After years of anticipation and delay, the Park Hyatt Marrakech opened to guests in 2024. I spent two nights at the property just days after it opened and loved the beautiful common areas, delicious food, and the excellent service at the hotel. The hotel’s location may present a challenge, though.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Review

Park Hyatt spells its hotel Marrakech (the French spelling) rather than Marrakesh, the English spelling I tend to prefer. I’ll stick to Marrakech for this review. I offered my first impressions of the Park Hyatt Marrakech shortly after my stay, but now offer a detailed review of this property.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Booking

I stayed at the hotel just days after it opened…in fact, when checking in, I was told that I was the first Globalist guest at the hotel. The cost was nearly $500/night and this was during the heat of summer. Prices can top $800 during the more pleasant months.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Location

The hotel is located in the Al Maaden complex. While technically within the city of Marrakech, it is about 15 minutes outside the Medina by car (what I consider the city center).

I’d label it a stunning oasis in the desert because you’re not central in Marrakech, which may be a downside to this property, depending upon what you want to accomplish. On the one hand, it’s nice to be far away from the city because it’s quiet and you are less tempted to do “touristy” things. If you’re coming to this hotel and spending $500+ night, you do want to enjoy it…and there is much to enjoy without ever leaving the hotel grounds.

But do realize that Al Maaden is a new development outside the city center and the whole area is an unfinished project (not the hotel, but the homes and villas being constructed around it). It feels almost creepy as you are driving to the hotel because you spend five minutes driving down a road and looking left and right at unfinished projects…it borders on dystopian until you reach the property, though I suspect that is probably a temporary problem.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Check-In

The common areas of this hotel are gorgeous, with immensely high ceilings, beautiful stonework, and lovely seating. As you enter the hotel, you are met with a long corridor with sky-high floor-to-ceiling bookcases and seating alcoves.

Walk down the hall and turn left to find an elaborate check-in area with both desks and a counter. I was invited to sit down at one of the desks and was promptly offered a cold beverage.

Oh…and let me add the hotel was not expecting me. Hyatt has me flagged in its system as a blogger or influencer of some kind (I’d love to see the notes…) so I made this reservation 30 minutes before showing up…just after stepping off my flight. That may not have ultimately prevented the hotel from knowing “who I was,” but it would prevent them from rolling out the red carpet upon my arrival, which is not something I ever want at any property I review.

And yes, the hotel was surprised to see me. There were very few guests and they were not expecting a Globalist to show up…their first Globalist, as it turned out. Thus, it took some time (about an hour) to prepare my room. I was fine with that: i just worked productively in the lobby.

I don’t make a habit of making reservations 30 minutes before I arrive, but here I felt confident in doing so because I knew the hotel had just opened and it would be nowhere close to capacity.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Guest Room

The reception staff informed me I had been upgraded to a “suite,” a World of Hyatt Globalist benefit.

While my room, 1201, was labeled a suite, it was actually one large room. Nevertheless, it was massive and featured a very comfortable bed, air conditioning that worked like a charm (it was nearly 50ºC outside), and a large bathroom.

The rooms are riad-style in the sense that they are clustered into 3-4 rooms with a shared outdoor common area in front (rooms also have their own private patios or terraces).

As you entered my room, a small corridor led into the large bedroom, which included a king-size bed, a table with two chairs, and a more comfortable easy chair with an end table.

The terrace included a daybed and two additional chairs with a table in between.

As mentioned, the bathroom was very large with a walk-in shower large enough for a party, a dressing area, two sinks, and a separate water closet. Shower amenities were from LeLabo. Do you see what’s missing? No bathtub!

The hotel did scrounge together a welcome gift for me: a box of delectably sweet dates.

The mini-bar was complimentary, including snacks (biscuits, crackers, cookies) and drinks (soft drinks, water, juice). No alcohol in the minibar. Coffee and tea service were also present (Nespresso espresso pods).

The room had plenty of plugs, including universal A/C, USB-A, and USB-C.

Turndown service was available every evening and the in-room slippers were a huge step up from the flimsy disposable pairs you often find at hotels.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Dining

The dining are excellent at this hotel, with several options and high-quality and delicious food.

Breakfast

Breakfast is served at TFAYA – Brasserie Arabesque, the hotel’s signature restaurant, from 7:00 am to 11:00 am each day, and was a unique treat each morning. Rather than a buffet or a la carte menu, I was brought out a set menu…and a massive menu…of food and drink. It’s not the way I’m accustomed to doing breakfast and I did end up eating a lot more than I normally would have, but it was an excellent combination of tastes and textures.

There were fresh fruits, a basket full of warmed bread and pastries, along with delicious honeys and marmalades made on-site. There was ful medames and raib yogurt plus fresh cheese. You could also order eggs, crepes, pancakes, and waffles. Orange juice was fresh-squeezed.

What a treat…

Coffee

Regular readers know I am anal with my coffee, and I’m sorry to report it appears that this hotel has signed an exclusive deal with Nespresso. While individual Nespresso machines are fine for guest rooms (and even appreciated), the restaurants and bars also feature these machines and the coffee (like throughout so much of the French-speaking world) was quite bad.

If you appreciate coffee, stick to French press or Arabic coffee here and go out to places like Thirty5ive for coffee.

TFAYA

I returned to TFAYA, overseen by Chef Issam Rhachi, for dinner and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I also had the restaurant all to myself, which, rather than being awkward, resulted in great service. Menu here.

Both indoor and outdoor seating are available.

I had some Moroccan red wine with dinner, which was superb.

Dinner began with a sorbet palate cleanser.

Fresh bread with homemade butter and olive oil followed.

For my main course, I ordered “Pressed Lamb Shoulder Cooked For 8 Hours Hargma Way, White Bean Hummus And Confit Onions.”

Wow, this was SO GOOD! I get hungry even writing this. What a delicious meal.

For dessert, I had Amlou Soufflé with Moroccan mint tea and cookies.

An incredibly satisfying meal for 510 MAD (just over 50 USD).

Living Room

Every Park Hyatt has a Living Room and this one, open from 9:00 am to 1:00 am includes all-day coffee, a huge selection of cocktails and alcohol, and comfort food ranging from Japanese food served omakase-style to dim sum, to burgers and French Fires.

Menu here.

This area continues down the hall the corner to another bar area.

Pavillon Terrace & Pool

Outdoor dining is available in cabanas around the pool and on a large terrace adjacent to the hotel lobby.

Room Service

A huge 24/7 room service menu is available from your guest room. Here’s the menu.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Spa + Wellness

The spa complex is massive and lovely, with an indoor pool, wellness area with steam, sauna, and hammam, and a large fitness center.

Beauty treatments like manicures and pedicures, haircuts, facials, and massages are available.

Inside, you’ll find a large indoor pool overlooking the golf course outside.

It was very warm in here…the water almost hot and the room quite sultry.

Despite the very warm weather, I still sat in the steam room and sauna…part of my daily ritual that is not dependent on the outside temperature.

I did not use the hammam, though.

The facility has beautiful relaxation rooms and locker rooms.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Fitness Center

The gym includes brand new Italian TechnoGym equipment (both strength resistance and cardio) and a separate room for yoga and stretching.

I loved the little treats like pecans and almonds.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Pools

In addition to the indoor pool in the spa area, there were also two large outdoor pools, although I found the weather too hot outside to go swimming during the day.

Park Hyatt Marrakech Golf

There’s a golf course attached to the property, which is truly an oasis in a sun-parched region. I’m horrible at golf…

Park Hyatt Marrakech Service

Staff were excellent here…and I particularly want to single out Reda in the TFAYA – Brasserie Arabesque restaurant. He was so gracious and attentive.

I was the only guest in the entire hotel my last day. Talk about personalized service! I had ordered a taxi to take me back to the airport and it never showed up (remember, as I said earlier in the review, the hotel is not so easy to find). I began to panic just a little bit that I might miss my flight, but when the hotel staff saw that my car was not showing up, it offered me a ride to the airport in one of the house cars…that was a very kind gesture.

CONCLUSION

I loved this hotel, despite the poor espresso and somewhat odd location. The room, food, service, and amenities like the spa and fitness were all fitting of the Park Hyatt brand. I know there are cheaper options in Morocco, but when I return here with my family one day we will stay here.

And if you’re in Europe and can get a cheap flight to Marrakech, this is a very nice property for a quick weekend getaway.

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