Golden Peace Hotel

The main light in the room was not working, the only light that worked was the one in the bathroom which had no door. The room had torn mosquito nets on both beds and had bugs all over them, there were cockroaches behind the beds which had dirty mattresses. During breakfast they only offered 3 options and served eggs that were too salty. Definitely not worth the money..

First let me confess that I hesitated to give this place a "poor" review, because I don't wish to imply that it is a bad place. But it isn't an outstanding or excellent propery, it is only average and this time it fell short of things that I would hope could be quickly corrected -- and, if so, I would be happy to stay there again. The room itself had a large double bed and a smaller single bed for four of us. This was not a problem, we knew this when booking and the room was as described and even a bit nicer than anticipated. My wife and I took the double and our girls (who are still pretty small) shared the single. There was also a desk and a nice couch, so it was a very comfortable room for the four of us at this age. The beds were comfortable and had mosquito netting. But this was the first small thing where they failed us. While our bed had mosquito netting, it was too small for the bed, and didn't close. What good is mosquito netting that won't keep out mosquitos? There was a balcony, didn't overlook anything, but people might still enjoy it. The problem was that it was behind a curtain that was closed to block light when we arrived and I thought it was just closing off a window. Only when we opened the curtain in the morning did we discover the balcomy and the door to it that stood open all night long. A major security concern for me. The bathroom was designed as it typical in many Ugandan homes (including mine) with the shower directly in front of the toilet. This creates a problem in that using the toilet after someone has taken a shower means getting your feet and/or your pants wet. We solve this by providing a squeegie to push the water down the drain so the floor dries out quicker; but none was provided here. And in higher quality hotels, the bath would be designed to completely avoid this problem. I also experienced that when I turned on the hot water it was cold. OK, it can take a minute to warm up so I let it run. But a minute later it wasn't warm, it was gone. Fortunately there was still cold water, but no more water would come out of the tap when just the hot water was turned on. Also, there were no places to hang clothes while taking a shower to keep them dry. Additionally, the bathroom was seperated off from the rest of the room by just a flmsy shower curtain. That was fine for modesty, but it didn't keep water from leaking into the room so clothes I had dropped outside the shower still got wet. And finally, remember, we had reservations for 4, but they only provided 1 towel for our entire family. Not something that one enjoys finding at 6am. As you can see the majority of my complaints have to do with the design and provisions in the bath, should the hotel attend to these, it would make for a much better experience and higher rating. Other good things my family enjoyed: the pool, suana, steam room. I didn't need the loud music being played down at the pool, but they turned it off shortly after 9pm