Good live music, super friendly staff. Spaghetti bolognaise was good and filling, couscous was tasty. Decent sized portions. Great atmosphere and cool art on the walls and tables.

The restaurant seemed quirky and so we decided to go in. You go up these steep steps. However that is about as good as it gets. The service was slow..the food was average and worst of all they had no fish available. I was right next to the sea!!! Shocking

Great little spot with a cool vibe. Stopped in for a quick lunch, reasonable prices and decent portions. Berber omelette was really good. The stairs to the top terrace are basically a spiral ladder, which is always good fun. You may struggle if your..erm..portions are also generous.

Café des Arts is a "must" in Essaouira for every musician. The food and the music is very good. The Gembri player is the best one I've seen so far and the staff sometimes get together to play the percussion and sing. The staff interacts with us and the athmosfere created is very funny, although my experience at this Café didn't finish so well because of the violinist. He is very rude, agressive, and actually does nothing relevant inside the music group.

The place is so beautiful the live music is awesome we really enjoyed the food at the place , aziz the owner is a wonderful person, i highly recommend this restaurant

Beautiful atmosphere with candle lit tables and live musician singing and playing guitar. Lovely decor and the terrace was nice. Delicious food - we had the spaghetti and the couscous and also tried the selection of “patisserie morocaine”

In general, this restaurant offers a great dining experience by all standards, great food, professional service and a good view

The chicken tagine with prunes was delicious, the spaghetti bolognese was very disappointing- spaghetti was way too cooked and inedible. When I told the manager as he asked how our food was, he told me that the specialities here are morrocan- my suggestion then is to not offer any other foods. He also did not give me my change back, as politely asked. We walked away frustrated from our dinner experience

If you are curious about Moroccan music and like Moroccan food—or seek a cozy but lively atmosphere—go straight to Restaurant Café Des Arts and hear their live music and eat their delicious tagine. If you’re like me, you’ll spend a couple of hours there. (We went in the evening; I’m not sure if they have music in the daytime.). I spent a week in Morocco (Marakesh, Essaouira, El Jadid, and Casablanca) in late December, and the evening spent at Restaurant Café Des Arts was the highlight of my entire trip !!! That’s why I’m taking the time to write this review. We started on the rooftop (because it has a view) but immediately descended one flight to the room where one musician was singing and playing gimbri (plucked string instrument) while another guy sang and played percussion—but surprisingly he was the same guy who took our food order just moments before. That’s how it is at Café Des Arts: Presumably a family-runned business, at any moment another of the food wait staff joins in, singing and playing hand drums or another percussion instrument, each one a competent musician in his own right. At one point there were four musicians playing and singing together; while at other times it’s only one (while others serve food). This is a marvelous one-of-a-kind place. Even the cook sometimes takes a break and sits down next to you to enjoy the music. And the food ! Oh my, this was the tastiest tagine I had in my entire trip, and the portion was huge. I also had an eggplant salad that I enjoyed. Don’t miss the opportunity to go to Restaurant Café Des Arts while in Essaouira.

We had lunch at Café des Arts with our friends and children. We sat on the rooftop terrace. The menu is nothing to write home about; apart from the usual tagines and omelettes there's poor spaghetti. Omelette Berber was probably the best dish, but I've tasted better. However, the young waiter guy tried to hug and seduce at least 3 of the women when they went to the bathroom. Not cool, dude, not cool.

Wee lovely place to have a Moroccan tea and chill.

Nice cozy place, live gnaoua music, good food, reasonable prices.

Nice restaurant really tasty food, the server doesn't understand all what you ask but the food taste great.

Great food and ambiance. Gnaoua music was played live and it made for the best night in Essaouira. Recommend :)

We tried drinks : tea and juice. The place was quite empty but we waited 15+ minutes to get the order. Less than average drinks quality for relativelly high prices, teaglasses looked dirty .

We enjoy a really nice dinner there, food quality is good and prices are very fair.

My wife’s tajine was very good but my bolognese was so overcooked that it was basically inedible. The excuse was “but its not a traditional dish”.. to which we said “then don’t put it on your menu”. He also didn’t give us back the change after paying. Live music was fun but very loud so you couldn’t really chat much. We walked away frustrated, unfortunately.

A nice rooftop restaurant with good food, extremely nice staff and beautiful local music. They really go out of their way to make you feel welcome, while you enjoy their music. 100% recomend! ❤❤❤