Walili — Restaurant in arrondissement de Tanger-Medina طنجة المدينة

Several years ago, a part-time resident of Tangier invited me to a lunch at Restaurant Walili, a totally unpretentious no-frills place located down the steps from the Minzah and frequented mainly by Moroccans at lunch time. I learned from my friend that the restaurant was becoming popular with other European and American residents as an alternative to Restaurant Bachir.

Walili has a delicious and generous couscous every Friday for about 38 dirhams, but as we went to the restaurant on a Thursday, my friend ordered a chicken tajine and I tried a fish tajine. Both were brought to our table, steaming hot, by a polite young waiter, and the baguette in the bread basket was crispy fresh. Again, only dirhams for a filling delicious lunch. My harira soup was only 5 dirhams (it’s now 7 DH).

Restaurant Walili is simple and clean, and the food is quite good but not gourmet. Don't expect white cotton table cloths, linen napkins or uniformed waiters.

I have walked by this place many times and was always curious about it, so now I know how it actually is.

Later, I returned to Restaurant Walili with another friend for a chicken tajine, and it was juicy, a generous portion, and steaming hot. However, I made the mistake of ordering a small plate of French fries (pommes frites). I specifically asked they be cooked very well so they would be hot and crispy. Yet the fries arrived oily and were still not cooked enough and not very hot, nor were they crispy.

So I immediately took the plate to the back counter by the kitchen, and after five minutes it was brought back to my table. I was disappointed that the French fries were still not well cooked, and a bit greasy, so I will certainly not eat them again at Walili.

Overall Restaurant Walili is good for tajines, brochettes, couscous and salads. And it is very cheap. There were only two waiters. No WiFi here. You pay up front before you leave. No credit cards; only...

Fantastic food at very good prices with swift and polite service. Highly recommended! We came for lunch around 2pm and had a nice French-style salad (12 Dh), the fish tagine (tajine de poisson, 27 Dh) which comes with boiled potatoes and carrots, and flavored with lemons and a red chilli, and the brochettes poulet (six chicken skewers with fries and Moroccan/Spanish rice and the ubiquitous Moroccan tomato dipping sauce, 25 Dh.) Served with bread and water. Coke, including Zero (sugar free), and other soft drinks 7 Dh. The fish tajine came with an entire fish, and was delicious and filling. The skewers were perfectly charcoal grilled (not overdone, nor was the fish), and the rice was nicely spiced with cinnamon. A steal at about $7.50 American for two full tourists. We will be back to try the chicken and meat (beef, I assume) tajines as well as the fried fish platter, which were in heavy demand by the hungry Moroccans that filled up the place shortly after we sat down. They're open for dinner too I believe. Check out the menu I...

Hello, I had dinner here today at the Walili restaurant. The food was very tasty, I ate shrimp with sauce and a delicious egg. It was extremely tasty and the service was very good. I also got some very tasty fries. Overall, I highly recommend it and it was very cheap, I only...