Where to eat in Tangier

Dining guide

Tangier is a port city, and it eats like one: fresh fish straight off the boats, old literary cafés in the Medina, and rooftop tables looking out over the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanish and Mediterranean influences sit comfortably alongside Moroccan classics.

Tangier eats with one foot in Spain and the other in the Rif mountains. Fish is the constant: grilled sardines, fried calamari, sole meuniere in French leaning bistros, and whole sea bream in simple port restaurants. The legacy of the international zone era left behind cafe culture, cocktail bars, and a comfort with European cooking styles unusual for Morocco. Calentita, a chickpea flour flatbread baked in wood ovens, is a Tangier street food descended from the Genoese, found almost nowhere else in the country. The Petit Socco and Grand Socco cafes serve mint tea and coffee in surroundings that have barely changed in decades.