The open-sky patio
Beneath the orange trees, beside the zellige fountain. The morning table — and the summer dinner table, under the stars.
The table
Homemade Moroccan cooking, by Milouda.
At Riad Samsara, the table is a family matter. Milouda cooks the way people cook at home in Marrakech: the morning market, spices measured by eye, tajines left to simmer in no particular hurry. Nothing here comes off a menu — it all comes out of her kitchen.
Breakfast included Dinner on request Vegetarian on request
made
at home
at home
The morning
Breakfast, among the orange trees
Day breaks over the patio and the round mosaic table fills up: golden msemen, honeycombed beghrir, warm breads, homemade jams, orange juice pressed that morning. The fountain murmurs, the tea steams, the orange trees do the rest. It is included in your stay — take your time, the medina will wait.
The morning menu
- Msemen & beghrir griddled to order
- Warm breads straight from the oven
- Homemade jams orange, fig, whatever is in season
- Orange juice pressed that morning
- Mint tea poured from on high, as it should be
Served in the patio, included in your stay.
“Switch off the world, light a candle.”
by
candlelight
candlelight
The evening
Dinner, by candlelight
In the evening, on request, Milouda lights her stoves and the house lights its candles. The tajines have simmered all afternoon; they are served in the lounge, close to the fire, or beneath the open sky of the patio. Moroccan salads, the tajine of the day, an orange dessert, mint tea — home cooking, not restaurant cooking.
Vegetarian? Just tell us that morning — the Bab Taghzout market does these things very well.
On request Slow-simmered tajines Served in the lounge or patio
Stay 2 nights direct and your welcome meal is on the house — Milouda takes care of it.
Where you eat
From the patio to the rooftops
The table follows the light: the patio in the morning, the lounges when the night turns cool, the terrace when the medina stretches out in the sun.
The lounges, by the fire
Two lounges opening onto the patio, kilim banquettes and a wood fire. Winter dinners take shelter here, by candlelight.
The rooftop terrace
Afternoon tea between bougainvillea and minarets, above the murmur of the medina.
Dinner is served
A place is set for you.
Breakfast is already part of your stay — and Milouda is only waiting for a word to light the dinner candles.