In the old Marrakech, barbecue restaurants range across the street for gourmet banquets. The service is attentive and overall, the freshness of ingredients make good food with flavor. However, beware of salads and fresh fruit in cheaper restaurants. Hygiene is not always what it should be.
In the Medina, as the sun sets in the central square of Jemaa el-Fna, more than 100 open kitchens are swiftly set in rows, lined with benches and illuminated by overhead lights. Within the hour, the road turns into what must be one of the greatest restaurants in the world outside. Most places specialize in a particular dish, such as merguez (spicy sausage), grilled kebabs and soup harira. The more adventurous will find delicacies such as boiled sheep heads, eel and lots of snails. Discs of bread take the place of silverware. Language is not a problem, since the menus and prices hang above most stalls, otherwise, just point at what you want.
There are a variety of restaurants around town, here are just the most popular are:

Dar Moha:
One of the best restaurants in Marrakech. A century riad 19, former home of designer Pierre Balmain. Great lunch time set menus and skewered grilled lamb and vegetable tagines. Dinner menu includes several interesting changes in traditional Moroccan cuisine. Try to get a table in the walled garden. Book in advance for weekends. 81 rue Dar el Bacha (00 212 44 386 400).

Dar Yacout - One of the most famous restaurants in the city. Located in a beautiful riad, near the Bab Doukkala., Dinner only. It may be popular with groups, so worth booking ahead. 79 Sidi Ahmed Souissi. (00 212 44 441 903).

Ksar Essaoussan:
A charming riad, offering drinks on the patio before dinner. You can also walk around the house and admire the furniture and the view from the rooftop terrace.
3 Derb El Chorfa Messaoudyenne. Outside the Rue des ksour, across the street Fatima Zohra, where you will be greeted by a guard. (00 212 44 440 632).

Le Pavillon:
For an alternative to Moroccan cuisine, this beautiful Riad serves delicious French cuisine. Dinner only. Closed Tuesdays. 47 Derb Zaouia. (00 212 44 387 040).

Le Jacaranda:
Lively restaurant in the New Town serving excellent French and Moroccan dishes. Closed Tuesdays. 32 Bd Zerqtouni Muhammad. (00 212 44 447 215).

Villa Rosa:
A restaurant popular French / Italian in the New Town with a few tables on a terrace.
64 Avenue Hassan II. (00 212 44 430 832).

Catanzaro:
A small restaurant occupied in the New Town, where he put in as many tables as possible. Good for pizza and pasta. Book for the night. Closed Sundays. Rue Tarak Ibn Ziad. (00 212 44 433 731).

Café Arabe:
The relatively new Café Arabe is the first proper coffee in the alleyways of the Medina. Italian food (the owners are of Roma), salad bar, and a selection of homemade quiches, tarts and cakes. The facilities also include a cozy bar and a small covered terrace overlooking the rooftops of the city.
Mouassine 184 Street (00 212 44 42 97 28).

Chez Chegrouni:
In Jemaael-Fna, the favorite restaurant of all cheap and cheerful in the Medina. basic furnishing with a small terrace in front, is popular with locals and tourists alike. Soups, salads, grilled meats, couscous and tagines are on the menu. Arrive early, as it is to stop.

KM 9:
You will need a taxi to get to mile 9, which is 9 south of downtown. It is quite unique - a super-sleek open on a rural road that combines an informal bar-lounge with an intimate dinner. The food is Italian, is in the form of four menus at reasonable prices. After dinner, guests can retreat to the back garden hung with hundreds of colored lanterns plus disco lights and a sound system of last generation.
Route de l'Ourika, KM9 (00 212 44 37 63 73).

Le Fondouk:
One of the new-style chic restaurants of the city, the food is Moroccan with excursions into French and Italian cuisine. The terrace is open during the summer months. It is best to book in advance on weekends. To get there, take a taxi to the medina Moukef and enforce.
55 Souk Hal Fassi, Kat Bennahid (00 212 44 3,781 90).

Les Trois Palmiers:
L'Italien and Le Marocain restaurants in the Mamounia hotel are excellent. Best of all is the splendid buffet set out by the pool at Les Trois Palmiers, with the opportunity to walk through the excess in the beautiful gardens surrounding the pool later. Smart dress expected.
La Mamounia, Avenue Bab Jedid (00 212 44 38 86 00).

Le Tobsil:
In typical Marrakech, food in Le Tobsil just keeps on coming, course after another, a collection of small vegetarian meze, followed by pill, tajine and couscous dish, and finally the fruit and tea or coffee accompanied by cakes or cakes. Appetizers and wine included. The menu changes daily, is around Dh 550 per head. The restaurant is located in a beautiful old house in the medina, where guests sit on two levels around a courtyard and entertained by gnawa musicians during the meal.
22 Derb Moulay Abdellah Ben Hessaien, Ksour Bab (00 212 44 44 4052).

Rôtisserie de la Paix:
An old favorite of expatriates, which opened its doors in 1949. The garden courtyard with fountain, illuminated at night by candlelight and offers a lovely place to enjoy a wide selection of grilled meats with carbon experts like the restaurant's name suggests.
Guéliz 68 rue de Yougoslavie, (00 212 44 43 31 18). Open daily 15:00 noon-8pm-11pm.