萊蒙克里克度假酒店(Lemon Creek Hotel Resort)

Waren we vorig jaar teleurgesteld over de vervallen staat, dit jaar zijn we helemaal enthousiast terug gekomen. Het hotel is enorm opgeknapt! Ziet er weer tip top uit. De kamers zijn zeer netjes en de tuin en zwembad én het strand helemaal goed, schoon en mooi. Wij zijn erg gesteld op de rust in en rondom het hotel. Wil je drukte, of lekker eten, dan is het leuk en lekker eten in Senegambia. Voor een paar euro word je naar de ***** gebracht en vind je gezelligheid en lekker eten. Overdag lekker zonnen bij het zwembad of op de ligbedjes aan het strand. Mozes, de juiceman links van de opgang perst graag heerlijke verse sapjes! Recht van de opgang naar het strand staat een kraam waar je lekkere vruchtensalades kunt laten maken. Het ontbijt is simpel maar goed. Pannenkoeken, gebakken eieren, scrumbleld eggs, het staat klaar of ze maken het even voor je. Uiterst vriendelijk personeel! Een grote aanrader!!

Prima Kamer hele vriendelijke mensen het eten was ook erg lekker.Je loop het hotel uit en je sta op het strand. Waar de zonnebedjes klaarstaan. Link ervan staan fruit kraampje. Echt een aanrader aan de rechte kant staat de juice dokter die heerlijke sapje met veel liefde maakt. Rustige omgeving.

Water in de douche valt soms weg. Het strand tgo het hotel zou wel wat betere en meer strandbedden mogen hebben en ook wat mooier aangekleed worden.

Les employés à la réception n'était pas très sympathiques mais ceux du restaurant et les de l'entretient étaient beaucoup plus amicaux. L'hôtel est bien. Par contre, il fallait payer un supplément pour la climatisation de 10 euros par jour et aucune mention à ce sujet.

Die Unterkunft ist verglichen mit anderen Unterkünften in Marokko, Mauretanien, Snegal und Gambia gut, kommt aber an europäische Verhältnisse nicht ran.

wir kommen wieder.

Lemon Creek is a beautiful hotel in a nice place. But, it is a hotel, which rests on its laurels. They give me a room with ineffective air conditioning, which floods the room with water, a room with a very complicated door opening (locks are rusty) and whith a maid, who leaves the bay window, unlocked… There is no maintenance. Only the quality of the meals and the staff save the honor of this hotel...

We have been to Gambia about 20 times and stayed at Lemon Creek 4 times. The grounds are nice, staff are friendly, location is good on the beach next to 3 very good beach bars/resaurants. There is a taxi stand just outside the hotel with very friendly and helpful controller and drivers that really appreciate your business. The rooms are comfortable, although the bathrooms need a refresh as there were holes in the wall and mouldy grout etc. Not too bad though. Breakfast wasn't good for us. The major problems were with the water supply. Either no water at all in the room or not enough pressure to have a shower. Zero hot water for 10 nights despite multiple complaints at reception. We were told it was due to the new road, which was not correct as hotels to either side had no problem. The pump at the bore hole did not work correctly. Other guests had the same complaint. The other issue was zero internet apart from about 6 hours over one night - apparently this is a recurring issue. All in all if the water had worked we would have been very happy with our stay especially at the price we paid, but it did really spoil our experience.

We booked Lemon Creek Hotel through *********** in June 2023 for 3 weeks room and breakfast for two in November and got a good rate on one of their cheapest rooms. We arrived at 2:00 a.m. due to a scheduled late flight and the reception was open and we were directed to our room with no fuss. The room was about 7m x 5m with glazed doors to a balcony of 5m x 2m. We had a bathroom with toilet, shower, (Tepid, but that's OK in the heat.), basin and vanity unit. The room had 3 tables, a suitcase stand, a settee, large four poster double bed with an excellent mosquito net, 5 speed ceiling fan, wardrobe, safe, kettle, (bring tea or coffee) cups, plates, cutlery, tv, aircon (an extra 5 euro per 12 hour session) and a fair sized fridge that has to be turned down to prevent the beer going lumpy. The balcony had a table, two chairs, a drying rail and a view over the gardens. The room was always kept spotlessly clean with pristine white Linen changed two or three times a week. Breakfast in the restaurant was a buffet choice of: fried boiled or scramble eggs, french bread, butter, cheese, ham, jam, chocolate spread, honey, pancakes, toast and marmalade, bake beans, potatoes, mushrooms, sausage, porridge, cereal, museli, fresh fruit, cakes, fruit juices, tea, instant coffee, milk and sugar. The extensive hotel lunch and dinner menus were comparable in price and quality with those of the Senegambia ***** restaurants and we never had a disappointing meal there. The staff were professional, happy, friendly and attentive. The hotel grounds are a wonder. They extend at one end toward the beach via a guarded gate and at the opposite end to the road where taxis wait in the shade. There must be about 300 mature trees on the grounds mostly baobab and palm, interspersed with sloping lawns, paths, flower beds, hedges, the Lemon Creek itself and the swimming pool. This creates an excellent environment for over 50 species of birds, many butterflies , dragonflies and of course the green vervet monkeys, who, don’t worry, kept their distance. All this surrounded the 7 hotel units with 8 rooms each and the restaurant serving the breakfast, lunches and dinners. The greatest resource of the hotel were the staff who at all levels were smiling and welcoming. Nothing was too much bother for any of them. Whether it was an extra napkin at breakfast or a drop of oil for your fishing reel they would be there with a smile and no trace of any expectation of a tip or reward. Our room cleaner was so keen to ensure that our stay was as pleasant as possible. The hotel had a well informed resident Gambian bird guide who calls himself “Best Boy” who for a very reasonable price would organise trips to any of the Gambian birding locations or just walk you through the hotel grounds. Best boy is an excellent bird guide who can identify any of the Gambian species you are likely to encounter and share his knowledge with you. It is clear that for Best Bo