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Reviews of Victoria Royal Beach Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Victoria Royal Beach Hotel
Plot 50, 52 Nambi Road, Entebbe

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 10 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 38 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 38 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

PASCAL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021
Response from Barbra on Mar 24, 2021
Thank you for the feedback, we appreciate your response.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This property would have been just fine. The breakfast was good, the receptionist and staff were very nice, and the location was great. But two issues occurred which lead me to the negative rating. 1) During the night of my stay, a belligerent guest had a prostitute over. They spent at least an hour in the middle of the night fighting over the payment (just in front of my room). It was frightening, and I had hoped the hotel would call security. They did not. I understand that these issues with prostitutes also happen at luxury hotels, etc, but it is really important to protect the other guests from lying awake listening to a violent brawl and shouting match in the middle of the night. 2) there is a complimentary airport shuttle service, but the driver who took me to the airport had clearly been drinking. This is another safety issue. You could easily stay here and enjoy the place if you don’t run into these two issues, but my experience was not so positive given what happened.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from Barbra on Feb 7, 2020
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for sharing your feedback, I am thrilled to hear that you appreciated the staff, breakfast & location. However I am really sorry to hear you had such a frustrating experience, i will reach out to the security department to discuss how best we can get that fixed. And concerning the drunk driver, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Safety of our guests and their property is a priority and therefore the driver will be replaced immediately. I once again apologize on behalf of everyone and would appreciate another chance to host you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beach view hotel
Wonderful hotel, great location, good food, great staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Barbra on Dec 29, 2019
Dear Boniface, It was a pleasure hosting you and your family, thank you for the kind words we look forward to hosting you again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

S, NY

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
Staff was nice, location was good and room was clean. However, the WiFi did not work in the rooms and they could not get coffee organized before 7:30am. Tip to manager, if you can't get your cook in early, have a hot pot in the room for early risers.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Sammy on Aug 5, 2019
Dear S, Thank you for taking time to let us know of your experience during your stay with us. I learnt of the internet failure in the night when no engineer was available to come to our rescue and since we had no other option everyone was frustrated but the following day the problem got fixed. In regards to coffee for early risers we are going to introduce a coffee maker in each room so you won't have to miss your coffee the next time when you visit. Hope i can earn back your trust.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay, although the staff should get the breakfast orders earlier than 9:15pm at night. We were asleep. Perhaps you could ask guests for their order at check in.,
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Sammy on Jul 17, 2019
Dear Anonymous, I am deeply sorry to hear that your sleep was interrupted, i know how important having enough rest is to our guests. I will speak to my staff and ensure this doesn't happen again. Please accept my sincere apologies.

10/10 Excellent

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, beautifully and views
Everything was excellent. Just need a pool and a lake view restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Sammy on Jul 16, 2019
Hi Carol, Thank you so much for your positive feedback and for taking time to post this wonderful review. It is our customers' suggestions that have helped us to improve and your's too has been taken into consideration. Hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and friendly place
Another great stay. Always enjoyable. The staff are welcoming and friendly, and happy to help you with all the little things.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Sammy on Jun 27, 2019
Thank you Angela for such a great review, all the staff are thrilled for your kind words. We would like to continue offering the best to our awesome customers like you and can't wait to have you back.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My flight arrived rather late in evening, but Chris was waiting for me. Room was lovely, very clean, spacious with beautiful view of the lake. Breakfast was provided, eggs, toast, coffee, fruit, and was more than enough. This is a great little "beach house" style guest house that provides great Ugandan hospitality!
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from Sammy on May 10, 2019
Thank you for taking your time to share your experience about us. Our rooms give the most relaxing atmosphere to our guests. Chris is much thrilled for recognizing him and can't wait to serve you again.

6/10 Okay

JACK VIDAR, Oslo

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Sammy on Apr 21, 2019
Thank you Jack for staying with us, we appreciate your continued business.

10/10 Excellent

clark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Airport shuttle was efficient. Nice big rooms with great view
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Sammy on Mar 14, 2019
Dear Anonymous, Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your stay with us and for sharing your great experience.

4/10 Poor

Tshomo

Just ok
Location is good but the room facilities is just fair. There are much better hotels in Entebbe at the rate.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Sammy on Mar 16, 2019
Dear Tshomo, Thank you for sharing your experience. We are extremely sorry that you were disappointed. As you can see from other reviews, we pride in offering the best services and we would like to do the same for you if given another chance. Hoping to earn you back as a customer

10/10 Excellent

Gareth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Personal service and quality rooms.
Great lake-front location, and attentive service throughout. No extra charge for transfer to the airport at 2am, and the "basic" room I'd booked was anything but basic. Wifi good in public areas, but didn't work in all of the rooms.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Sammy on Feb 23, 2019
Hi Gareth, We are grateful that you took time to leave this review. At Victoria royal beach hotel, customer satisfaction is top priority. We apologize that internet cannot be accessed in some of the rooms but we are working on installing stronger routers and we hope that this will bring a smile to all our guests.

8/10 Good

Gareth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Personal service in great surroundings
Quality rooms and attentive service in a great location. I didn't try the restaurant, as there is so much choice on the lakeshore. Victoria Mall is about 15 minutes walk, with a supermarket, restaurants (Cafe Javas isn't just a coffee shop), ATMs, and currency exchange.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Sammy on Feb 16, 2019
Hi Gareth, We are glad that you took time and shared your wonderful experience. Our staff are dedicated to offering outstanding service and we are pleased to receive your appreciation. We hope to see you again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Not a five star property. Shower was not working properly, only one towel, no matt when you get out on a slippery floor.Towel holder came off the wall. Good location with nice view of Lake Victoria. Very good breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Sammy on Feb 16, 2019
Dear Anonymous We want to sincerely apologize for all the issues that you faced, we have however started a routine check on everything that requires repair. We promise to make things right and also look forward to earning back your trust.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay at the hotel. The hotel was very responsive to my inquiries before we arrived. Our room was really nice and clean with a large balcony looking out at Victoria Lake. They have a restaurant on the premises that has excellent food (the pizza was one of the best I've had in a while!). The staff was very accommodating to all our requests and everyone was very nice. The hotel offers a free ride from the airport which was a huge bonus. They are also a walking distance (about 15 minutes) from a small mall and botanical gardens. This was a perfect place to stay for couple nights and relax after a long flight.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Sammy on Jan 27, 2019
Hello Anonymous! Thank you so much for taking time to write such an excellent review, we really appreciate your loyalty of sharing your experience about us. We indeed appreciate your business.

8/10 Good

robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent room. Great food very good service. Only complaint was their credit card machine was inoperable. So had to go back to town for ATM cash to pay for the room. Otherwise excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Samuel on Jan 24, 2019
Thanks for review and staying with us . We look forward to providing egoistic excellent service. Please come again.

8/10 Good

John, Ireland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Friendly, helpful staff. Great location. Poor selection of drinks
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Sammy on Oct 18, 2018
Dear John, Thank you very much for such a wonderful review, we are happy that you shared your experience. We work really hard to offer the best services in the most possible way, but regarding the selection of drinks, we thank you for bringing this to our attention and promise to make things right.

10/10 Excellent

Ena, Holland, Michigan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My husband and I highly recommended this hotel for your stay as you step off your flight and into Uganda. Driver was waiting for us. If you have children you may want to select a different hotel that has a pool. Other than that we were made very comfortable here.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Sammy on Sep 15, 2018
Hello Ena, Thank you very much for such a great review. We work pretty hard to ensure a wonderful stay to all our guests and am happy you were made very comfortable during your stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Sammy on Sep 1, 2018
Thanks for the review. Committed to offer excellent service.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was very disappointed that air conditioning was listed as an amenity when in fact only a fan was available. Entebbe is hot and is in a malaria zone, so I specifically paid extra for a hotel with air conditioning.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018
Response from Samuel on Aug 18, 2018
We are sorry . They were being serviced. We shall endeavor to always serve you better.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend this hotel
Great place to stay after a long flight. The staff really look after you well. Quiet, comfortable room. I highly recommend this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Sammy on Jul 31, 2018
Thank you for sharing your experience, we are happy that you enjoyed the relaxing comfortable rooms, quietness and service. We hope that you will share it with more of your friends. Cheers!

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Spacious, clean room with lovely view
A gorgeous hotel. Beautiful view of the lake. Lovely quiet street. Great restaurants just a short walk away (2-3 minutes). Beautiful spacious room. I love this hotel. A great meals.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Sammy on Jul 30, 2018
Thank you very much Angela for your great review. Just like you mentioned, the calmness of our environment and our tasty meals have really added up to our guests' imaginable stay. We are glad that you reflected that and also look forward to next visit.

8/10 Good

pat, canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Ready enjoy the attention of the staff
Was a really nice location outside of the main activities of the town. You feel like they care about your comfort even if modest in ammenities.
Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2018
Response from Victoria Royal Beach Hotel on Jul 28, 2018
Thanks for the compliment. We strive to offer the best

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Victoria Royal Beach Hotel on Jul 20, 2018
Thanks for the review . Always at your service to give you the best. Please come Again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Victoria Royal Beach Hotel on Jul 12, 2018
Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Jeong, Texas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice staff. We rented 4 rooms and they upgraded 2 of them for free. The basic rooms were already very roomy. Basic room has shower only, but hot water. Toothpaste and toothbrush was a nice touch but no shampoo (I did not try to ask for it, as I always carry my own in Trips like this). No AC, but fans. In June weather was nice and fan was fine. Breakfast was great. Omelete, toast, bacon or sausage, fruits, juice and tea or coffee. They have chairs to seat in the beach next to fish market Very friendly staff who took me to the grocery store at night so I could buy ice cream. Also free ride to the airport Cons: You are next to a lake in a tropical country. In other words, if your light is on, in one of the rooms with terrace, hundreds of bugs will fly in (the terrace door lock is not bug tight). But they fly away when you turn off the light. We (7) did not get any bites. Interestingly they died when I tried my repellent...
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Sammy on Jun 23, 2018
Thank you very much Mr.Jeong Oh for your genuine feedback. All our rooms have hot water and we are aiming at giving our guests the best. All our staff are very friendly and always willing to serve our wonderful guests. Yes the bugs are lake flies since we are just a few meters from the beach and actually don't bite, i'm glad that none of you was bitten. Otherwise i hope you enjoyed your stay with us. Warm Regards.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice getaway, close to the beach, homey atmosphere with only a few suites. Perhaps it would even be better if the staff, who are really helpful, made themselves a little more scarce, and perhaps available only at the front desk. Most Western guests like their privacy and might not appreciate the equally good practice of African hospitality that takes the form of constant presence.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Sammy on Jun 6, 2018
Thank you Anonymous for sharing your experience, we appreciate your feedback. Regarding your comment about our staff constant presence, we are grateful for that advise and will therefore address it in our weekly meetings. we understand that we can't be perfect but we hope to adjust and ensure a peaceful and more relaxed stay. We hope to see you back again. kind regards.

10/10 Excellent

Brenda, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was impressed on staff friendliness. They took very good care of me and my friends. The food was excellent and our stay was most comfortable. On my second stay just before my flight back home, they even accommodated my driver with a room without any notice! This hotel certainly added to my wonderful experience in Uganda. I definitely would go back to them again. Thanks to all the staff for your kindness.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Sammy on May 9, 2018
Thank you Brenda for your wonderful review, we are indeed happy that you and your friends enjoyed our services. It's true we have wonderful staff and we will surely be honored to host you again.

6/10 Okay

Brenda, Dunchurch

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good and bad
First..the main reason I chose this hotel was because of a shuttle and air conditioning. It had neither. "Samuel" assured me he would be there to pick me up. So after a long flight I was disappointed to not see my "driver". So my friend called the hotel. They told him for us to get a taxi and they will reimburse me. I was disappointed as the desk staff told me no but later recanted. Next I screamed when I saw a big cockrach jump inside my bag! I got my friend to remove it. I saw it again next day. However, staff was very friendly and food was good.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018
Response from Sammy on Apr 11, 2018
Dear Brenda, Thank you very much for this feedback, it means alot to us and i want to apologize on behalf of the hotel staff for the disappointment and also for falling short of your expectations about the hotel shuttle and the cockroach in the room. There was a miscommunication with the booking department and the hotel management but we are working on enhancing our transportation and also working hand in hand with the fumigation services to carryout a routine fumigation monthly in an endeavor to offer a comfortable atmosphere. I hope you will give us another chance, but we are sorry indeed. Kind regards Samuel

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful and relaxing location
The staff were friendly and accommodating. The room was clean and comfortable. Wifi was good. And the hotel location is excellent for a comfortable relaxing stay, just across a not so busy road from Victoria Lake, within hearing range of the waves lapping up on the beach. Comfortable walking distance to Victoria Mall with several beach front restaurants along the way.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Sammy on Mar 14, 2018
Thanks for the review. We exist to provide the best environment. Your welcome to do a safari with us.

10/10 Excellent

Jenny, vancouve, bc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gem of a boutique hotel
Great little Victorian style boutique hotel right across the path from the lake. They sent a very nice driver to pick me up at the airport (only 15 mins drive), kindly checked me in at 2:30am, took my bags upstairs and gave me a HUGE room with a beautiful Juliette balcony, brand new shower and a gorgeous princess bed (mosquito nets have that effect). Breakfast was good and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The hotel is spotless and I would highly recommend it.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Sammy on Mar 10, 2018
Hi Jenny thanks for the review . We always strive to offer the best . Feel free to come back and enjoy the cool breeze and fresh at the lakeside.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A+
Incredibly kind staff. They let me stay in the room until 9 PM (official check out is 10 AM) at no extra charge. They actually refused to let me pay anything extra. Beautiful views and attractive, spacious rooms. A bit of a walk to the city center, but more than makes up for it by being across the street (!) from the beach. Excellent hotel.
Response from Samuel on Feb 23, 2018
Thanks for the review . We shall continue to do better.

8/10 Good

jan frode

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Sammy on Mar 15, 2019
Hi Jan, Thank you for taking time to leave us a review, we appreciate your effort to share the good about us and we hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Joe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Entebbe
Hotel is new, clean, friendly employees. Near Viktória lake. No air conditioning just a fan. However the rooms are big and the heat didn’t disturb us. I recommend this to my friends
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Sammy on Feb 4, 2019
Dear Joe, Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to share your experience about us, we'd love to continue offering our best to awesome guests like you.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Beautiful Hotel near the therapeutic Lake Nalubale/Victoria.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from sammy on Jan 22, 2019
Thank you for staying with us, we appreciate your feedback, we look forward to hosting you again.

8/10 Good

Susanne

Fint hotel med hjælpsomme, venlige og imødekommende personale. Ligger dejlig tæt på centrum
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Sammy on Nov 20, 2018
Thank you Susanne for taking your time to share your experience. All our staff are dedicated to offering the best service and am glad you reflected that. We to see you again.