Central Turtle Restaurant
restaurant — 289 Star Street
Trap score: 52/100 (orange)
Central Turtle Restaurant is a Restaurant popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Marrakech
Reports (38)
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2026-06: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- fake_reviews (severity 2/5) — 2026-04: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- overcharge (severity 4/5) — 2026-01: My wallet went missing right after a staged distraction near the entrance.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2026-01: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- harassment (severity 5/5) — 2025-12: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- harassment (severity 3/5) — 2025-10: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2025-08: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- fake_reviews (severity 2/5) — 2025-08: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5) — 2025-10: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5) — 2025-09: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2025-08: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-08: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2025-08: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- taxi_meter (severity 5/5) — 2025-08: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- fake_listing (severity 4/5) — 2025-07: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2025-05: My wallet went missing right after a staged distraction near the entrance.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5) — 2025-04: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5) — 2025-04: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- taxi_meter (severity 5/5) — 2025-04: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5) — 2025-03: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- taxi_meter (severity 3/5) — 2025-03: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2024-12: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- bait_switch (severity 5/5) — 2024-11: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2024-11: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- fake_listing (severity 2/5) — 2024-12: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- fake_reviews (severity 2/5) — 2024-11: They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- unsafe (severity 2/5) — 2024-09: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2024-09: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- harassment (severity 4/5) — 2024-09: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2024-09: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5) — 2024-10: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5) — 2024-09: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- harassment (severity 3/5) — 2024-06: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2024-08: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2024-07: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2024-06: My wallet went missing right after a staged distraction near the entrance.
- harassment (severity 4/5) — 2024-06: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2024-05: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.