Riad Of The Storks

From the time we made our reservation at Riad of the storks until we actually arrived (mars 2025) the Riad was sold. So all the things we read in the earlier reviews here at Booking, for example about this Omar and the other staff (and other things), do not apply anymore. When a place is sold and changes its regime, they also inherit all the super good reviews from before 😊 The new owners don't have the same staff and both the rooms & the breakfast are now more expensive. However, we got the old price for the room, but not for the breakfast. All of this should be taken into account when choosing to stay at Riad of the storks. Our review: We were 9 friend & it was perfect to have the whole Riad to ourself. The roof top terrace was the best part, sunny & absolutely wonderful. The Staff - Mohammed and rest of the staff were all very polite, nice and helpful. Location – Super great! Located in a nice area inside the medina, but still not in "the middle of the souk" with all the people & noise. Only a 10-15 minutes nice walk to the square Jemaa el-Fnaa. Rooms - They are all different & quite charming. However: no cleaning, no new toilet paper etc during the stay (4 days). It is a bit boring when you have to ask for these things (like toilet paper...) however it is of course NOT a big problem... Breakfast - like i said the price was higher than we had been promised. Many people have written in the reviews that it was a fantastic breakfast, but we would rather call it "nice"... (one of the days they even run out of coffee (!) - NOT good for coffee drinking Swedes). We suspect that the "fantastic breakfast" was also were made by Omar & the old staff. Now it was an ok/good breakfast and we do recommend it since it’s not too expensive AND you can eat it on the terrace! Saying all this, we really think the Storks was a great place to stay at for a big group like ours & we do recommend it!

Pool: The roof terrace was super, but we could NOT use the mini pool. That was a disappointment to some of us. It was cold, dirty and actually had worms in it (!). We did actually ask before we booked, so that we would be sure that we could use it, and we were told that it could even be heated if we wanted that. But again, we assume that it was the old owners responding to us at the time. Now it was impossible to use, and we did not get any explanation why that was. Excursions - do NOT buy excursions through the Riad. Some of us went on a trip to the desert and it was very overpriced. All the other persons in the same bus (people who had booked through other agencies/by themself) had paid much less for the exact same excursion... This is not a very smart thing to do for a hotel, and very short sighted. Because every hotel guest that get scammed like we were, will be disappointed and hopefully write about it in their reviews...

Everything! We were a group of 5 and had the Riad for private use. Excellent location, we walked to all main attractions. Karim and the staff really made a difference with their fantastic service. We asked to organise a dinner and breakfast and both were excellent for a very reasonable price. Everything we asked was well organised, from airport taxis to booking a hamman and massage. I will stay here again when I come back to Marrakech and can strongly recommend this place, specially if you are coming with a group.

Everything was perfect!

Very well located and the staff were super friendly!!

The location is perfect, you can easily walk everywhere in the medina, it's a few minutes from the main square. Staff was helpful and communication was easy.

Pictures are dated: 10 years seems to be passed from when the riad was on that condition. The place needs renovation and deep cleaning. As other reviews mentioned, there are people loving in the riad lobbie, which means you won't have much peace or privacy.

The staff were extremely flexible and helpful. We felt very supported, comfortable, and taken care of! We rebooked the same Riad for a second time during our stay when we returned to Marrakech from our tour of the Sahara, and we would absolutely come back again!

We could have used a couple more bath towels, but that was a very minimal issue!

Karim and the team are all very welcoming, happy to assist with anything you need.... the breakfast is very good value. The location is perfect for exploring the Medina etc, all within easy walking distance.

All was fine, though the rooftop tub could've done with being heated! 😁

Exceptional host and facilities