Riad Dar Foundouk and Spa

We booked and paid for a stay in this Riad for four nights.
It was terrible and we stayed for one night only before booking into another hotel.
The photographs shown on their website are at least 10 years old.
The location is awful and the service is abysmal.
Guests (for want of a better word) are not entrusted to be given a key to come and go as they please but instead have to knock on the door when re entering the property.
It can take up to 20 minutes for the door to be answered.
Our room (which was supposed to be a double room), consisted of a double bed and two camp beds.
That was about it.
It was more like a hostel than a stay for couples.
I felt like I had been misled by paying for this accommodation and both myself and my wife were so pleased to leave this place after one night when we managed to find an alternative decent hotel in a decent area with vacant rooms.
My philosophy has always been “if you do not intend to write a good review, then don’t write a review” but in this case I have gone against my philosophy in an attempt to prevent others from making the same mistake as me by looking at misleading photographs and assuming that those photographs are up to date.
Awful place and awful experience.
Stay well clear.

The Riad itself was lovely, so morrocan and authentic. Check in was fine, the hosts were friendly on arrival and made us a cup of morrocan tea, The room was fine, comfy beds and clean linen and towels, the bathroom however was dark and dingy with mould on the walls around the bath, and the smell was horrible like a sewage smell, we had to keep the door closed to stop the whole room from smelling, breakfast consisted of boiled eggs (hard) bread and preserves, a morrocan flatbread and some cake a flask of coffee and a glass of orange juice. We asked for more coffee and orange on our first morning and was told that we would have to pay for anything extra, also they asked us every day what time we would be down for breakfast so they could put the breakfast out, sometimes we were a few minutes late and the eggs and coffee were just warm, I found the hosts very unwelcoming, on our last morning we left the Riad at 7-30am and they wouldn’t even give us a drink as breakfast started at 8am, personally I, m sure that there are better Riads with a lot more friendly approach to guests. I definitely wouldn’t stay here again and having travelled to many places around the world this is the first review I have ever put on here as I don’t want anyone to waste their money staying her.

We stayed at this riad for 5 days and it was great (mum, dad and two young kids). The location is fantastic, the breakfast is superb and Rashid, the host, is truly a lovely guy. He went above and beyond to make sure we were having the best experience we could possibly have of Marrakesh and the Moroccan culture.
The riad is clean, in an unbeatable location, our room was spacious and had air con. TV didn't work but we didn't care. The patio is fantastic and very relaxing. There's the most subtle music in the background that enhances the natural trickling of the water.
Thank you again Rashid for offering us so much and for welcoming us with a smile on your face every time. Thanks again. 👣