Royal Palm
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If you’re looking for a family-friendly hotel in Libreville, look no further than Royal Palm.
While staying at Royal Palm, visitors can check out St Marie Cathedral (2.0 mi) and Notre-dame de Lourdes (2.0 mi), some of Libreville's top attractions.
Royal Palm offers guests an array of room amenities including air conditioning and a minibar, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available.
The hotel offers a 24 hour front desk, a concierge, and room service, to make your visit even more pleasant. The property also features a pool and a lounge. Guests arriving by vehicle have access to free parking.
If you're looking for a place to eat, Restaurant U Piscadore (Le Sud) (0.3 mi), Les Paillottes (0.3 mi), and L'Emir (0.9 mi) are all within walking distance of Royal Palm.
If you are interested in exploring Libreville, check out an architectural building, such as L'Eglise St-Michel Libreville.
The staff at Royal Palm looks forward to serving you during your upcoming visit.
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Food is excellent, best I had in the city, superior boutique hotel service, owners are super friendly.
Best place to stay in Libreville so far!
The rooms are quiet and clean, and the bathroom is large. The shower and tub are in a separate glassed room, which is well appointed.
The food is good! And the view is exceptional.
Definitely a great place to stay.
A perfect tropical setting then ? Not by a long way, unfortunately. The trouble began when my carefully arranged, and twice confirmed, airport pick-up was not there. I phoned the hotel and had a great deal of trouble understanding the person on the other end because of an abominable crackling on the line. There was no apology and I was told that they would contact the driver to see if he was still available and, if no-one arrived within half an hour, I should take a taxi. I decided to take a taxi immediately and enjoyed a hair-raising ride at high speed in a beaten up 40 year old Peugeot with cracked windscreen and no lights.
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I arrived safely at the hotel and found myself in a very dimly lit reception area. There was not so much as a hint of a welcome smile. I asked why there had been no airport pick-up and the receptionist told me I had to fill in the form before he could discuss it. I managed to fill in the form despite the very poor lighting, asked my question again and he replied to the effect that there had been a mix up and he concluded his eloquent explanation with a dismissive shrug of the shoulders.
That night I slept poorly because the air conditioning wasn’t very effective. Before breakfast I took a quick stroll around the pool wondering about the evil smell wafting up from the beach immediately below. To my intense dismay I saw that the beach was covered in plastic bottles, old shoes, plastic bags and other unidentifiable debris, amongst which gurgled a rather greasy and unhealthy looking sea. OK this is not the fault of the hotel but it’s worth mentioning in case anyone thinks they are going to be able to swim and while away pleasant hours on the beach. On investigation I found a canal a little way away which obviously doubled as a sewer and was emptying all sorts of nasty things into the sea.
I walked into the restaurant for breakfast and sat down. There was only one other customer. The service was painfully slow and the breakfast consisted of 4 slices of baguette bread which was airy and light, quite devoid of any taste or consistency, and clearly came from the supermarket. Worse still it had been frozen and defrosted. There was a cup of coffee and an orange juice, served 10 minutes before the bread arrived, ensuring the coffee was stone cold by the time you wanted to drink it, a small pot of melted rancid tasting butter and some jam. On alternate days there was a croissant which was quite nice. All this was served by a very cross looking waiter.
In the evening I decided to try the restaurant for dinner. The food was ok but expensive and came with the usual glaring service. I had the distinct impression that guests were NOT welcome here. That morning I’d informed the receptionist that the batteries needed changing in the TV remote control. It took three further requests on three different mornings before anything was done about it. Luckily the air conditioning was fixed immediately. I imagine it was a clogged filter.
Next morning I was in a hurry because I had a meeting at 08.00. Along came the coffee and juice after a 15 minute wait, despite there being only 5 other clients. 15 minutes after that the waiter shuffled over to the counter and placed the dishes containing the bread, butter and jam onto the counter. There they sat for 10 minutes until I got up and fetched them myself, handing one to a poor guy who had also been waiting desperately for his breakfast.
On my final morning the drinks arrived immediately. 10 minutes later the dreaded 4 slices of bread arrived, albeit with a small croissant as this was, oh what joy, croissant day. 10 minutes later I asked if it would be ok to have the butter. This arrived with the usual glare but was warm and runny, which exacerbated the cheesy taste so I had to abandon my cold coffee and leave with just the orange juice and the croissant.
There is a serious problem with the personnel in this hotel. They treat customers in the same way that French government administrations treat theirs – as an unnecessary annoyance. It’s a shame because the infrastructure is clean, comfortable and pleasant, providing you don’t go anywhere near the beach end of the property. I should finally mention that the owner of the hotel very kindly allowed me to keep my room free of charge all day as my flight didn’t leave until 22.30, and this without my having complained about any of the above. I mention this so as to be entirely fair.
The pool area is very nice and the sea view looks inviting. A closer look over the edge reveals a small sandy strip full of garbage, a common problem in Africa.
Great place for an evening beer!
The rooms are large, with all commodities, even a real nespresso machine, and a large beautiful bathroom.
Breakfast is awesome, the restaurant has a choice of snacks and delicious food, and there's a real wine cellar.
Stay there and even work sounds like vacations.
Kudos to the staff, all friendly and helpful.
LOCATION: Great location, right on the beach like the Le Meridien Hotel next door
FITNESS FACILITIES: No Gym. very decent pool looking into the Gabon Estuary
SERVICE : Sweet staff with a friendly smile. Though you will be having a hard time if you dont speak french. So hold on to that smart phone translator app wherever you go!
HOW WIRED YOU WOULD BE: Free Wifi, which surprisingly worked all over the resort very well - even at the beachfront bar. No restictions on the number of devices!! 8/10. However NO ENGLISH CHANNELS on the telivision and you will be restircted to around 20 purely French only channels! So unless you speak french you are totally unplugged from the world(almost!) :-)
The restaurant is small but prepares delicious French and local dishes. Definitely gourmet and definitely expensive (my appetizer, main course and can of Diet Coke came to US$76).
There's a beautiful swimming pool in the courtyard and some very comfortable lounge chairs to relax in. The property overlooks the estuary/sea, but I wouldn't call this beach front ... the beach & water are not for swimming in this part of town - too dirty.
The rooms are beautiful, but curiously, the bathrooms in the "Baignoire" category are tight. I actually liked the less-expensive Standard room better (I stayed in both).
Internet is s-l-o-w but free. The hotel offers airport pickup/dropoff but at $60, use a taxi instead ($8 max).
Very happy to have stayed here, but my wallet is much lighter after departure.
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