La Villa 126 Dakar

Verry Good place

I really liked this hotel. I stayed here three times, I used Dakar as a base for about three months of travel in West Africa. It's a comfortable hotel, not really a Western style chain hotel in style but with everything you need, large rooms, a comfortable bed, air conditioning and a common area that was very nice. The location is safe, with a lot of residences in the area but there isn't much to do in the immediate area, a nice supermarket nearby, some small restaurants and boulangerie, not much else. The hotel itself has a nice restaurant, I didn't try it until my last stay but wish I had earlier. Awa, who runs things, was very easy to deal with. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. It's a lot like staying in someone's house, in a good way. I would recommend it to anyone visiting Dakar. The prices here are much better than some of the other Western style box hotels I have stayed at in Dakar and other Weest African countries, but it is still very comfortable and the service really sets the hotel apart. Only two things. One, I had a slight booking problem, it wasn't really the hotel's fault, they told me there were no rooms available when I tried to change the dates on one stay, but ******* accepted the reservation anyway. All I can say is that perhaps you should avoid ******* to reserve a room here. *********** worked just fine, as did contacting the hotel directly. The last thing was the internet. It was quite unpredictable in the room. Sometimes it would work, sometimes not. I suspect it had to do with the router, as more people were online, it slowed down quite a bit. Since I work on the road, I usually have both an unlimited data sim card, which worked fine (4 bars of LTE through Holafly) and Starlink (which I didn't have to use). On the main floor, in the lobby/sitting room, it always worked and had no speed limitations. I did a couple of Zoom meetings no problem.

It’s my second visit here. What I like is the location It’s closed to Ngor beach, restaurants and there’s plenty of street stalls selling water, fruits and little snacks The staff are friendly, chatty, and attentive. Room was big and airy. I took one without balcony which was fine even though I was in the room often as there’s plenty of common areas to hang out on every floor Some points to consider I had room 4 for 5 nights. I start my work from 2-3am which means I try to sleep by 10pm and take naps in the day. But this room is close to the kitchen and staff hang out area so I could hear the cooking, cleaning and their chatter, plus the nearby construction. Not the fault of the hotel but I did have struggle sleeping with the noise 2/ thé staff seem to be forgetful - I just have to remind Eg on the 5 days they forgot to bring utensils, yoghurt; etc Room Cleaning - they missed my room as well so I had to call for it Not a problem just need to remind