Our first time in Gambia and we went for my husbands 60th birthday. Arrived saturday night and by wednesday evening we had had £400 taken from our locked safe, our friends also had the same amount taken from theirs and the couple on the other side of us had £120 taken from theirs. The security is non-existant. The management tried... More

just returned frimthe golden beach, dissapointed with breakfasts, very basic, evening meals well presented and nice. staff also very nice, but never gave any change where ever you went, ie breakfast, pool snack bar, and evening meal staff, at the end of the holiday we had given a lot of money away whether we wanted to or not.wouldnt go back... More

.hi folks, recently returned from 2 weeks stay at this hotel. We read all the reviews before we went and apart from one moaner the reviews were very accurate. First impression was that the hotel was quite basic, only to be expected in this part of the world. The staff, as we had read, were brilliant and very friendly, starting... More

This was our first trip to Gambia. We were pleasantly surprised especially after reading articles and web pages about bumsters. We were not hassled by bumsters, the only people who came up to talk to us were Gambians who wanted us to buy a juice from their bar or to try the local restaurants. If you said no but thank... More

For our first time in The Gambia we've just spent 11 nights at Golden Beach Hotel and were pleasantly surprised. Ok some of the decor was a bit rough round the edges but this was a lovely small and quiet resort which was great to relax in with a couple of good bars and restaurant. The staff were lovely and... More

It should go without saying when staying anywhere in a developing country that the place is - DE-VEL-O-PING! Which means the facilities and functioning of those facilities, unless in the most expensive 5* accommodation, are likely to be a long way off from what you would expect at home - that's assuming your home is not a developing country. You... More

the hotel it self was at good clean standard. there is nothing there except a pool the food was nice but v small for money the staff are freindly but watch your bar bill????????? . security is none the hotel got broke into twice just while we were there luckerly we were on second floor . anybody can access the... More

The location is great because you're far enough from Senegambia to be away from the chaos but close enough to easily access it. It's no more than a 10min drive, The hotel can offer a tourist taxi to take you there, wait, and bring you back for D300. Or you can walk up to the end of the drive &... More

Clean yes. Basic yes. Stayed 1 night and moved hotels. Extras like a proper breakfast and air con was all extra. Pool area was small. Nothing in the area. The evening meal was in an outside restaurant open to flies and mozzies. It worked out better to pay more for half board at another hotel which was much more up... More