Hotel L'Iglesia

We stayed here for one night at the end of a 2 week Moroccan adventure. Our room was lovely and spacious. We were given a room in the main building where the restaurant is located. It was comfortable and quiet. We did go and look in the old church building - which was very lovely. I can't comment on the rooms in that part of the hotel, but it looked very nice. It was nice to stay in the old town area. Breakfast was delicious, but we didn't eat dinner there so can't comment.

The hotel is split into 2 buildings. The main church and the consulate. The consulate is the main building where the reception & restaurant are. The church is the spectacular interior you see published everywhere. During my stay, my room was in the Consulate building, and the church was vacant, due to low occupancy. // We had only breakfast in the hotel/restaurant. // The staff were friendly. // As the church was not the main building, and most guests are accommodated in the consulate building, we were very disappointed, as we want to stay in the church building. We went and visit the church, and it does not a lot of dusting and cleaning. // After staying in some other beautiful Riad, our room, for the price, we were not really impressed.

I want to start by saying I’m a level 7 local guide on google and have done well over 150 reviews, and do not enjoy writing negative ones, but In this case I can do nothing but . The staff,on the other hand, all of them throughout our brief encounter were friendly and courteous, but the photos of hotel L’ Inglesia were most likely taken when first opened and are not representative of how it looks as I write this review. The place is in desperate need of freshening up and a good cleaning. It was December when we were to check in and after walking through a trash strewn dirt lot to get to the old church where our room was we where shown a large dark and very cold thread barren room , paint peeling off the wall and not in a “cool”and intentional way. I believe the intent of the decor was restoration hardware meets mid century modern industrial chic. Thing is, that all needs to be dusted, as my photos and video will demonstrate. After expressing our displeasure in the room, we were shown to others all in the same condition, including the last one with a squished cockroach on the bathroom floor, inadequate amount of lamps, some missing lightbulbs and a broken chair, Keep in mind there is no heating nor Airconditioning also. All the common areas furniture was covered in a black dust , coffee and side tables the wall molding and display cabinets all unkept. In addition we were expected, we had reservations and were told the place was booked for the Holidays, but not a light was turned on in the place. It was spooky, it being an old church and all. It gave us both an uneasy feeling. We got the impression the owner of the property hadn’t been around in a while, or had just lost interest in the place. Luckily we found a room in an amazing 5 star Riad just outside the walls .