Reviews of Dar Essaouyry

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An excellent Riad, with a lovely terrace, but the real highlight of Dar Essaouyry is the staff. It is low season, and I was the only guest in the Riad for the 3 nights I stayed in Chefchoeun this time. Idriss and Saed took wonderful care of me. As a solo female traveler, they made me feel safe and welcome, they showed me how to make beautiful Moroccan food and even invited me to join them at their table to eat spectacular home cooked food for two evenings. The best food I have eaten in the whole of Morocco was at their table. Idriss is an amazing host with a kind and generous heart; teaching me arabic, taking me to Akchour and Gods Bridge, helping me to buy the electronics I needed and providing me with advice for the next part of my trip. I will always remember how welcome I felt and how generous they were with me. If you're a woman on your own and/or you are traveling Morocco to experience connection, conversation and hospitality, then this is the place for you.

I booked a very small room, my bed is very hard, and the hot water is a bit patchy. But these are minor points. My stay at Dar Essaouyry was 10/10. I loved it.

The breakfast was excellent. Our host Idriss was extremely helpful. The room was quiet.

Our room was very small and it was difficult to move around in it because of this.

The location was nice and near everything, and the decor was beautiful.

Housecleaning was not consistent during our stay, and we were told both our rooms would have air conditioning but only one of them did, and this was really harsh on one of us with a heat allergy. The beds were not comfortable. We were also promised breakfast in our booking but that wasn’t provided. There was nothing to take pictures of.

The location and the responsible for the riad are the biggest assets. Very friendly, knowledgeable and willing to help. Breakfast is wonderful!

We find it difficult to mention less positive aspects due to the very friendly atmosphere. The rooms are - we knew this in advance - a little cramped. Some have no AC.

Convenient location in Chefchaouen although my opinion of Chefchaouen is “Tourist Trap”. If you don’t have time to stop there you didn’t miss much.

1. Small, freestanding air conditioner in the room on the shelf was not capable of changing the temperature in the room. I specifically booked this place because they represented air conditioning and I knew the two nights I was going to be there were supposed to be quite hot. 2. Noise outside the window at all hours. 12:30 in the morning, right after midnight, I was able to hear a few men talking and some small children who were outside playing. I looked to see the men sitting below my window by the front door of the building. It was quite hot when I visited Chefchaouen in July so closing the window made the room very uncomfortable. Perhaps this is why people were outside in the middle of the night. At 2:39 I heard either scooters or small vehicles in the alleyway. 3. Shower drain did not work properly. I held the handheld shower head over the sink to let the water get warm before wetting my body. Then I’d shut off the water to use the soap. Then rinse. Even by doing that I was standing in water that almost covered my toes. Yuck! Luckily I didn’t have to wash my hair. 4. This is the first place the “guide” asked if I wanted to buy marijuana. He wasn’t a guide. Just insisted showing me from the taxi to the hotel. Since he didn’t take the hint the first few times I told him I don’t need his assistance I finally told him I’m stopping to shop. He still asked for a “commission”.

The host, Idriss, was one of the kindest people we met in Morocco. He gave us advice on where to eag and what to do and always seemed happy. The hotel is in a very central part of the medina, just a few metres of a main street, which makes it very quiet but still very convenient too with everything close by.

The room was a bit small but had everything we needed!

Good Location. Helpful Staff

We didn't see the staff apart from at breakfast but they were very pleasant. Breakfast was very good. The Dar has a lovely terrace and is in a great location. It was cheap.

We stayed here 3 nights and our room wasn't cleaned, nor the bathroom waste bin emptied. I got a mild electric shock from putting my hand on the wall. I think the electrics are dodgy.

Beautiful, excellent location, super nice staff!

We had a pleasant stay in Dar Essaouyry. Our host was welcoming and gave us useful instructions on how to reach the place. The room was cozy, tiny, and, most importantly, clean. We enjoyed the breakfast on the balcony. The location is great 👍

The host was friendly and hospitality. Great location in the middle of the blue town. Amazing stay!

The room was nice and clean. Idris was very helpful and attentive to our requests. Good Wi-Fi.

Absolutely loved how kind and incredible our host was. From the moment we arrived his warm smiling face welcomed us to our little room. It was tiny but cozy with everything we needed. The terrace was amazing especially breakfast in the mornings. The location was close to everything we needed!

The only discomfort was the bed a little too hard but we did sleep amazing.

Cute little dar. Had I not stayed in wonderful riads leading up to this stay I may have been more impressed. It was good.. fine. The guy was kind but not very helpful. I have become accustomed to riad hosts going above and beyond. Breakfast was lovely and the best part was the location. The city is wonderful - im glad I stayed overnight :)

Maybe some more enthusiasm Help getting to/from taxis. The guy working could see I was struggling with bags and made no real effort to help.

Wonderful

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A wonderful riad in the center of the Medina,Close to all places to take photos very clean and quiet.With a huge breakfast on the terrace Idris is a friendly and helpful guy. I highly recommend him. I will definitely be back

 is very good guesthouse and very good location in the heart of the Medina  staff is very friendly

Fantastic location, amazing value, great breakfast and friendly staff.

> Easy check-in. > Easy & quick check-out. > The exceptionally good staff. > Very friendly host. > Excellent water tap pressure. > Hot & cold water. > Comfy bed. > Excellent Wi-Fi. > Central location. > Clean throughout. > Good valuie for money.

> Bathroom had a very narrow doorway. You couldn't go straight in, but had to go in sideways. We both hurt our arms on the doorway walls when using the bathroom. > Room & bathroom had negligible ventilation. So it was very humid in the room throughout the stay. > Very small bathroom. That in itself is ok, but also meant taking a shower flooding the bathroom. > Dim lighting in the room. > 1 electric socket on each side of the bed; meaning you could either plug in a table lamp or your phone - but not both. > Location: not easy to get to from the main road via taxi. Do not believe the taxi drivers that it's a 2 min walk from the road. Do not take a taxi as the drivers drop you at the base of a mountain and the hotel is up a mountain and carrying bags up about a 100 stairs is not easy for 15 mins. Instead, walk yourself from the CTM bus station (~10 mins and no stairs). > Not much space/table in the room to open & unload bags.

Great breakfast, lovely staff, very clean, nice rooms, comfy beds.

I shared a room with my daughter and it was so small we could hardly walk around the bed. Also, difficulty sleeping due to no air con.

Nice small room. Very cosy. Good value for money. Good Breakfast

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