Bakadaji Hotel

Onze vakantie was fantastisch. Het personeel was super. We zaten in jola 6 we keken uit op de tuin en de kamers waren erg schoon , de bloemen en planten waren ook erg mooi. Het personeel is vlot en accuraat . De poolboys , niks was te gek ze regelde alles. Met de taxi naar de markt,vraag de locals,1 van de jongens,Saikou is onze gids geweest op zij n vrije dag.We komen zeker nog een keer terug. Groetjes Fam. Zwart uit Zeeland

A great place to stay we had 10 perfect days The staff could not do enough for us and were always so polite and friendly it was a pleasure to get to know them The room was beautiful and very clean The breakfast was lovely and any thing we asked for they accommodated The grounds and pool were beautifully kept Don’t be put off with not been directly on the beach it a very short stroll to get there Thank you all for our wonderful stay Andy & fatou

Great staff, never met such friendly people. Beautiful hotel, great environment and the food in the restaurant is to die for. Bakadaji has everything you need! Just 5 minutes to walk to the beach and all of the best places of the Gambia are within reach. We will definitely go back.

My friend and I (both female) were brought to this hotel restaurant by two male “friends” for food and drinks. From the moment we entered, we felt uncomfortable—the bar staff, all of whom were men, continuously stared at us, which was unsettling. Despite this, we decided to stay and proceeded with our meal. As the night went on, one of the men we came with became extremely drunk and began verbally abusing my friend. Shockingly, the restaurant staff did nothing; they simply stood by and watched, making us feel incredibly unsafe. If you’re a young woman, I would not recommend visiting this place. It felt deeply sexist, and we felt objectified the entire time.

The hotel is physically nice. The pool is wonderful and clean, the gym access is fantastic! The breakfast is adequate, not special. Problems encountered - no hot water. Mentioned this to the desk several times with no resolution. You are only provided with two bottles of water on check-in, nothing for subsequent days. The standard across most of Africa, frankly the whole world, is that when the tapwater is not potable, the hotels provide guests with at least two bottles of water per day per day. This is honestly a minimal expense for the hotel and relieves the hassle on guests to have to track down water on a regular basis. The Royalista Restaurant just outside the car gate, is a fantastic fusion restaurant with Indian Italian, and some Chinese food. It is incredibly reasonably priced, much more south than the restaurant just inside the gate for the hotel. The hotel was able to exchange currency at what I found to be a very reasonable rate. The beds were quite comfortable, the air conditioning worked well, and the rooms were clean and in good order. I asked for a tea kettle, which was brought right up. However, in this day and age the rooms should be pre-equipped with tea kettles and coffee or tea service for in room consumption, as is the standard in most 3-4 star hotels around the world. The Internet worked OK in the main building, and on the patio, but was virtually nonexistent and incredibly unreliable in the rooms. This poses a significant challenge if you are trying to do work. It is obvious by the shirts, that the staff is definitely being trained to up the level of customer service. By and large, I found most of the staff, especially housekeeping, to be very accommodating and helpful. The restaurant stated on several occasions that they were out of something, yet on two of those occasions, when asking a different person, items would miraculously appear. This hotel has the potential to be quite a place. The management and staff need to pay a bit more attention to detail, put the effort and money into a few of the amenities that are missing, and ensure a reliable supply of hot water.

This has potential to be a fantastic hotel. The grounds are beautiful, the rooms are spacious and well appointed. The pool area is lovely and the food is pretty good. The downfalls are no kettle in the room, we had 3 different rooms during our stay (we came and went a few times over 3 weeks) and none of the hairdryers worked. The key constantly needed rechipping and we got locked out at least 4 times. The ground staff ie: gardeners, pool guy, cleaners and car park men were all lovely but the front of house staff in reception and restaurant were miserable and unfriendly. Not very welcoming. There also needs to be someone who comes around for drinks orders at the pool, walking up to the main building in swimwear isn’t very comfortable and something most other hotels do anyway. But this said we would stay here again as it is by far the nicest hotel in the area now (we’ve been coming to the Gambia for years)