Riad Dar Ziryab

A beautiful riad, excellent located for good food and shops near. Staff helpful and welcoming. Very well kept and clean. They have three small dogs who are well behaved. The garden is pleasant. Beds a little hard for us, and many barking dogs at night in the area, take ear plugs! Eating in is not good value as there are many places to eat locally where the food is very much better for a lot less.

The Riad building and grounds are in traditional Moroccan style and decor. Our room (Deluxe Suite) was quite spacious. We've stayed for 3 nights and our room was cleaned daily, bed linens and even the bathrobes were changed daily. This Riad is conveniently located in close proximity to a main street with many restaurants and cafes. That is all for the positive side. On the negative side: The breakfast quality is terrible. Waiting time to get any food on your table is at least 30 min. The servers at the breakfast are the same young girls that clean the rooms (looks and feels like cheap labour). There are three dogs on the premisses that walk free and barking all night long. One of the nights we couldn't sleep at all because of these dogs. The Riad does offer a dinner menu, however the price is unreasonably hight. Walk 100 meters to a main street and you will pay fraction of that price. One more detail - Keep in mind that this Riad doesn't except credit cards. The conclusion: I would NOT recommend Riad Dar Ziryab

The Riad building and grounds are in traditional Moroccan style and decor. Our room (Deluxe Suite) was quite spacious. We've stayed for 3 nights and our room was cleaned daily, bed linens and even the bathrobes were changed daily. This Riad is conveniently located in close proximity to a main street with many restaurants and cafes. That is all for the positive side. On the negative side: The breakfast is terrible. Waiting time to get any food on your table is at least 30 min. The servers at the breakfast are the same young girls that clean the rooms (looks and feels like cheap labour). There are three dogs on the premisses that walk free and barking all night long. One of the nights we couldn't sleep at all because of these dogs. The Riad does offer a dinner menu, however the price is unreasonably hight. Walk 100 meters to a main street and you will pay fraction of that price. One more detail - Keep in mind that this Riad doesn't except credit cards. The conclusion: I would NOT recommend Riad Dar Ziryab

The guy at the front desk was rather rude. He told us off for ringing the intercom a couple of times at arrival when it took multiple minutes to answer the door. Not sure why he did not use the intercom to ask us to wait or to buzz us in! He then told us the city tax was €12 per room or 150MAD (which is 20MAD more than the price in euros at the current exchange rate) and refused to back down when we challenged this. He did however use a much more accurate exchange rate at checkout when charging for drinks. Furthermore the Moroccan tea was €3 pp and overboiled and very bitter. The rooms were not very soundproofed and we could hear everyone talking and walking past in the corridor. The cleaning staff only came around after 5pm but did leave the room smelling very nice and replaced all the towels.

nice traditional hotel, super friendly service.

Everybody in this riad was so kind and helpful. Room was beautiful and clean. And two cute dogs always welcomed us. We wanna visit here again.

Do you like being ignored and not helped with your bags etc at your riad? Do you love haggling around insane prices at the end of the day when you get back to your riad from the Medina market? What about rude staff? Dar ziryab is for you! It doesn’t matter if you’re a kind guest who tips extremely well, they will gouge you on extras, like laundry and not help with anything. Didn’t help with our bags, charged us two euros per piece of clothing we sent for laundry, after we argued about that finally they reduced it to 1 euro per single piece of underwear for laundry. Ridiculous. They kept asking when we wanted to pay during our stay way before the day we were leaving. The guy at the front was completely unhelpful, gave us some incorrect information, brought other staff to harass us about the 40 euros they wanted to charge us for a single load of laundry (no pressing). It was bizarre. Every other place we have stayed we have had amazing service and kind hosts/riad staff. My friend and I were relieved to finally get out of there and move on with our Moroccan trip. Having done Fez, I would recommend instead staying at a riad inside the medina, there are many and they were well placed and gorgeous. Dar ziryab is far from the Medina and you won’t get any help or useful information from the staff. It’s a pretty riad though, but poor lighting and tacky decor bring down the intricate architecture . Not worth it, and the only negative tourist experience I’ve had in Morocco.