Chez Hicham — Restaurant in Chefchaouen

Great location in the main square just near the entrance to the kasbah. Because of its location it was that much more fun wandering without worry of getting lost in all the little alleys. I had the penthouse suite aka Room 31 Royal. I was traveling solo but this room can sleep 6 comfortable and with all the couch space can sleep many more. |The riad is quite large and it took me a day to find my way out without looking at signs. Actually there are a couple ways down from the penthouse. Lots of charm and traditional decor fun to just look around. Staff was friendly and helpful. |There were a couple groups staying there when I was and I made the mistake of ordering dinner when I was hungry. It took just under 2 hours! |While the penthouse is large it is off the terrace and people will be sitting just outside your door some were talking loudly. If you are there on a Saturday ask not to have this room as the music and revelry seemed to be just outside my door. |Finally in a nice place you expect for all to be in working order. My AC leaked and half the lights didn’t work. (Yes I told the desk) Finally maybe a different alternative to the sliding door into the bathroom which if you step wrong on the tracking will...

Riad Hicham is pretty easy to find, directly situated along the cities main square. You enter the Riad via the entrance of the Restaurant Hicham, which makes that both employees, restaurant guests and riad guests are entering along a narrow staircase. The surroundings inside Hicham are a little like a maze, but not in an annoying way. |We had a junior suite. Considering the fact that we had a suite, the room was pretty small. All the facilities were there (couch, tv, bed, bathroom, airco) but it was all packed into a very narrow space. No outside view and being within the environment of restaurant and riad, a little noisy at times, although we slept very well both nights. |The riad personell were very sweet and accomodating. The restaurant personell however, were hasty and felt uninterested. In 2 of 3 instances, sloppy even. 1 time waiting a very long time for the bill and a second time, an 8am breakfast start only starting around 8:10 with a yawning waiter taking our order and bringing the wrong order the first time.|Overall, location was great, spaciousness felt small and the combo of riad and restaurant in the same environment gave the experience a lack of the feeling of rest and serenity when coming back...

By far our worst dining experience in Morocco. Service was almost non-existent, but when it appeared it was just plain rude. The food was no better. Although we were early in the night, the beef tagine had run out, and the replacement chicken tagine appeared as a twice cooked chicken leg (likely left over from the night before and too hard and dry to cut) and chips (looked like oven fries) with a few olives on the side. The Moroccan soup was lukewarm and suspiciously alike chicken noodle soup from a can, and kefta tagine wasn’t restaurant quality, lacked any real flavour. This was recommended to us by our guide, but obviously not for its food. We ended up not being able to finish and left mid-meal, but then had to wait for 10mins for the waiter to get the bill. On the way out we witnessed 20+ beef tagines leaving the kitchen for a large guided Chinese group who arrived after us. Try somewhere else, there’s plenty of gems away from the...