Tanger Inn Bar, Hotel Rembrandt

The Tanger Inn Bar is the small bar of the Hotel Rembrandt on Boulevard Pasteur in Tangier's Ville Nouvelle. It is an old-school drinking room with a literary reputation, and local lore says that writers of the Beat generation and other foreign authors who passed through Tangier in the twentieth century spent evenings here. The room is compact and dimly lit, with a counter, a handful of tables and a faded, lived-in character that contrasts with the polished hotel bars elsewhere in the city. The crowd is a blend of hotel guests, long-term expatriates, Moroccan regulars and curious travellers, mostly adults, with the mood closer to a neighbourhood pub than a nightspot. There is no formal dress code, and casual clothes are normal, although beachwear is better left at the hotel. Music is incidental, usually recorded background tracks at modest volume, so conversation carries the evening. The drinks programme is straightforward: bottled and draught beer, spirits, simple mixed drinks and sometimes wine, with a beer costing about 40 to 60 MAD, which places the bar in the moderate range for licensed venues in Morocco. Since alcohol licensing and stock can vary, visitors should confirm availability in the hotel lobby. The bar typically opens in the late evening, around 10PM, and closes near 2AM, with Thursday to Saturday the liveliest nights and weeknights often very quiet. There is no cover charge, no guest list and no bottle service, and reservations are not needed. The location on Boulevard Pasteur puts it within a short taxi ride of the medina and the beachfront promenade, and it works well as a late stop after dinner or as an unhurried nightcap. Visitors interested in Tangier's literary history often include it as a brief, atmospheric stop in northern Morocco rather than a full night out.