Le Blokk Marrakech | Dinner-Show Restaurant in the Palmeraie

Le Blokk is the dinner-show address out in the Palmeraie, the green belt of villas and palm groves about fifteen minutes from the medina. It opened in 2008 and bills itself as the city's first live-music dinner-show restaurant, which is a fair claim once you see how the room is built around the stage. You come for dinner, but the show is doing equal work: a live band plus dancers, musicians and acrobats running every night from around 8:00 PM.

It suits people who want a meal with a spectacle attached. Forget a quiet table or a dark club; this sits somewhere of its own. Good for a first night in Marrakech, a group celebration, or anyone who finds a plain restaurant too still. The concept leans on a 1960s-inspired chic, polished and festive. If you came for a long DJ set with no floor show, this is not the place, and it is worth knowing before you book.

The Vibe

The setting does a lot of the work. Le Blokk sits on the Circuit des Jardins de la Palmeraie, away from the downtown bustle, so the night feels like a destination you drive out to, not somewhere you stumble past on a walk. The concept is built around a 1960s-themed chic, dressed up and contemporary, with the room arranged so the performance reaches the tables.

The crowd is a festive dinner-party mix: tourists and the Marrakech going-out set, dressed for a night that photographs well. That read comes from how the venue positions itself, not from a hard count, so take it as a general steer. The energy is the point. Performers work the room, the music builds, and the place is engineered to feel like an event. It gets lively and loud once the show is going, so do not come expecting a hushed conversation over the tagine.

The Menu

The kitchen covers a lot of ground on one card: Moroccan, Japanese and international cooking under the same roof. It is a wide spread, and that range is part of why mixed groups land here.

Documented dishes give you the shape of it. On the Moroccan side there are tagines and Moroccan salads. The international and Japanese sections bring sushi, a duo of shrimp and calamari, beef fillet, fish fillets, ravioli, and Atlantic lobster for the table that wants to spend up. Desserts include a parfait, a fruitcake and a moelleux. Exact spellings and availability vary between listings, so read this as a general guide, not a fixed card. If you want a steer, the lobster and the sushi are the dishes to order if you came to make a night of it, and the tagines if you want the Moroccan kitchen. Order across the table to see the range without committing the whole party to one cuisine. On price, set menus reportedly start around 295 MAD per person, which sets a sensible floor before drinks and the bigger plates.

The Music

The show is the headline, and it is the reason the place calls itself a dinner-show rather than a restaurant with a band. Every night from around 8:00 PM a live performance runs through the evening: singers, dancers, musicians and acrobats, with sources citing a rotating cast of around twenty international artists. That cabaret format is what carries the room from the first course toward the later, louder part of the night.

As the evening builds, the energy tilts from dinner toward a party, with the band and acts holding the room into the early hours. The sound is built to keep a dinner crowd festive and on their feet. A purist clubber is not the target here, and that is fine for what the place is. Take the artist count as a general steer, since it comes from listings and not an official roster.

Prices and Entry

Treat the totals here as approximate. The set-menu floor is documented, but the wider spend and the entry position are our estimates from synthesis rather than an official rate card, and they move with the night and the season.

• Entry / cover: no entry fee or door charge was found, and entry appears to be free with a dinner reservation. No table minimum was found either. This is unverified against an official source, so check when you book.
• Dinner: set menus reportedly from around 295 MAD (roughly 25 euros) per person. With the show, drinks and something like the lobster, plan more realistically on roughly 400 to 800 MAD or more per person.
• Table / bottle minimum: none stated. The venue is also categorised as a cocktail bar, so a full bar exists, but no cocktail names or bottle-service prices are published.

We could not find a published cocktail or bottle list by name, so we will not invent one. A full bar is there, and cocktails are an easy call alongside dinner, but the specifics are unverified. Use the 295 MAD floor to set a budget and confirm the rest when you reserve.

When to Go

Le Blokk runs Tuesday to Sunday, roughly 8:00 PM to 2:00 AM, and is closed on Mondays. The live show starts around 8:00 PM, so the evening has a clear shape: dinner and the performance from 8, then the room building later. Hours can shift for private events or in low season, so confirm your date when you reserve.

That timing tells you how to plan. If the show is the point, book dinner and be seated close to 8:00 PM so you catch the performance from a proper table instead of walking in mid-set. If you mainly want the later, livelier stretch, a slightly later arrival times it better, though you will be coming into a room that has already warmed up. Weekends bring the fullest house and the biggest crowd. Avoid Mondays, when it is dark.

How to Book

Book online through Matably at app.matably.com/le-blokk, by phone on +212 674 33 43 34, or by WhatsApp on +212 665 70 20 36. The official Instagram is @leblokkmarrakech, which is the easiest place to see what is on and message a quick question. A third-party listing also shows an email at reservationleblokk@gmail.com, but we could not verify that one, so lean on the phone, WhatsApp or Matably first. If you want a table close to the show, say so when you reserve instead of hoping for it on arrival.

See the full lineup in our guide to Dinner Shows Cabarets Marrakech →

On a busy night a walk-up for a good seat is a gamble, and the placement near the stage is what you are really after. This is where it helps to have someone holding a spot for you. The Marrakech Society arranges tables and guest list across Le Blokk and the rest of the Marrakech night for members, so you skip the back-and-forth. If you want the evening sorted before you land, apply for membership and let the concierge line it up.

What to Know

Dress chic. There is no published code, but the venue trades on an elegant, dressed-up feel, so smart-casual to dressy is the safe read: leave the shorts, sportswear and flip-flops at the hotel and you will fit the room. Treat that as our steer, not a stated rule.

Getting there takes a little planning. Le Blokk sits on the Circuit des Jardins de la Palmeraie at Propriété Farah, out in the Palmeraie about fifteen minutes from downtown and the medina, so plan on a ride, not a stroll. Agree the fare before you set off or have your hotel call a car, and given the hours and the distance, arrange your way back too. A last honest note: the opening days and contact details are solid, but the 295 MAD set-menu floor is the only firm price point. The wider spend, the free-entry position and the dress code are our estimates, so use them to plan and confirm when you reserve.