Pétanque Social Club

Guéliz, after dinner

The club is the newest of Kamal Laftimi’s Marrakech addresses — he is also behind NOMAD and Le Jardin — and the rooms were designed by the Ibiza studio DiegoandAlexeja: terrazzo floors and a marble bar, velvet and chandeliers set against 1970s club chairs from La Mamounia and African stools. The kitchen is French-Mediterranean more than Moroccan, with oven-roasted cauliflower, zaalouk and plates from the grill, and the bar runs to cocktails and a glass of rosé in the garden.

By day the garden is an oasis for a long lunch and a game of boules; by night it turns to mood lighting, wicker lanterns and open fires — informal, and busy without being loud. The entrance is discreet, a doorbell on the street with your reservation as the code, and it stays open late, until one in the morning and two at the weekend.