By Steeve
Taghazout has gone from sleepy fishing village to surf-foodie pin on the map in just a few years. Since 2018, breakfast cafés, rooftops and beach kitchens have multiplied, and you can now walk to 30-plus places without leaving town. Add seafood at Aourir’s banana village, cliff-edge crêperies in Imouran, and Agadir wine dinners 25 minutes south, and your post-surf options get serious. Most spots run 30 to 150 MAD (about 3 to 14 euros). Cash still rules small cafés, cards work at hotels and rooftops, and alcohol shows up at a handful of rooftops plus most Agadir restaurants.
Mornings in Taghazout split between two camps: a quick coffee-and-msemen before dawn patrol, or a long post-surf brunch that turns into lunch. The strip from the main square down to Hash Point covers both ends, and the M14 road towards Tamraght adds another handful of breakfast hideouts. Cash is your friend here, most of these spots don’t take cards.
Smoothie bowls, pancakes, good coffee, bring a laptop off-peak. Typical breakfast 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros). Try the smoothie bowls at Cafe Mouja. The terrace gets sun from about 9am, and the wifi holds up well enough for a morning email session before the offshore window closes.
All-day menu with breakfasts, juices, and sunset plates. Breakfast 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros). It’s the easy default if you can’t decide, the seafront tables put you ten metres from the water and the kitchen runs the same menu from 8am to 9pm.
Beloved for msemen, omelettes, avocado smoothies, bastilla. 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros). Worth the short hop out of town if you want a proper Moroccan breakfast spread, the amlou-and-msemen plate alone justifies the detour.
Bowls, coffee, and long post-surf breakfasts right by the sand. Breakfast 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros). The boutique-hotel pricing creeps in for lunch and dinner, but breakfast stays in the same range as the local cafes and the beach-front terrace is hard to beat after a Panorama session.
Lunch in Taghazout is where the value is. 70 to 120 MAD gets you a generous main, a salad, bread and a tea, with change for an espresso. These three spots are where surf-camp guests refuel between sessions and where the local crowd actually eats.
Post-surf carbs: pizza, pasta, burgers. Mains 70 to 120 MAD (6.50 to 11 euros). The wood-fired oven runs from lunch through to late, and the same group runs The Favela rooftop two floors up if you want to climb upstairs for dessert and a sunset.
Pizza and fresh pasta, easy for groups. Mains 70 to 120 MAD (6.50 to 11 euros). Sits right above Aftas Bay (the beginner break), so you can walk out of the water and into a plate of pasta in five minutes. Service is fast, the room handles surf-camp groups of eight without fuss.
Tajines and seafood specials in a cozy spot. Mains 80 to 120 MAD (7 to 11 euros). The fish tajine with chermoula is the order, and the room feels more like someone’s home than a restaurant, which is the point.
If you do one food thing while you’re here, do this one. The fish market at Aourir, ten minutes south of Taghazout in the so-called Banana Village (named for the small banana plantations that line the road), is where the local catch lands every morning. It’s loud, smells like the ocean, and runs on the kind of choreography that only works in fishing towns.
How to do Aourir (Banana Village) like a local:
Sit-down seafood nearby: Complexe Yassmina (known for mixed grills), Restaurant Tanit (reliable tajines, couscous and grills), and Ayour Beach (seaside fish plates).
Once the offshore drops and the light turns gold, Taghazout’s rooftops earn their keep. Book the 6.30 to 7.30pm slot in winter (the sun drops fast), or 8pm in summer. Cocktails happen at a few of them but not all, so confirm when you book if wine matters.
Moroccan-Mediterranean plates with ocean views, book the golden-hour slot. Mains 110 to 150 MAD (10 to 14 euros). Sunset tapas at The Favela rooftop.
Mixed Moroccan and international dishes with panoramic views. Mains 80 to 130 MAD (7 to 12 euros).
Traditional Moroccan menu with a wide bay lookout. Mains 80 to 130 MAD (7 to 12 euros).
For bars and after-dinner hangouts, see our Taghazout Nightlife Guide.
Tamraght is the slightly quieter sister 4km south, and Imouran is the cliff stretch in between with the headland views. Worth the 10-minute taxi (15 to 20 MAD) for a change of scene or if you’re surfing Devil’s Rock and Banana Beach.
Sweet and savoury crepes plus coffee right on the headland. Snacks 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros).
Wood-fired pizzas, tajines, harira, open late. Mains 70 to 120 MAD (6.50 to 11 euros).
Smoothie bowls and all-day breakfasts after Devil’s Rock. 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros).
Beyond the fish market, grab mixed plates along the seafront and in town: Richie’s Beach Club (beach cafe-restaurant) and Ayour Beach (seaside tajines and fish). It’s a 10-minute drive south of Taghazout and pairs nicely with the morning Taghazout-to-Marrakech road trip stop if you’re heading inland.
Twenty-five minutes south of Taghazout sits Agadir, a full-sized city with hotels, a marina, and the closest proper wine lists you’ll find. A taxi runs about 150 to 200 MAD each way (negotiate before, or use inDriver). It’s worth the effort once or twice per trip, especially for an anniversary, a birthday, or the night before flying out.
Polished Mediterranean and seafood, good for special occasions. Mains 130 to 180 MAD (12 to 17 euros). A classic call is Pure Passion for a wine-friendly dinner near Taghazout.
International and seafood, often live music, smart-casual. Mains 130 to 180 MAD (12 to 17 euros).
Garden ambience, Moroccan and European dishes, occasional music nights. Mains 110 to 160 MAD (10 to 15 euros).
If you’d rather not think about dinner every night, surf-camp meals make life easy. Most include breakfast plus a few communal dinners per week, with BBQ or quiz nights thrown in. Sun House Morocco (Taghazout) runs home-style rooftop meals, Kosa Surf Camp (Aourir) does social BBQ nights, Blue Mind Morocco (Tamraght) leans organic and vegan-friendly, Original Surf Morocco (Tamraght) bundles meals into the package, and Ohana Surf Morocco (Taghazout) gets the local vote for breakfast. Compare packages and food vibes across our Taghazout surf camps.
| Category | Typical price | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Breakfast or brunch | 30 to 60 MAD (3 to 6 euros) | Cafes in town |
| Mains | 70 to 120 MAD (6.50 to 11 euros) | Local and cheap eats |
| Fish by weight | 20 to 200 MAD per kilo (2 to 20 euros) | Aourir Banana Village |
| Rooftop main and cocktail | 90 to 150 MAD (8.50 to 14 euros) | The Favela, Rooftop Restaurant |
| Wine dinner in Agadir | 250 to 450 MAD (23 to 42 euros) | La Scala, Pure Passion |
Fresh seafood, Moroccan tajines, and smoothie-bowl cafes built for surfers and remote workers. The Aourir fish-market ritual (buy raw, get it grilled next door) is the one local tradition every visitor ends up doing at least once.
Yes. Most cafes run salads, bowls and veggie tajines, and you’ll find plant-based menus across the strip. In Tamraght, Blue Mind Morocco’s kitchen leans organic and vegan-friendly, and Happy Tamraght does solid plant bowls.
See the quick price reference table above for category-by-category numbers. The short version: breakfast around 3 to 6 euros, mains 6 to 11 euros, rooftop date-night around 14 euros, and a proper wine dinner in Agadir lands closer to 25 to 40 euros per head.
Beach cafes like World of Waves, pizza at Munga’s, rooftops like The Favela, or back at the surf camp for communal dinners. Breakfast usually happens at Cafe Mouja, Le Petit Kawa or whichever spot is closest to the morning’s lineup.
Yes, but fewer than in Agadir. A handful of rooftops and hotel restaurants pour wine and cocktails, and most surf camps are fine with BYO at dinner. For a full wine list, head 25 minutes south to Pure Passion or La Scala in Agadir.
Breakfast cafes open around 8am and run lunch through to about 5pm. Most dinner spots get going by 7pm and stay open until 10:30 or 11pm. During Ramadan, daytime service is limited or paused, but kitchens stay open well past midnight after iftar. Late-night options are slim, so Timam du Chef in Tamraght is the go-to lifeline after 10pm.
Mixed. Hotel restaurants, rooftops and Agadir spots take cards reliably. Small cafes, beachfront grills and the Aourir fish market are cash-only. Carry 200 to 400 MAD in small notes for a typical day. ATMs sit on the main road in Taghazout and are easier to find in Agadir.
Aourir, 10 minutes south of Taghazout, has a small daily fish market that’s freshest mid-morning. Pick your fish (sea bream, sardines, sole and prawns are common), pay by weight, then walk it next door to one of the grill shops facing the market. They clean it, rub it with chermoula and grill it over coals while you wait, charging a small fee for the work. Full sit-down plate plus drinks comes in around 80 to 150 MAD per person.
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