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3.0 of 5
Liverpool St., Elmina, Ghana
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Coconut Grove Bridge House
Ranked #3 of 3 hotels in Elmina
4.0 of 5 stars 13 Reviews
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Teilhet, France
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23 reviews 23 reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
27 helpful votes 27 helpful votes
“Not to waste money”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 March 2006
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I just spend three nights with my family in the hotel. Tu put it simple: the service is close to bad, the food even closer to lousy, and the hotel overall run down and not maintained (in our room tv not working, AC not working , chairs broken, etc etc). Notably the kids facilities are all broken down.

The owner, Ghanean living in the USA, must make a fortune to charge 135 US $ a night (for a family of 4), but reducing service to mere basics. Staff was having fun, playing billard, listening to loud music, but service to clients is not at all on their strong side, although we were practically alone in the hotel.

From what I heard I would assume that staff is underpaid, but that is not my fault. I can´t see how tourism in Ghana could really develop at such a lousy price quality relation. I wanted to give it a rating of terrible, but my wife convinced me there must be something worse so I give it a rating ok, still the beaches are quite nice.

Still I can´t see any reason to make holidays there.

  • Stayed March 2006
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
59 helpful votes 59 helpful votes
“Just OK”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 May 2005
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March 2005 - We stayed here for several nights in March while we were in Ghana. This was the most expensive of our lodgings at $150 US per night, and also the biggest disappointment. When I went to check in, they tried to say I had cancelled our reservation. They seemed not to believe the email I produced from the hotel saying a family room had been reserved for us. They knew we were a family of 5, however there were only 2 beds in their "family" room. We separated one into two smaller ones, but the other was a double, no room for another kid. We asked for a cot, and they tried to charge us ANOTHER $25 US a night for the cot - I don't think so! We were given a room right next to the "staff/storage quarters" where there were lots of bottles clanging and trucks running and talking going on at all times of the day and night. We were woken up one morning by the sounds of digging right behind the headboard. Turns out they were mixing cement right at our door. The room had really, really seen better days. Paint was falling off the wall, the windows were so high you couldn't look out of them - it was rather scary to lift the curtain anyway. It would have been an OK place to stay, perhaps at $40 US but not $150/night! To top it all off, we had no water while we were there. My husband thought they trucked the water in to the resort. Once when he saw the truck arrive he rushed back to our room and we did have enough water for two showers, but that was it. We booked this hotel based on the activities they offered such as 9 hole golf course, games (pool tables etc) but the golf course had not seen a lawnmower in quite some time - they were getting out a lawnmower when we left however. The pool tables/fooseball etc were all locked up in a room and through the windows it was obvious they were not in working condition. There is a small 3 computer internet cafe which was really expensive (so we thought). The food was OK, a tad expensive. A breakfast was included with the room that was adequate but consisted of cold eggs and cold porridge and dry toast etc. The beach is nice, however this was the one place in our whole time in Ghana that a guy tried to grab my camera while I was picking up shells. Only hotel on our stay to jerk us around in arranging transportation - I believe they got a cut of the rate. It gave us a place to sleep, but not a desire to return. Other than complaining about no water a couple of times, we said nothing else. When our bill arrived - for some reason they felt compelled to deliver it at 4:30 AM! - I noted that they had reduced the rate to $134 US per night - nice of them. I will not stay here again - go to the Elmina Beach Resort instead if you can handle not having a beach altho it is on the water.

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89 reviews 89 reviews
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28 helpful votes 28 helpful votes
“Direkt am Fischerhafen”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 December 2011
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  • Stayed November 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Liverpool St., Elmina, Ghana
Price range (per night):* INR1,667 - 3,057

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