Best Burgers in Marrakesh: Guéliz and Medina

The best burgers in Marrakesh are mostly in Guéliz, the new town laid out under the French protectorate, and in neighbouring Hivernage, the hotel district. In the medina, look to rooftop cafés and small snacks near the souks, which serve burgers alongside Moroccan dishes.

The city’s grilling culture plays out every evening on Jemaa el-Fnaa, where food stalls set up at dusk and cook kefta, merguez and brochettes over charcoal. Marrakesh’s own specialty is tanjia, beef or lamb slow-cooked for hours in a clay urn buried in the embers of a hammam furnace. That taste for charcoal, cumin and slow-cooked meat is the standard a burger here competes with.

Burgers in Marrakesh: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Guéliz, Hivernage and the medina around the souks.
• Evening grills: the Jemaa el-Fnaa food stalls, open from dusk, for kefta and merguez.
• Local specialty: tanjia marrakchia, meat cooked in a clay jar in hammam embers.
• Halal: all meat is halal; pork is not served.
• Currency: prices are in Moroccan dirhams (MAD).
• Getting around: the medina is best on foot, and beige petits taxis connect it with Guéliz and Hivernage.

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