Reviews of Restaurant Marrakesh – Lunch/Dinner
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Reviewed by SteamPrincessa Review Date: 08/13/2021
Rating: (9) Recommended
Restaurant Marrakesh is a must do for my family. We all love the style of food and the atmosphere. The belly dancing is fun & you always feel like you're getting a lot of food! It's nice that it feels tucked away from a lot of the crowds & that it is all indoors so also airconditioned.
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Beautiful! Authentic food & atmosphere and feels tucked away/immersive.Cons:
There are plenty of people, especially young kids, who may not want to wait for table service as well as the spices and flavors are adventurous!Reviewed by DArcese Review Date: 03/25/2020
Rating: (9) Recommended
The atmosphere, entertainment, food, and drinks are all spectacular! The restaurant is a lovely reflection of how beautiful the pavilion is. My family and I love the immersive ambiance and the belly dancing entertainment is so much fun! In addition, the food is a little more adventurous, which my family of foodies loves! This has become a staple during our annual family trip!
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Ambiance, decor, music. Authenticity of recipes. Entertainment experience (live music and belly dancing) Great seating for large familiesCons:
My foodie family loves the menu and the Moroccan spices, but it may be a little flavorful or adventurous for a more simple palate.Reviewed by tiffynicole1984 Review Date: 12/29/2018
Rating: (9) Recommended
Restaurant Marrakesh was very good and doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. My only minor complaint is that for nut allergies the only dessert available was a fruit cup. My boyfriend and I ate here on Thursday December 6, 2018 for lunch. Good food. A belly dancer dances every thirty minutes or so. Check out the menu and you may be pleasantly surprised! Moroccan cast members were standing at the front of Morocco to try to promote this restaurant when we were here and we told them how much we enjoyed it.
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Belly dancer, good food, good themingCons:
Doesn't get the recognition it deserves, fruit cup only dessert option for nut allergiesReviewed by mochridh Review Date: 09/24/2016
Rating: (9) Recommended
Sixth visit to Disney, sixth meal at Marakesh. Very, very good as usual.
My friend and I shared the Jasmina salad appetizer - light, flavourful selection of prepared vegetables and olives served with Moroccan bread.
I ordered the lamb shank meshoui, my friend the lamb couscous. We both enjoyed every bite and the portions were too much for us to finish. Neither of us had room for dessert.
I was happy to confirm that Marakesh continues to be one of the better meals at Epcot, remains top 10 on our list.
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food, ambianceCons:
noneReviewed by shadowpup Review Date: 03/05/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
We really liked this place. The food was good. We loved the belly dancer & music being performed. The server was wonderful! She noticed my husband heavily peppering his meal. She offered him hot sauce. It was fantastic! She then put some in a cup with foil over it for us to take with us & gave us the recipe.
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noneReviewed by ashjay921 Review Date: 02/20/2013
Rating: (9) Recommended
Our favorite at Epcot! We were there for a recent trip and had dinner one night and lunch another day. The goat cheese appetizer is the best and a must try! (That's why we had to go back for more). The beef shish kabobs are our favorite entree and if you enjoy coffee after a meal the coffee is excellent!
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Goat cheese app & Shish KabobsCons:
—Reviewed by Camryn1993 Review Date: 11/02/2020
Rating: (10) Recommended
This is what Epcot is all about!!! This beautiful palace tucked away from all the hustle and bustle is truly like stepping into another world. I remember when I first booked this my family was very skeptical of the food options. I am so glad I proved to them all how amazing it was! The chicken falls off the bone and the desserts were incredible. Step out of your comfort zone and give this hidden gem a try. You’ll be glad you did, and if you wish you didn’t...at least you saw some beautiful belly dancers!
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Delicious food. Beautiful ambiance. Tucked away from hustle and bustle. Peaceful experience.Cons:
May have trouble convincing picky eaters.Reviewed by olivemargaret22 Review Date: 03/24/2020
Rating: (10) Recommended
I grew up coming to this restaurant. It is a family fave. I will say when I was small I was a bit too picky to be pleased with it. But from trying my parents food and going there year after year I grew to absolutely love it. It is a really good way to introduce kids to food they aren't familiar with may actually love!
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Delicious, belly dancers are funCons:
Kind of far back there in the pavilionReviewed by AdventurelandFan Review Date: 02/14/2020
Rating: (10) Recommended
The somewhat low ratings for this restaurant are both shocking and disheartening. I've been coming here for literally decades and have not, as of January 2020, ever had a bad experience. I always get a table by the entertainment area and have never been less than pleased with that choice. Unlike, say, Germany, the volume of the entertainment is a pleasant accompaniment to the meal. To me, it's worth going all-in for the Taste of Morocco multi-platter dish, as this acquaints you with most of the possibilities the restaurant has to offer.
The service has always been delightful when I've been there, and I don't think there's a more gorgeous, immersive, well-appointed dining space anywhere in any part of Walt Disney World.
This is flatly one of my favorite full service restaurants in all of WDW. It's miles ahead of almost anything in the Magic Kingdom or Hollywood Studios, and it's on par with the best full-service joints in Animal Kingdom and the rest of the World Showcase. There are some resort dining opportunities — Jiko at Animal Kingdom Lodge, just for a start — that offer better food for just a little bit more. So if your only criterion Is pure food quality, you may want to think about putting the money you'd spend here into that very fine dining establishment.
Along those same lines, a special note for lamb fans: none of Morocco's dining experiences serve the best lamb on property. Jiko has a lamb dish that defines the word "succulent", and it might make Marrakesh pale ever so slightly. But that lamb dish is also significantly more expensive, and Morocco's lamb is better than what most Americans can get in their home towns. (The truly disappointing lamb is really at Spice Road, in my experience.)
If what you're looking for is a memorable dining experience, with entertainment and a smashing ambience, go for a mid-day Taste of Morocco, and be sure to take your time looking at the quality of the workmanship that’s gone into the construction of this place. Why mid-day? Because a lot of the times you can get in without a reservation. Marrakesh is pretty hidden away from foot traffic, so most people don't even know it's there. And that's a genuine positive for a park restaurant. It's not enough for a restaurant to be good — you also have to actually be able to get in.
For me, Marrakesh strikes a neat balance between entertainment, ambience, service, food quality and table availability.
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Service, food, ambience, entertainmentCons:
Better lamb at Jiko, if for a heftier priceReviewed by disneydiner Review Date: 06/03/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
My niece had never dined at Restaurant Marrakesh so this was a treat for both of us. It had been a long time since I ate here. We started with the goat cheese appetizer and cocktails. I let my niece order two entrees that we would share and she picked the chicken couscous and the fish tangine.
The couscous was good but the fish was fantastic.
We both said we'd order it again. We ended our meal with hot Moroccan mint tea which was the perfect ending to a perfect meal. Our waiter, the music and belly dancer and the restaurant itself added to our lovely evening. A couscous doggie bag followed my niece home!
