Chez Ali - Fantasia Marrakech Restaurant in Marrakech

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6.6
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Ambience
6.6/10
Food
6.6/10
Interior
6.6/10
Prices
6.6/10
Service
6.6/10
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Price & Cuisine
$$ Moroccan , Mediterranean
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Restaurant
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La Fantasia Chez Ali, mêle dîner et spectacle folklorique. Découvrez toute l’authenticité des saveurs de la cuisine locale au travers de spécialités typiques, accompagnées de l’ambiance festive du monde arabo-musulman. UNE ATTRACTION UNIQUE Plongez dans l’histoire du Maroc et voyagez au cœur de sa culture. L’expérience se veut inoubliable, et la magie opère dès votre entrée dans notre domaine. De l’accueil des hommes en tenue traditionnelle bleue portant une torche, en passant par la visite des grottes d’Alibaba, jusqu’au show des gnaouas et danseuses du ventre – sans oublier les voltigeurs ! – vous n’aurez de cesse de vibrer au rythme des Milles et Une Nuits, jusqu’au coup final de nos cavaliers lors de la fameuse tbourida.
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Sonia A
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10
A week ago
Excellent show and food was really nice. ||Bring money with you on the day as drinks are not included and also a picture is available for you to buy on the day which is taken when you enter and was 30 MAD (£2.37) they come to your table and sell them to you. ||It costed us 500 MAD each (£39.43) this included transport, show and dinner. ||I would highly recommend it
I went there in March 2023, and I forgot to leave a review. I enjoyed the food and the dancing/entertainment. I found the horse show difficult to watch, whilst the stunts by the showmen were impressive, I could not help but feel sorry for the animals. If you deem animal welfare to be important, then I would advise not to go, or perhaps go for the meal, but not see the show (if possible).
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Fred Vu
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6 days ago
It was part of the program of a tour, so only had the dinner and show experience. The dinner was typical Morrocan food which i had too many already. The lamb was good, very tender but I wish it was grilled a little more. The chicken was so so. After I saw the baby goats, which were so cute, at the end of the show, I felt really bad to eat the grilled lamb which was shared by the whole table, FWIW. The show was so so for. I expected a little more acrobatic action, but it was more like to a grand street show, a little disappointed.
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Peter C
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2 months ago
We really quite enjoyed the overall experience although it was a tad over the top and quite expensive for what you received. The feature of the Arabian / Berber horse show only went for ten minutes out of the entire evening which was disappointing. The dinner was fine as was the post-show dancing and singing and the traditional music transported you.
The place is located quite far from Marrakech and accessible via car / taxi. Once arrived, it is huge and impressive but unfortunately the food was the worst I've had in Marrakech. As the place welcomes tons of people, the quality is unfortunately not the same as other restaurants in the medina for example. However, great atmosphere and great spectacle in the end with horses and dancers. I would go to this place for the environment but not the food, which is also really expensive considering what we had. I paid 5 times less in center marrakech for 100 times better.
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bella C
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10
2 months ago
The food was a complete disappointment. It is an establishment where you pay 1000 dirhams (100 Euros) and go hungry, and even water is given as an extra. At the entrance, your bags are checked and your water is taken away. The heating inside the tents does not work. If you went in the winter season, be prepared to eat with a coat on like us. Only Two types of food, soup, biscuits for dessert (they put them in your palm and unpeeled oranges with ugly peels. The people serving the food never want to give you bread unless you ask for it. Another fiasco, 5 people ordering meat dishes at the table, you have to share your food from the same bowl with people you don't know. Feeling embarrassed. You take two bites to your plate and lo and behold, the meal is over. The show had no lighting and the belly dancer danced for 5 minutes in the dark and was withdrawn from the hippodrome. The shuttles that took us there persistently did not turn on the heating and after watching the performance that looked like a show, we froze and were taken to the vehicles. The company that sold us the tour was M.T.VIP. I condemn the authorities and I do not recommend the Chez Ali show to anyone. If you have money to throw away, please go and enjoy every disaster minutes..
Hers a new one for me. The night began great. We get there, beautiful scenery and then the meal came. Sub par at best and drinks were extra. My boyfriend ordered a water then after dinner we left for 5 minutes and went to the washroom. Came back to pay and was informed that one of the other couples at our table didn't pay. I informed the msn working that I was not with them which they should know. He did not care and made me pay for both. Excuse me but it is not my job to look after your tables. I have been a waitress for over ten years and never heard of that one. Number one ... do your job and don't walk around being a scatter brain but this seemed to be a common occurrence everywhere in morocco when it came to customer service. In closing don't take advantage of tourists because I have never felt so disappointed and disrespected in a holiday and I have traveled to a lot of different places, went to Spain on this trip and not a problem.
Be careful, this is a dinner and a show, I was not too impressed with it. The food is shared with a group, and depending on how hungry everyone is and if there are more men than women, you will most likely leave starving. Although they tell you the price includes show and dinner, be leary, the place drinks in front of you only to charge for it later. If you don't mind eating off the same plate as strangers outside of the people you travel with and surprise drink charges, then you may love it. I wasn't too thrilled with the show 3 times I almost peed myself when an unexpected BOOM sounded, as a foreigner and female solo traveler, that is never a good thing in my mind. I did love the cave. it's too bad I didn't see it sooner, I would have loved to tour the entire cave. Other than what I mentioned, it's an OK place for something to do , but I certainly would not go back again.
We had the best night and best food Chez Ali. It is a pure Moroccan experience that starts with a dinner and ends with a beautiful show. We rode a camel and learned a lot about the culture. I recommend
The food was basic, nothing special for how expensive it is. The show was okay, since the acrobatics on the horses were fun but nothing else impressive. Do not recommend at all, spend your money in a better way.
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