Les Delices de Tetouan

We decided to eat here based on Tripadvisor reviews and because we really enjoy Moroccan food after visiting the country several times over the years. We ordered a Moroccan salad, veggie couscous, and veggie tajine. I expected a couscous-based cold salad with finely chopped tomatoes, onions, a couple of olives, and parsley on top. Instead, it was a lettuce-based salad with some tomatoes, grated carrots, and some chunks of goat cheese. It tasted fine but it was not at all a Moroccan salad. The veggie couscous and tagine looked authentic, but definitely lacked taste. There were few spices in the recipe, especially in the couscous, causing both dishes to taste bland. We added some harissa to spice it up. Then it was better although the tajine was a bit watery. The service was very friendly and the interior of this little restaurant was wonderful with colorful walls and Arabic music quietly playing in the background – exactly our kind of place. We concluded that this restaurant – like so many others – stray too far from original national cuisine in an effort to overadapt to local tastes. That’s too bad. But, it could be that ethnic restaurants like these must do so in order to survive when most customers are locals. We enjoyed our dining experience here, but we must also say that it didn’t meet our expectations.

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Having walked around in Carcassonne on the hunt for an evening meal, my husband and I stumbled upon Les Delices de Tetouan, a superb little Moroccan restaurant. From the outside you can quite easily by put off, but the old saying, "never judge and book by it's cover ..." is true. We had actually walked away, one because we were not sure, it is down and little street with locals sat outside and two because we felt really over-dressed!! We really enjoy Moroccan food and thankfully, decided to go back. We had a starter each (chosen by the owner - who described them all as "bien") and our favourite, Lamb Tagine. This was all washed down with a lovely Moroccan wine, once again recommended by the owner and finished off with a selection of sweet pastries and mint tea. The mint tea incidentally is sheer heaven and must be tried!! :) Don't be fooled, if you are in the area, make the effort and try some different. Certainly one we would return to and recommend.

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This restaurant was recommended by the owner of the apartment we were staying in and it was just around the corner. From the outside it doesn't look like much, and the interior is quite unassuming but the food was very good. The really nice lady owner/chef didn't speak any English and we speak hardly any French but somehow we managed to make ourselves understood with the odd word and with hand gestures. The food was excellent - we had the chicken tagine with lemon and olives followed by a pastry dessert from a selection shown to us. I also tried the mint tea and I'm quite a convert now.

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Lovely family-run restaurant, good value with charming ambience. We had very tasty aubergine starter and a nice salad (may not be authentic but enjoyed it). For mains we had a lamb tagine - very tasty - and a chicken couscous with lots of lovely big chunks of vegetable. Although the chicken itself (on the bone, of course) was fairly plain, it was easy to hot it up, as needed, with the sauce provided.The little pastries were OK, although I personally prefer the Greek-style baklava dripping with honey and these were drier in style.

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Small but beautiful, as the saying goes. This little family restaurant offers fins Moroccan cuisine, tajines with citron, plum, almonds - always wonderful. Could one dare say it is even better than most restaurants in Morocco itself? I just might!

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