Ocean Palace Bazaar
shop — 32 Temple Street
Trap score: 56/100 (orange)
Ocean Palace Bazaar is a Bazaar popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Marrakech
Reports (22)
- overcharge (severity 4/5) — 2026-06: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- harassment (severity 2/5) — 2026-04: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2026-03: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- unsafe (severity 1/5) — 2026-03: They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- harassment (severity 3/5) — 2026-01: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- other (severity 5/5) — 2025-08: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-09: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2025-08: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- harassment (severity 5/5) — 2025-08: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-07: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5) — 2025-04: Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.
- fake_listing (severity 3/5) — 2024-12: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- theft (severity 1/5) — 2025-01: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2024-12: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- other (severity 5/5) — 2024-10: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- other (severity 2/5) — 2024-09: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- taxi_meter (severity 5/5) — 2024-08: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5) — 2024-07: They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2024-08: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- unsafe (severity 1/5) — 2024-07: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.