Best Rooftop Dining in Casablanca — Sky-High Tables Over the City

Unlike the low medina cities, Casablanca is a city of height — Art Deco apartment blocks, corporate towers and, dominating the coast, the 210-metre minaret of the Hassan II Mosque, one of the tallest in the world. This vertical skyline makes rooftop dining a natural pleasure here, and the city's hotels and modern restaurants have leaned into it with terrace bars and top-floor tables that look out over downtown, the port and the Atlantic.

The rooftop offering ranges from sleek hotel sky-bars in the business district serving cocktails and international small plates, to restaurant terraces plating Moroccan and Mediterranean menus with a view. Sunset is the moment: the light softens over the ocean, the mosque begins to glow, and the city's lights come on. Many rooftops shift from dinner service into a lounge-and-music scene later in the evening, part of Casablanca's more cosmopolitan nightlife.

Reserve a terrace table for sunset on weekends, dress smartly as many rooftop venues expect it, and check whether there is a minimum spend at the more exclusive sky-bars. Order light and Mediterranean to suit the setting, and time your arrival for the golden hour so you catch the transition from day to floodlit night over the mosque and the sea. It is the most glamorous way to take in the white city.