Café Tingis

One of the iconic cafes in Tangier. I liked the natural mint tea as they do in Morocco and the fact that they did it without sugar. However, I did not like that they put 2 bottles of water without ordering them that they charge 5 dirhams later on for each. Just inform customers of this and they will not feel you try to scam them. Other than that the cafe is at a nice plaza where a lot happens so you can just chill there for a while

Try the crepes (listed as pancakes). I had it with Nutella but it’s listed as chocolate. The coffee is semi-strong here. I also had the avocado smoothie. It’s not as concentrated as you think. Far better than you expect. For everything in the pictures, I paid 135 MAD (Durham) but make sure to tip. I didn’t try the omelette, but my boyfriend said it was good. The cheese on the side was great but be mindful that it has a sour aftertaste. Not a strong one, but it’s present. And that taste doesn’t linger. So that’s good.

The place has quite a history to it. And a certain subtle vibe, which takes some time to sense. The Moroccan tea and pancakes didn't taste any different, yet we went here every day during our stay in Tangier.

Rightly an institution and made famous by Anthony Bourdain. Also great people watching and genuinely good food and drinks. We sat on the terrace and had the omelette breakfast (25 dirhams), honey crepes, lemon juice and Moroccan tea. Great service, very cheap and highly recommended.

Impressive coffee shop in the heart of Tangier old city Very friendly staff with many things to eat and drink , so affordable for the quality, service and location. The area is so vibrant, you can spend easily 3-4 hours just enjoying the street performers Love it … for sure to come again

Nice traditional cafe popular with locals and some tourists. I wanted to visit after watching the "Parts Unkown" documentary series by Anthony Bourdain. He met the journalist Jonathan Dawson at this cafe to discuss the nature of Tangiers and the people who've come to live here. Nice to sit on the shaded terrace outside and watch life pass by.

Classic spot but, my bad: know that the coffee or the tea you order may arrive with a little plastic bottle of water. This does not “come” with the coffee or tea. Instead, the price of, say, the coffee is 12dh but if you “accept” (ie., drink) the water then the coffee+water is 17dh total. A bit like accepting (or not) olives or bread at a lunch place… Similarly, the menu, for example, lists the little almond cakey things for 7dh. We ordered “one” of those. As it turns out, these are 7dh each. So be ware that the “order” may arrive, as ours did, with 4 of them (so what we received as “1 order” ended up being 28dh). Don’t assume what is listed on the menu is what you are receiving as “1” portion… (the implication here (if this is, in fact true, and if it follows the logic of the water being served with the coffee) is that if we didn’t eat all 4 then the uneaten ones would have been returned for another customer?). I guess maybe ask to be sure. Maybe this is just how it is here. The cakey things were great. We ate them all. The poor service is because of the fast-talking, not-hearing-what-I-was-saying-about-us-having-no-way-to-know-about-the-water-thing waiter. (and the cakey things, it turned out)… Nice enough guy but, when I explained the above to him, he was more than ambivalent about seeing the point that we would have no way to know what I misunderstood about “one order” being “one” coffee (who said anything about water?) and “one cakey thing” being “one” cakey thing described above… so: my bad but poor service for the general kind of scam-ness of it all, imho. No reason not to go there, however.

My favorite cafe in Tangier. Its one of the oldest ones here, very local, tourist usually choosing to sit in another one around the corner. Locals smoking inside and watching tv, some tourists sitting outside and drinking mint tea of coffee. I love here the black coffee, its so strong and aromatic. This is a wonderful spot to watch people coming from the bottom of the medina up to Grand Socco. Food is average and very minimal, not much to choose, but that's not the place to eat. Love this nostalgic atmosphere here.