Hotel Akabar in Marrakech

The hotel isn't worth 4 stars, old-fashioned. I paid online, the next day they want me to pay again, but their system says I haven't paid. I had to catch my plane, so I wasn't allowed to leave.

My stay at Hotel Akabar in Marrakech was nothing short of a disaster. I regret booking this place and hope others don’t make the same mistake. Here’s why:
1. Pool? More Like an Empty Hole
One of the reasons we booked this hotel was for the pool, only to arrive and find it completely empty. Not a drop of water. No signs of maintenance or explanation—just a useless, dry hole in the ground.
2. Low Water Pressure = No Proper Shower
Taking a shower here is an ordeal. The water pressure was so weak that it was impossible to properly rinse off. It felt like trying to shower under a leaking faucet.
3. Scammed at Check-In
The receptionist blatantly overcharged us on the city tax. She seemed exhausted from fasting for Ramadan, which we understood, but that doesn’t excuse what happened. She charged us way more than the listed rate, then acted confused when we pointed it out. Despite multiple attempts to fix it, she just kept pretending she didn’t understand and never corrected her “mistake.” A total scam.
4. Terrible Breakfast – Stale and Repetitive
Breakfast was the same every single day: dry, stale bread, bad coffee, and tasteless pastries. Zero effort, zero variety, and definitely not fresh. It felt like they were just recycling old food.
5. No Outlets in a Triple Room
Our room had three beds but only one visible electrical outlet. In this day and age, that is ridiculous. We had to take turns charging our phones, which made planning our days incredibly inconvenient.
6. Ridiculous Food & Drink Policy
The hotel does not allow guests to bring in any outside food or drinks—not even bottled water! This means you are forced to buy everything from them at ridiculously high prices. A small bottle of water cost more than triple what you’d pay at any shop nearby. It’s an obvious cash grab, and it made our stay even more frustrating.

This hotel is a joke. Stay anywhere else if you can.

The room is too old, it's not as good as a small hotel in China, the bathroom is too old, in short, this one doesn't match at all, it's only RMB 100, really bad review