Petite Marrakesh

[Jillian]

Has anyone tried, or heard anything about this place? It's Moroccan and is located on Calle Corazon. I love Middle Eastern food and would love to try it when I am there in Feb

[tommy]

Originally Posted by Jillian

Has anyone tried, or heard anything about this place? It's Moroccan and is located on Calle Corazon. I love Middle Eastern food and would love to try it when I am there in Feb

Donna and Lucian And I ate there one night..Paul from the Fomula One Adventure told us about it..The Owner/Chef is very friendly and kinda waites on you so he can recommend things..and He kinda makes you feel like you have a table in the kitchen so to speak...The Salad was amazing fresh and HUGE...big enough for all 3 of us..I had the Filet in 3 pepercorn sauce..to much for me to eat. I dont remember what Donna had but she liked it and Lucian ate all of his and about 3lbs of bread with some butter/cream cheese spread....all in all very good Donna had a couple of glasses of wine and the bill for all 3 with drinks was like 50usd...very good stuff...But go very Hungry!!!!!

[Donna]

Originally Posted by tommy

Donna and Lucian And I ate there one night..Paul from the Fomula One Adventure told us about it..The Owner/Chef is very friendly and kinda waites on you so he can recommend things..and He kinda makes you feel like you have a table in the kitchen so to speak...The Salad was amazing fresh and HUGE...big enough for all 3 of us..I had the Filet in 3 pepercorn sauce..to much for me to eat. I dont remember what Donna had but she liked it and Lucian ate all of his and about 3lbs of bread with some butter/cream cheese spread....all in all very good Donna had a couple of glasses of wine and the bill for all 3 with drinks was like 50usd...very good stuff...But go very Hungry!!!!!

It was very good! And he was a great host and chef.He was even having me taste dishes he was bringing out for other people. But it is a lot of food!He promised to serve me baby portions from now on.

[Jillian]

Originally Posted by tommy

Donna and Lucian And I ate there one night..Paul from the Fomula One Adventure told us about it..The Owner/Chef is very friendly and kinda waites on you so he can recommend things..and He kinda makes you feel like you have a table in the kitchen so to speak...The Salad was amazing fresh and HUGE...big enough for all 3 of us..I had the Filet in 3 pepercorn sauce..to much for me to eat. I dont remember what Donna had but she liked it and Lucian ate all of his and about 3lbs of bread with some butter/cream cheese spread....all in all very good Donna had a couple of glasses of wine and the bill for all 3 with drinks was like 50usd...very good stuff...But go very Hungry!!!!!

Wow that is a really good price for all that! Thanks for the info Tommy, I'll certainly check it out.

[Jillian]

Originally Posted by Donna

It was very good! And he was a great host and chef.He was even having me taste dishes he was bringing out for other people. But it is a lot of food!He promised to serve me baby portions from now on.

Thanks Donna, I'll be checking it out for sure, on an empty belly!

[Heather]

I've hesitated to post my review of my b-day dinner at Petit Marrakesh because in the end it was tainted by an unfortunate attempt at bill padding by the waiter. The owner is as everyone says, gregarious, REALLY outgoing, and very interested in making sure everything is perfect. I didn't like my particular dish, sadly, which was filet mignon and shrimp in a sweet and sour sauce, but everyone else really liked theirs (and I liked theirs, too). The sauce was just a little too cloying and there was a bit too much of it; it overpowered the steak and shrimp.

The only real negative to my dining experience was the waiter we had. He was pretty surly through the whole meal--you know the feeling you get when you know the waiter is really unhappy in his job--and me and my friends are some of the easiest people in the world to wait on (former waitstaff myself). He made me uncomfortable but I was able to brush it off because the food/atmosphere were good and the owner was so personable.

The bad part came when we got our bill. Michael added it several times and realized that although it was all itemized, the total was higher by over 200 pesos. He left the table so that he could quietly point it out to the waiter, who proceeded to vehemently insist that it was correct and that Michael had to pay that amount, and when Michael finally said, no, it's not, you should add it again with a calculator, he finally huffed, "It's propina!" Now, we don't mind when they add a propina, but it was not the "added gratuity" amount and it wasn't marked as such on the bill. He was just trying to rip us off.

When the owner, who had been in the kitchen, heard the fuss, he came out and Michael explained what happened. He was very apologetic, we assured him we had a good time and then left. The owner was really bawling out the waiter when we left, but I didn't feel too sorry for him. He brought it on himself and maybe now he's waiting tables at some other unfortunate establishment. Too bad for him, too. We are very good tippers, except for when waiters try to rip us off.

All in all, however, I want to stress that I did enjoy my meal very much at this restaurant.

[Jillian]

Thanks for your honest rewiew Heather . Hope the waiter dinner ruin your B-Day dinner . At least you enjoyed the everyone else's food .

[jtm1631]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I had the pleasure of eating at Petite Marrakesh with my family and Steve and Delmy Ryberg and the food was great.

The reastaurant is located on Calle Corazon just off of 5th Ave.

Shortly after we arrived, the owner came by the table and proceeded to take all of our menu's from us. We were than informed that he would send out dishes for us that we would enjoy family style. Given that we had my 6, 9 and 12 year old daughters with us, I was not sure this would work out. I could not have been more wrong.

All of the food served to us was amazing. It started with a salad of pears, peaches, lettuce, tomato and thinly sliced Salamon sashimi on top. The dressing was some type of balsamic vinagrette. It was outstanding.

We were also served some type of white fish in a delicious sauce with artichoke hearts. My 12 year old daughters comment was "I don't like fish and I think this is great."

There was also couscous with vegetables and a saffron rice with raisons. I also highly recommend the lemonade.

I would definitely consider this one of the best meals I have had in Playa. My kids ate so much they barely had enough room to stop for ice cream after lunch.

[Kellyk]

Yummmm!! Sounds good. I'll have to put that on the list...thanks!

[claudiadeplaya]

I had dinner there with Perry (Mapchick´s Perry from cancunmap) and we both agreed this was one of the best meals we have had in playa, and Perry has tried almost every place in playa so that was a good compliment for Rashid. He really has amazing food

[Sold on Sol]

Thanks for the pic, just curious, what is that dish?

[Luv2Dance]

Originally Posted by jtm1631

Just wanted to let everyone know that I had the pleasure of eating at Petite Marrakesh with my family and Steve and Delmy Ryberg and the food was great.

The reastaurant is located on Calle Corazon just off of 5th Ave.

Shortly after we arrived, the owner came by the table and proceeded to take all of our menu's from us. We were than informed that he would send out dishes for us that we would enjoy family style. Given that we had my 6, 9 and 12 year old daughters with us, I was not sure this would work out. I could not have been more wrong.

All of the food served to us was amazing. It started with a salad of pears, peaches, lettuce, tomato and thinly sliced Salamon sashimi on top. The dressing was some type of balsamic vinagrette. It was outstanding.

We were also served some type of white fish in a delicious souce with artichoke hearts. My 12 year old daughters comment was "I don't like fish and I think this is great."

There was also couscous with vegetables and a saffron rice with raisons. I also highly recommend the lemonade.

I would definitely consider this one of the best meals I have had in Playa. My kids ate so much they barely had enough room to stop for ice cream after lunch.

That sounds amazing! The pear dish looks like it would be awesome!

[YWGDon&Deb]

We also dined here and were very impressed. It's on our "must do" list for next year already!

[StewartG]

Gonna have to check this place out in June...

This is the one on Calle Corazon, right? Not the middle eastern place next to Babe's north?





P.S. JTM - is it you that gave me the Iraqi dinar? I have a TERRIBLE time connecting faces with handles with real names. If so, thanks SOOO much! Its the best souvenir I brought home from this trip!!!

[jtm1631]

Originally Posted by StewartG

Gonna have to check this place out in June...

This is the one on Calle Corazon, right? Not the middle eastern place next to Babe's north?

Yeah on Calle Corazon. I really think you will like this place Stewart.

Originally Posted by StewartG

P.S. JTM - is it you that gave me the Iraqi dinar? I have a TERRIBLE time connecting faces with handles with real names. If so, thanks SOOO much! Its the best souvenir I brought home from this trip!!!

Sorry, that wasn't me. Unfortunately, we did not get a chance to meet. I think there might be some regulations about too many Jewish people congregating in one place in Playa.