Restaurant Albaraka Awrir — Restaurant in caïdat d'Aourir

I made a special journey one lunch time to this restaurant after seeing a YouTube video about it , that a vlogger had made , they cook a mechoui there which is a spit roast lamb .. it all looked very nice when she ate there but in reality for me it wasn't an enjoyable experience or meal .. when you arrive , you walk through a hallway to where you come straight to the grill part of it , when the waiter lifted the lid on the hotplate dish , all there was just seemed to be just cuts of meat , big bones & lots of fat & gristle , maybe I was wrong in thinking that I would see the carcass of a little sheep , it looked that way on the video so this made me question if this was actually cooked that day or was the off cuts/left overs from the day before , it was a Monday so could have been from the weekend , anyway after traveling quiet a way to go there & not wanting to seem " rude " I ordered some & in fairness he let me chose which pieces of meat I wanted , I met him at a table id sat at where he brought the plate of meat then some bread & a small plate of chopped tomato & onion along with a little spicy dip .. I was the only person in the part I sat & there was a sense of dreariness about the place , the real disappointment came when paying the bill as it more than stated at the entrance it that was expensive enough anyway , not a place id recommend as the whole area where the restaurant is , is " depressing &...

I walked in here one Sunday afternoon. I heard they do good tagines here so I wanted to search it out - it’s an interesting old building — full of Moroccan people working and also Moroccan people having a festive tagine - it’s a prayer room here too - the upstairs restaurant is very atmospheric- downstairs I entered the room or hall where they make tagines - all of them very big - family’s come here to share big tagines - they looked very nice - but I don’t eat meat - so I tried their chips and salad Moroccan: next to the tagine place is a traditional bread oven where an old woman was sat making traditional bread - it smelt and looked so good. These where the best chips I tried in the area and they serve it with proper mineral sea salt - i asked for the amazing hot sauce made of chilles and preserved lemon - the salad was good too. It’s great to just sit here eating delicious chips and soak up the busy and festive atmosphere- will come here every time I feel like eating chips - I will try the bread next time or come here to buy traditional bread made by excellent bread makers...

I have known Restaurant Al Baraka in Aourir for many years, but during my last visit this summer (on a family trip from Agadir to Essaouira), I had a very disappointing experience. • The waiting time was more than 20 minutes just for a tajine. • While waiting, we ordered a salad. What we received was shocking for the price: just 4–5 sliced vegetables, a tiny portion of rice, and one egg cut into four pieces — and they charged 90 MAD for it. • The tajine itself was another disappointment: the meat was very tough and hard to swallow.

Overall, the food quality and value for money were far below expectations. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this...