Restaurant Chez Les Frères — Restaurant in Essaouira

We’ve done many restaurants in Essaouira and this one had caught our eyes. From just the small, handwritten menu outside.

I can confidently recommend this as one of the best restaurants in Essaouira. I certainly had my best meal in my time in Essaouira this year in Chez Les Frères. It’s owned by brothers, passionate chefs with a true love for food and you can taste this in every bites of their dishes.

We had the falafels and the Zaalouk to start with. The falafel were exquisite, with a taste of freshness, and the Zaalouk had a more warm taste with hints of smoke paprika. Delicious… then.. the monkfish tajine. A sweet caramelised onion seasoned with cinnamon… with cooked to perfection pieces of monkfish. It was just absolutely yummy!

We were left with one feeling. The desire to come back to taste more of the lovely food. We...

Chez les freres is cozy, traditional restaurant run by amazing people, our host was very nice and welcoming he was considerate and very attentive to detail, he gave us free sweets at the end, taught us how to make flowers with tissue and recommended us a few places to visit while talking to us about the history of the city. I really respect their structure and their choice to not overcrowd the menu they have a few selected items and have a finite number of groceries to avoid waste and over consumption. We had fish tagines and taktouka to our suprise they were pretty sweet, the tagine was made with caramelized onions and raisins. And Despite not being a fan of sweet and savoury meals we had a nice experience it was not bad at all just different than what our palettes prefer and...

We first went to Chez Les Freres to check out the cookery class and discovered the super chilled vibes inside the restaurant. We met Marwan who took the two of us on a tour of Essaouira, visiting the old Jewish streets, museum and the oldest synagogue in the Medina. He took us to the markets and spice shop where we tried the Royal Tea. We then headed back to the restaurant to cook tagine, zaalouk and falafel. It was an incredible experience and so much more than we expected. The food was delicious and Marwan is an excellent guide and teacher who is very friendly and accommodating. We loved it so much we went back for dinner on the last night! Can’t recommend this family run restaurant of 3...