The Big Milly's Backyard is near these landmarks: Legon Botanical Gardens, Mr Brights Surf School, Bolga Secundary School, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Bojo Beach, Niobe Salon & Spa, Nakys 107 Bar & Restaurant, December In Ghana(Afrochella Festival 2022), W.E.B.

Located on the beach this is a nice place with high quality rooms.

They help with the local community and keeping the beach clean.

We did walk on the beach (no swimming or surfing for us) and didn't take anything at all with us on the hotel's advice.

Only Oasis in Cape Coast came close in the number of tourists and even that had a much nicer atmosphere.

As if it's not bad enough you're constantly watching your stuff on the beach, the staff are at it as well.

There isn’t a lot to offer during the day so I mostly sat on the beach reading, getting to know people and the culture.

It's right on the beach and has a surf school on the premises where you can rent boards and get lessons.

We day tripped from Accra to this unique Beach Oasis.

Apart from fabulous beaches and sea, we spent ages watching the fishermen bring in their boats with the help of men and boys on the beach hauling on ropes.

Stay somewhere better and travel to the beach yourself.

In case you are in trouble or hunted by some beach boys, the crew will come to the rescue.

The cleanliness of the beach varies when I was there it was clean enough for me to feel comfortable swimming

The rooms were comfortable and the beach here is pleasant and pretty clean.

The Beach is just by the hotel, a lovely place.

The restaurant has a good menu and a service minded crew.

Being coming to Big Millys Backyard since 2006 and the experience keeps on getting better and Better, thumbs up to Wendy and the crew for their cool innovations.

The only draw back we found was the toilets had no doors just a curtain.

but there was only a small curtain as a bathroom door.

The room we had also didn't have a door on the bathroom, just a curtain, so you had no privacy really from the noises one makes when nature calls (*cough cough),

The morning after we checked in we had someone knocking at our door at 6.20!!!

The room was clean, AC the only thing was that there was no door on the bathroom so we had to evacuate at certain times :)  having said that we later discoverd communal toilets outside and they were spotless!

It is possible to leave the door to your room open for light,

Although we were given a key for the front door the "en-suite" was external without a roof and just a screen door, not at all safe.

but to travel all this way for a dodgy beach wasn't good.

***  Anyway, BM's is right on the beach-but be VERY wary of the shady dudes,

People swam (watch out for the rip tide - can be very dangerous) and surfed while I lay on a beach chair and read my book.

but at the same time dangerous as you're not sure what you have spent and you put your trust in them to tally up your total, but when I paid it all seemed fine to me considering my total was for stay, food, drink and transport.

The beach in front of the hotel is just the WORSE one in the neighborhood.

The area is unsafe and the police and locals do nothing about crime and safety.

and unsafe: the beach is also full of annoying people try to sell you items (some of them try also to menace me if i don't buy something!).

We were advised of the unsafe beach so we were carefull so didnt have any issues nor heard of anyone who has.

Unfortunately, and I really hate to say it, the major downside to Big Milly's is the unsafe beach.

Ignore anything on sites saying it's not safe - a bit of common sense and you can still enjoy walking on the beach on your own at night - didn't feel unsafe at all  - there are fishing boats and people prepping them and repairing etc.

You also can take NOTHING on the beach, or you'll be robbed, and at night it's very dangerous, period. The rooms are in small huts, a few with bathrooms/cold showers, others with nothing, so do NOT expect anytyhing resembling a "hotel."

The food is excellent and the rooms are clean and comfy.

Good vibes, great people, clean rooms and good food.

Rooms were clean and furnished with full bathrooms (toilet, shower, etc).

The rooms are clean and comfortable and nicely decorated in keeping with its ethnic and cultural surroundings.

but other double rooms were clean comfy and cosy

The rooms were clean and tiny, and some of them have open air bathrooms which was very interesting.

Rooms are clean and staff are exceptionally friendly.

I shared a little chalet type room that was spotlessly clean.

I've stayed in the the 12 person house and Rick's lodge (which can accommodate 4 people easily) the rooms were clean and free of bugs which, was a nice and they were perfect for us; Although we spent most of our time on the beach or enjoying good company, cool drinks, and a live performance during the evening.

The staff were amazing and the rooms were clean.

The rooms were very clean and I particularly enjoyed the stay in the 5 bedrommed Sahara suite.

My room was spotlessly clean and comfortable.

Our group had the top rooms where the air conditioning worked nicely and the rooms were clean.

The rooms were clean and tasteful, the restaurant lovely and the crafts being sold there beautiful.

The rooms are clean, comfortable and quirky (and reasonably priced), the food is great and the bar never closes!

The rooms were clean, private, secure, and I loved the toilet and shower outside below the banana trees.

though it did get a bit cold at night, especially for the person on the floor with no blanket or sheets.

After staying in some fairly rough places in Ghana, Big Millies was a welcome chance from dirty sheets and poor customer service.

The rooms are a decent size and are nicely decorated, with air conditioning, the only thing I didn't like is that they didn't provide any cover, such as a sheet to cover yourself with,

The room (and we had one of the most expensive ones) was TINY, the mosquito net had so many holes I stopped counting, the mattress was really really BAD, no sheets provided, fan not working for half the time and the bathroom was dirty when we checked in and

I had the misfortune to try a few : in overall the rooms are small, dirty (the mattresses haven't been changed for a while and they are just DISGUSTING+ no sheets provided - you should bring your own if you care), the ACs do not work, neither the fans, it smells urine/mould, there is barely running water in the so called "bathrooms".

And the not-so-comfortable bed wasn't even made when we arrived--they dropped off 2 tie-dyed top sheets 20 minutes after we arrived.

- The room does not come with a top sheet, only a bottom sheet.

However, there were no over sheets on the beds in our rooms, just a fitted bed sheet on the mattress.

but we did get to see the drum performance and absolutely loved it.

If you like organised drum shows like at a resort, big Millys is for you.

Our room was right by the main stage, enough to shake the room with vibrations.

Plus it’s a good excuse to have a dance.

The least they could’ve done was tell us our room was right next to the stage.

There is always some entertainment going on .

A very special moment was watching a group of exceptionally talented youngsters rehearsing their drumming and dancing just up the road from BM.

Accommodation was really comfortable and the Friday night entertainment was excellent with the drummers, dancers and acrobats.

but newcomers will enjoy the live drumming and dancing and the party afterwards.

The Friday and Saturday evening events are great and it's fun dancing on the beach.

The weekend has live entertainment which creates a great atmosphere.

Live entertainment and have a nice beer by the beach.

Mr Bright is a great surf teacher and Okoe and Adie are awesome at drumming and dance lessons.

Friday and Saturday are the busy days with more people coming for the entertainment at night with is fun.

The staff are incredible friendly, the food is delicious and plentiful, there is great entertainment on the weekend by outstanding dancers/singers where everyone gets involved.

Great Staff, cool entertainment African style music and loads of dancing, huff booze and merriment, good food, cool and secure and great locals - real taste of Africa

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Balcony on shady side is pleasant 24 hours per day.

When we arrived one of the doble rooms we booked was not available, so they upgraded us to a better room with a balcony with a great view.

A large big king bed and seating area and balcony equipped with good a/c, TV, fridge and most importantly clean with good towels and bedclothes.

but get onee of the rooms with balcony and a view.

The view at night from my balcony was breathtaking.

although the water pressure was quite low.

There was no waste basket in the room or bathroom.

The rooms were clean and big enough with a comfy bed.

The room was really clean and the service was exceptional.

The rooms are clean and very comfortable.

The rooms were very clean and staff were incredible.

The rooms were always kept clean, and there was not a single day i had a concern.

Hill View Hotel

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After a conversation with the person responsible on site & the manager by phone,  we got placed in another block which had better rooms in a better location & cost less in total than the original!

Internet is available if needed
The driver never showed up so the manager kindly drove us to town to pick up a taxi.

The manager said he didn’t think he wouldn’t get the money,

I'm glad you had the time to read this as the management did not.

however I think they could have done better considering the price.

so i might say that price per rooms are extremely overpriced ( during the stay 1 night(140usd) ).

The prices are really not expensive for what you get.

As we paid for luxury and this is what it was sold to us as, I have to inform you that this place 
- The beach is gross.

however the price here was a little more than expected which we told the owner.

I arrived by taxi and knew about the entry fee for the event,

The rate at usd160 a night was a bit high

Personally I prefer High Service/Higher Cost over Low Cost/Low Service.

It's more expensive than some of the other places on the beach,

The rooms are clean and neat and very comfortably.

The room is clean, plenty of towels are provided (a rarity in Ghana), and the kitchenette is equipped.

The rooms are very clean and all of them have running water.

but it’s the small irritating things, the lack of proper hospitality knowledge & training leading to staff getting defensive even when they are not in the right & not doing a great job that leaves a bad taste.

Even as I write, I whistle for joy with such admiration for the experience you gave my family and group of friends who visited your place.

He is 60% of the reason why we hated our experience.

Words shall never sufficiently describe my experience at Sankofa Beach House this past fall season in Oct/Nov 2014.

Hospitality is a field and an artform that seems to not be mastered by the current manager.

An unique experience is guaranteed and expected each time I stay there; which I do at leAst 4 times a year.

All in all a very disappointing experience.

It was little more than a slow piddle and made showering a less than ideal experience.

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Anyway, the room we were in felt claustrophobic due to the heavy decor and not great ventilation.

they dont provide your with soap in the bathroom.

Our room - room 2 was kept clean throughout our stay.

De Holiday Beach Resort an exceptional hotel, rooms are really clean.

The room was very clean and the bed very comfortable.

The room was not the cleanest (bedsheets with pen marks, clean room at the start,

I was told their rooms are air-condiotoned, wifi available, etc.

but this Is the worst I have ever been, first on  their website they wrote "wifi 24/7," no sign of wifi even when I spoke with the manager she said I will get back to u,she never did, the cook (as they call her)is also the waitress who rings the door bell without coutesy,forgetting it's just a room not a mansion, i wont bother complaining about d loud music, some local kids playing in the pool and spitting on it or is it the housekeeping!

I enjoyed internet connection throughout our stay however at some point, there was limited connectivity inside our room

The room offered almost no connection with nature.

wifi isnt in rooms its a moderm the manager has an u can borrow for 10 ghana cedis for half an hour !

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Anyway, no wifi materialised and I used my own phone and credit.

When we checked out we found out they had charged us for the next night as well!!!!

although we were advised by the staff that it can be dangerous at night - 2 girls staying at the hotel got mugged on our last night at a bar up the road.

What a poor choice, based on a scary bad temper.

but I felt unsafe and got a lot of unwanted attention from men on the beach which left me very uncomfortable so I would say if you are coming here don't even bother leaving the compound and just relax and eat and relax within the lovely garden!

Rooms are so clean and the owners clearly have real passion and pride in what they do.

the staff were very friendly and attentive and the rooms were spotless.

The pillows were lumpy bits of foam and the sheet hardly fitted the bed so half way through the night I found I was sleeping on a hot nylon mattress.

We woke up early, because they did not yet put up curtains, and there was no hand soap in the washroom.

The room was way too hot to sleep in without even a simple fan and we felt we were just not looked after at all.

There was no availability the night we wanted to stay and had to stay elsewhere, and we were so sorry to be sleeping elsewhere.

Why they do not have a modem is beyond me.

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If someone needs a place to hide from all pressures, then choose right!

Therefore from time to time the water in the village get finished and they would have to order for a new tank

We stayed in one of the Ashanti houses, there were serious problems in the bathroom, the toilet was nearly flooding with excrements several times, the first time one of the employees solved the problem, the second time my boyfriend had to solve the problem himself.

The rooms are clean and comfortable, the food tasty and Barbara's coffee just delicious.

The food was good, the room was clean and the staff very helpful.Above all good music where available.

If you really like Africa then come to Barbara,s village!Friendly stuff ,clean rooms and if you choose Ashante house ,you will feel like a queen or king.All beds with safety nets,Food excellent and more than enough.Barbara is friendly and helpful,the best adviser where to travel.I specially enjoyed drumming and dancing evenings with local artists.I was there twice in 2010 and 2011.I,m going back soon.I recommend Barbara,s village if you want to experience Ghana.

One morning there was no water, the only solution they gave us was to fetch a bucket and fill it with rainwater ourselves, cause luckily it rained during the night.

At the evening we were talking in »the bar«, sometimes at petroleum lamp and drinking juice, coctails, water, beer.

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