Hôtel Manader — Hotel in Agadir

Firstly I'll start by saying when I had a look at how much I'd paid for this hotel for the 3 of us as a family, it worked out roughly £33pp/day. We probably just about got our money's worth. ||When the taxi dropped us off, initial thoughts were that he was mistaken and had dropped us off at a souk somewhere. Check in was easy and simple though and our room was ready early at no extra cost. Basic room, aged and smelly towels. Very noisy, I wish I'd brought ear plugs. We were on the 2nd floor and thought we'd escaped cockroaches but found a massive one on our last night. It's no surprise, guests leave plastic and food strewn about in the stairwells, I'm surprised there aren't rats. There's a stench of stale urine in parts as well.||Headed to the pool and bar. There are clearly not enough staff, massive queues at the bar and you get a tiny little cup. When you use your own cup they don't fill it up, defeating the object. Soft drinks are flat, warm and poured from a bottle. Very strange experience at the bar one day, the barman said to my husband "do you know what p* off means?'' To which my husband replied in the affirmative and the barman then pointed at a man on the opposite side of the bar who was facing the other way mid conversation and said "he said p* off to you" as though he wanted to cause some trouble. It was quite obvious nothing had been said. Very odd. They did try to remember who had arrived in order though and tipping seemed to help.||The pools seem overall well maintained in terms of anything floating about in them, but the big one has dangerous areas in it, blocked off by a chair. I imagine that the hotel had it's heyday about 30 years ago. You can see where there used to be a swim up bar etc. ||The food... I'd say breakfast was OK although very repetitive and hardly any fresh fruit. Queues again were long and often there were no plates to be found. Most plates had a massive chip in them, I have never known hotels to recirculate damaged crockery. When I tried to fill up my water bottle at the machine a man said "no bottle no bottle" - it's like they relish wasting plastic! Plastic everywhere. Even some plates are plastic. You can't get a real cup to have a coffee in, it's paper ones. Some of the food items, particularly dessert, seemed to be rationed as staff were handing out one tiny piece at a time. Lunch and dinner were just vile, we ate out after the first day for both of those. Many people, ourselves included, ended up downloading the Glovo app (like Moroccan Deliveroo) for takeaways delivered to the hotel, or we often went to Maxwell's next door.||The animation team seemed to work hard but we didn't see any of their entertainment preferring to venture out. Our cleaner worked hard and was friendly. Reception staff were helpful. Some barmen had odd ideas of banter. ||The hotel has it's own part of the beach sectioned off with beds and umbrellas. Locals circulate like sharks trying to get you to pay roughly £4 for a doughnut that's been walked around the beach all day. The sea is great fun, lots of big waves but again full of litter and plastic. It's a huge shame.||Upon check out of the hotel we asked to use the convenience room but were given a key to another room to get changed in at no extra cost which we appreciated as did not leave until 17.15.||Overall, like I said, we maybe just about got our money's worth. Wish I'd spent more and gone somewhere decent as it would have made a world of difference, so I can't really complain when...

First off the reception to this hotel was shocking. It looked more like a cab office. Waited 3 hours for our room which was also shocking and very small for 3 people, smelly old and dark . First there was only 2 beds in each room even though we booked for 2 rooms for 6 people. They just put another bed in which left no room to manoeuvre. We were reassured that we can move the next day as loads of people will be leaving. |They were true to their words and offered us 2 rooms in the newer part with air conditioning but it was only really big enough for 2 in a room. We kept one of the air con rooms for our 2 oldest kids 20 and 15 and asked for a family room with the 2 youngest which was also big and clean with white sheets but no air conditioning. In hindsight we wish we squeezed in the aircon room as it was unbearably hot in the night that you can not sleep.|The restaurant and pool on this side was a lot quieter. Food was not nice and tasteless. I am use to eating rice and stew but I just couldn't eat it. We ate out at restaurant just outside the Caribbeans side and there's was a burger place right outside. The pools were cleaned and the grounds was tidy and clean. What was not clean was the restaurants. The floor and table was sticky food on the floor. No Air conditioning. They had a fan but was never on. |If we would have come from the Caribbean side of the hotel and got the room we were given on day 2, I wouldn't have been soo disappointed. The caribbean reception was nicer, larger with air conditioning and a bar which only open at 3 pm. But apparently the rooms on this side was better if you got the air con or the family rooms| You can use both sites ie, pool and restaurant. Apart from the rooms, both hotels shared all the facilities. The cleaning staff was lovely. They came and cleaned every day and gave new towels. They made the beds but did not change the sheets.|You can pay for a fan and a fridge for your room which we did.|Snacks are not provided so its more like a fullboard. We had to buy bottled water everyday and drinks from the on site shop as the queue was always too long and the drinks given in disposable plastic cups. I would say take your own cup.|Some people save sunbeds from the night before so do the same as it will save you waking up at 6:30. |You have to pay to get get beach towels but it is given back to you as long as you have your receipt so keep it safe. Some did take 2 of ours so I could only get the money back for 4. Please make sure you take it back before they close if you are leaving before 10am...

I would not recommend this hotel. It's very old,rooms falling apart, mattresses are disgusting! We got all inclusive and it was terrible. The food does not cater for children atal and twice i was sick after eating here. Tables are filthy, flies everywhere. Tables are not laced atal, when you sit down at a dirty empty table you are given an old dirty placemat and cutlery that is presumed clean by the staff as they pick it up if other abandoned tables or run if trying to find some in the kitchen. Every dish is chipped! Desert is very very limited. Butter is sour! No snacks in between meals, kids were hungry all the time. No ice cream whatsoever, kids waiting 20-30mins to be served a drink. Only one bar open most of the time and people who tip are served first, some people waiting for 30mins being completely ignored. Stalls at up all over the hotel so your constantly hassled to come and buy stuff and there's no avoiding them, at up near pool and restaurant and along the path to recruiting and exit so you have to pass them constantly. I payed for all inclusive but spent over a thousand on having to buy takeaways and tipping for everything! Or they won't do anything for you. Salons never open when ment to be, to book a table in the restaurant I was told you have to book atleast one day in advance at the kiosk which i never seen open and looked completely shut down. The pool turns most white things neon yellow for some reason. |The only things I liked about this hotel was the cleaning last for the room was very nice and done a good job. And the way to the beach through the back of hotel (which we found out was closed by the time we got there, due to work being done, this was the same for the kids club) but I have to say that little walk down is very beautiful and almost completely hidden and unknown about, we found it on the last day. |If this hotel was renovated and the food, all-inclusive and staff were changed, managed better, it has potential to be very nice. Also I hated the stalls, there is two or three (at the bottom of the steps from fountain/reception walk ) who don't hassle you and are very nice. I spent the most money at these stalls on the day we were leaving because they let you look without bothering you and...