Monday, September 9, 2013

Marrakech - Adelaide

Atmosphere: ***/5
Food: ****/5
Drinks: */5
Service: **/5

With a shop face that hides the elegance within, Marrackech restaurant was definitely a Moroccan surprise!  Located on King William Road this small restaurant offers wonderfully aromatic food with enthusiastic and warm service.




The restaurant is quite small and only holds around forty people. When dining here I would suggest making a booking.   I almost learnt the hard way dining here on a Sunday night, thinking that it would be a reasonably quite night the only tables that were available were outside.

One of the highlights of the night was the hospitality of the owner and chef, Mohammed, who has so much pride for his little restaurant it makes you feel like you are coming into his home, as he comes out and talks to all the customers, he even came out and brought us a taster of a new dish before our meals came out!


We started with the Mezza Platter, the chefs selection of five entrées which seemed like the best bet for a taste of of everything from the dips and the chicken, lamb and beef entrées.  I was originally quite surprised at how expensive the entrées were individually which also helped with my decision to go for the Mezza Platter. After the first course I must say, you get what you pay for, by the time we had finished the first course and the quick tasting I was nearly full!  



We ordered the Meatball Tangine to share (between two people) for the mains and a side of bread and because my dining partner is adamant that cuscus is the devils rice we ordered jasmine rice instead of the traditional Moroccan accompaniment of cuscus!  

The main courses average around thirty dollars a dish which seemed quite expensive, however, as the meals come out in the wonderfully traditional Tangine dishes and are therefore quite large I would suggest that you would need no more than one order between two people, we also had leftovers to take home!



The service here is quite muddled, there is no specific wait staff for tables which meant that we found ourselves being forgotten and going up to the counter to remind and ask the wait staff for things.  This was quickly forgotten as the apologies flowed in and when we did have service it was warm.  On a note for the drinks the gin and tonic I was served was horrible, I am quite sure the tonic was flat and there was no garnish to go with it which was disappointing.



Due to the heaviness of the meals I could not fit dessert in, but the Moroccan coffee was so aromatic I would defiantly suggest you have a try!  There are little things that can be done here to make the dining experience the best but for now, I will still be going back!

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