i first visited uganda in nov/dec 2007 and as part of the trip we went to Mweya Safari Lodge... I travel a lot for work and leisure and have joined up to Trip Advisor to give honest and reliable reviews of places i have stayed...
This lodge is right in the Queen Elizabeth National Park... the staff were very friendly - great service.... we stayed for 2 nights on full board basis... all meals were excellent - buffet style one night and a la carte the next. Great variety at both. Breakfast was also very impressive with lots of choice to please the multi-national guests that stay at the lodge. the views from the terrace and pool area are breath taking.
I am going to to Uganda this year with other friends and a trip to Mweya is top of my list. Yes the rooms are not as luxurious as hotels in other parts of the world - but you are in Uganda - enjoy the area - enjoy the wildlife and enjoy the people !

This is a beautiful spot to see Queen Elizabeth National Park but I was disappointed with the lodge itself. The rooms are older and uncared for; our curtains didn't open without almost pulling them off the ceiling and the back door was virtually impossible to lock and unlock. After having stayed at the sister lodge Paraa at Murchison Falls last year, I was surprised with this lodge. The staff in th restaurant were very unfriendly and difficult to deal with. We were a group of 8 and it took a lot to finally convince the staff to put tables together for us to be able to eat as a group. I really got the impression that we were inconveniencing them when we asked for drinks or needed something at our table. The cooking staff at the buffet were terrific and friendly though. It was really the hosting and serving staff that were difficult.

Stayed for 3 nights at the beautiful lodge. Standard rooms are a sort of basic luxury - no a/c, tv, or fancy modern fittings, but if you're lucky enough to venture out of the park into the REAL Uganda you'll understand that this would be a near impossible feat!
However, the rooms are clean and comfortable and the place really comes into itself when you look at the view from almost anywhere in the complex - stunning! The pool and deck area can't be beaten for views, and although the pool isn't crystal clear it is obviously well looked after with comfortable sun loungers and the place never seemed busy or loud when we were there.
The food is decent with local dishes (matoke etc) included amoungst the majority of western chow. The service is top notch and the staff seem to rememebr who you are for your whole stay. The maids turn downt the bedrooms each night, prepping it for mosquito avoidance with curtain style nets and lots of spray.
TIP: Do the Kasinga river channel trip in the evening to see much more wildlife, and the early morning game drive with one of the hotel's vehicles for the best experience (they have stretch land cruisers with open tops as opposed to the cramped toyota mini-vans everyone else offfers.

I stayed at Mweya Lodge for 3 nights in June this year. This was my first trip to Africa and indeed Uganda, and the first place I would stay during my trip. I thought the service was exceptional, very friendly and helpful staff. I thought the lodge itself was very charming and my room was large and full of character. Sitting on my bed I could actually see Buffalo and Elephants down at the waters edge of the Kazinga Channel, amazing. The service for dining was very good and I enjoyed the food. The birdlife around the lodge and in the park ( and I believe in the Queen Elizabeth National Park there is 613 species of birds found) was so diverse and very beautiful, I have lots of photos of bushes where a few seconds before there had been a beautiful bird !! Highlight was the roaming warthogs and the mongoose colony, was amazed to see big father warthog sitting regally with mongoose vigorously cleaning around the warthogs eyes with his mouth and eating ticks off him. The views are just so beautiful too. I thoroughly enjoyed myself at this lodge.