Bissau Royal Hotel

One of the best places to stay in Bissau, The rooms were very clean and the service was excellent. The breakfast buffet was good, had a couple of meals on the top terrace that were also excellent. Conducted a couple of 50-person workshops in their meeting room and the sound system and projectors worked fine too. Outdoor spaces are rather limited though, but the Avenida Amílcar Cabral in front of the hotel provides a great public space that is well lit at night.

Let me start by saying this is a foreignly owned hotel in Guinea-Bissau which treats Bissau-Guineans as if they were animals, especially women. I have visited the hotel on two occasions on the first occasion, both occasions were deplorable. The first time, I wanted to attend the bar by the pool with some friends, at the door the Lebanese manager profiled us and insinuated we were "sex workers" not knowing that we work as international civil servants in the city. When reprimanded, they did not apologize, the receptionist raised his voice and used aggressive hand gestures, we felt unwelcome and left. The second occasion, using the ice cream spot on the right-hand side (Gelataria Gellati), everyone was so nice (bissau-guinean employees). Shortly after we were served, the short Lebanese employee began to unhook the solar cover which had dust and debris over our food, we asked why he could not ask us to move, and he exclaimed aggressively "if you want you can move", we left without eating our food and let the other employees know, and they apologized. There is a general lack of respect for women in this hotel, especially from foreigners, they have cultivated an environment which has normalized treating women like 2nd class citizens, and it's deplorable. I do not recommend this place for any human being that has respect for themselves, let alone if you are a woman who respects herself. As an alternative, I would recommend Ceiba (higher end) or Azalai (mid-range), don't give Royal your money.