Café-Restaurant Bab El Kasbah — Restaurant in Taroudant

Several years ago, I went to Café-Restaurant Bab El Kasbah every day with my brother for coffees and had several simple dinners on the outside covered terrace during a five-day stay in Taroudant.

Bab El Kasbah serves food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, however, on my most recent stay in Taroudant, there was no food or soup, and no customers were eating. No pizzas were available, though they are listed on the menu.

On the outside covered terrace, there is a large flat-screen LG television for watching football games and other programs.

Café-Restaurant Bab El Kasbah is centrally located and is excellent for people or horse and buggy watching and a place to take a break or short rest while exploring Taroudant.

In late September 2022, I returned to Taroudant for several weeks. To my dismay, Bab El Kasbah was closed and gutted. A waiter at a new fast-food restaurant diagonally across the road on Avenue Moulay Rachid told me Bab El Kasbah was under renovation.

On a visit in late September 2024, I ordered a coffee, but the nonchalant waiter brought one with almost no coffee in it. I ordered one with a lot of coffee. He tried to charge me double.

Sadly, Bab El Kasbah is no longer worth trying to eat in as, most times, little or no food is actually available.

The last straw was the extremely loud noise blaring from speakers of the television during a football game. The place seemed more like a cinema than a café and "restaurant".

Bab El Kasbah is open during the month of Ramadan in the daytime for tourists, but usually, no food is available, only tea or coffee, etc. It is like a ghost town. The Wi-Fi is strong, and there are electrical outlets for charging telephones or working on a laptop. A clean toilet is available...

The creepy lifeless old dudes always stare at you like you're some kind of zoo exhibition. At least the waiter is quite friendly. There are much better...

Had an omelette with cheese for 15dh. It came with some salad and fries. The menu has many different things to...