Riad Lamane

We stayed as a couple as part of a organised tour. It is literally in the oasis in the Draa Valley outside Zagora. The Riad is much bigger than the usual rooms around a courtyard. It has extensive grounds dotted about with African related sculptures and artefacts, with lots of interesting places to sit and chill, and plants and birds. Careful you don’t get lost! The pool setting is amazing. Rooms are spacious; ours was themed like a Berber tent, although I found the bed hard. Lunch and evening meals were the same menu - okay generic Moroccan and nothing special but staff were friendly; breakfast was disappointing and cold. Payment by cash only, no cards. You could get beer and good, reasonably priced local wine. WiFi worked fine. Overall a very beautiful setting.

It's my second time in this Riad at Zagora. They have Amazing tema rooms, a various mix between Marocco and rest of Africa. Beautiful garden, swimming pool, hammam, art and artist give to this riad a charm. Rooms are big and comfortable! Traditional food and buffet breakfast.

Very clean and uniquely designed property. Easy check in. Good evening meal options. Breakfast was 95% carbs but was delicious. Pool water was a little murky but had a great swim. Rooms were very ample and great water pressure and AC. No complaints really!

Air conditioning was terrible. It was so hot. Dinner was nice and they sold wine and beer. Breakfast was terrible however, with rotten boiled eggs that stunk out the dining room, and the food old and stale. Nice pool (good size) but no shade. Generally the place was rather untidy and unkempt, but the staff were friendly and appeared to try their best.

We stayed here after our excursion to the desert camp and really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. We stayed in an African chalet which was very spacious and a refreshing change after all the classical Riad rooms we had stayed in. The pool is great to relax and the whole property has a lot of plants and areas to sit and relax. Food was good too, although choice was a bit limited due to the fact that it was off-season. Nice staff speaking many languages and making sure you have a nice stay.

We spent a night at this Riad as part of a private tour coming back from the Sahara desert camp. We were two couples, looking forward to a nice Riad experience promised in the tour brochure. When we first arrived at the reception we were encouraged by the prominent Rotary International wheel sign, since we were also Rotarians. Our mood quickly changed when the person at the desk seemed frazzled since he had another group of 6 people checking in at the same time. He just gave us two forms to fill, gave us two sets of keys and we were told to find our way to our rooms. The compound was nice enough with vegetation and walkways, but there were no signs pointing to where our room might be. There was also construction going on across from the open-air restaurant. We finally found our rooms, but I had to go back to the reception because our room was not acceptable. The fact that the door could not be closed shut should have given us the hint. Well, we finally got another room after waiting 20 minutes, and the room was spacious and well decorated, but the shower barely worked. Anyway, we got the distinct impression the hotel must have been very nice at one time, but it was in much need of repairs and TLC, and the staff, although wanting to help and be of service, were run off their feet and unable to provide excellent service. The pool looked nice, but we were not able to go in because it was not heated, and the water was quite literally colder than Lake Ontario back home. There were also no towels by the pool. The place has great potential if the construction would fix all its facilities issues, and they get more staff which will give them capacity to provide the service to satisfy the guests.