Palais Mehdi

Don’t be shocked when you’re taken to a cheap back office beside the portal of the hotel after you arrived. It’s here where the check-in and check-out and all the guest related issues are handled. After you’re cleared you’re lead through a luxuriously decorated hall that seems to have been designed to be the reception of a five star hotel. The actual purpose of it was never revealed. The service was acceptable at best. One had the impression the personal was hiding from the guests. That said the hotel has marvelous premisses and the suites are decorated tastefully. The pool is too cold!

Nice and quiet place with one of the best hospitality services provided. Not too far from the airport and major attractions. Transport services provided by Youssef in particular was amazing with great punctuality and effective communication.

Where to start… first, the pictures as well as the majority of good reviews are very very outdated. The hotel requires some serious renovation, it’s literally falling apart: the furniture is shabby, tv doesn’t work, towels are dirty, birds’ droppings are all over the pool area, gym equipment is from the 90s. The food in the restaurant is uneatable (apart from the breakfast, it was basic but good). The worst thing about it is that the reception actually only works from 9am-7pm, so if your check out is outside of this frame- the receptionist will call you multiple times asking you to come pay the day before. Isn’t a 24h reception a basic for a 5 star hotel? We also asked for a breakfast basket since we had to leave the hotel 30 min before the breakfast starts (8am) which is a very standard practice. The receptionist lady (hello, Sofia) was extremely rude, her answer was « MADAME, as I said, the breakfast starts at 8, there is nobody to give you food before ». This hotel is the furthest from 5 stars that I’ve ever experienced in my life and I travel very frequently. The receptionist’s attitude is appalling, they will also offer you to get a « touristic taxi » which charges 20 eur for every trip to centre Marrakesh (don’t do it, just use the apps and pay 5-10 eur instead). There are a lot of good hotels in Marrakesh, please stay elsewhere.