Caravane Café is a bohemian art-restaurant in the Essaouira medina, a riad turned living artwork by painter Didier Spindler. Expect eclectic world cooking — from chicken-almond pastilla to vegetable tagines — plus a rooftop bar and nightly live music.
Why eat here
Caravane Café is one of Essaouira's most atmospheric medina restaurants, a riad turned art space by French painter Didier Spindler.
Colourful hand-painted salons open onto a patio, with a rooftop bar and nightly live entertainment — Gnaoua musicians, fire shows and performers.
The kitchen is eclectic and world-leaning, from chicken-and-almond pastilla to vegetable tagines, with vegetarian and vegan options.
There is a full bar with Moroccan wines, making it as good for an evening drink as for dinner.
Cuisine
Eclectic world cooking with Moroccan, French and Mediterranean influences.
Full bar with Moroccan wines; vegetarian and vegan options.
Best time
Best in the evening, when the salons fill and the live music and shows begin; book ahead at weekends.
How to combine
Set in the Kasbah quarter near the clock tower, it pairs well with an evening stroll through the lantern-lit medina.
Menu highlights at Caravane Café include Chicken and almond pastilla, Seafood pastilla, and Stuffed vegetable tagine.
Caravane Café is an art-restaurant in the Essaouira medina: a riad decorated by painter Didier Spindler, with hand-painted salons, a rooftop bar and nightly live music and performances.
It serves eclectic world cooking with Moroccan, French and Mediterranean influences — dishes such as chicken-and-almond pastilla and vegetable tagines — with vegetarian and vegan options.
Yes. It is known for nightly live entertainment, including Gnaoua musicians, fire shows and other performers, alongside its rooftop bar.
Yes. Caravane Café has a full bar, including Moroccan wines, so it works for an evening drink as well as a meal.