Location
- 15 minute taxi ride from Jemaa El Fna square (150 MD return)
- Quiet, away from town centre for relaxation. Feels extremely secluded and safe.
Service
- Low number of staff, you find yourself going to look for them.
- Friendly staff, but not to 5 star boutique hotel standard
- Most staff had poor english, you really need to pull out your GCSE French or iPhone translator
Food
- Very average, and the same menu pretty much every day. This is not explained to you. Cost is 250 MD per person per meal (lunch and dinner is the same price. Considering you can get a tagine in town for 50 MD at most restaurants, this is very expensive.
- No menu, and they struggle to explain your choices if you don't speak French.
- Breakfast (toast, pancake, cake, omlette, juice, tea/coffee). Lunch (bbq grill mostly veal, chips, salad). Dinner (couscous, tagine). When we asked for fish, it came plain pan fried with boiled rice.
Room
- All 10 rooms are the same, four star standard. Our towel rack fell off the wall, wasn't fixed, just propped back up unused. Not sure how they achieved 5 star status.
- TV does not have reception, only dvd player where you can borrow fake dvds to watch.
- Sun loungers were worn and had holes. Communal areas were lovely, great furniture and design.
- Pool was clean, and gardens immaculate....Location
- 15 minute taxi ride from Jemaa El Fna square (150 MD return)
- Quiet, away from town centre for relaxation. Feels extremely secluded and safe.
Service
- Low number of staff, you find yourself going to look for them.
- Friendly staff, but not to 5 star boutique hotel standard
- Most staff had poor english, you really need to pull out your GCSE French or iPhone translator
Food
- Very average, and the same menu pretty much every day. This is not explained to you. Cost is 250 MD per person per meal (lunch and dinner is the same price. Considering you can get a tagine in town for 50 MD at most restaurants, this is very expensive.
- No menu, and they struggle to explain your choices if you don't speak French.
- Breakfast (toast, pancake, cake, omlette, juice, tea/coffee). Lunch (bbq grill mostly veal, chips, salad). Dinner (couscous, tagine). When we asked for fish, it came plain pan fried with boiled rice.
Room
- All 10 rooms are the same, four star standard. Our towel rack fell off the wall, wasn't fixed, just propped back up unused. Not sure how they achieved 5 star status.
- TV does not have reception, only dvd player where you can borrow fake dvds to watch.
- Sun loungers were worn and had holes. Communal areas were lovely, great furniture and design.
- Pool was clean, and gardens immaculate.
- Ask for a room facing the rear gardens. Light sleepers may need earplugs from the crickets / birds.
Value
- Good value at £80 per night inclusive of breakfast from Expedia. List price is £150, which would definitely not be worth it. Note you need to pay taxes on top (about £15).
Other
- Do speak to the owner Christof, who can give you a quick run-down of things to do / how things work. For example, he told us that return taxi journeys cost about 150 MD using the hotel recommended taxi drivers, who would give you standard rates. Straight after, we took the taxi driver, who quoted 200 MD. On telling him what Christof said, he quickly dropped it to 150 MD.
- Our driver, Abdulali, would drop us off in town, and we'd give him a rough time to pick us back up (usually would give him a call on the mobile for exact time).
- We used the same driver to the airport (250 MD) and for a day trip to the High Atlas mountains via Ourika Valley (800 MD).
- Wireless is available in the main building, but not bedrooms. They have a laptop that you can use.
A decent base for relaxation, don't expect a 5 star hotel, but is netherless a charming villa. Let down by the lack of service, and low standard of English. Being a taxi ride from town is not a big deal, especially as you end up getting a private driver - just include it in your overall cost of the stay.More
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