The Es Saadi resort's nocturnal lounge, where the resident band plays until the casino crowd goes home.
L'Épicurien sits inside the Casino de Marrakech on the Es Saadi resort grounds, and it solves a real Hivernage problem: where to eat and drink well after midnight. The kitchen serves French and Mediterranean plates with Moroccan accents until the small hours, and the room runs daily from 8pm to 5am.
The music is the reason to choose it over a hotel bar. From Wednesday to Sunday, live acts take the corner stage, anchored by resident band The Kech Experience, whose set lists Vivre Marrakech describes as reliably festive. The energy lands between supper club and late lounge, louder than Churchill Bar in Marrakech but far more conversational than a club floor.
It draws the post dinner and post casino crowd, which keeps the room interesting at 2am when most of the city's live music venues have gone quiet.
The room wraps low banquettes and lacquered tables around a compact stage, with the casino's glow filtering through the entrance. Es Saadi styles it cozy and glamorous, and the description holds: this is date lighting, not club lighting. Ask for a banquette within sight of the stage on band nights.
The bar team builds classics around Moroccan ingredients, mint tea reductions, orange blossom, dates, and saffron. Cocktails run MAD 130 to 190, fair for a resort venue. Order from the signature list rather than calling standards; Made in City's review singles out the house creations as the program's strength.
Before midnight the room holds couples and dinner parties from the resort. After 1am the casino crowd and the city's hospitality workers drift in, and the band leans into its dance floor numbers. Weekends hold the energy until close at 5am.