Riad Dar L'Oussia

Has good location near Bab Sba, with views of the bay from its rather nice roof terrace. However, it is well overpriced (1400 DH, nearly £90 for a so-called luxury - see below) double. Booking by phone, I was told that only luxury rooms were available, but as I later discovered, this was clearly not true. A more realistic price would have been about half what we paid. When we arrived (around 2.30pm), our room was still being cleaned, so we ordered lunch in the patio area. The food was okay (nothing special) but I was rather put... more

Nice riad - but the worst staff we came across in all the places we stayed in Morocco. Booked late so only had deluxe rooms left. They were lovely even if expensive. HOWEVER one of the rooms had a blocked shower, the first day it was used the water flooded the bedroom and ruined some of our stuff which was on the floor. We told reception but it wasn't fixed. Nor the next day despite another complaint from us. When checking out they said they could not compensate us for the inconvenience because we had booked through a travel agent. The... more

We stayed at this elegant Riad for three nights in early April. By Riad standards it is quite large with 24 rooms. Our first night was a little noisy as our room was on the first floor next to the main staircase. I asked to change rooms and we were upgraded to a much more private and quieter room on the third floor. The staff were very professional and did not make us feel our complaint was a problem. Breakfast was OK - Orange juice, bread, butter, jam, Moroccan pastries and coffee. The location of Dar L'Oussia is excellent... more

we loved this riad which was light and spacious and very close to the beach and main square in essaouria. the rooms were very big and well equipped with good powerful showers but ours had no bath. they seemed to have underfloor heating (useful when we travelled) but not airconditioning. upstairs is a very large sun terrace, with some sunbeds as well as shady areas, all with beautiful views over the port and the beach. the staff were all very friendly and helpful, although some french is useful. we only had breakfasts at the riad but there... more