Restaurant Nomade — Restaurant in Essaouira

My first ever negative review. I am generally a fan of Essaouira and its restaurants. Hence this, my seventh holiday visit. The menu at Nomade looks attractive but my experience was terrible. I seated myself on the open 4th floor top deck. I was the only customer. The waiter appeared. I asked both in English and French what was the soup of the day (I like fish soup). He disappeared ostensibly to find out. A whole 15 minutes later he re-appeared with a bowl of (?) carrot soup that I had not ordered. I declined that and pointed to the two items of the menu that I wanted and told him in both English and French what I wanted. The crab starter eventually arrived (There was no real sign of the tomato coulis on my plate). The monkfish main course never did. I waited and waited and waited then left after 90 minutes. When I descended to the ground floor the waiter and cook looked non-plussed that I wanted more than one course. I left hungry and went elsewhere. Maybe I had stand-in staff but it spoilt my evening on my limited stay and valuable time in Essaouira and you risk the same fate. Hence, with...

Really nice restaurant tucked in a small street with a sun terrace where the wind doesn’t blow as much so good to chill out with a drink. Very cool interiors too. However, we waited 1 hour and a half for our food to arrive - we had calamari which were tasty but could do with some more salt/seasoning and a fish fillet - there was no fresh fish in the whole city on that day because the wind was too strong for fishermen to go fishing that morning so we were happy to find a place with some fish.The fillet was quite small and the side was just steamed vegetables which we didn’t know so not really an exciting dish. This was all ok tho until we got charged 60 dirham/6€ for two bottles of water. Ridiculous when in shops you buy one bottle for 6 dirham. When we paid, the cashier also gave us 10dirham/1€ less back and didn’t say anything. This seemed a bit rude. Overall wouldn’t come back when there are some nice and cheap restaurants with better food all...

I came here in the early evening, so maybe I should have come later, but as much as the food was delicious, I found the seating arrangement less than ideal. I was placed on the rooftop (which in all fairness had lovely views, so that was fine), and had to go back downstairs to check on my order, as for the starter, it took quite some time. The food is cooked fresh, and I understand that takes time, but it would have been nice to have been updated without having to search for the server. He was however, very nice, and did bring some complimentary snacks. The food was delicious, and was an interesting change from the more traditional dishes to be found in Essaouira. The restaurant is decorated beautifully, so I can't fault the atmosphere. It would be interesting to come back when the place is...