Fez Café is the garden restaurant of Le Jardin des Biehn, a luxury riad set in the former summer palace of Pacha El Mokri in the Fes el-Bali medina. Chef Hicham Moufid cooks a daily-changing market menu from souk and garden produce, blending Moroccan tradition with French and Mediterranean technique. It is one of the few restaurants inside the Fes medina that serves wine and local beer, with dining at the edge of an Andalusian garden or on the rooftop terrace.
Why eat here
Fez Café is the garden restaurant of Le Jardin des Biehn in the Fes el-Bali medina, set in the former summer palace of Pacha El Mokri.
Chef Hicham Moufid, French-trained and also a pastry chef, builds a daily-changing market menu from souk and garden produce.
The cooking blends Moroccan tradition with French and Mediterranean technique.
It is one of the few restaurants inside the Fes medina that serves alcohol, with wine and local beer.
Tables sit at the edge of an Andalusian garden, with a large rooftop terrace for dining under the stars.
Cuisine
A daily-changing market menu mixing Moroccan, French and Mediterranean cooking.
Opening hours
Lunch 12:00–15:00 and dinner 19:30–22:00; closed Thursdays and for the whole of July.
Best time
Come in the evening for dinner under the stars; Saturday for the Arab-Andalusian dinner-concert. Avoid July and Thursdays, when it is closed.
How to combine
In the Douh quarter of Fes el-Bali; reservation recommended. Pair it with a medina walk.
Fez Café is the garden restaurant of Le Jardin des Biehn, in the Douh quarter of the Fes el-Bali medina, set in the former summer palace of Pacha El Mokri.
Chef Hicham Moufid cooks a daily-changing market menu from souk and garden produce, blending Moroccan tradition with French and Mediterranean technique. Because the menu changes each day, specific dishes vary.
Yes. Fez Café is one of the few restaurants inside the Fes medina that serves alcohol, offering wine and local beer.
Fez Café serves lunch from 12:00 to 15:00 and dinner from 19:30 to 22:00. It is closed on Thursdays and for the whole of July. Every Saturday evening it hosts an Arab-Andalusian dinner-concert.