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Reviews of Riad Yacout

4 out of 5
Riad Yacout
22 Pace Lalla Aouda, Meknes

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 90 out of 201 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 64 out of 201 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 201 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 10 out of 201 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 201 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Nicholas, Washington

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A small, charming riad in the heart of Meknes. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly. Breakfast was really nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff did not show us around the property when we checked into our room, we had to ask how to access the rooftop. There was also construction going on in the main floor and the water access in the room was turned off for a few hours which we were not warned about. The room was clean and breakfast in the morning was good.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Richard, Philadelphia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Attractive traditional riad, but room was very cold and we couldn’t get heater to work. Also the hot water supply only got warm, not hot enough to shower. Our room was on street side and was very noisy with traffic throughout the night.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our short stay at Riad Yacout. Our room was spacious and comfortable. Meals were excellent and the staff was very friendly and helpful. The rooftop pool is great after a hot day.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Johnathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious room in a good location
Riad Yacoud was fine for an overnight visit. Its handy to the Medina and a number of other locations to visit. In my first visit to Morocco the bar was set very high in terms of the quality of the Riads i stayed in in Marrakesh and Fez.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eliahu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ellen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was great. East parking, easy walk to museums and Medina. Very responsive staff.

10/10 Excellent

Siobhan

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Karolina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute and cozy place.
Very good location, right next to Medina. Street parking, we were able to get spot right next to the hotel. Very nice and helpful staff. Great breakfast. Great value.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

David

Lovely Riad just by the Medina
The Riad is lovely, the reception staff very helpful and so were all the other staff. We had a meal there and was very good also. We also went for a Hammam and it was very good. Recommend this place
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ugo Antonio

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place, traditional moroccan rihad (house), great stuff and a 2min walk to the main square. They helped us organize a trip to Volubilis and Moulay Idriss with a great taxi driver (Mohammed, spoke only French and Arabic) that made us eat local food with him when we asked him. It was 2 of us and price was reasonable but can fill the car up with four people I believe.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

joseph

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nope El Din is a world class exceptional host. Road Yacout is worth visiting.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Sheila

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Very friendly and hospitable staff. Beautiful facility! However the building needs some renovations to be updated
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Recommended
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Louis P

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very gracious and helpful. The location is located near several historical sites, medina, and Lanham Square. The rooms and hotel are in traditional Moroccan style with heating and air conditioning. I enjoyed two dinners there that were excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location, but not the best room.
The place overall has seen better days. Our room was small, and it had a musty smell. Not a great divide between bathroom and bedroom. AC worked, but just barely. It took hours to cool the room. It was however in a good location and parking was right outside the Riad. I would not recommend it for more than 1 day.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Riad Yacout is more like a mini-resort than a hotel. From the moment you walk through the main door to check-in, unitl the moment you check-out and leave, this place is wonderfully kept, peaceful and quiet. The room that we stayed in (#10), was spacious and comfortable. The patio on the roof has a small pool to cool off in (it's only about three feet deep but it does the job!). The staff are incredibly kind, helpful and go the extra mile to ensure that you are having a good stay. We would like to offer a special thank you to Fatima for all of her help and guidance. I wish would we could give this place more than 5 stars because it deserves it!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close proximity to the Square, which is the highlight of Meknes.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

MollyChase, Canada

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic typical Moroccan styling in optimal location near the Medina and all the sights of Meknes, yet with convenient parking.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful RIAD
Lovely RIAD, very convenient to find, and good breakfast We were greeted with a pot of mint tea and a smile. Highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Eric

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Leslie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Recommended. Bring your earplugs.
Hospitality was wonderful, food & service in the dining room very good. We enjoyed the hammam. Only drawbacks: musty smell in one room, A/C not working in another and a large, loud party in the dining room the second night until well after 11 pm, not conducive to rest and relaxation in our rooms just above.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Well I woke up to 5 huge cockroaches in my room. That is unacceptable.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Riad Yacout was a perfectly nice hotel in a great location. The reception and staff were friendly and dinner was delicious although sadly sans alcohol! Our room faced the square which proved to be quite noisy with motorbikes until quite late. There is a Mosque close by and the call to prayer was a pleasant relief.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, amazing breakfast
Great location as it is on the medina external wall, right next to the main gate of Bab Mansour, which is more convenient for taxi drop off or pick up than being inaide the medina. Rooms are cold but there is AC with heat, sufficiently clean room and shower. Wifi was not always working properly: i had less issues with my iphone but my husband couldn’t connect with his Samsung. Breakfast is amazing and plentiful with bread, yogurt, cheese, pancakes, boiled egg, fruit cup, orange juice and coffee or tea.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Luc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Staff was very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was great. No hot water for shower. There were ants in the bathroom.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Nice
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Pierre-Olivier, Lévis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was very well located. Nice terrasse on roof top.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The Riad was fine, staff wasn’t very friendly. The sink only has hot water working, the place needs some tlc. Breakfast was only ok, coffee was very weak.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Rowan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay at Riad Yacout.
Fantastic stay at Riad Yacout. Great people, good food and really safe feeling environment.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Staff were not very helpful when we checked in. There was no hot water in the bathroom to shower with and the blow dryer didn’t work. Also when we were checking out it took an extended long time which made us late to start our day. The man who was supposed to be helping was on the phone and he didn’t quite tell us what we are waiting for.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Lyd, North Carolina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to major sites just outside the medina.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Staff friendly and try hard, but hotel run down and the rooms advertised as exceptional are substandard
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Jason, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Shower incidents ruined the good rating
It's a beautiful Riad, close to all main attractions and right by the Place Lalla Aoudas quare. The view is amazing! The breakfast was basic, nothing to report home about, But I was super impressed about their lunch. I was supposed to catch a train to Fes in the evening and was hoping to have lunch before i left, but I was late back to the Riad at close to 3pm. They are supposed to be closed already, however the staff arranged nice morrocan salad for me which are both delicious and healthy. So happy I had that meal. However I could only give them 3 stars because there hot water issues happened to me twice, and I only stayed for night. The night before when I prepared to take shower there was no hot water, I talked to the staff, it seems they turned the hot water off. The next morning just when I was all soaped up, the hot water, and actually even the cold water was gone, leaving me to clean up with suddenly disappear water and then drips. Later on I was told that there was some issues with the tank and I was offered to take a shower in another room if I wanted to. Maybe it's my bad luck but having two shower incidents in one night stay is not fun.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

Joe

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't Go on a Windy Day!
This was one of the worst nights I have ever spent in a hotel. The open courtyard in the center of the riad was covered with a plastic tarp. The wind blew all night long and the shaking tarp made it sound like the entire building was falling apart. I could not sleep and in desperation I had to wear headphones all night long. The hotel is well located but the staff was indifferent and uncaring unlike almost every other place we stayed in Morocco. The rooms were small but adequate.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Great RIyad!
This Riyad is great - the staff are excellent, as is the food and the local area. It is easy to get onto the roof terrace and have a great view over the square and to the hills beyond - Meknes is highly recommended as a "low pressure" location - absolutely no hassles, very relaxed!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Layla on 6 Feb,2018
Thank you very much for your review.We are happy to know that you enjoyed your stay. Best regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Great location!
The location was great and the staff were helpful but we got a very small room. The rooms were so close to each other that you could hear everything going on in the next room. The food was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You can hear next door's bathroom
Two parts to this review: For the Hotel (room 6) : The room was clean and the AC was ice cold. The shower worked, and was stocked with shampoo, soap etc. The biggest issue is that the door that separates the room's was thin and I could hear the room next door, what they did in the bathroom, and their conversations. It wasn't worth the cost in my opinion Restaurant: Had dinner here at the restaurant for 10 people. They delivered the food quickly and interacted in Arabic, French, and English well. They also accommodated our potentially eating on both the bottom floor, or the roof. The food itself was above average for the area, but based on its high rankings on other sites I'd say you can find a better group meal, or individual meal within walking distance.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Kirill , Moscow

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great riad in Meknes
Great, very well located riad in Meknes. I am stay only one night in this hotel-but i never forget it!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only negatives I can say are that the room has no window and telephone, but it was comfortable, and you have to walk a little distance to find a taxi which would makievit hard for someone with a lot of heavy luggage. Overall, I'd recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Stefano

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great riad
Great riad, very close to the medina, easy parking nearby, clean and beautiful, quiet and nice staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jamiella, California, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely just outside medina
This place really helped me out when it was too late for me to go to Fes. I stayed two nights. The owner speaks excellent French and English and was very kind and helpful. Note that it is not situated in the medina as Google maps might have you think. One taxi refused to take me here because I said Medina Kebira when I should have just said next to Bab Mansour. Overall I was very comfortable and one of the best, cleanest riads I have stayed in. My bathrooms were clean (I stayed in two different rooms) I love also that it is close to everything but the street is very calm.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Gabriele

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tranquillity in Meknes
A hiden gem. Very nice riad with great service and comfortable bed. Breakfast was very good. Would come back.

2/10 Terrible

Katherine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bad value
Smell room. Sullen staff. Terrible food.

6/10 Okay

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Surrounding construction work hurts
The front entrance of the hotel faces a parking lot, on the we arrived, the entire parking lot was walled off for construction work. There was no sign on where the hotel was and how to get to the front entrance. Fortunately, a couple of local residents took us through the side openings and led us to the hotel. The hot water in the shower did not work, after telling the night manager and he tweaked something, we got the lukewarm water, and the next morning, the hot water did not work again. It served great breakfast though.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A beautiful renovated riad that we enjoyed. The staff was friendly and helpful. Breakfast was great.

8/10 Good

atm, Kuwait

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice family hotel.Safe and secluded.
Very nice and family style accomodation. Extremly safe and quite. Close to city walls, central touristic areas.Home-cooked food and traditional Morrocan food.