Palm Beach Hotel

Het hotel gaat half maart sluiten. Is overgenomen en wordt hierna totaal gerenoveerd. Het lijkt erop dat al een groot gedeelte van de inventaris verkocht is. Bij het ontbijt een groot tekort aan servies goed. Sapje kun je uit een koffie kopje drinken. Slechts een lepeltje bij de (oplos) koffie en thee tafel. Hier kan dan iedereen even mee roeren. Deze tafel was de eerste dag al heel vies, toen we naar huis gingen nog hetzelfde. Het fruitbuffet heel karig, bijna alleen blik fruit terwijl Gambia heel veel fruit te bieden heeft. Savonds om 19.00 uur nog geen schone handdoeken want deze waren nog niet droog ! Dus hier van zal ook wel niets meer op reserve zijn. Het steunpootje tussen onze 2 bedden was weggeschoven, kijken we er onder en zien dat er nog 2 pootjes miste ! Zou de volgende dag gerepareerd worden, na lang aandringen savonds laat een andere kamer gekregen. Hoe hadden we anders kunnen slapen ? En zo zijn er heel veel dingen met achterstallig onderhoud. Denk dat het management van het hotel wel goed vindt zo. Ze zitten hun laatste weken nog wel uit. Het personeel is overigens heel erg vriendelijk . En ook is het hotel gelegen aan een werkelijk prachtig strand.

We have just come back from a fabulous stay at Palm Beach, had a really good time. It’s currently a bit shabby and run down, however, the current owners are leaving at the end of April. The new owners have great new plans and a building team ready to make a lot of improvements for when the hotel opens for the new season in November. So what’s good at the moment. The staff are truly amazing they do everything they can to make sure you have a good stay. They give a 5 star service. The hotel is on what is probably the best beach in The Gambia. The rooms are currently very shabby but spotlessly clean, very comfortable bed and pillows. The shower was excellent always plenty of hot water and the aircon was great at cooling the room down very quickly. The atmosphere around the pool is very friendly and we enjoyed the different bands playing every evening. So what’s not so good. Breakfast all the bad stories are true. We went next door to the beach cafe, pleasant 3 minute stroll on the beach. Food from the poolside bar was generally ok. The best thing on the menu is the Butter chicken, so good we had it three times. For those going next season I think there will be a lot of improvement in all the areas it needs to happen. The staff will remain the same and they are very excited about all the planned improvements. For those going this season if you’re not happy with breakfast go next door, the majority of guests do. Your room maybe shabby but it’s clean and comfortable. The pool is also clean. Remember this is Africa and hospitality industry really suffered loosing two years trade due to COVID. Many small hotels and restaurants did not survive and had to permanently close. The rest are trying to catch up on lost trade and revenue. You are not going to get European standards but you will get a very warm welcome and staff who will do whatever they can to make you happy. Would I go back? Most definitely yes. I think the new owners have some very exciting plans for this hotel.

Het hotel heeft slechte kamers , maar er staat een schoon bed met een super mooi strand ! En aardig personeel en goed zwembad. Op het strand staat "lady gafa " die voor 400 een bord vol fruit voor je maakt ! Kortom, wil je lekker genieten van de ☀️voor weinig geld ! Doen 😁

The staff at this hotel were incredibly welcoming and helpful throughout our stay. The rooms were immaculate and very comfortable. We also enjoyed the delicious breakfast each morning and loved the convenient location close to major attractions.

Palm Beach is a great find. It was our second year visiting. Small and friendly budget hotel perfectly located on Kotu beach. Raj and his team go out of their way to make you feel welcome. Clean rooms with fresh linen and towels daily with air conditioning and tv. Pool cleaned and attended daily. With afternoon entertainment and nightly shows. Big thank you to Raj and all the staff for another great stay

Just returned from a lovely stay at the Palm Beach for a week over new year with our kids (13 and 9). Accommodation is basic but very clean (room cleaned everyday). We were in rooms 133/134 at one end of the resort but still only a 30 sec walk to pool and reception. Pool area also very clean and sufficient sunbeds with the guys round the pool always on hand to move beds/parasols to make sure you’re happy. We tended to stay round the pool rather than use the hotel area on the beach but that looked very nice. Drinks/food at the hotel were very with waiting staff always around to make sure you have what you need. Food was always very nice and drinks reasonably priced (bottle of lager less than £2) Biggest plus was the staff (and people of Gambia). Everyone so friendly and wanting to ensure you’re having a good time! My son and I having countless games of football on the beach with the locals! We had a few nights out on the strip which was 10 mins down the road (taxi there and back £7 total) Kunta Kinteh and John Raymond beach bars (just along from the hotel) were both lovely too. Gambia wasn’t somewhere we’d had on our radar but having been we absolutely loved it!