La Mamounia - Marrakech

Dining information

Restaurant:

La Mamounia has four acclaimed restaurants. L’Asiatique par Jean-Georges celebrates the culinary traditions of South-East Asia, where you can pile intricately lacquer-topped tables with dim-sum baskets and punch-packing curries. L’Italien par Jean-Georges is styled to look like a traditional, albeit luxurious, trattoria, with walls the coral of Mediterranean villas and olive-green chairs. Alongside European favourites, you can watch the chefs pull pizzas from a wood-burning oven in the centre of the room. Alternatively, crunch along the soft gravel path that leads to Le Marocain, where local cuisine is served to the tune of live Moroccan music, or feast on shared platters poolside at the laid-back Le Pavillon de la Piscine. Sweet-tooths will love Le Menzeh par Pierre Hermé, a little hut in the gardens that serves up sugary delicacies from the acclaimed French pâtissier such as macaroons and home-made ice-cream cornets. Le Salon de Thé par Pierre Hermé, in the gallery has tables under a dazzlingly huge chandelier. Here, you can tuck into delicate pastries and finger sandwiches, French toast, croque monsieur and lobster rolls among other elevated casual eats. Breakfast and brunch are eye-widening affairs – a whole room with stations for different delicacies, breads, pastries, meats and cheeses, fresh fruit, yoghurts, cereals, fish and much more, and a chef cooking fresh eggs at your behest.

Top Table:

Eat out on L’Italien par Jean-Georges ’s terrace. On chiller nights at L’Asiatique par Jean-Georges, sit close to the window. Grab a table with a full Atlas Mountain vista at Le Marocain; as close to the pool as possible at Le Pavillon de la Piscine.

Last Orders:

Breakfast starts from 7am to 11am; lunch is from 12.30pm to 3pm (3.30pm in Le Pavillon de la Piscine) and dinner is from 7pm to 10pm. Le Bar Churchill pours from 3pm till 1am.

Room Service:

The 24-hour room service includes options from the restaurant menus.

Hotel Bar:

Each restaurant has a bar area to match: Le Bar Italien is a stylish setting for martinis, Le bar de la piscine is a shaded spot with the pool in reach and Le Bar Marocain comes into its own at night – sit on the rooftop with a pre-dinner cocktail and admire the Atlas Mountains. Then there’s the tiled Majorelle esplanade, where mint tea and cognac can be enjoyed with the sound of the water fountains trickling in the background (and, if you’re lucky, the thrum of the Moroccan guitar). If sultry piano playing is more your thing, hit the rouged, low-lit Le Churchill bar, where jazz plays late into the night and the Kaviari manu is perfectly paired with sophisticated cocktails.