Which service to book
Nouba Marrakech dinner show: what to book
Two services, two shows and two menu styles: what the Nouba Marrakech dinner show includes, how to choose between them and what to settle first.
Reserve your night at Nouba ↗Quick answer
Book the earlier service if you want a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu, and the later one if you prefer an international show with a fusion Asian menu. Either way the ticket covers a dinner show with singers, aerial acrobats and dancers, in the Agdal district of Marrakech. Drinks, transport and tips are extra, and the dress code asks for no shorts and, for men, no open shoes.
What Nouba is
Nouba is a restaurant in the Agdal zone of Marrakech, on Boulevard Mohamed VI, that stages a show during dinner. Its own website describes a place where food, show and atmosphere meet, with evenings built around live performance, and it says the restaurant opens every day from the evening. A Marrakech magazine describes dense greenery, hanging lanterns, lit pools and a bamboo pergola in the room. The ticket sold here is the dinner show itself: a table, a menu and the performances.
Two services, two shows
The booking calendar offers two services. The first pairs a Moroccan and oriental show with a Moroccan menu. The second pairs an international show with a fusion Asian menu. You pick one when you book, and your confirmation shows the time of the service you chose, which is why this page gives no clock times. The restaurant's own site describes a similar split: an opening part of the night built around Moroccan flavours and an oriental atmosphere, and a signature dinner show.
How to choose
Choose the first service if you came to Morocco for Moroccan music, dance and food and want the evening to feel local. Choose the second if you prefer a contemporary, international programme, or if the Moroccan menu is not what you want for dinner. Both services share one restaurant and one dress code. If you are booking for a group, pick one service for everyone, so the whole party arrives for the same show.
- First service: Moroccan and oriental show, Moroccan menu
- Second service: international show, fusion Asian menu
- Drinks come from the bar, ordered and paid for separately
What a Moroccan and oriental show can draw on
The restaurant does not publish a running order, so treat this as background, not a programme. Wikipedia calls raqs sharqi, the style usually meant by oriental dance, an Egyptian belly-dance style that took shape in the first half of the twentieth century, growing out of social and folk dances. In Morocco the music most visitors meet outdoors is gnawa, built around the three-string guembri and iron castanets called qraqeb. UNESCO inscribed gnawa in 2019. Neither is promised on this ticket; they explain the words you will hear around the city.
What the ticket includes, and what it does not
The ticket covers your table, the menu of the service you chose and the performances. A bar serves cocktails, gins, mocktails, wines, beers and aperitifs, and you order those separately. Getting to the restaurant and home again is yours to arrange, and tips are at your discretion. Because drinks sit outside the ticket, the bill on the night can be higher than the booking total, so budget for them before you go. The ticket is a mobile ticket, kept in the app.
- Included: the dinner show and the menu of your service
- Not included: drinks, transfers and tips
- Mobile ticket, nothing to print
Booking here or with the restaurant
The restaurant takes reservations on its own site, by phone and by email, and its events page lists private dinners for groups. Booking through GetYourGuide adds a 24-hour free-cancellation window, a pay-later option, a mobile ticket and a booking page in English. A direct booking follows the restaurant's own terms, so ask about cancellation when you reserve. For a large party or a private evening, contact the restaurant itself, and say how many are coming and whether anyone needs a wheelchair-accessible table. Guests have described a birthday dessert arriving with a sparkler; that is the restaurant's gesture, not part of this ticket.
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Where it fits in a Marrakech trip
Marrakech already performs after dark. Wikipedia notes storytellers, musicians and other performers working Jemaa el-Fnaa as darkness falls, and the square's cultural space was proclaimed UNESCO intangible heritage in 2001. A dinner show suits a night when you want a table and a fixed plan instead of wandering the medina. You can do both, on different nights, and the restaurant's road address makes a taxi the practical way between them.
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Other ways to spend the evening
Another dinner show near Marrakech is the Agafay desert evening, which adds pickup and drop-off from your accommodation in the city, a sunset, a Moroccan dinner, live music and a fire show. The tour recommends warm clothing for cooler evenings and is not wheelchair accessible. That is a different night: transport out of town, an open-air setting and a set programme around a camp. Nouba is a restaurant in the city, with the trip there and back left to you.
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What guests say
The ticket averages 4.6 out of 5 across 1,965 verified reviews. Guests describe a high-energy show, a lively atmosphere and attentive staff, and many mention crowd interaction. Some say clearer information on drink prices and on what the fixed menu covers would help, which is why this guide spells out that drinks are extra and that the menu follows the service you pick. Reviewers also rate value for money at 4.4 out of 5, a little under the overall score.
A short checklist before you pay
Most of the decisions on this page come down to five questions. Settle them before you open the booking calendar and the rest takes a minute, because the calendar then only asks you for a date. Have the whole party's answers in hand before you book, and do not leave the dress code until the day of the show, when a change of clothes costs a taxi ride back to the hotel.
- Which service: the Moroccan and oriental show, or the international one
- Who is coming, and whether anyone needs wheelchair access
- Whether anyone has an allergy or a dietary rule to raise with the restaurant
- How you will get there, and how you will get home
- What you will wear, with no shorts and, for men, no open shoes
Who this isn't for
If you want a quiet, candlelit dinner for two, a show built around singers, acrobats and dancers is not that. If you prefer to avoid venues centred on alcohol, note that a full bar is part of the room. If you plan to arrive in shorts or, as a man, open shoes, you will need to change first. And if you need dietary certainty, write to the restaurant before booking, because the menus are set by service.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Nouba dinner show worth booking?
It suits people who want a lively, staged evening rather than a quiet dinner. The ticket averages 4.6 out of 5 across 1,965 verified reviews, and guests praise the energy of the show and the attentive staff. Some say clearer information on drink prices would help, so budget for the bar before you go.
Are drinks included?
No. The ticket covers the dinner show and the menu of your service. Drinks come from the bar and are ordered and paid for separately, as are transport and tips, so allow for all three in your budget before you go.
What is the dress code?
Chic. The named rules are no shorts and, for men, no open shoes. Beyond those two, dress as you would for a smart night out in the city: closed shoes, smart trousers or a dress, and a layer in the cooler months.
Can I book Nouba for a large party?
For a private evening, contact the restaurant: its events page lists private events and group dinners. For friends sharing a normal table, book the same service for everyone, so the whole party arrives for the same show and eats the same style of menu.
What if someone has an allergy or eats no meat?
Write to the restaurant before you book, name the service you want and say clearly what you cannot eat. The restaurant confirms dietary arrangements, and this site cannot, so wait for its answer before you pay for a table you may not be able to use.
Can I cancel?
Yes. A booking cancelled at least 24 hours before the start is refunded in full, and with the pay-later option nothing is charged on the day you book, so an uncertain plan costs nothing to hold.
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