L'Amandier at Palais Faraj — Moroccan Fine Dining, Fez
L’Amandier at Palais Faraj was voted by thousands of travelers through TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best 2025 — a recognition that reflects a dining experience combining two of Morocco’s most compelling arguments: the most beautiful rooftop terrace with sweeping medina views, and a menu inspired by the kitchens of the palaces of Fez, once considered the cradle of Moroccan gastronomy.
The cooking takes the royal Moroccan culinary tradition as its source: the bastilla (pigeon pastilla) prepared in the manner of the palace kitchen, the lamb tagines slow-cooked with the preserved lemons and olives that the Fez pantry has been producing for centuries, and the couscous prepared on Fridays with the reverence that Moroccan hospitality requires of the week’s greatest dish.
The wine programme takes Moroccan wine seriously: the Meknes region Syrahs and Cabernets are produced a short drive from Fez and match the palace cooking with the authority of wines grown in the same agricultural tradition. The non-alcoholic rose water drinks that the palace tradition provides are also available.
L’Amandier is the restaurant that justifies a visit to Fez specifically for the table. The medina view from the rooftop terrace at sunset, the palace cooking, and the Palais Faraj setting together produce an experience that is specifically and irreducibly Fasi.
Best Occasion: Proposal
A rooftop terrace above one of the world’s most intact medieval medinas, with the minarets and rooftops of Fez spread below at sunset: L’Amandier provides a proposal setting that uses 1,200 years of living history as its backdrop.
Best Occasion: Impress Clients
TripAdvisor Best of Best 2025, palace kitchen menus, and the most beautiful medina view in Morocco: L’Amandier communicates a depth of culinary knowledge and cultural engagement that the more obvious Marrakech restaurants cannot match.