This hotel's location is great and our room had a very nice plaster decoration. And that's about all the nice things I have to say about this place because the service is horrible.

We left our luggage in our (locked) room and when we came back, noticed that someone had gone through my bag, moved my clothes and underwear and used our bathroom. Put two and two together. The next morning (before check-out time), the employee burst in our (unlocked, unfortunately) room with a tourist to show her the bathroom, while we were still getting dressed and packing to leave.

We had to catch a night train and didn't want to carry our bags all day. However after our check-out, the employee refused to keep our luggage (this time, with a lock) at the hostel. I guess they only like the unlocked ones.

To avoid at all costs. Really.

200 dirhams p.night for a single (although i got a triple room)
Staff are friendly.
location is a bit off - 4 mins walk to the main road of medina.
rooms are ok.
but i never got the hot shower they promised will be available at night!

Hello to Leylah and Ali, who were personable and fun getting to know. I was at the Batha for 8 days in April. while the location couldn't have been better, and the maid really did a thorough job cleaning it everyday, Omar, the owner, needs to put a little money or at least some effort into the place. The enamel in the bath tab of the top room (I think it was number 5) was worn-away so badly that you'd probably get lead poisoning if you actually tried to take a bath. of course if you tried to take a shower, the bracket which was suppose to hold the shower head was broken. it would have been a very simple repair, but hadn't been done. The bidet was missing a faucet and looked like it hadn't worked for a longgggg time. Many things were either broken or in a state of disrepair.
Also I was moved 3 times during my stay which was really a pain as I had to repack and usually helped lug my bags up or down 3 flights of stairs.
still the price was right and I'd probably stay there again.
I liked the way the Leylah and Ali took an active interest in the comings and going of their guest. You could tell they discussed us, which I found amusing.
Someone mentioned a swimming pool, but there certainly wasn't one when I was there. it's a small hotel, mainly vertical, with only 5 or 6 rooms.

While the staff were friendly and helpful, they seemed adamant that the room, featuring concrete walls, an open passage to the bathroom, and no heating, would be warm enough to not warrant finding us extra blankets. We froze, and could see our breath as we shivered in bed the next morning. The stone-cold showers didn't help either. The towel provided was the size of a tea-towel, breakfast tided us over until morning tea, and the room was clean enough.
Still, it had a brilliant location, was fairly cheap, and was the only place where we weren't woken up by the (pre-)dawn Call to Prayer.
Not recommended at all for the colder months.