Upon booking, i knew that for the cheap-ish price i paid this was not going to be the Hilton. The first room we had C block there are 3 blocks A- Amazing with air-con, B- beautifull-Some with air con, and C- CRAP- with not even a fan which was boiling hot, and faced a brick wall, on the lower ground floor.
We asked to be moved to a room with air con and this was an additional The food in the bar area states its indian, and an indian chef - i have been to india several times and this food was NOT indian, when questioned we were told that no one likes the food hot?. Other items such as sandwiches were very nice but beware it takes ages to arrive so order before your hungry. The pool area is nice, but not for laying around, there were 65 and older women cavorting in the pool with 18 year old african men, all english of course, one even stated she was having full intercourse in the pool at that second i choked on the coffee i had waited for 2 hours and left.
I did discuss this with the staff and was told that in gambia this is what happens, it was just full of desperate old english women, and dirty old men, and this behaviour continues into the night with most of the local entering the hotel looking for single ENGLISH pensioners- which of course they found,It makes me ashamed to be english.
I would NOT recommend you bring children to this hotel and stated this to the rep. Breakfast was ok, but if you dont like eggs or beans you have had it, as this is what you will get everyday in a different form, boiled egg, or fried, dont expect much but i personally enjoyed it. The beach is beautiful, and the staff are helpful and polite there is no hassle from sellers as they are banned so this was the nicest part of the day. This place could be amazing, there are lots of staff doing nothing, and need to be managed- the experience would have been much better, Gambia is an amazing place but this place is just a brothel with the sun.
The staff are very freindly and will go out of there way to help dont be afraid to ask even if you have something wrong, they dont bite but you might have to wait a bit but if you are on holiday 10 min to solve problem is not a lot.
