Riad d'Airain

Spent a week at this Riad and was made to feel welcome straight away Hakim and Bouchra were fantastic hosts we stayed in the Chocolate suite which was quirky tired in some places due to age but loved it! Gorgeous shampoo shower cream and body lotion and fresh towels most days . We ate in for 4 nights as the food was delicious! Hakim kept us topped up with plenty of red wine so we were more than happy breakfast was delicious and plentiful there were sunbeds to use with towels and sun hats and an amazing small chilled pool on the ground floor. Good location right inside Babdoukka gate ten min walk to the big square

Great Riad close to everything you need to see. Plenty of Moroccan charm in the decor, good sun terraces and a typical Riad plunge pool in the cool and calm inner patio. Hakim and Bouchra are two of the nicest kindest people you can meet. Nothing was too much trouble, we had some evening meals which were delicious. Stayed in the ginger suite Highly recommended

This would have been a 4 star review if we had been able to sleep more than a few hours at a time. It’s a quaint traditional Riad which is just what we had hoped for. Hot water for the shower is, as expected, temperamental as is all the plumbing and wiring in our room (Chocolate) which was fine with a comfortable bed, albeit the room wasn’t made up every day for some reason. Restful Sleep however is something we will have to catch up on when we get home. There is an AC unit or fan on the roof which seems ok most of the day but between 11 pm and the early morning hours it starts to shake and shudder intermittently and loudly. Under our window in the alley a group of teenagers meet every evening with their motorbikes making a racket (see picture) till around midnight, sometimes later. This coupled with the noisy AC unit makes it impossible to sleep more than a few continuous hours each night. The Riad owner just said that they are his neighbours when I mentioned it as if that makes it ok. (he obviously doesn’t care that we couldn’t sleep), he seemed very friendly until we mentioned it and then the attitude changed to like it or lump it so you have been warned. We decided to have a quiet afternoon on the sun terrace to catch up with our sleep one afternoon only to find they had started refurbishing work on the roof being carried out which they refused to stop, hammering sawing etc, so still no sleep😞 Nobody in the riad speaks any English, the welcome book is all in French which is of no use at all. If we had known we would have come more prepared. They “appeared” friendly but trying to find out if we can eat there, if we can use the very small ground floor pool, what other services do they offer and what is there local to do and see remains a mystery 🤷‍♂️ thank goodness for trip advisor It’s a great pity as it is ideally located and could be so much better.