Hotel Sud Bahia, Agadir

We escaped to Morocco this Easter and stayed at the hotel Sud Bahia in Agadir.
We booked the hotel and flight independently worked out a little cheaper not much. When we arrived in Agadir airport at about 6 o’clock pm we got a taxi to the hotel. This was sensible as we had thought of hiring a car from airport but it would have been difficult to find the hotel as it was getting dusk and in a large sprawling seaside resort. . The airport of Agadir is in fact quite a distance from Agadir itself about 30- 40 minutes away.

The Sud Bahai is in the centre of Agadir about 500 metres from the beach 10-20 minutes walk.
We parked just outside the hotel for fee, never had any problems parking here, but there is a secure parking next to the hotel you pay a surcharge for this.
. We were slightly anxious about what to expect at the hotel as it was a last minute booking and some of the reviews we had read were a little unflattering . However we are not the kind of people who spend a lot of time at our holiday accommodation as we like to explore the environs.
This hotel is classed as 3 stars it is a budget hotel. There are 245 room in this hotel we had a double room that had a small balcony overlooking a small courtyard.

The Sud Bahai is a Hotel that was built in the 1960’s after an earthquake that flattened a lot of this coastal area. So if you want an older more traditional hotel this is not for you.
Enter into the hotel and there is a fairly large lobby with a greetings /booking desk which was usually manned by at least 2 people. This front desk is open 24 hours. There is a concierge service on hand to offer sightseeing assistance. There is also a laundry service available.

We booked in no problems as a little was English was spoken and French, I have school girl French and did understand some of it . We were shown our room. Entering our room on the left was the entrance to the bathroom opposite this was a fitted wardrobe and drawers.

Then into the bedroom. Our room had twin beds a bedside cabinet with two bedside lamps on it and a telephone.
There was one chair in the room, shame there were not two as there would just have been room for two chairs. At the foot of the bed here were some drawers under a long unit on which a television sat.
The beds we found comfortable not soft but not so hard you felt like you were sleeping on a plank of wood.

This was not a large room but very adequate, very much like other hotel rooms that I have been in. The room was a pretty basic standard, clean, utilitarian. But hey we were here to enjoy Morocco not our hotel room.
The colour scheme was orange fabric light coloured walls and wooden furniture.

The bathroom had a toilet a bidet a washbasin, the tap dripped a bit possible with a lot of forcing to stop but irritating. There was a bath which had a shower attachment.
The bathroom was only just alright not luxurious. I think it would be good if they updated it soon. White towels were provided, these were clean but although not terrible they were obviously quite old. We were left some individual small soap in the bathroom. But no shampoo and shower gels, no toothpastes.

So basically the rooms were fine for us as we were not aiming to spend our days there. Will need some updating soon I think.
We arrived in the evening and after depositing out luggage in our room we went downstairs. We discovered there was an ATM next to the reception desk and this is where we used our credit cards to get cash.
When we had a bit of a nosey round the corridor along our floor we noticed a conference suite set out with tables and chairs for a meeting.
There is public internet service available.

Wander past the reception to the restaurant. We had booked half board so had our breakfasts and evening meals here… The restaurant had tables set out for 4 an people wee never had any trouble finding table in a position that suited us. Staffs were there to greet and seat you if you required but we always preferred to find our own table. Some of the staff spoke English and all were pleasant. The restaurant had windows all along one side this looked out over the pool area.

There were not many waiting staff but this was Easter and hotel not full, however there was enough staff to for the needs of all the customers.
We arrived at the hotel early evening meals were served 7pm till 9 pm
We sat down at our table in the evening and were shown the menu this was in English and French I think there were menus in other language for visitors from other countries. Each night there were 2 choices of starter’s main meals and desert, maybe in the height of season there might be more but I do not know about this.

Saying there were only 2 choices there was always something that we liked. Starters would be a choice of soup or something like melon, salad or meats. We usually had the soup it was usually ok sometimes well, sometimes a bit watery. A couple of slices of bread were served in a bread basket on the table. The main would always a choice of fish with rice/ vegetables/ salads, one night there was a cous cous dish. The alternates would be chicken or beef, all the dished were fairly European I Thought we might have some more traditional Moroccan fare.

Desserts.
As often when we go abroad desserts are a bit disappointing there were crème caramels yoghurts “cakes and always fruit. We usually choose fruit.
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Having said that, we were not dissatisfied with our meals they were well cooked and servings fairly good. The staff were friendly we were often served by the Maitre D he was very nice recognised us after a couple of occasions.
Fresh free water was always available to drink at the table, although there was a bar in the hotel no wine list in the restaurant.

Breakfasts were served in the restaurant from 7 am till 10am we were usually up by 8 -8.30.
Although staff were around at breakfast the breakfast food was displayed on a servery where you helped your selves. Some of the choices for breakfasts were fair, breads, croissants, tostadas, jams and marmalades, eggs sometimes boiled sometimes scrambled, cold meats, salads. Cups of tea were served at the table. There was fresh orange juice available but this had to be paid for.
Again Breakfasts were fine good to set us up for the day.

Full board is also available and lunch served in the restaurant.

Although we did not need this there was a snack bar next to the pool selling drinks and light refreshments, I noticed some people eating pizzas there. There is a small bar area where were bought some beer one night and listened to the entertainment. The hotel had a guy who played a keyboard most evenings. The night we went in there was a display of some local traditional dancing. This was ok for a light entertainment.
I think that there is also a disco available on summer nights although we were not aware of this.

There is a pool onsite this is situated just outside the restaurant at Easter. We noticed a couple of hardy souls swimming every morning. We were not around the hotel in the day time so did not notice its use between about 9am and 6 pm. In the info it says thier pool is heated. The pool was kept clean when we ate breakfasts the staff were going round the pool and netting out leaves and debris that had fallen in. I noted there was also a lady cleaning the tiled walkway around the pool every morning too. A well as the swimming pool there was a splash pool for children.

Overall my opinion of this hotel was that it was fine. Maybe not the most glamorous but a good, clean hotel. The situation was ok, not far from sea or town. The price for a week, 7 days in early June for bed and breakfast is £64. Per person for bed breakfast evening meal its £96.50p per person. We paid less than this in April. These prices do not include air fare of course.

Would I be prepared to go to this hotel again? Yes I would be happy to stay here if in the area