Est. 2018, Tifoultoute, Ouarzazate

La Table du BerbèreOuarzazate

Berber cuisine, by reservation

Since 2018, A table in Tifoultoute

Here, dinner takes its time.

La Table du Berbère is a small restaurant at Riad Chay, in the douar of Tifoultoute, ten minutes from the centre of Ouarzazate. We opened in 2018 and we cook one thing: the food of this region, the way it is cooked at home.

Tagines simmer in clay. Couscous is rolled by hand. The vegetables come from the garden behind the house. Chef Jasmin writes a menu for the evening, and you choose your starter, your main and your dessert from it.

Opened in 2018
Moroccan and Berber cuisine only
Reservation required

The restaurant

From chef Jasmin's kitchen

The dishes of the house

Four dishes carry the table. They are on the menu most evenings, in one version or another.

01 House dish

Berber tagine

Slow-cooked in clay, served steaming.

Choose from Chicken with vegetables, Lemon chicken, Beef with vegetables, Ground beef with egg, Vegetarian
02 House dish

Seven-vegetable couscous

Hand-rolled semolina, broth and seasonal vegetables.

Choose from Chicken, Beef, Merguez, Vegetarian
03 House dish

Chicken rfissa

Shredded msemen, chicken, lentils, onions and Moroccan spices.
04 House dish

Pastilla

Crisp layered pastry with almonds, cinnamon and icing sugar.

Choose from Chicken, Fish

Tonight

Compose your menu
for the evening

Each evening, you compose your own menu by choosing one starter, one main course and one dessert from our selection.

Everything is made in our kitchen from fresh produce, specifically for your table. That is why we ask you to share your choices with us in advance.

Reservation required

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One starter

Starters

Briouates and samosas

A trio of crisp pastries: chicken, minced meat, cheese.
Nems

Crisp rolls: vegetarian, meat, cheese.
Vegetable soup

Garden vegetables, simmered slowly.
Moroccan salad

Tomato, cucumber, onion, olives, olive oil.
Mosaic of Moroccan salads

Several cooked and raw salads served together, to share.

One main course

Main dishes

Berber tagine

Slow-cooked in clay, served steaming. Choose from: Chicken with vegetables, Lemon chicken, Beef with vegetables, Ground beef with egg, Vegetarian
Seven-vegetable couscous

Hand-rolled semolina, broth and seasonal vegetables. Choose from: Chicken, Beef, Merguez, Vegetarian
Chicken rfissa

Shredded msemen, chicken, lentils, onions and Moroccan spices.
Pastilla

Crisp layered pastry with almonds, cinnamon and icing sugar. Choose from: Chicken, Fish

One dessert

Desserts

Orange with cinnamon

Morocco's simplest dessert, and one of its freshest.
Basbousa

Semolina cake soaked in syrup.
Crêpes with chocolate

Thin crêpes, melted chocolate, flaked almonds.
Moroccan pastries

Assorted small almond and honey pastries.

Mint tea and mineral water accompany every menu. Mint tea and 1.5 L mineral water

The evening

Atmosphere
of a night in Ouarzazate

Inside, between stone and lanterns. Outside on the patio under the parasols, or on the roof when the heat goes.

The evening

An evening at the table

You arrive as the light goes orange on the walls. Someone brings mint tea. The tagine has been cooking for an hour already.

01 Step

Arriving

Dinner starts at 6 pm. If you have ordered ahead, the kitchen has been working since the afternoon. If not, allow about an hour and a half: it is slow food, cooked to order.
02 Step

The table

White linen, a striped Berber blanket across the end of the table, a clay vase, candles once the sun is down. Water comes in a basket-covered bottle, tea in a silver pot.
03 Step

The plates

Salads and briouates first. Then the tagine arrives still covered, and the lid comes off at the table. Couscous is served from a painted dish. Dessert is oranges with cinnamon, or pastries.
04 Step

After

Stay for the tea. Go up to the roof if the night is clear. Nobody will hurry you.