This is not a hotel. It is a convenience in a place where few alternatives exist. It is an overpriced motel that lives off historical prestige that the owners thrive off and milk for you. But it does have a view!
I spent a whole week too long there and I will still remember my first breakfast and how much my colleagues and I laughed at the offal they call food. It was verging on Fawlty Towers and that is being rude to Basil.
Coffee was instant Nescafé. Bacon was slices of canned gammon. The only consistently good thing was baked beans.
My room was basic, verging on awful. The shower was like having Cupid pee on you from above. The best thing was when you left it and didn’t have malaria.
On the plus side, you do have a secure compound. There are lots of staff (if they move). And people do come here from here for drinks and cocktails from all walks of life, which gives the joint somewhat of a social vibe with the mostly international crowd.
In short, I can’t wait for someone to open a real hotel in Freetown. Any alternative must be a good and better one.
"The shower was like having Cupid pee on you from above.
The best thing was when you left and didn't have malaria."
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