Family friendly Hotels in Yaounde

I spent a few nights in the Yaounde Hilton and it was a mixed experience. I arrived and went through what has to have been the grumpiest security check I’ve had in a while. Hilton - please ask your security to at least greet people, maybe even be friendly; or at least polite. And they were like this almost all the time… Anyway I had booked online (bizarrely it is far cheaper to book online that actually through the hotel), and when I asked for an extra night the hotel wanted to charge me almost double the rate it was on Hilton’s own website. My room was adequate. It was dated and needs a refurb - and the bathroom could do with a deep clean. Food was broadly ok; but disappointing. The breakfast buffet was quite limited and exactly the same each day. It is bizarre that in the tropics only very limited fruit was offered. The Safou restaurant was fair. Pricey but some good prawns. When you get charged $30 for a burger you want it to be good - and it wasn’t. I strongly suggest the Hilton kitchen engage some of the many local organic farms to increase the range of salad items, fruit, local butter and so on. It’s all available very nearby! In short while staff of the hotel were friendly and tried to be helpful, it’s sort of got the ‘I’m the only 5 star hotel in town’ vibe where frankly it is well below most decent hotel standards and certainly the worst Hilton I have been to. And it is a hefty price! That it is in Yaounde is not an acceptable justification - it could be a lot better and should be a lot better.

ı come to this hotel for many years and people know me that always stay in Djeuga Palace hotel. This hotel need to be renewed otherwise they can loose customers. Especially rooms at 5th floor needs to be changed totally. Alright there can be errors , i feel lucky that reception and front office manager Madame Thomfeun Berthe gave me a nice superior room to remove my anger. She is a very responsible lady and i thank her a lot sincerely. Apart from her, technicans and yellow uniformed security prople in the hotel so helpful. They tried to do their best to solve problems. Rooms good, food good, bar people happly serving, breakfast good.. but people in reception must be cheerful ! I never seen anybody smiling. I want to always stay here if they take the necessary steps of what i wrote. Je viens dans cet hôtel depuis de nombreuses années et les gens me connaissent qui séjournent toujours à l'hôtel Djeuga Palace. Cet hôtel a besoin d'être renouvelé sinon ils peuvent perdre des clients. Surtout les chambres au 5ème étage doivent être totalement changées. D'accord, il peut y avoir des erreurs, je me sens chanceux que la responsable de la réception et de la réception, Madame Thomfeun Berthe, m'ait donné une belle chambre supérieure pour apaiser ma colère. C'est une femme très responsable et je la remercie sincèrement. En dehors d'elle, les agents de sécurité en uniforme jaune et les techniciens de l'hôtel sont très serviables. Ils ont essayé de faire de leur mieux pour résoudre les problèmes. Les chambres sont bien, la nourriture est bonne, les gens du bar servent avec plaisir, le petit déjeuner est bon. . mais les gens à la réception doivent être joyeux! Je n'ai jamais vu personne sourire. Je veux toujours rester ici s'ils prennent les mesures nécessaires de ce que j'ai écrit.

This is a well run hotel and I was made to feel welcome as soon as I got near reception - Nina in particular made this a delightful stay and nothing was too much trouble for her. Rooms are well appointed to a high standard with lovely lighting and good WiFi. The carpeting in the corridors makes the place very quiet and rooms in the upper floors away away from the street. The food and restaurant menu service were excellent catering to European and some local tastes but you will pay 4 star prices. In the rooms, my only surprise was that no solid soap bars were provided. When checking out, I discovered that their credit card machine had not been working for 1 or 2 days, but when I could not get cash, they arranged for it's repair and all ended well (but it always pays to carry lots of cash in Cameroon as there are no guarantees that you can pay digitally!) I stayed 6 nights so negotiated a reduced rate, around U$125 bed and breakfast

Every time I go to Yaoundè my favourite destination remains Mont Febeè. Well, not anymore. I have been kind in the past, hoping things would change. They have. For the worse! This time it was absolutely abysmal. I reserved a room with a golf view and both times (I had two separate stays) I was given a room on the opposite side. My first room looked more like a deposit., Two lamps parked in a corner, both not working. 5 of the 6 lights in the room were not working, there was no table or chair. Wifi on the 8th floor non existant. No remote for the tv. Bathroom had not been cleaned in a while. I spent 4 nights there and despite my complaints, not once was my room made! And the safe did not work. I understand that the African Cup of Nations was taking place and Morocco had basically taken over the hotel, cordoning off lots of public areas for fear of Covid, but my money was as good as theirs! If you don't want other people in the hotel, just rent the entire place! So sorry to say this, but this was my last time at Mont Febè, unless things change (they haven't in 20 or more years, doubt they will anytime soon...)