Café Central

★ 3.8 · 34 reviews Tetouan Opened Opening date unknown

A front-row seat on Place Moulay El Mehdi

Café Central sits right on Place Moulay El Mehdi, the square most guides call the most elegant in Tetouan, ringed by the Spanish colonial buildings that give the Ensanche its look next to the medina's older streets. The terrace spills onto the square, and that's the draw: a coffee with a view of the city's showpiece plaza, not anything unusual on the menu.

It's an old-school cafe in the Spanish-Moroccan mold, the kind found across the former protectorate zone, more about the seat than the cup.

Good to know

• Sit outside facing the square rather than inside, that's the whole point of this cafe.
• Pairs well with a walk through the Ensanche's Spanish colonial buildings right around it.

What guests say

Reviews by Google

• A Ani Kamenova 28 reviews · Local Guide · translated 2 August 2026

  Great cafe, friendly staff. Everything was delicious, and the price is low for what you get.

• L Liberty Candal 48 reviews · Local Guide 14 November 2025

  Great breakfast with a view and really good service! 🥖 Very welcoming to tourists. Thank you

• T Tomi Valny 505 reviews · Local Guide 26 October 2025

  Great traditional coffee place on the corner of the main square. Has a full simple Tetouani breakfast with coffee and it was very good. Place is popular with tourists for it's view of yellow iconic church if Tetouan and also by locals stoping by for a long coffee and chat.

• N Nervozo 55 138 reviews · Local Guide · translated 30 August 2025

  Excellent café on the corner, with a gentle breeze, very good service

• E El yazid El allali (‫العلالي اليزيد‬‎) 46 reviews · Local Guide · translated August 2025

  A lovely cafe, a cafe in the city center, and it was named the Central Cafe.

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