Vegan
African
Moroccan

Moroccan food including tagine, couscous, salads, and soups. Reported fully vegan Nov 2018. Open Mon-Thu 11:00am-11:00pm, Sat-Sun 11:00am-11:00pm.


92 Reviews

First Review by girovago

Cesekberry

Points +118

Vegan
24 Sep 2013

Simple but nice

We found this restaurant easily, it's colourful and our waiter was friendly.

I had the daily special for 50DM, which consisted of a tomato salad starter and a choice of either vegetable cous cous or tagine for a main. I chose the cous cous. The portion was large with chunky vegetables but not much flavour.

Pros: friendly service, lots of choice, colourful decor

Cons: food lacked flavour

MathewDavies

Points +13

Vegetarian
21 Feb 2026

Full of tasty dishes

We ordered a beet ginger drink, couscous mixed, salad mixed and Moroccan soup. All for 120dh and a lovely waiter to go with it!

Pros: Morocco soup, Beet ginger drink

xcentric

Points +71

Vegan
05 Feb 2026

Worth the wait! Best in Essaouira!

We were lucky enough to find this place day one. Came back every day for a full week. Tried other places too but none came close. The pumpkin chickpea and raisin is insane. Can take some time because super fresh made. Sometimes looks closed. Just knock. Loved this place!

Updated from previous review on 2026-02-05

Pros: Food- great and fresh made , Pumpkin chickpea raisin tajine , Outdoor seating

Cons: Slow but we didn’t care, just left time for it.

AndrewGrendale

Points +160

Vegetarian
10 Jan 2026

Great return visit

I was last here two years ago and glad to see it still thriving. My partner and I have eaten here twice this week and the food/ fresh juices have been superb. The chickpea/prune and almond tagine is out of this world. Ditto mixed salad, veggie tagine with lentils.

Updated from previous review on 2023-01-25

Pros: Great food, Great prices, Location great for people watching

Cons: Can take a while to get food

alistar

Points +5270

Vegan
13 Oct 2025

Great inexpensive vegan Moroccan family cuisine

Yummy wholesome vegan Moroccan cuisine. It looks like a mom and her 2 children running the place. The food is so reasonably priced and feels very whole food plant based. Lots of large pieces of vegetables in the couscous and the tajine. Awesome pumpkin soup and lentilles soup served with a loaf of bread for dipping. We greedily ate the whole bread with our soups and she generously brought another for the tajine. It seemed the breads were included in the price. We want to come back and try everything on the menu. It was a little hard to communicate but they figured it all out and it’s shockingly inexpensive. Nice and first mint tea of the trip.

We came back the next night and loved the cauliflower tajine. The couscous with chickpeas, pumpkin and raisin was great too. Good vegetable tajine as well. My partner loved the harira soup and bean soup. Great verbena tea too and with complimentary starter and bread.

Updated from previous review on 2025-10-11

bhekki

Points +305

Vegan
24 Sep 2025

Traditional Homemade Moroccan Food

Serves traditional homemade food that’s both super affordable and generous in portion size. Since it’s just one woman cooking everything fresh by herself, it does take a bit of time, but it’s completely worth it. The food tasted amazing and I definitely recommend stopping by and supporting this lovely restaurant!

Kikibaby

Points +35

Vegan
16 Sep 2025

Incredible, fresh homemade deliciousness

Incredible fresh, food. It takes a little longer because she is making it fresh there and then but it’s worth the wait. My tagine came out sizzling and the flavours were to die for.

Pros: Fresh homemade dishes , Fresh juices

Vegan_Sonja

Points +53

Vegan
12 Sep 2025

It Tool 1,5 Hours to get all the food

The Food was very nice (especially the onion lemon olive tanjin and the falafel) but it took already a Long time to get the drinks, but the waiting time for the food was crazy! Even for marrocain standards. One hour approx. for the spaghetti, pastille and falafel and 20/30 minutes more for the tanjin. We were super hungry…

Updated from previous review on 2025-09-12

Pros: The beet root ginger drink was very nice, Obviously freshly cooked, Nice sitting on the square with lovely cats

Cons: Very very long waiting time for the food, Only 3 small tables. Difficult as a big group.

NancyP.

Points +245

Vegetarian
09 Sep 2025

Tanjine! 5 Stars!

We’ve been in Morocco for 2 weeks and hadn’t found a vegan place to try Tajine until today! So good, so filling. Came out piping hot and when he took the Tanjine lid off, you could smell the spices it was cooked in. It was completely fresh and completely delicious! We ate the vegetable and the vegetable with lentil, and the pumpkin soup was yummy also, it all came with a basket of bread. Definitely seek this small restaurant out, and remember to tip! It was one lady and two kids serving it up.

Updated from previous review on 2025-09-06

Pros: Tanjine, Pumpkin soup, Cats!

redharry3

Points +329

Vegetarian
06 Sep 2025

As good as it gets

This place is tremendous. Had two different kinds of tajine and both were outstanding. Fresh and bursting with flavor. Also had the pumpkin soup that was just as good. And it’s quite inexpensive to get a full belly here. Shukran!

Pros: Flavors , Portions, Prices

MarieL.

Points +54

Vegan
13 Jul 2025

Delicious

We had the harira and the pumpkin soup, vegetable pastille, cucumber salad, peach juice and orange juice. All of it was delicious and you could really taste how freshly and carefully it was prepared. Best food we had in Morocco so far!

Pros: Very affordable, Full of flavour, Healthy and made with love

sglcklch

Points +3761

Vegan
25 May 2025

Surprisingly good

I wasn't expecting much but was pleasantly surprised. I had a tagine and the pastilla for lunch. Both came out piping hot and tasted flavorful. The tagine was literally still bubbling when they brought it out. I guess that explained the wait for the food as it was cooked to order. An added bonus is all the cats hanging around the square. A couple even came over for some petting :)

Pros: tasty food, location

Cons: slow

Diana123

Points +147

Vegan
29 Apr 2025

Yummy and very cheap

Very good vegan restaurant, a little slow as everything was cooked (and bought) freshly after ordering.
We had avocado-orange juice, green bean tajine, pastilla and avocado salad. Everything was good and we paid 100 MAD for everything including a big water bottle. The owner is also very nice. Highly recommend!

Updated from previous review on 2025-04-29

Pros: Very cheap , Good food, Nice owner

Cons: Slow (everything is freshly cooked)

peanutplans

Points +4563

Vegan
18 Mar 2025

Traditional Moroccan food

Loved most everything about this place. Food is freshly made, so takes 30 -40 minutes. Is also hit or miss if it will be open. Last time they forgot 2 of our main dishes but after reminding, they brought them both within 10 minutes. I do NOT recommend the bastilla or spring rolls here as they are soggy with grease. Better off at Le Corail across the square.

Updated from previous review on 2022-09-18

Pros: Homemade, Wide variety of options, Lovely terrace

Cons: A bit slower since all is fresh prepared , Bastilla /pastilla/ spring rolls

Sal.L

Points +28

Vegan
05 Mar 2025

Delicious if not mysterious!

We only managed to find this place open once during our 3 visits to Essouira, not sure what the actual opening hours are, but if she is open GO! Absolutely delicious food! We went with 5 other people so managed to sample a few different dishes and they were all wonderful!

Shloopy

Points +162

Vegan
20 Feb 2025

Delicious food in Essaouira

This place was great. We ordered one of the tagines and the pastilla as well as soup. All were delicious. You travel around Morocco enough and you never want to see a tagine ever again because they’re usually bland and boring but this tagine was super tasty and made with care, maybe one of the best tagines I’ve had in the country. The soup was great and I really liked the pastilla. This is a one woman operation so if you show up and see tables of people already there then expect to wait for your food. But the wait is worth it.

Pros: Pastilla, Beautiful location, Kind owner

Cons: Don’t show up really hungry if you can’t wait

VonSedge

Points +69

Vegan
21 Dec 2024

Great little restaraunt

All the food was freshly made so take your time here. Like everything else in Essaouira you can’t be rushing around and the food is delicious

Pros: Freshly made, Good value, Very pleasant staff and Great location

Cons: Food took a while but it’s made fresh, Hidden location but once found easily found again, No cons really everything was great

Pacyfik

Points +211

Vegan
03 Dec 2024

Best vegan food in the city

Very good dishes in low prices! Best vegan restaurant in Morocco!

Pros: Food level, Prices, Location

Cons: Not good communication with owner

Roparzh

Points +4861

Vegan
14 Oct 2024

Ethical lunch

Big portions, friendly staff and relatively cheap. Paid around 7-8 dirham for food and drink.

Pros: Priceworthy

Cons: Cash only

francesxo

Points +38

Vegan
06 Sep 2024

2 ore e mezza di attesa

Ordiniamo un cuscus e aspettiamo 2 ore e mezza, andiamo a sentire come mai non arriva ,la loro risposta è "ma il cuscus è finito" ci hanno tenuto seduti per 2 ore e mezza senza avvertirci che il cuscus era finito.

Pros: Nulla

Cons: Personale lento, Disorganizzazione

ovh

Points +1435

Vegan
13 Jun 2024

Great place with unreliable opening times

Great place where especially the bastilla is very tasty, a bit to the expensive side but lovely staff ( that does not really speak English ) but you get there by pointing at the menu. Overall I recommend it, because the food is great! Only thing I can’t recommend is the homemade pastry- as its just some simple cookies.

Pros: Great food, Kind staff, Nice atmosphere

Cons: Pastry not worth it

nishaaa

Points +8607

Vegan
10 May 2024

yay

happy there’s a fully vegan restaurant in the city. the pastilla was really delicious but i believe the filling of the spring rolls were noth the same just a different shape. and the falafel were not that special.

RodHorlock

Points +127

Vegetarian
23 Apr 2024

Food was nice...

Food was OK, nice, but expected more flavour...

Updated from previous review on 2024-04-23

Pros: Variety , Price

Cons: More Moroccan taste

Yanick

Points +56

Vegan
07 Mar 2024

Disappointing

After reading the great reviews we decided to give it a try. We went to the place next to it the days before and if you compare the both there is a huge difference in taste. We ordered falafel (which was okay), spring rolls, pastilla (soapy) and lentil soup (very watery). First of all they seemed not interested at all and as mentioned the taste was rather disappointing. The prices are really good however if the food does not taste great this won't make it any better. If you are around, decide to visit the other vegan restaurant with the most delicious items!

JonMosesSchickman

Points +56

Vegan
07 Feb 2024

Homey authentic fresh

I ate here several times over my week in town. It's one of my favorite dinning experiences in the country.

The place seems to be family run & the whole experience felt like being welcomed into someones home. The kitchen is cluttered with various simmering pots. The children are haning around & doing their homework. But the dinning area is still very comforable & it's cool that it opens up onto a square in the heart of the madina.

Food is all made from scratch when you order so allow time for that.

Food is fresh & very authentic. Which I appreciated you can tell some places are catering to tourists exclusivly & lack this quality.

Prices are very reasonable. I love this spot & hope you check it out.

matse

Points +2193

Vegan
24 Oct 2023

A cute restaurant

This is a tiny restaurant at a very cool location in the middle of the medina. It serves typical Moroccan food such as tajine and is very affordable.

MDie

Points +42

Vegan
21 Oct 2023

Best tajine in Morocco

Lovely place, authentic food and the best tajine I had on my trip to Morocco. Very cheap as well!




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