Name: Riad Layel Dessaouira
Address: 28 Rue Malek Ben El Morahhal, Essaouira, 44000, MA

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2025

Bryan

Great stay

The manager was incredibly friendly and welcoming. The breakfast was tasty!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Feb 2025

Tan Trung

Riad is ideally located, very central, Nice room and cosy decoration, breakfast served on the rooftop was great as well.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

It is an ok place for what you pay. If you are young and want to have a safe and relatively comfortable place to stay this is good, but if you are in your 50s and 60s nd want a more comfortable nicer side of things then this is not the place for you. The location is in Medina so that is good in terms of centrality but the streets in Medina are dirty and you will find piles of trash on your way to the riad, the smell, the noise late into the night all of that comes with this choice.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Feb 2018

Akhlaq

Essaouira's little gem

Our stay at this riad was a lovely experience. The owner Jean Paul was a real gentleman who took his time to make you feel right at home. The manager Lachaan was one of the nicest men you can meet who was really helpful. The nightman Rashid was was always at your service with a smile and the maid really looked after you with her lovely breakfast. The riad itself was clean and crisp with a lovely decor, it was refreshing. The rooms where nice and spacious with lovely bathrooms. The terrace was amazing too.
Thanks once again to all the team.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2017

Elizabeth

Clean and Friendly

This was a clean and friendly Riad located near a main thoroughfare in the Marrakech Medina. Staff were kind and helpful. Decor was tasteful. The rooftop was very nice.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2017

Mark

comfort in essoaria

lovely riad in the town centre, very friendly staff and very helpful. i would thoroughly reccomand this place. the rooms are very nice and well looked after. allin all it was a very comfortable stay there.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Mar 2017

Maraea

9.5/10

I loved this place. The linens and towels aren't brand new, but they're clean and they provide extra blankets and a heater. The room gets a lot of natural light which is very refreshing after staying in some windowless riads that get kind of stuffy. TheThe orange juice is delicious!

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2017

Maraea

It was a good place. Clean, friendly and helpful staff. Some of the linens were a bit dated and the heater didn't work very well, but it was well worth the price.

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2017

Sharea

Hospitality at its best

It was amazing right in the centre of madinah everything is around you. The area has lots of cars and youcab smell ten sometimes. Riad is amazing the service I received was amazing hospitality number one. Breakfast every morning served by Hannah was spot on she asked us what we wanted and she delivered every morning I was full even if I wasn't hungry I ate so not to miss out. My room was great there was three of us and then double bed and single bed lots of spaces. The roof terrace was perfect and cute we snowed up there as we couldn't smoke in rooms and I was never too cold. Out eifi eas pretty good sometimes it was in and out but the majority of my stay it worked perfect. Wish I ate dinner at the Riad but I didn't. I will def go back price was amazing and company and the people I met was great on my last day I took one of the guest surfing which was fun!! I'll be back!!

Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Jan 2016

Alyona

Great value and excellent location

Great location ,right in the middle of medina, nice breakfast and caring staff

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Aug 2012

Verified traveler

Ok as a resting place only

We stayed at this Riad for two nights. It's ok as a base for exploring the town, Their breakfast is very basic and dry, my kids struggled to eat their hard bread. Their staff can hardly understand english and it was a bit of struggle to ask for simple things.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2012

Verified traveler

Riad l'Ayel d'Essaouira

A well refurbished and maintained Riad, centtrally located, though not easy to find.

8/10

Excellent

06 Dec 2011

Verified traveler

Stay Okay

The Riad was in a very convenient location just off the high street. You are e-mailed in advance with directions to the Riad which was very nice and the directions were very clear (although in broken English) and made the Riad easy to find. The Riad manager made every effort to accomodate us and was very easy to get on with. Breakfast was quite predictable each morning but sufficient enough. The room itself was very dark and chilly - there was no natural light into the room which doesn't make it good value for money but otherwise a perfectly fine place to have as a base to explore Essaouira (of which there isn't much to explore).

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2010

Graham

never judge a book by its cover

Found our riad down a rather dark, narrow side street. We wondered what we'd booked - but as we entered the hotel, what a delight. We were greeted with tea before being shown to our room.
Beautifully decorated, comfortably furnished, lovely and clean. A sun terrace above our room.

Just be careful - there's a 3cm step up from the living area to the bedroom which I constantly caught my big toe on!!

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2026

mikaela

Tres bon accueil, emplacement idéal. Nous avions la chambre familiale au dernier étage, directement sur la terrasse, parfait!
Une des prises ne fonctionnaient pas, ca manquait un peu de petites lumières la ou y'a les 2 lits simples et il y avait quelques relants d'égouts dans la salle d'eau. Mais sinon tout etait parfait!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Mar 2024

Jost

Sehr schönes Riad in einer ruhigen Gegend der Medina von Essaouira.
Das Personal wurde sehr sehr freundlich, hat sich gut um uns gekümmert. Das Frühstück war sehr reichhaltig und wurde auf der Dachterrasse serviert.
Das Zimmer war sehr sauber, aber etwas feucht (ist in der Medina aber typisch).

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2023

Sandra

De passage à Essaouira

Une nuit en famille 2 adultes et 1 ado passée dans ce Riad. Une première pour nous !!! Accueil chaleureux avec thé et pâtisserie marocaine.Très belle chambre typique d’un Riad. Salle de bien au top et literie très bien. Petit déjeuner marocain sur le roof top excellent.
Nous gardons un très bon souvenir de notre passage à Essaouira.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2023

patrice

🇨🇦janvier 2023Vraiment un Riad très accueillant ! Personnel À , déjeuner très copieux! Riad très bien situé ! Merci beaucoup très beau séjour!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Nous avons adoré notre séjour. Chambre très propre et accueillante pour une famille. Nous avions un parc pour notre bébé installé à notre arrivé. Très bien situé, dans une petite rue de la médina, donc plutôt tranquille. Super petit déjeuner sur la terasse. Nous nous sommes sentis très à l'aise! Merci encore.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2018

Gilles

Riad de charme

Superbe petit appartement sur le toit du Riad avec sa terrasse. Terrasse pourrait être mieux entretenue mais si c'est l'hiver. Belle salle à manger et salon avec cheminée. Personnel très sympathique et à l'écoute du client. Petit déjeuner peut être amélioré, plus de crêpes et du miel.
Repas du soir assez bon, quelques légumes en plus des pois chiches autour du couscous auraient été souhaitables.

Partner