La Falaise Hotel — Hotel in Yaoundé

I was in Room 601. It has a big bed, armchair, desk and chair, closet, in-room safe, ledge for bag, fridge, AC, TV, coffee-making facilities, and full-length mirror. The decor is pretty old-style, not modern. The bathroom has a shower over the bath, but the shower head is not positioned high enough, so I had to hold the shower head myself to wet my hair to wash it.||||I had a few problems with the Wi-Fi at one point. But most of the time it worked, albeit a bit more slowly than at home.||||I have knocked a star off my rating because of the appalling service in the restaurant. I went in there to have dinner. I was given the menu soon enough, but ordering was ridiculous. It was maybe half an hour from getting the menu until I ordered. At various points, I was waving my arms in the air trying to get the attention of waitstaff. I finally ended up going over to the kitchen and poking my nose in there to ask if was possible to order around here. I didn’t notice other tables, which all seemed to be businessmen (vs me, a woman traveling by myself), having the same problem. Then part of my order was wrong and part was forgotten. Once I got the food, it was pretty decent, but the service was a joke.||||The hotel is located near the center of Yaoundé. Given the horrendous traffic in the center, the next time I will likely pick a hotel somewhere else, unless I need to be...

We stayed in this hotel for about ten days. So we could well evaluate its properties. Modern, elegant building, good cleaning. Standard room of adequate size. Large bathroom with small window. New toilet facilities: there is a bidet!! and a little mirror. The shelf is the sill of the bathroom small window. On arrival the drain of the bidet was broken and the water flowed in the floor. The reception provided for repair immediately. The room is changed daily in the linen Unfortunately there is always one small towel and you have to pray for one more. The room climate is ok. The TV channels are French, Africans Francophone, CNN, Chinese channel. Breakfast is in a nice room and buffet. panafricana.Ananas super.Coffe Kit.Surprising is the very high number of waiters who unfortunately, but it is not their fault, they have no sense of readiness and efficiency, apart from delivering the bill. I ask at the reception for using the PC and printer in order to print the sheets for the airline check-in on night. I had to weit for a personal more. After 45 min I was able to speak with her, but no admission to the PC station was allowed to me. I had to go to an internet point, quite far from the hotel. My conclusion is that you must be patient and understand that you are in Africa, where time and people have their "particular"...

I decided to give La Falaise a try during my seond trip to Yaounde and I have to say I will not be coming back. The rooms are very small and a little smelly. Some of the clientele has no regard for other's and they speak loudly in the hallway late at night and early in the morning. Let's not talk about the door slamming. I complained a second time and was told in the morning I will get a quieter room, after I have been switched once. Well when I returned from work that night and no one had a clue what I was talking about. So no follow thru. You get one 16 Oz bottle of water and 2 little packs of sugar for the day for the 3 bags of tea they give you. You will not get more because that is the quota for each room. Courtesy such as reheating your leftover lunch does not exist. It is too much work to put your container of food in the microwave and let it heat for 2 minutes. The staff is pretty much useless because "the Director is gone for the day." I will not recommend this hotel and will never...