Where to eat in Tetouan (Morocco): recommended restaurants

If you have already traveled to Morocco, you will recognize that it is a country where you can eat really well and where the Mediterranean food has the greatest prominence.

Specifically, in the northern morocco along with the typical dishes of the Moroccan gastronomyand Couscous or tag chicken, meat or vegetables, you have a wide variety of salads, as well as fish and seafood.

And, of course, there is no shortage of typical arabic sweets that you find in the numerous pastry shops to accompany the traditional mint tea. Or cakes, like my favorite, the lemon one.

Now, it may not be easy for you to find the right restaurant or eatery to taste the cuisine.

From the experience of my recent trips to Tetouan, then I am going to recommend some restaurants with good value for money.

You will find them both in this city with a charming medina declared Heritage and Ensanche Spanish, as in its surroundings.

The Fish Corner

If you like fish, in this restaurant with a Spanish name, Fish Corner, which you will find in the area of Ensanche Spanish (Avenue Chakib Arsalan), you have a wide variety of fish to choose from.

Accompanied by one of the salads they offer, you will surely be able to enjoy any of the fish preparations they prepare.

Good portions and a price of 10 to 12 euros per person.

The House of Spain

Very close, on the same street and behind the Catholic church of Our Lady of Victory, you have a classic Tetuan among the Spanish, the House of Spain.

This social club, a meeting place for the Spanish community in the Moroccan city, has a restaurant where in an almost European atmosphere you can taste the main dishes of Moroccan gastronomy.

Furthermore, it is one of the few places in Tetuan where you can taste alcoholic beverages, such as beer or wine. From 10 to 15 euros per person.

Riad El Reducto

If you are looking for a place to eat surrounded by exquisite Moroccan decoration, in the Riad El Reducto You will also enjoy a wide variety of Moroccan cuisine dishes.

You will find it in one of the entrance alleys to the Medina of Tetouan from the Mohamed V Avenue, almost on the great esplanade of the Hassan II square where is the Royal Palace.

the redoubt It is another classic place to go to eat among those of us who visit this area regularly, and where you have the attention in Spanish of Ruth, its owner from the Canary Islands.

In this place they also serve you beer and wine, and you can eat for between 12 and 15 euros.

I will also tell you that in this comfortable riad of Spanish property, numerous scenes of the successful television series based on the novel “The time between seams".

Mexican Restaurant in Azla

In the Azla beach, 15 kilometers from the center of Tetuan, you have one of the most popular gastronomic corners in the area where you can have a real “belly” of fresh fish, the Mexican restaurant.

It will be easy for you to recognize it because it is the first building you will find when you arrive at this beach where small fishermen's boats dock every day.

Its parking lot always full with many cars gives you a popularity that reaches Ceuta, because it will be easy for you to see Ceuta families in the merican.

Don't worry, because both in its interior rooms and on its large terrace you will always find a space.

As soon as you enter, on the right, you must choose the fish and seafood that, displayed in a refrigerator, you want prepared to your liking, and for which they will charge you by weight.

They will give you a number that you will place on your table, and while you wait for the fish, you can have some delicious olives and the starters you have ordered.

Once cooked, the fish will arrive to you on large trays for tasting. It depends on what you order, but this meal will cost you between 10 and 12 euros, including desserts.

Mandy Hotel Restaurant

Just seven kilometers north of Tetuan, on the road that takes you to Ceuta On the left, you have access to Malalynne, Where is he mandy hotel, also Spanish owned.

This very popular hotel in summer has a restaurant where, in addition to Moroccan dishes, in its daily menu you can taste typical specialties of Spanish gastronomy, such as the pinto beans that you can see in the photo.

A good corner also for a nice weekend dinner. Here they also serve you beer and wine.