Pool Beach is the all day beach and pool restaurant of Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay, on the Mediterranean coast at M'diq between Tetouan and Fnideq. The resort holds a 700 metre private beach inside a 10 hectare estate, and Pool Beach sits where the infinity pool meets the sand. The menu is directed by Quique Dacosta, the Spanish chef who holds three Michelin stars, and service runs daily from 12:30 to 23:00.
Why people go
Pool Beach is the beach and pool restaurant of Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay in M'diq, on the Mediterranean coast about 25 minutes north of Tetouan.
The resort sits on a 700 metre private beach inside a 10 hectare estate, so the sand in front of Pool Beach is not a shared public strip.
The kitchen works under Quique Dacosta, the Spanish chef who holds three Michelin stars, on tapas pulling from South America, Asia and the Iberian peninsula.
It runs every day from 12:30 to 23:00, which makes it one of the few venues on this coast with a published all day schedule.
What to expect
You can eat at a table on the terrace, around the infinity pool or lying on a sunbed.
An open terrace under parasols with a bar counter facing the water and the Rif hills behind.
The resort's own 700 metre beach behind the terrace, laid out with striped parasols and teak loungers.
Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay counts 55 units in total: 32 one-bedroom suites, 16 two-bedroom suites, five Prestige villas, one Princiere villa and one Royal villa.
Food & drink
The menu covers ceviches, poke bowls, tacos, sushi, skewers, hot dogs, burgers and grilled meats.
Two set combinations are offered, one built around Peru and one around Spain.
Cocktails come from the bar counter and are served at the tables, at the pool edge and on the sunbeds.
The wider resort adds Coccinella for Italian by Massimiliano and Raffaele Alajmo, Le Mediterranee for Spanish coastal cooking, La Table for Asian by Eric Frechon, and the Alboran Club lounge bar.
Opening hours
Pool Beach is open every day from 12:30 to 23:00.
That covers lunch on the sand straight through dinner with no break in service.
Alboran Club, the lounge bar on the same property, runs from sunrise until well after dark.
Best time
June to September is the Mediterranean swimming season here and the months the beach side of the resort is fullest.
A long lunch on a sunbed in the early afternoon is the format the venue is built around.
The kids club La Plage de Lila takes ages 4 to 12, so school holidays bring more families onto the beach.
Good to know
The address is 203 Route de Fnideq, 93200 M'diq, on the RN16 coast road between M'diq and Fnideq.
Alboran Club, the resort's lounge bar, states that it welcomes visitors as well as hotel guests, so the property is not closed to non residents.
The estate also holds a 4,300 square metre Medi-Spa and a boat house with two Riva yachts.
Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay arranges private transfers from Tetouan airport, the closer of the two airports serving this coast.
Pool Beach is on the private beach of Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay at 203 Route de Fnideq, 93200 M'diq, on Morocco's Mediterranean coast. It is about 25 minutes by car north of Tetouan, on the RN16 road running between M'diq and Fnideq.
Pool Beach at Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay is open every day from 12:30 to 23:00. Service runs from lunch on the sand straight through to dinner with no break in between.
The menu at Pool Beach is directed by Quique Dacosta, the Spanish chef who holds three Michelin stars. It blends flavours from South America, Asia and the Iberian peninsula, with ceviches, poke bowls, tacos, sushi, skewers, burgers and grilled meats.
Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay states that its Alboran Club lounge bar welcomes visitors as well as hotel guests, from sunrise until well after dark. For a table at Pool Beach it is best to contact the resort directly, since this is a private 10 hectare estate rather than a public beach.
Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay covers a 10 hectare estate with a 700 metre private beach, 55 suites and villas, a 4,300 square metre Medi-Spa, a kids club called La Plage de Lila for ages 4 to 12, and a boat house with two Riva yachts. Its restaurants and bars are Coccinella, Le Mediterranee, La Table, Pool Beach, Alboran Club and Sesamo.