Otto

Near Bahia Palace on Rue Riad Zitoun el Jdid, Otto has occupied a position at the quieter end of the Medina's rooftop scene, distinguished by a minimalist aesthetic that arrives as a relief after the decorative intensity of the surrounding neighbourhood. The terrace looks out over three hundred and sixty degrees of roofscape, with the Koutoubia visible from most angles and the medina spreading outward without interruption. The bar program is craft-focused and considered. Cocktails sit alongside a non-alcoholic menu equally worth exploring: the alcohol-free options are named after African cities, Lomé, Accra, Djouba, and arrive with the same attention given to the rest of the list. The menu is short enough to be curated and wide enough to suit an evening that moves through several rounds. The clean lines of the terrace furniture and the restrained palette of the interior suggest a team that made deliberate choices about what to include and what to leave out. Otto works best at sunset, when the Koutoubia catches the light and the medina below transitions from afternoon activity to evening quiet. The crowd that arrives in that hour tends to stay. The pace is considered rather than rushed, and the atmosphere does not tip into the performative energy that some nearby rooftops have adopted. A focused address, doing its own thing at a consistent level, between Bahia Palace and the Koutoubia, in a part of the Medina that rewards the visitor willing to walk past the more obvious choices.