Well-preserved deco architecture. Friendly staff & they can arrange local tours. Breakfast is filling - the breakfast room has lot of traditional architecture elements. The best thing that i liked about it was the proximity to train station. Just walk to your room! Some of the rooms can be noisy due to street traffic.

The hotel is quite near one of the train stations of Meknes, so it is really convenient to get there from the train station. There are signs to make it easier for you to find the hotel which is also a great help, particularly if you arrive at night. The staff is helpful - they easily speak French or Spanish, and give you nice tips to visit some key places in Meknes. I was advised a guide for a tour of the city (which I accepted, something that I rarely do) and the tour was absolutely worthwhile. The breakfast staff was really friendly and always making sure that you could have more coffee or food if needed. The rooms are more than adequate for a low budget hotel, clean enough and quite superior to many budget hotels that can be found in Europe. At night, the hotel neighbors tend to be noisy which is a bit annoying but nothing that prevents one from sleep if tired. I recommend this hotel as a good place to stay in Meknes, if you do not mind staying in a budget hotel relatively far from the old city (you need to walk around 25 minutes to get there; not a big deal for me).

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Quite nice hotel, very close to the train station, so if you arrive to Meknes by train you don't have to walk far with your rucksack. Comfortable beds, clean bathrooms with shower is all you need when travelling across Morocco. Breakfast is included in price but don't expect more than 3 slices of bread, butter and some jam. To get to the historical sites you have to walk 2-3 km.

Recommended overall.

I stayed here for seven nights in March 2011, as a sixty-five-year-old Briton travelling alone. I had a first floor room with private toilet, shower and washbasin room en-suite.

.271 dirhams for first night and 250 thereafter - cash only

.clean throughout, well-maintained, with good standard of decoration and furniture.

.friendly helpful staff.

.two minutes walk from Meknes Abdel Kader railway station, where most trains stop.

.in a main road in a safe-seeming area with cheap restaurants and all types of businesses nearby.

.salon marocain on ground floor and courtyards on roof and first floor.

.TV in dining room / salon area with English language news available on request.

.comfortable double bed with plenty of extra blankets and pillows.

.power points in bedroom

.cofee available at 10 dirhams, but no food.

.concierge always seated at reception.

Bad points:

.cold gloomy bedrooms designed to be cool in hot weather - radiator was inadequate for cold mornings and evenings in March.

.very poor breakfast - good coffee with top-ups, one crusty bedroll with a little butter and jam, one chocolate pastry. No alternatives, no orange juice, no croissants, no fruit.

. no wi-fi.

.single bed was narrow and uncomfortable.

.one wire coat hanger in wardrobe. one hard chair in room.