How do picky eaters cope in Morocco?

I plan a lot of family and group trips, so picky eaters — fussy kids, cautious adults, the 'I just don't like trying new things' traveller — are familiar territory, and Morocco handles them better than most destinations. The cuisine is mild and the building blocks are reassuringly recognisable: grilled chicken, beef and lamb skewers, chips (frites are everywhere and excellent), bread, plain omelettes, rotisserie chicken, simple pasta and rice. None of it is challenging or strongly flavoured, so even a nervous eater finds a comfortable plate at almost every meal.

Beyond Moroccan food itself, the cities give you a safety net. Marrakech, Fes, Casablanca, Rabat and the coastal towns all have pizzerias, pasta restaurants, burger places, cafes doing eggs and toast, and international hotel menus. So on the day someone simply does not want another tagine, you are never far from a margherita pizza or a plate of spaghetti. I build a couple of these into longer itineraries deliberately, as pressure-release valves, especially for kids.

Inside the Moroccan repertoire, I steer picky eaters towards the gateway dishes: chicken tagine with lemon and olives (basically a mild lemony stew), kefta (just seasoned meatballs), brochettes with bread and chips, plain buttered couscous, and the fresh, un-spiced salads. Mint tea and fresh orange juice please almost everyone. Once a hesitant eater has had a few easy, tasty wins, they often loosen up and start trying more — but there is zero pressure to, because the simple options never run out.

The practical move is to brief your riad. Riads cook breakfast and often dinner to order, so a quick 'one of us is a very plain eater, can you do simple grilled chicken / plain pasta / eggs' is met with a shrug and a smile — they do it constantly. I tell families not to stress about this at all: between mild Moroccan staples, ubiquitous chips and bread, and city pizza-and-pasta, even the fussiest traveller eats happily here, and the more adventurous ones get their food paradise alongside.