La Maison Abaka — Hotel in Dakar

We stayed at Maison Abaka for 6 nights. Everything was perfect. We had the pleasure of spending New Years Eve at Maison Abaka together with Isabelle and her daughter and some other guests. We had a lovelely dinner, and a nice evening with drinks, dance and laughter.||||We got to the hotel through a chauffeur organized by Isabelle. The ride from the airport Blaise Diagne took about 50 minutes without ttraffic jam. We were welcomed by Isabelle, her lovely staff Basquette, watch dog of the house and two cats. We conversed in French, but English is no problem at all. We had a lovely spacious room on the 2nd floor which also had a small kitchen with a fridge. The room was tastefully decorated, with good aircondiotion and ceiling fan. Our room faced a big terrace with a jacuzzi and cozy sitting area shared with Isabelle, her daughter and other guests. Also there are two huge cages with Elvis, Albert, Zaz and some more birds.||On the groundfloor you find the reception and several terraces, one around the pool, anothe a few steps higher facing the beach and Île de N‘Gor. Here you also have the bar and dining area. Here we had nice breakfasts with good coffee aswell as lovely dishes, mostly freash seafood but you could ask for salads or beef.||||In the souterrain you‘ll find Nautilus, the PADI dive centre. Very friendly and highly convenient if you want to dive!||||In the reception area you find a small exhibition with Senegalese art, carvings and decorative items which you can also buy. We were quite happy to get a few items here because the assistant will leave you cpmpletely alone, a shopping experience that is hard to come by.||||In front of the hotel is a small square with two little shops and a school. A few steps to the left is a larger place where you find more shops, restaurants and taxis.||||Last not least we want to mention Isabelle‘s boat which she uses for fishing or to get somewhere along the coast. ||||We‘d like to thank everybody at Maison Abaka for giving us such a wonderful time! Dear Isabelle, Alexandra, Libas, Cher, dear Hilda, Amadou, Christophe and Frédéric, we wish you guys all the best and would love to see y‘all...

Bad structure where to sleep in Dakar !!! Let's start with cleanliness: the rooms are not cleaned regularly. We had slept in this structure 10 days before arriving in Senegal and we returned for the last night before leaving again. We found a handkerchief on the floor that I had dropped and sand on the floor just as the room had been left. Also the sheets were dirty and in addition there was hair from other guests, who apparently had slept after us, in that bed. Also on the bed I noticed insects that are found in the feathers of birds or poultry. Faced with the evidence of the dirty floor and the request to change the sheets, we had to insist on the change of sheets, which was done, but the floor was not cleaned. Sufficient breakfast, but an extra cup of tea is charged extra. The structure is not centrally located and also there are animals that wander around inside and are not cleaned regularly. In front of the main entrance to the facility there is a terrible smell of poultry droppings. The staff are rude and surly . A vegetarian dish based on two slices of melon, a couple of raw vegetables and rice cost 25 euros! To be...

Bad structure where to sleep in Dakar !!! Let's start with cleanliness: the rooms are not cleaned regularly. We had slept in this structure 10 days before arriving in Senegal and we returned for the last night before leaving again. We found a handkerchief on the floor that I had dropped and sand on the floor just as the room had been left. Also the sheets were dirty and in addition there was hair from other guests, who apparently had slept after us, in that bed. Also on the bed I noticed insects that are found in the feathers of birds or poultry. Faced with the evidence of the dirty floor and the request to change the sheets, we had to insist on the change of sheets, which was done, but the floor was not cleaned. Sufficient breakfast, but an extra cup of tea is charged extra. The structure is not centrally located and also there are animals that wander around inside and are not cleaned regularly. In front of the main entrance to the facility there is a terrible smell of poultry droppings. The staff are rude and surly . A vegetarian dish based on two slices of melon, a couple of raw vegetables and rice cost 25 euros! To be...