Casablanca
From the 1932 rocks of Le Petit Rocher to the Cabestan terrace on the Corniche, the 6 cocktail rooms that anchor Casablanca's bar program in 2026.
Le Petit Rocher and Le Cabestan hold the Corniche; Sky 28 holds the skyline. Rick's Café is the classic, Bar des Négociants the time capsule, La Suite the late shift. Reserve for the seafront rooms; walk-in works for the rest.
Lounge Bar
A seafront landmark on the rocks at Ain Diab, pouring against the Atlantic since 1932 beside the El Hank lighthouse. Restaurant, lounge bar and club in one, with a terrace facing the Hassan II Mosque. Order a chilled white with the seafood an hour before sunset; reserve for terrace weekends.
Rooftop Bar
The 28th-floor bar of the Kenzi Tower Hotel in the Twin Center, the highest pour in Casablanca. Floor-to-ceiling glass over the whole city, live music most nights. Reservations matter at sunset; book a window seat and arrive early.
Cocktail Bar
The cliffside lounge above the water at the far end of the Corniche, where dinner rolls into DJ sets after dark. The terrace is among the most-booked outdoor seats in Casablanca; weekend reservations close days out.
Cocktail Bar
The 2004 recreation of the film's gin joint, set in a restored mansion by the old medina. Piano standards nightly, As Time Goes By included. Tourist-heavy by design and still worth one slow cocktail; book dinner if you want more than the bar.
Historic Bar
A French-era corner bar on Boulevard Mohammed V with bead-curtain doors and some of the cheapest drinks in central Casablanca. No cocktail list to speak of; the order is a cold Casablanca lager and the room itself. The opposite of a hotel bar, and the city is better for it.
Cocktail Bar
A Maarif lounge that runs from after-work cocktails into a club shift past midnight. Dim room, DJ-led, dressed-up crowd. The pick when the Corniche feels too far and the night needs a second act.
The 6 rooms above are the ones our editors return to. Casablanca is not a cocktail city in the Marrakech sense; licensing keeps the field small, and most serious drinking happens in restaurants, hotels and a handful of seafront institutions. That makes the shortlist honest: every room here is a real, working venue.
Le Petit Rocher and Le Cabestan hold the Corniche, and both reward booking ahead for a terrace seat. Sky 28 covers the skyline night. Rick's Café covers the story you came for.
A working evening runs west to east: a sundowner on the rocks at Le Petit Rocher, dinner at Le Cabestan, then back into town for a nightcap at Bar des Négociants or a late set at La Suite in Maarif.
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