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Looking for a place to stay in Bissau? Then look no further than Hotel Imperio, a family-friendly hotel that brings the best of Bissau to your doorstep.
The rooms offer air conditioning, a minibar, and a mosquito net, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available, allowing you to rest and refresh with ease.
Hotel Imperio features 24 hour front desk, room service, and currency exchange. In addition, as a valued Hotel Imperio guest, you can enjoy a lounge that is available on-site. Guests arriving by vehicle have access to free parking.
Travellers looking for seafood restaurants can head to Coqueiros Bar & Restaurante.
Bissau is also home to Presidential Palace, a popular government building that is not too far from Hotel Imperio.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Hotel Imperio as you experience everything Bissau has to offer.
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HOTEL STYLE
Business
Mid-range
Languages Spoken
English, French, Spanish, Arabic and 3 more
Location
Praca Dos Herois Nacionais, 1, Bissau 1000 Guinea-Bissau
Hotel Imperio Bissau
3.8 reviews
Getting there
Somewhat walkable
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It is not a bad hotel. Just a new hotel opened in Sept-Oct 2016. The rooms are OK, at least those that have views to the square and the Presidential Palace, or those that look to the other side. They also have some inner rooms which don't have window,, so they are not very recommeded.
As it is a new hotel, everything is OK. The double bed could be a bit bigger, as there is plenty of room in the room. The bathroom is also OK. I stood in the hotel twice, just one night each, and in the first one I got a tube in the bathroom, which was OK (but a bit dangerous as it is very high and you have to use a small ladder to get in and out of the tube), but in the second I just got a shower and the plate was really small and hard to move and have a confortable shower.
The other problem is that internet (wifi service) didn't work at all (not the first night nor the last one, ten days after !!!!).
The service is normal, not good not bad. They are young but don't speak languages, neither spanish nor english, so communication was a bit difficult.
At least, the air conditioner worked, which was great because of the hot weather in the capital.
The best: the situation. It is close to the financial area and embassies. The Spanish embassy is just beside the hotel.
The breakfast is served in the main floor and it is quite OK.
They also have a restaurant and a bakery at the terrace, which is always full of local people having they dinner.
I suppose that that is the standard of an African hotel, but I wouldn't give it a 4 star rate, because the service and the quality is more close to a 3 star.
But it is a clean place, which is great.
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Date of stay: April 2017
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Ask for outside rooms, with views to the main square and the Presidential Palace
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We got for the start wrong rooms. Aircon didn't work, and room was bit dirty + only 1 towel for 2 people. They mostly don't talk english like website tells. Paying was easy with € as well. Location was good and they had free airport pickup. Not a cheap place either
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Date of stay: January 2019Trip type: Travelled with friends
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in the very centre of Bissau, with walking distances all around. Lacking a pool however. The breakfast is OK, but nothing to write home about. Be early as some of the food might be finished. Have stayed 3 nights in all and paid 51,000 XFA
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Date of stay: May 2018
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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Airport pickup was fine. Arrived at hotel, where staff speaks Portuguese and French. I was initially assigned a room, but key card did not open the door. Instead of reprogramming the key card, I was assigned me to a different room with a key lock.I locked door with key from inside, but when tried to leave, lock mechanism actually fell out of door, trapping me in room. I called down to the front desk, and eventually, someone was able to understand I was trapped and send someone who had difficulty in opening my door, but told me that the actual lock could not fixed until next day. Thus, I had to sleep in room with no lock.
After having to leave my room unlocked while I ate breakfast, I inquired about fixing the lock again and the lock was replaced. Later that evenning, when returning from dinner at an outside restaurant, my key did not open my door and everything I had brought on the trip was locked inside. Hotel staff were unable to open the door or reach their maintenance person who fixed locks. While the front desk was trying to reach him again, I was somehow able to reopen the lock. I quickly packed everything I had (but unfortunately left a hat that was not returned to me), and as I was leaving the room, the Manager, came to my room, apologized, and stated that he would get me a new and better room and buy me dinner. I thanked him, told him that I had just eaten, but really just wanted to get moved to a room that I could lock or unlock, whether I was inside or out. He agreed to buy me dinner the following night.
In the new room, which was identical to my previous room, except the air conditioning did not work as well as the unit in the original room, and the room did not have ANY water to the sink, toilet, or shower without intervention by maintenance, The next morning, I saw the manager, and he again stated that he was buying me dinner that evening.
I ate at the restaurant which was good, ordering the cheapest special of the day (a chicken breast with rice), and a bottle of water. I left a cash tip for the waiter at the restaurant. When I went to check out the next morning, the front desk had no information about the "agreement" of the manager, and I paid for my dinner so I could leave the hotel as the manager was not available. . FYI, as a safety issue, a key card is required to return to the lobby which could be dangerous in an emergency.
Room was small, but of adequate size. AC worked well, although I had to use my own batteries in AC remote. No in room wi fi, it was available in the lobby only. Both rooms had a balcony overlooking presidential palace. Bathroom was larger, with wasted space, and a shower enclosure that was smaller than showers found on cruise ships.
Breakfast: “Hot” items were not hot. Limited selection. However, excellent breads and pastries
As you can tell from my review, I had a truly awful hotel experience and would not recommend this hotel.
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Date of stay: November 2018
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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This is the most central hotel in Bissau oppened 3 months ago with average costs. The standard rooms are quite good, with excellent bed, good looking furniture, with silent AC and equiped with a 30 inches led TV with variety of channels. The bathroon is large with hot water and very clean. The breakfast was quite ok with varieties of fruits, bread, eggs, meat and excellent pastries made in the hotel. Didn't try the restaurant, located in the 6th floor with the best view possible in Bissau.
Like the other hotels I stayed in Bissau, the wifi was poor in the rooms but when connected at the lobby was the faster signal I've ever had at Bissau.
The surprise was the staff, very friendly and following european standards, always asking if you need something or helping you getting what you want. The hotel manager was always around checking all details and staff behavior.
The hotel don't have exterior área or swimming pool.
I really enjoyed my stay at this hotel and would recommend it for a business trip.
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Date of stay: October 2016
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Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:Ask for a room with view (3, 4 and 5 floor).
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Its a good hotel with friendly staff and clean rooms. Choose rooms to the front and above 2nd floor. Avoid the rooms to the side w/o windows. The hotel is very central in Bissau. There is a free airport transfer available.
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Date of stay: August 2019
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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spent about 3 months there and it was just perfect. friendly staff, located right in the center of the city across the presidential palace, the restaurant at the top floor is really good( the chef is from Portugal ), the bar at the lobby makes you feel like home after a long day of work. clean rooms. the right place to stay for work or pleasure. They offer transportation from and to the airport.
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Date of stay: June 2017
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Trip type: Travelled with family
Room Tip:try to get a room with a balcony looking over the plaza.
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While this hotel might be labeled as a mid-range luxury in this range, it barely would qualify for that status anywhere. But for the price you pay it is a great value for money and brings in enough comfort in this neighborhood. It is more of a Business traveller accommodation and meant for transit and short term stays. One thing that bothered me a lot was the lack of any kind of Window or view into the external spaces in most part of the building which makes you feel like you are a cage!
LOCATION: Located in a great location near the presidential palace and close to some good points of interest
DINE + DRINK: The Lobby ‘Bar’ is a nice area to lounge and chill with a cold one at the end of the day or before heading out for a dinner in town. The Restaurant on site is OK and breakfast offered is nothing great to write about
ROOM: I stayed in 308, so this review is based on that; VIEW:Nothing and you will feel like you are in a dark den ; SIZE: Reasonably spacious room; AIR-CON: Old, but Perfectly functioning cooler that helped in setting the perfect room temperature; BED: Comfortable bed that played the expected part to put me to sleep; BATHROOM: Stand in shower; TOILETRIES: Poor quality cosmetics, Bring your own!
FACILITIES:Be prepared to get into a pure African chill-out mode! No gym or Pool on site
SERVICE: Friendly staff that took care of all my needs with a smile, especially the front desk guy who checked us in very late in the night and Kept the lobby bar open for us as long as we wanted to stay up!
HOW WIRED YOU WILL BE: Free Wi-Fi that works well all in and around the reception. Plasma TV screen dishing out limited number of channels
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Date of stay: March 2018
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Everything about the hotel itself was great. The room, air conditioning, the restaurant, the location were all wonderful.
However, the staff at reception were not very friendly and only seemed interested in getting more money from me. I booked the room online. At check-in we found out that we were assigned a room without an outside window. It only had a window facing the interior hallway so the room was dark and without fresh air. The window to the hall also made us feel insecure. Anyone could force it open. When we asked to move to another room they said it was not possible even though the hotel was mostly empty. The man who carried our luggage to the room told us that they give this room to people who book with an online travel agency. We refused to accept the room so they offered us a room with a window for a significantly higher price. We grudgingly agreed to pay it. Then when I handed them my credit card they said they don’t accept cards even though my reservation specifically said we could pay the hotel by credit card. This whole discussion was made more difficult by the fact that nobody could speak Englishamd my Portuguese is very basic. This was surprising in a four-star hotel in the main square of the capital city. When we checked out they said we could pay in local West African Francs or euros. I handed the woman at reception all my remaining local currency. I was short by the equivalent of two euros so I gave her a 5 euro note to makeup the difference. She said that it was not enough and asked for ten euros. After arguing with her for ten minutes about the terrible exchange rate I gave up and handed her the ten euros. I did not leave the hotel in a good mood.
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Date of stay: February 2018
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Often expensive hotels in West Africa appear gloomy, dull or uninviting. This applies very strongly to the Imperio Hotel. An elevator will take you to your floor, you arrive in a dark hallway, everything is greyish and bleak. The rooms are quite small, they are not at all charming. They give a sombre impression, but luckily the view is nice.
The wifi is very slow. The air-conditioning did not work in my room. The staff was quite friendly, but when I asked if they could return my laundry within 12 hours they refused and said it would take at least a day or two. This I found quite strange.
The food is of good and the restaurant offers a great view. But there are many other places in the area with same quality meals, but much cheaper. The restaurant service was excellent and the staff were very friendly.
I know there are limited high-end options in Bissau. Still, this place wasn't to my liking.
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Date of stay: November 2017
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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There are more places to choose from in the Bissau area.
PRICE RANGE
AU$148 - AU$158 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
Guinea-BissauBissau
NUMBER OF ROOMS
50
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