We loved everything about our stay at Riad Diamant Blanc … right from the friendly welcome to the reluctant check out! In a great location, just within the medina, close to shops, cafes, and the local souks, and within easy walking distance of the port and the beach. We stayed in a seaview suite, which contained very comfortable twin beds, wardrobe, chairs, tv, and a little kitchen area with fridge, double cooking rings, and electric kettle. There was also a sunny balcony, and access to a small shared seating area on the landing. Breakfast consisted of fresh orange juice, omelette, msmenn, crepes, bread, butter, honey, jam, pastries, and a choice of tea, coffee or mint tea, and was served on the roof terrace, which had great views of the beach and town. (As others have mentioned, the gardens adjacent to the premises are currently being used as storage for building materials, but there are no actual building works happening, and you may hear the early morning prayer calls from the nearby mosque, but this did not bother us in the slightest). We must mention the wonderful staff, who were very friendly and helpful, especially Keltoum and Yousef, who always had a ready smile and went out of their way to ensure that we were well looked after at all times. All in all, a great little place, and excellent value. We hope to return again!

Good location and great view from the room. You can also eater a breakfast from a terrrace. Nice staff and tasty breakfast. Good price for stay.

Need some renovation. This is not very clean hostel in my opinion. Some more advanced cleaning and renovation is a must

I have visited Essaouira several times. This hotel is really a great place to stay to explore this ancient, interesting historical city. The hotel is located in the old town(medina), right on the defensive wall of the old town. All amenities, a good view from the window, there is a balcony-terrace. Good breakfast served on the roof terrace with a great view of the surrounding area and the ocean, friendly and helpful staff.

The room and the furniture, balcony, the curtains in it already needs renovation, but this is a common thing in Morocco, they don't care about it :) It is a studio, there is a small fridge and an electric stove, but there are no pots or pans for cooking, just a few cutlery and glasses. The windows of the room are on the sunny side, so the room heats quickly but there is no air conditioner so you need to keep the curtains closed. Sometimes, due to construction, restoration works and incomprehensible activities, the noise from outside can disturb your sleep.

The location is conveniently close to the beach, the port and main street of medina. The hosts are kind and helpful. He gave us tips on what to visit in Essaouira and how to get to Casablanca the next day. They also agreed to give us takeaway breakfast on the day of our departure. Beds are confortable

The view is actually a bit further away and barly visible for the first floor balcony. However, from the rooftop tarrace you can indeed admire the view of the sea. Breakfast was too much carbs for our taste: 2 types of bread, pancakes, pain au chocolat and just a small omlette with a little bit of cheese. Also the coffee could be better

I did not like the attitude of the hotel manager, who refused my reservation in a room with a balcony when I arrived at the hotel, and suggested that I cancel it there, on the spot without additional costs, because I did not respond to mail to the question "at what time do you arrive at the hotel?" sent 1 day before and which informed me that during my vacation I am absolutely obliged to answer emails and that this is life, sometimes unfair... Thus, I was put in an unpleasant situation during my vacation. Everything was saved by Mohamed who, after offering me a room without a balcony for 1 night, moved me to the room with a balcony that I originally booked. Thanks again, Mohamed. You are the best.

Mohamed and his small team did a wonderful job of looking after us during our week's stay, everyone was so approachable and helpful. The riad is in a good location, on the edge of the medina, with shopping and eating only a few minutes away, as is the beach. The room was great - we had one with a balcony with views to the sea, it was like a home from home during our stay. Breakfast on the roof terrace was substantial and more than we were expecting, the breakfast tagine was a surprise and was excellent. This was my fourth visit to Essaouira and my husband's second, we will definitely be back again and plan to stay at the Diamant Blanc again.

We visited in January and the temperatures were fine, I'm not sure what it would be like in summer as the rooms are south-facing.

modern room with great kitchenette facilities which we used daily . great breakfast served in area outside room or on roof terrace depending on weather . rooms and building light and airy . staff were brilliant and helped us on a number of occasions. south facing so sunny location .

Breakfast was good varied typical moroccon style fresh fruit platter twice a week baked eggs and tomatoes fresh bread pancakes ? crepe, honey and apricot jam butter and fabulous freshly squeezed orange juice .Our room was very light and bright lovely large windows with a view down to the beach. Excellent shower plenty of hot water linen and towels changed every day which was a luxury but on a personal level considering all the climatic problems etc we would have been happy with less changes .The staff were excellent there was always a sound of laughter the staff seem very happy in their jobs . Mohammed was so smiley and very helpful all of the time as was the young lady receptionist. Our room needed the curtains replacing they were faded and need replacing there were also some holes There was a two ring hob but no cooking equipment if you wanted to we did not .. The furniture could do with a coat of paint and the sofa cover needs washing or dry cleaning it was marked . The call to prayer is 5 times a day and its quite close but we soon became used to it .to sum up lovely staff happy atmosphere .

Nothing in the way we were looked after.we were very pleased.

Location is excellent..easy to find. Staff lovely. Koltoum on reception was helpful and very sweet. Youssef is the young man who serves the breakfast on the rooftop which was a really nice also. Our room was nice with a little balcony which was a cool place to watch the world go by.. .

There was nothing that I didn't like

The view from our room was nice and the breakfast was outstanding. you can eat on the terrace or in your room. Due to the outside temperature, we had breakfast brought to our room. Staff were all very nice and helpful. Room had a kitchenette so we brought food from outside to have in our room. Great water pressure and water gets nice and hit! gGreat location for exploring on foot.

No fan or heater. Balcony door was difficult to move and once opened, we could not lock it again. It was down to 8C at night and as there was no heater in the room and it was becoming uncomfortably cool in the room. Also, as with the majority of on-line photos of everything these days, places always appear to be much nicer in the on- line photos than they are in real life and this holds true for this property as well. it was a bit of a let down in comparison to the photos on the booking site.