El Pueblo Tamlelt

You definitely get what you pay for with this hotel! Unfortunately, there were quite a few issues that made our stay disappointing. On arrival, we were allocated rooms a considerable distance apart. The rooms themselves were very outdated, with broken toilets and showers, doors that wouldn’t lock, safes that didn’t work, no hairdryers and very old TVs with no remotes. The plastic chairs on the balconies were also broken. Cleanliness was another major issue. The bed linen and towels in the rooms were dirty, and there was a constant smell of sewage throughout the stay. The sun loungers around the pools were also dirty, with some broken. The food in the main restaurant was disappointing, with a limited selection and very little that was particularly enjoyable. On site pizzeria (1 meal included) was lovely. Only one bar was open, which meant it was extremely busy. The staff were okay, but nothing particularly stood out in terms of service. On a positive note, the location was lovely, and the pools were okay, although nothing special. Overall, you get what you pay for. If you're looking for an extremely cheap holiday and are willing to overlook quite a few shortcomings, then this hotel might be suitable. However, if you're expecting cleanliness, decent facilities, good food and a comfortable stay, I definitely wouldn't recommend it. I certainly wouldn't return.

We went here for a quick holiday and very quickly discovered the saying you get what you pay for to be true. On checking in we were given a room we requested a ground floor room as my partner struggles with stairs, but they said they didnt have any, then they come up with a choice of 2 rooms told us to choose which one, the first was ground floor but upon walking into the room there was a hostel feel to it, dark dingy brown blankets on bunkbeds, and cockroaches scattered everywhere, straight away we said no, the next room wasn't much better the balcony doors wouldnt lock and we were on the road side, the room was dark grubby lightbulbs missing and with wires hanging out everywhere we told them we werent happy they said come back tomorrow. The next day we got yet another room which wsant the best either but we came to the conclusion we werent getting much better and thought its only a week. The toilet could only be flushed by lifting the cistern lid the shower head soaked the whole bathroom and the balcony doors dont lock. No safe in the room either. The food well where do I begin, its absoutley awful there are very few choices, alot of moroccan choices, but not good at all, there were people with children struggling to find anything for them. Everymeal time was awful we ate out alot. One day we were queuing for the eggs in the breakfast period, without warning the chef shut everything down and walked away without a word. The bread is french sticks the breakfast is very continental with eggs thrown in, the lunch is fish, small bits of meat or chicken and rice, salads looked nice if you like salad. Dinners were the worst the same as lunch time. The snack bar runs from 3 to 5 the burgers arent burgers its corned beef with fries, the nuggets are like cardboard. You can only have 1 per guest.
The bars youll only get served if your tipping generoulsy or your a return customer, and you can only have 2 drinks per person. I will say the beer is good its san miguel. The whole hotel is run down and very very dated toilets hanging off walls with no locks on the doors, dirty areas food everywhere, rubbish everywhere and no bins or ashtrays anywhere except the bar. The only good point about this hotel is the Animation team who work so hard and are super friendly and really get the guests involved, all guests get involved in the group dancing each day which is great to watch. This place is like butlins on crack, the guests were all thrashed each night and fighting its the most surreal place we have ever been. To our shock this place has so many returning guests but they all come back for the party atmosphere Im afraid we wont be returning. All in all we would advise you to avoid the place is your looking for a nice holiday, there are far better out there even for this budget.

We had booked the El Pueblo Tamlelt, and on arrival you are greeted by a dour looking building. It twins with Caribbean Village hotel (you use the facilities of both) which has a much more appealing frontage.

The hotel is certainly run down and in need of an upgrade, but you get what you pay for- and the 3 different pool areas are clean. The staff were great, especially those manning the main pool bar, which was frequented in mass number by guests you would expect to find in Wetherspoons at 9am on a Tuesday.

The room was spacious ... but the bathroom wasn’t overly respectful of privacy (we were a group of friends - not such an issue for a family potentially!). Bring your own towel. We had a room facing the main road which did mean being subjected to blaring horns until the early hours.

Food was a mixed bag, pancakes and Omlette’s in the morning were good, snack bar (limited opening hours) of burgers and chips did a job. We tried the lunch/evening menu, but ended up eating out on the final 2 nights. Plenty of good but relatively cheap alternative options within walking distance.

Having seen some of the reviews we feared the worst but we made it workable.