clay tagine of chicken, olives and preserved lemon cooking over glowing coals

The tagine

  1. The tagine is a traditional clay cooking vessel whose shape allows the steam from the ingredients to circulate around the dish as it cooks.
  2. This gives an even cooking heat, similar to a small oven, and brings the flavours of the dish together. It is traditionally cooked on charcoal, but with special care, can be used on the stove top.
  3. The more a tagine is used, the better the results of the meal, because the clay absorbs the flavours and aromas of meals past.
Mint tea poured from height into decorated glasses at Marrakech
Tea glasses beside a green lantern on a Marrakech table

Mint tea

The best mint tea is very sweet, uses high quality 'gunpowder' tea, and the freshest mint, used in both the pot, and as an added touch in the beautifully decorated tea glasses. It is the most popular drink in Morocco. Families drink mint tea up to 7 times a day.

It is very refreshing, and is also a digestive, so is often served at meal times. Whenever you are invited into the small shops, the shopkeeper will do business with you over a mint tea.

Traditional Moroccan fresh mint tea, 4.50

Whole spices, dried chilli and coconut on a dark board

Moroccan spices

Moroccan spices give the cuisine its unique balanced flavour, from the classic mix of spices used in the 'Ras al Hanout', to the subtle flavour of Morocco's highest quality saffron. Fresh coriander features highly, as do spices such as cumin, mace, cardamom and ginger.

One of the distinctive ingredients is the preserved lemon, which brings a totally different flavour and texture from its fresh counterpart.

Founded in the 11th century, Marrakech was once the capital of an empire that stretched from Spain to Senegal.

At the crossroads of ancient caravan routes from Timbuktu, it became a welcome reprieve for weary Sub-Saharan traders carrying gold, salt and slaves. Today, Marrakech is a reverberating collision of Africa and Europe, East and West, bohemia and high culture, grand Arab cities and ancient Berber villages.

Framed by the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, thousand-year old palm groves and wrapped in faded ochre walls, Marrakech casts a magical spell. It is the delectable cuisine that best captures the true flavour of Marrakech.

We invite you to indulge yourself in an experience of tastes, aromas and flavour.

The midnight blue dining room with cushions and lanterns

About us

I always loved to cook. My mother, aunt and sisters introduced me to this amazing craft. My mother and aunt cooked specialty dishes for weddings and parties, and allowed me to assist.

Through this, I learned that presentation of the food is so important to its final taste and enjoyment. I love interacting with people. Cooking gives me the opportunity to talk to people, share my love of food and exchange knowledge of different cultures.

The amazing authentic Moroccan cuisine at Marrakech Restaurant has been an Adelaide success story in Hyde Park. On the strength of that success the Marrakech Restaurant has sprouted a new venue in North Adelaide. Sadly, Hyde Park is no more but you are most welcome to the same amazing food, service and ambience you have always come to expect.

Catering

We bring the total Moroccan dining experience to your home or function room, even setting up the atmosphere, inside a tent, if you wish.

We have carpets, cushions, pouffes, lanterns, everything to make your party a unique and enjoyable experience, as though you have been transported to Exotic Morocco.

You and your guests will enjoy the feast, relaxing and dining like a Sultan or Amira (Arabic royalty), to a background of traditional music of the trance, Gnawa.

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The tent room with cushions, lanterns and a dancer
Red tablecloths under star lanterns at Marrakech
Pierced metal star lanterns glowing red
A Marrakech gift box of Moroccan sweets

Gifts

Marrakech gift box & voucher for your loved ones.

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Everything here is fantastic: the ambience, service, food, prices, variety.

A full evening in the Marrakech dining room

Find us

Address
91 O'Connell Street, North Adelaide SA 5006
Dinner
Tuesday to Sunday, 5pm to midnight
Bookings
(08) 8361 9696
Takeaway
Takeaway and delivery available. Call 0433 121 252 to order. Also on Uber Eats, Menulog and Deliveroo.
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