Hotels near Souk Lalla Rkia in Marrakech

Lovely would recommend. Cheap and cheerful. Don’t know why people are so negative about this place, I would stay here again. Clean, beds made everyday, clean towels, friendly staff. Located twenty minute walk from the square, and the souks. Off licence around the corner, which sells plenty of beer, wine and spirits. £11.00, for a bottle of wine and six beers. Highly recommended!!!

We had a great stay. Clean and nice room with comfy bed. Breakfast by the pool was great. Staffs were nice and friendly especially the door gentleman! Check-in was a bit of a pain as it took ages (lack of staff when i arrived)… we needed to rest badly but had to wait for like 20 mins. Lifts are very old and slow but luckily there wasn’t many guests so it wasn’t a burden. Ingeneral i think it was a good value hotel. We would come back!

We checked in to our deluxe room, and it was a horrible stay. First off, the deluxe room building is the furthest building away from the hotel, and by the time we get to our room, the view from our balcony is of a construction site and parking lot. Our room had a particularly strong vinegar smell to it, and we asked to move rooms. We were told that every deluxe room was sold out and we would be able to move rooms the next day. Next day comes around and we didn’t hear from the hotel. Every call to guest services took at least 3-5 minutes until someone answered or called back. We also came back to our hotel room unlocked, and it seemed housekeeping didn’t truly close our door when they cleaned it. On our last night, the A/C didn’t seem to work. We called guest services and the lady I spoke to told me that it was turned off for the whole hotel. When asked why or when will it be turned back on, she abruptly interrupts me and says I’m transferring you to the front desk. I waited for at least 2 minutes on the phone before someone from the front desk to answer my call, and he informs me that someone will come check our A/C. We love staying at different hotels in different countries and had no issues with other hotels in Marrakech, however, our stay at Movenpick was very underwhelming and staff didn’t seem to care at all. This has been a very awful experience, and hope that the hotel management can make a much better experience and improvement for others.

The hotel is amazing the staff the food the services… everything is wonderful. Essadi hotel located in te city center where everything is closed: restaurants, drug stores, coffee shops and supermarkets. I recommend it strongly and hope you will enjoy it as we did 😌

We were not registered when we traveled by agency on Sunday. A new riad was found for 2 nights. So transfer to the riad Saba which is very well held. Then re transfer to the riad Bouguenvillea. The riad is very well held, located 500m from the suks and more or less 20 minutes walk from the Koutobia (taxi 4€).

The Chem's hotel deserves major renovation work, for my part rusty bathtub, dirty taps, sound insulation is poor. For breakfast everything is a little bit and little choice, for the other meals according to the sayings not better. For a mini fridge in the room it's €15 per day, before it was free on request. On a positive note, the air conditioners are recent and work well. In the event of an earthquake, know that you will have to fend for yourself, no evacuation and no support for customers, you have to fend for yourself without any information, only an employee was there to pay for the water bottles after we decided to settle in the street in case of an aftershock. The only thing that holds this hotel together is its location, it is no longer a hotel but a well-placed pied-à-terre.

Very good hotel, the rooms were spacious and clean and all the staff were very friendly and polite. Especially Kawthar in the reception, who helped us with deciding and arranging a trip to the city of Ouarzazate. Breakfast was good and the hotel was very close to all the city's attractions,in a nice and quiet neighborhood.

The Riad is really beautiful, 5 minutes walk from the main square of the Medina and directly into the traditional, beautiful and colorful souks. The owner Patrick is very kind and super helpful, the staff fantastic. We had a small health problem and Mustafa immediately made himself available to personally accompany me to the pharmacy on Sunday, the day the pharmacies in the center are closed, taking me on a scooter. The rooms are always perfect and spotless, the breakfast excellent every morning. Airport-Riyadh transfer and return organized by them, punctual and cheap. The photos of the rooms don't do what they should, they are much much nicer than they seem. Thanks again to Mustafa and all the cleaning girls and of course to Chef Dalhila for the delicious food. 5 stars well deserved! Massalama Sahbi, Ricky and Jessica.

Having booked flights to Marrakech, I was then tasked with finding somewhere to stay that was good quality but also on a budget. I wanted to stay in a Riad, but with so many options I spent countless hours trying to find a perfect balance of cost, culture and quality. I found it in Riad Khabia. Staying in central Marrakech (Medina), you have to expect that it’s not going to be the most picturesque of areas to walk through. The Riad is located just off a courtyard. At first, you may wander through the area wondering what you’ve booked, but the same can be said for anywhere in this area. As soon as you get inside the Riad, you are welcomed by warm and friendly staff and an amazing, traditional Moroccan building. We were given a tea and some cake and Rachid talked to us about the local area, and gave recommendations for restaurants and things to do. The hotel does offer the option to book tours however there was no pressure, which was nice. We booked a double, superior room, which was amazing. It was so welcoming, clean and classically decorated – it was just what I wanted from a visit to Marrakech. Towels and shampoo/shower gel are provided. You are also given a kettle, cups and tea/coffee. Breakfast is served between 8 and 11 each morning. As there are only 7 rooms in total, it is not a buffet style breakfast. Instead, they bring out everything fresh for you, usually within about 10 minutes of you sitting at a table. Each morning, you’re brought both orange juice and coffee (I asked for tea and they brought this for me), some form of freshly cooked egg, yoghurt, bread, condiments, fruit and a bakery item (pain au chocolat, cake etc). It’s such a nice touch that everything is brought out fresh. On the last night we had a massage at the hotel, which was 80 Euros for two people. This was able to be booked with only a couple of hours’ notice and was lovely after a few days walking around Marrakech. We didn’t use the pool – it was clean but cold. However we didn’t book the hotel to use the pool, so that didn’t bother us. We did make use of the roof terrace one evening. We also paid a small fee for some of our clothes to be washed as we travelled very light to avoid luggage costs on the flight – these were ready the same day. If I ever go back to Marrakech, I will certainly stay here again. Thank you to all the staff for making our stay so pleasant!

Dirty cutlery, noisy location and poor service…. First problem, I was staying on the four floor, which was an issue as one lift was out of action and the other two lifts are unbelievably slow. The room was dark and even with the lights on difficult to see anything without the use of a torch. Thankfully my room was facing the pool as many colleagues who also had been staying complained of noise through the night from the road, obviously in rooms that had been facing the road. I still had an 8am wake up from the building site next door though. I only had breakfast at the hotel - but found the cutlery dirty and some cutlery had some sticky residue on them. Food was ok but far from the standard I had found in some of the local restaurants. At checkout I had a problem with the laundry bill, I was offered only a 5% discount on the laundry. I ended up paying in full after being threatened by the police for taking a photo of the invoice. Once in my taxi, back to the airport the taxi driver said there is always a problem with the hotel at checkout….clearly not an isolated case. The hotel did have some old charm but very much tainted by poor service, dirty cutlery and a noisy location. Avoid.