The Golden Bar is the cocktail bar of Palais Faraj Suites & Spa at Bab Ziat, on the rim of the Fez medina. It runs from 7pm to midnight, in an Art Deco room with glass on three sides looking straight down over the old city and out to the hills. The list covers signature cocktails, fine wines, champagnes and tapas.
Why people go
The Golden Bar at Palais Faraj in Fez is a cocktail bar set high on the edge of the medina at Bab Ziat, with glass on three sides over the old city.
The room is done in Art Deco with Moroccan detail, and the hotel's own line is that it feels like the deck of a lit up cruise liner sailing over a thousand year old medina.
Bartenders build signature cocktails with premium spirits and local ingredients, and the list runs to fine wines and champagnes.
In a city with very few licensed bars, this is one of the small number of proper cocktail rooms.
Music & vibe
The seating is armchairs and banquettes around low tables rather than a dance floor.
A curved gold bar counter runs along one side, lit from below, with the city beyond the glass.
The hotel bills it as an intimate room for a long evening, with tapas served alongside the drinks.
It is a sit down bar, so it suits a slow drink before or after dinner rather than a late night out.
Opening hours
The Golden Bar opens from 7pm to midnight.
Getting in
The bar is inside Palais Faraj at Bab Ziat, on Avenue de l'Unesco, right where the medina meets the road, so a taxi can drop you at the door.
The hotel takes table reservations for the bar through its concierge on +212 535 63 53 56.
Arriving before dark gets you the medina view while there is still light in the sky.
Good to know
Tapas are served with the drinks, so it works as a first stop before dinner.
Palais Faraj also runs L'Amandier restaurant and a roof top garden, plus the Essencia Spa downstairs.
The bar closes at midnight, so plan anything later somewhere else.
The Golden Bar is inside Palais Faraj Suites & Spa at Bab Ziat, on Avenue de l'Unesco, on the edge of the Fez medina. A taxi can pull up at the hotel door, unlike the riad bars deeper inside the walls.
The Golden Bar at Palais Faraj is open from 7pm to midnight.
The Golden Bar serves signature cocktails made with premium spirits and local ingredients, plus fine wines, champagnes and tapas. It is one of a small number of licensed cocktail bars in Fez.
Yes. The Golden Bar is glazed on three sides and looks straight down over the ancient medina of Fez and out to the hills behind. Coming before dark gets you the view while there is still light.
Yes. Palais Faraj takes table reservations for The Golden Bar through its concierge on +212 535 63 53 56.