Iconic Italian villa restaurant in Guéliz since 1974
Marrakech·Restaurant
La Trattoria
Iconic Italian villa restaurant in Guéliz since 1974
La Trattoria is Marrakech's most enduring Italian restaurant, open since 1974 in a Bill Willis-designed Art Deco villa in Guéliz. Dinner is served by candlelight around an indoor pool beneath a soaring glass roof draped with Moroccan lanterns, while lunch takes place in a shaded garden. The menu centres on fresh handmade pasta, Moroccan-sourced ingredients, and classic Italian mains — all in a setting that feels like a private house that has been quietly expecting you for fifty years.
Why eat here
La Trattoria in Marrakech is one of the city's oldest continuously operating restaurants, open since 1974 in a Bill Willis-designed Art Deco villa in Guéliz — the same American designer behind Yves Saint Laurent's Villa Oasis.
Dinner is served poolside beneath a vaulted glass roof hung with Moroccan lanterns, creating one of the most dramatic dining rooms in the city.
The kitchen uses Moroccan-sourced produce — burrata from a local dairy, saffron from the Ourika Valley, vegetables from the restaurant's own garden — woven into an uncompromising Italian menu.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, La Trattoria has remained a benchmark for Italian cooking in Marrakech across half a century.
Menu highlights at La Trattoria include Spaghetti al limone — handmade spaghetti with Ourika Valley saffron, organic lemon, basil, and Pecorino, Vitello tonnato — slow-poached veal with tuna foam and Sicilian capers, Pappardelle con crema di tartufo — truffle cream sauce with capers and Pecorino, Carpaccio di manzo — beef fillet with rocket, Parmesan, and lemon olive oil, L'Incontro — Ourika Valley saffron risotto with scallops and Parmesan foam, and Il nostro tiramisù — house tiramisù with mascarpone and double-espresso biscuit.