Family-run restaurant inside the Hatim family home in Fes el-Bali
Vegetarian options available on request
Strictly set-menu — no à la carte
Family also runs the nearby Riad Al Fassia Palace
Restaurant Dar Hatim is a family-run restaurant inside the Hatim family home in the medina, where Karima and her daughters cook a fixed-menu of traditional Fassi dishes — pastilla, lamb m'hamer, vegetable couscous — served in a tiled salon. Same family also runs Riad Al Fassia Palace.
Why eat here
Restaurant Dar Hatim in Fez is the closest most travellers get to a private Fassi home dinner: the same family has cooked here for around 100 years in a building dating back to the 9th century, serving three fixed menus of Moroccan salads, pastilla, lamb m'hamer or tagine and pastries inside their tiled family salon.
Best time
Dinner. Reserve at least 24 hours ahead. The family cooks to order, so they need numbers in the morning.
Yes. The restaurant is tucked deep in the medina with no street sign. Call ahead and the family will send someone to walk you from your riad or from Place R'cif.
Three fixed three-course menus, each opening with Moroccan salads and bread, then either pastilla fassia, steamed lamb or lamb m'hamer (slow-roasted in honey and onions), finishing with Moroccan pastries and ice cream.
Yes — say so when you book. The family adapts the menu around tagines, couscous and salads.
Yes. Seating is limited and the kitchen needs to plan the day's meals. Book at least a day ahead, especially in high season.