We had a wonderful one-night stay at Riad Dar Soufa in December 2024. From the moment we arrived, the staff was incredibly helpful, arranging a cab from Casablanca airport and providing excellent tips on exploring Rabat. Their recommendation for a traditional Moroccan Hammam was a highlight of our trip—an unforgettable experience! The breakfast was delicious, with a variety of fresh and tasty items to start the day. The riad’s location is perfect—you step right into the vibrant Medina, making it easy to immerse yourself in the local atmosphere.

The only challenge was reaching the riad, as cars are not allowed inside the Medina, meaning we had to walk quite a bit on cobbled streets with our luggage. However, the overall experience, warm hospitality, and unique charm of the riad made it well worth it.

They provided the best breakfast of our stay. It was plentiful, different every day but always included fresh fruit, yoghurt, freshly pressed orange juice, tea/coffee, variety of bread/pancakes, honey, olives etc. They had the best tea and welcome biscuits of our Moroccan journey! There is a lovely roof terrace. Our room was very comfortable. In all respects, the staff were very helpful.

The bathroom is divided from the main room by a heavy curtain. It rained heavily on one day and the inner patio became wet and slippery, despite a covering.

The rooftop area is very relaxing and you can enjoy the sunset there. The room is spacious and clean. The receptionist Said is very friendly and helpful. I am a solo traveler with a huge suitcase. Unaware of the fact that there is no lift in a raid when I booked the room, I at first was worried about how I could bring my luggage up to the second floor. Said was very gentlemanly and carried my suitcase up to my room. Said also helped me with booking the train ticket to my next destination as I was unable to go to the ONCF website. After checking in, he showed me and the other travellers the ways to the points of interest nearby with a map of Rabat. The location of the riad is just a 5-min walk from the tramway and around 15-min walk from the Rabat ville train station.

The bathroom is dimly lit and there is only one rubbish bin in such a spacious room.

The room is cozy and comfortable. Also, the breakfast is really complete, with a lot of fresh fruit and local pastries. On top of it, Madwa (the owner) made sure all was good during our stay and made recommendations of places to visit and have dinner (which we followed and they were worth it)

Only downside that you may stumble upon is that there is no sound isolation from the rooms. But this is little to no problem, because there is always a quiet environment. Also, it is like this in every riad, it is just the architecture of the houses.

Beautiful accommodation within a 2 minute walk from the tram station. It is situated on a quiet street, directly off a bustling main street, with a good choice of restaurants/cafes and lots of vendors for snacks, drinks etc. 2 minute walk from the central market with some great cafes, overlooking the square, right next to the tram station. Breakfast was fantastic and all freshly prepared, including the bread. Rooms are cleaned daily and I really appreciated having some laundry done (additional charge). I also loved how eco-friendly Riad Soufa is as they refill glass bottles of shower gel & shampoo every day. *The tram is 6 dirhams per single journey. It is super handy for reaching Salé across the river (a perfect half day trip) and other key tourist attractions such as Tour Hassan, other medina gates etc. National contemporary arts museum was excellent and photography buffs will appreciate the national photography museum. You can reach both via taxi and probably tram too. The riad is a 10 minute brisk walk to the Kasbah, with lots of quaint white-washed houses; look out point to the sea, and the stunning Andalusian gardens. I went to the jewellery museum too and a pretty kaftan exhibition was included in the ticket. I have loved my stay in Rabat.

I did have some trouble finding this on arrival, but after that, it was very easy to navigate. If you have a Moroccan sim card (I didn't) then I'm sure it would be much easier to locate.

The Riad is very beautifully decorated and the room we had (actually two rooms linked on the patio) were very comfortable and spacious when travelling with kids. Guests also have access to a lovely terrace with great views and sunshine during the day and gorgeous sunsets. There was an electric heater in each room which was perfect in end December. The breakfast was amazing, with loads of different fresh breads, fruits, orange juice and home made jams. Our host was very helpful and available, and offered us a lovely welcome on the 1st day with tea and marocain sweets. The location is great as well, on one of the main alleys in the medina with great street food, and close to kasbah and other sites (easy to reach by nearby tram). Would love to come and stay there again.

If you want to sleep in, it might not be easy from this room as one hears the people at breakfast starting 8.30am. Not a problem for us as we are early risers.

It was way more than we expected. The room service was on point and the breakfast was super super good!! The staff was very helpful, helped us getting through the city and even accepted to wash our clothes, which was very nice. The rias is located near the Bab El Had parking which was perfect and not to expensive. Most of all, the riad was very quiet, and we slept very well.

Nothing, it was perfect.

Beautiful riad. Location is great for the medina and still within easy walking distance of the rest of downtown (we walked to and from the train station to the hotel). It's in a narrow lane that's easy to miss, but directions are simple and it's right off the main market street. (That street also stayed busy until at least 10pm, so pretty safe.) We stayed in the Zellige room. Room was larger than expected, had lovely decoration, in good condition, and bed was comfortable. (Note: the shower and toilet are in the same room, separated from the rest of it by a curtain, in case that's something some guests wouldn't like, but we didn't mind.) Breakfast was good and ample. Staff was friendly.

No complaints.

Riad Dar Soufa is a marvellous Riad in the centre of Rabat. We enjoyed our stay very much and felt very welcomed. The breakfast was extraordinarily delicious! We would recommend it very much!

The bathroom was next to the reception only separated with a thin wooden door, which made it uncomfortable to use the bathroom in the morning while other residents were having breakfast in the lobby.

Everything! This accomodation deserves a better ranking. It‘s not a 3-star but at least 4-star Riad. You have everything you could wish for in this Riad. We were welcomed nicely, with a tee and were shown and explained the nearest places and best spots to visit. The host is speaking very well English, besides French. This riad has only space for 6 rooms (bigger and smaller), which makes it so special and cosy. Our room was very clean, being on the roof top is like you are out of town. The Medina is busy and full of people, but when you are in this Riad it was peacefull and quiet. Plenty of food for breakfast. The location is great, right in the middle of the old Medina. You can walk easily to the old Casbah, to the Ocean, the Marina, take the tram… We travelled by car, but no problem, there are at least 3 parking spots right outside Medina and near to the accomodation. It’s just a question of the price for the parking. Looking back we were very sad, we didn’t stay longer because on our 14days trip - the Riad Dar Soufa was the best accomodation!! Thank you a lot and all the best !!

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