7 Best Restaurants in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco

Located right near the Corniche lighthouse, you approach this restaurant through a pretty, candlelit garden and inside you'll have spectacular ocean views: you can look down from a window seat onto blue rock pools as you savor delicious fish dishes. The menu focuses on fine Mediterranean cuisine, with a lively tapas bar that draws a cocktail- and champagne-loving crowd until the early hours.

For fine dining or drinks with a fantastic view, the super-elegant Petit Rocher is just the ticket: its unrivaled position lets you gaze over the sublime Atlantic waves and the Hassan II Mosque. Enjoy delicious Mediterranean cuisine and good wine in the restaurant area, or settle down at the bar where fabulous cocktails are poured and a DJ often spins.

Another offering in the buzzing district of Gauthier, Le Rossignol is billed as a French restaurant but has all sorts of interesting dishes thanks to a chef who has worked all over the world. You'll find Lebanese meze and mac 'n' cheese with truffles, excellent salads, fish dishes, and a very upmarket burger, not to mention great breakfast options. 

Sliding glass windows run the length of this restaurant, and open onto the beach between Temara and Skhirat. The inventive menu features Oualidia oysters, fish or prawn carpaccio, and plenty of fresh fish, as well as some Spanish dishes such as paella and fish fiduea (sort of a paella made with noodles instead of rice). There's a tapas bar, too---more rustic than the main restaurant---serving cocktails to the after-work crowd.

Light, airy, and full of greenery, La Casa Emma offers exquisite French cuisine featuring plenty of seafood, along with a wide range of tapas, pizzas, and pastas. There's an after-work vibe early evenings when locals congregate for cocktails and chill music. 

This friendly Mediterranean-style restaurant offers "cuisine du marché," or cooking from the market. It serves a broad selection of fish, meat, and pasta dishes in a charming setting: white linens top the tables in the cheery dining room, and the beautiful airy garden, where intimate tables snuggle amid the greenery, is a delight. Alcohol is served.